Dec 08 2015 77 mins 3
Edition #974 Today we look at a variety of ways corporations are working hard to screw over people and the planet in search of profits with a particular focus on the recently-released full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Joanne Doroshow: Forced arbitration and what it means - CounterSpin @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 11-6-15 Ch. 3: Song 1: Mess Is Mine - Vance Joy Ch. 4: Act 2: Full Text of TPP Trade Deal Revealed -- and Critics Say It's Even Worse Than They Thought - @democracynow - Air Date: 11-06-15 Ch. 5: Song 2: One Million Miles Away - J. Ralph Ch. 6: Act 3: TPP: Designed to Protect Investors! - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 11-05-15 Ch. 7: Song 3: World Spins Madly On - The Weepies Ch. 8: Act 4: The corporations bend governments to their will with the TPP - Economic Update w/ @profwolff - Air Date 11-13-15 Ch. 9: Song 4: Oligarchy - The Haymarket Squares Ch. 10: Act 5: "A Very Big Mistake": Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP - @democracynow - Air Date: 11-12-15 Ch. 11: Song 5: Smoke and Mirrors - Imagine Dragons Ch. 12: Act 6: Opposing the TPP On #Climate Grounds via @IATP, @Public_Citizen & @ExposeTheTPP - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 13: Song 6: This Fickle World - Theo Bard Ch. 14: Act 7: American Corporations: Workers Pay Taxes, Not US!!! - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 08-22-15 Voicemails Ch. 15: White people always think they're being called a racist - Elka from Fort Wayne, IN Ch. 16: World Star Hip Hop is a racist dog whistle - Ruben from San Jose Ch. 17: Questions about the US and Canadian minimum wages - Paul from Winnepeg Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 18: Final comments on the messaging of the Fight for $15 campaign, membership drive and Theo Bard's "This Fickle World" is now on sale Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone Activism Update! The TPP is bad for the climate! via "3 Ways the TPP Will Hurt the Climate—If We Let It Pass” at The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Follow-up/new Action! CONTACT: your legislators about TPP with climate-specific concerns. via Public Citizen SHOW why you oppose the TPP on social media via Expose The TPP Sources/further reading: FOLLOW: #COP21 for updates on the Paris Climate Negotiations "It’s Never Been about Trade” via The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Revisit the original action/segment: "Stop Fast Track of TransPacific Partnership via @MoveOn” — 02/06/2015 Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at [email protected] Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!
