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Episode Description
Air Date: 4-8-26
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
- Ch. 1 - The history of the war on poverty in the U.S.
- Ch. 2 - How the wealthiest 9.9% are keeping the rest of us down with their heads in the sand
- Ch. 3 - The history and revival of the workers' education movement
- SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): How your class impacts your tastes.
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REFERENCES
How Inequality Was Redefined as "Poverty"—Letting Capitalism Off the Hook - The Nation
Talking of poverty: From the analytical to the political - Sage Journals
The 9.9 Percent is the New American Aristocracy - The Atlantic
To Build Working-Class Power, We Need a Workers' Education Movement - The Nation
BACKSTAGE
- Taste and Distinction: How Class Shapes What We Like - Thinking Sociologically
EXTRAS:
Best of the Left #1780 - Cynicism Is a Scab: Hope, Solidarity, and the Labor Fight That Never Stopped
BOOK: "We Do This Til We Free Us" by Mariame Kaba
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SOLVED! #36 - Bribery Jazz: Corruption is the Water We Swim In
SOLVED! #37 - Solidarity Forever: Boycotts, Strikes, & the Labor Movement We Need
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