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19/03/2022

" It’s hard to imagine ever having been unaware of the concept of bu****it jobs, but David Graeber made it official and helped us understand their role in our economy. Bu****it jobs are not necessarily s**t jobs, nor are they low wage jobs, or dirty jobs. Bu****it jobs are those that are meaningless. The person doing the bu****it job doesn’t believe the work actually needs to get done.

This week’s guest, Erik Dean, has studied the nature of modern jobs within money manager capitalism. He points out that bu****it jobs aren’t just a product of neoliberalism:

“Speculative business and these labor hierarchies of the people with secure jobs versus the precariat … those things have been around. and it’s not even necessarily part of capitalism. This is one reason it’s good to read Thorstein Veblen, because, in an anthropological sense, he takes it back to prior to capitalism. It’s not like we didn’t have hierarchies before capitalism. It’s not like we didn’t have power and it’s not like we didn’t have bu****it jobs. What the hell is a court jester? It’s a bu****it job to entertain the king or whatever.”

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Erik Dean talks with host Steve Grumbine about the role of bu****it jobs within money manager capitalism.

01/03/2022

01/03/2022

"“Even though I am a high-school math teacher,” says Subramanian, “I tie social justice into my curriculum wherever I can. It was during a civics lesson when one of my students asked me, ‘Hey Ms. Nam, have you ever thought about running for office before?’ I felt a sense of urgency about the issues that my and my students’ generations faced, and realized that now was the time for a young and progressive q***r woman of color to run for office. The issues we care about have existed for decades, but what is needed in politics right now, especially in Texas, is new perspectives to confront the state’s toughest challenges.”

Subramanian, who identifies as bisexual, is one of three q***r women of color running for the seat in the crowded Democratic primary. She is quick to distinguish herself from the other District 147 candidates. "

Namrata “Nam” Subramanian wants to address the issues facing Texas House District 147.

23/01/2022

"KOIN 6 News contacted candidates who are planning to run for Oregon governor in 2022, asking them to respond to these three questions:
Why are you running for governor?
In your opinion, what are the top three issues Oregon is facing right now?
What is something you believe is going right in Oregon and how would you like to continue to build on it?
Patrick Starnes is running as a Democrat. Here are his responses..."

KOIN 6 News contacted candidates who are planning to run for Oregon governor in 2022, asking them to respond to these three questions: Why are you running for governor? In your opinion, what a…

19/01/2022

And the “hygiene test” he uses to vet the GOP before it gets on air.

14/01/2022

"Layered up in blankets and sleeping bags, Mendes and Brown slept in tents in front of the state house for a total of sixteen days, and were joined by candidates and activists affiliated with the Co-Op as well as members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the Sunrise Movement, and homeless advocates.

On the sixteenth day, Governor Dan McKee announced about a hundred fifty new emergency shelter beds and a new quarantine and isolation facility for homeless people."

Rhode Island has long been one of the most corrupt and machine-driven states in America. A new left movement is trying to change that — but they can’t agree on how.

14/01/2022

"The Arizona Democrat's continued opposition to filibuster reform puts her squarely "in McConnell's anti-democracy camp," said one progressive activist."

"If Sen. Sinema votes against restoring the Senate to protect the freedom to vote, she will go down in history as the senator who ensured the irreversible fall of American democracy."

14/01/2022

"Many claimed early in the pandemic that COVID-19 would flatten inequality in a deeply unequal world. Luckily for the ultrarich, central banks stepped in, making the global elite richer than ever."

Many claimed early in the pandemic that COVID-19 would flatten inequality in a deeply unequal world. Luckily for the ultrarich, central banks stepped in, making the global elite richer than ever.

14/01/2022

"Drug corporations can do this because we let them—unlike other nations that use their purchasing power to get a better deal," said David Mitchell of Patients for Affordable Drugs."

"Drug corporations can do this because we let them—unlike other nations that use their purchasing power to get a better deal."

13/01/2022

""With this procedure, we will finally have an opportunity to debate voting rights legislation—something that Republicans have thus far denied," said the Senate majority leader."

"With this procedure, we will finally have an opportunity to debate voting rights legislation—something that Republicans have thus far denied."

12/01/2022

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There could be momentum in Congress in the coming months to limit or even ban lawmakers from trading stocks while in office.

11/01/2022

"The supposed point of the “war on terror” was to stop terrorism. Instead, the war on terror has created many, many more terrorists."

The supposed point of the “war on terror” was to stop terrorism. Instead, the war on terror has created many, many more terrorists.

10/01/2022

"Russia said on Sunday it would not make concessions under U.S. pressure and warned that this week's talks on the Ukraine crisis might end early, while Washington said no breakthroughs were expected and progress depended on de-escalation from Moscow."

Russia said on Sunday it would not make concessions under U.S. pressure and warned that this week's talks on the Ukraine crisis might end early, while Washington said no breakthroughs were expected and progress depended on de-escalation from Moscow.

09/01/2022

"Biden should take bold steps to repair the damage from abusive U.S. interrogations and detentions, starting with the closure of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo."

"Biden should take bold steps to repair the damage from abusive U.S. interrogations and detentions, starting with the closure of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo."

09/01/2022

"Swedish social democracy produced one of the most humane societies in history. That wouldn’t have happened without a militant labor movement and a working-class political party."

Swedish social democracy produced one of the most humane societies in history. That wouldn’t have happened without a militant labor movement and a working-class political party.

09/01/2022

"While the US was ending its destructive war in Afghanistan, politicians and the media were overflowing with concern for the Afghan people. Now that US sanctions are causing mass suffering and death in the country, they’ve lost interest."

While the US was ending its destructive war in Afghanistan, politicians and the media were overflowing with concern for the Afghan people. Now that US sanctions are causing mass suffering and death in the country, they’ve lost interest.

16/12/2021

"Manchin is "a plutocrat who only cares about what his corporate backers and profit-driven masters want," said the co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign."

Manchin is "a plutocrat who only cares about what his corporate backers and profit-driven masters want," said the co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign.

12/12/2021

"Kirstie Ball, who spent five months compiling the JRC's extensive Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance in the Workplace report, says an increase in employee surveillance threatens to undermine trust and commitment to work amongst staff who are left in the dark about why and how data on them is gathered."

Excessive surveillance is having profoundly negative effects on the workforce.

12/12/2021

12/12/2021

"Seattle’s Socialist Councilwoman, Kshama Sawant, looked like on the brink of being recalled by the city of Seattle. As the day went on, the final ballots pushed Sawant over the finish line. In Sawant’s district, 49.1% of voters approved the recall, with 50.3% voting against it. The vote came down to a 232 vote difference between "no" and "yes" votes.

The advocates of the recall alleged three charges against Sawant that warranted her being removed from office. ..."

Seattle councilwoman Kshama Sawant has narrowly defeated a recall election organized by her political opponents. As of today, she has won out by 232 votes. Democrats, Republicans and big business spent almost a million dollars in funding the recall.

11/12/2021

This is good news......

Following months of negotiations, labor unions and advocacy groups did not sign onto a plan for creating new campaign regulations.

11/12/2021

In business news, the billionaire CEO of digital mortgage company Better.com is under fire after video circulated of him laying off 900 staffers, about 15 percent of its workforce, during a Zoom call. Vishal Garg: “If you’re on this call, you are part of the unlucky group that is being laid off....

15/10/2021

by Ben Adlin After a string of suspected arson fires, break-ins, and vandalism in White Center over the past several months, small-business owners and community advocates are demanding action from …