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Ten demands for abolition w/ AWKWORD, Jeff Bezos leaving Earth

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Lee Camp is joined by the rapper, journalist, and activist AWKWORD for an interview about the prison abolitionist program he co-founded. The program is named ‘Ten Demands For Justice: The Road To Abolition’. They have a ten point plan that addresses police brutality, mass incarceration, reparations, and more. Camp and AWKWORD discuss the rapper’s upbringing, his introduction to the music industry and activism, the brutal system of mass incarceration that we live under … Read More >Ten demands for abolition w/ AWKWORD, Jeff Bezos leaving Earth

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Dirty business at McDonald’s, an attack on women’s rights, Salvation Army’s underpaid workers

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McDonald’s workers have filed a lawsuit against their employer and taken strike actions over low pay and mistreatment during the pandemic. Lee Camp looks into the fast-food behemoth’s exploitative business practices. From low wages, to their wage-theft schemes, to using prison labor to make employee uniforms, to the factory farming that grows their meat … Read More >Dirty business at McDonald’s, an attack on women’s rights, Salvation Army’s underpaid workers

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UN human rights commissioner slams Ukraine for closure of opposition TV channels, attacks on politicians & crackdown on activists

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A damning new assessment from the UN’s human rights chief has condemned Ukraine for overseeing a major crackdown on opposition-backing media and politicians it deems ‘pro-Russian’, warning fair trials might not be guaranteed. … Read More >UN human rights commissioner slams Ukraine for closure of opposition TV channels, attacks on politicians & crackdown on activists

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Jewish anti-war activists paint ‘river of blood’ on steps of Israeli Consulate in Toronto to protest Gaza strikes

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The steps outside Israel’s Toronto consulate were spattered in red paint by a Jewish anti-war group and other peace activists to symbolize “blood on the hands of Israel.” The Israeli mission denounced the stunt as vandalism. … Read More >Jewish anti-war activists paint ‘river of blood’ on steps of Israeli Consulate in Toronto to protest Gaza strikes

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‘Almost like terrorists’? 3,500 ROUNDS of ammo, guns & SWORDS seized during raids on anti-lockdown activists in Austria

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Austrian police have seized thousands of rounds of ammunition as well as guns and swords in a series of raids against those they called “radical” opponents of Covid-19 measures, who were allegedly planning attacks on police. … Read More >‘Almost like terrorists’? 3,500 ROUNDS of ammo, guns & SWORDS seized during raids on anti-lockdown activists in Austria

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Instagram & Twitter apologize for ‘system errors’ that deleted pro-Palestine posts, but critics say they are still ‘censoring’

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Days after Instagram and Twitter blamed “system errors” for deleted posts on unrest in Jerusalem, a coalition of civil society groups and digital rights activists have accused them of continuing to “censor” Palestinian content. … Read More >Instagram & Twitter apologize for ‘system errors’ that deleted pro-Palestine posts, but critics say they are still ‘censoring’

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Americans panicking over sudden, severe gas shortage (Full show)

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The ransomware cyberattack on the massive Colonial Pipeline has Americans panicking at the pump and prices rising, even as US officials try to assuage public anxieties and send profoundly mixed signals to truckers. When is a gas shortage not a gas shortage? Investigative journalist and “Boom Bust” co-host Ben Swann has details. … Read More >Americans panicking over sudden, severe gas shortage (Full show)