Tara Reade is an author, a podcaster, and one of Joe Biden’s most vocal accusers of sexual assault. She joins Lee Camp on VIP for a wide-ranging interview. They discuss how, rather than supporting her, the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements acted in the interests of the Democratic National Committee when she came forward with her experience as an accuser of one of their own. Reade experienced bullying and trolling from powerful figures and the public alike, which eventually resulted in her taking out a lawsuit against Democratic Party communications consultant Sally Albright. Reade’s podcast is called The Politics of Survival. In it, she explores what it means to be a survivor.
Naomi Karavani explores allegations about a property management company called Corvias, which has purportedly contributed to the crumbling state of residential facilities in public universities across the US. Students at Howard University, in Washington, DC have begun to camp outside their dorms in protest at the conditions, which they say were making them sick. Anders Lee finishes off the show with a segment about Afeni Shakur, who was a Black Panther and the mother of the rapper Tupac. In 1959, she was caught up in an outrageous conspiracy case targeting 21 of the Black Panthers. She chose to represent herself and her fellow party members in the case and won the group their freedom.
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