(2013/06/28) Positive ideas and protests for change (Economics) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com

Edition #730

Positive ideas and protests for change

Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith 

Ch. 2: Act 1: It's Not Your Fault - Lee Camp - Air Date: 04-16-13

Ch. 3: Song 1: Don't blame yourself - Sixpence None the Richer

Ch. 4: Act 2: Why Wireless Is a Utility, Not a Luxury (with Susan Crawford) - Majority Report - Air Date: 03-28-13

Ch. 5: Song 2: The internet is for porn - Rick Lyon & Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Ch. 6: Act 3: Time to Break Up the Telecom Industry - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 03-13-13

Ch. 7: Song 3: In the beginning - K'naan

Ch. 8: Act 4: Democracy In The Workplace - Moyers And Company - Air Date 3-22-13

Ch. 9: Song 4: Take 'Em Down - Dropkick Murphys

Ch. 10: Act 5: OUR Walmart - UnFuck it Up Project

Ch. 11: Song 5: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman

Ch. 12: Act 6: FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights p1 - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-07-13

Ch. 14: Act 7: FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights p2 - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-07-13

Ch. 15: Song 7: Talented tailor - Laura Hocking

Ch. 16: Act 8: Federal Judge Rules Against Unpaid Internships - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 6-13-13

Ch. 17: Song 8: Self-fulfilling prophecy - Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Ch. 18: Act 9: Wow! MD Goes Holistic: Replaces GDP w/ GDI - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-20-13

Ch. 19: Song 9: My wealth comes to me - Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore

Ch. 20: Act 10: Protestors Put the Pressure on the Brazilian Government - Young Turks - Air Date: 06-19-13

Voicemails:

Ch. 20: Racial inequity is a fact, not a belief - Colin from Cleveland, OH

Ch. 20: The merits of the lack of nuance in constitutional arguments - Nathan from Vancouver, WA

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 20: Final comments on the value of stripping away peripheral ideas to get to the foundation of your beliefs

Activism:

Join the fight to raise the American standard of living! 

OURWalmart: 

https://www.facebook.com/OURWMT 

Making Change at Wal-Mart: 

http://makingchangeatwalmart.org & 

https://www.facebook.com/MakingChangeWMT 

Information for this segment can be found at:

http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-employees-pay  http://robertreich.tumblr.com/post/36219730368

http://jobs.stateuniversity.com/pages/16/American-Workplace-SHIFT-SERVICE-ECONOMY.html

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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