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Daily Reports, specials, and podcasts by The Real News Network (TRNN). TRNN makes media connecting you to the movements, people, and perspectives that are advancing the cause of a more just, equal, and livable planet. TRNN is a nonprofit media organization. We do not accept advertising revenue or corporate sponsorship.Sign up for our newsletter at therealnews.comText us at (410) 431-0868Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.

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27:59

The Marc Steiner Show: Environmental racism from...

The Real News Podcast ·

2022/09/19

The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, is the latest in an arc of environmental catastrophes affecting predominantly Black communities from Flint, Michigan, to New Orleans. Often, these disasters are preceded by decades if not centuries of segregation and government neglect. Once a water crisis begins, it rapidly spirals into a comprehensive disaster with ripple effects on a community's economy, education, and more. As of Sept. 15, Gove. Tate Reeves of Mississippi has declared Jackson's water

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39:26

Wall Street is holding the supply chain hostage to...

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2022/09/15

The United States could see its first major railroad shut down in 30 years beginning this Friday, September 16. For months, unions and railroad corporations have been locked in negotiations mediated by Biden’s Presidential Emergency Board to resolve a two-year conflict over inadequate sick days. So far, many union leaders have accepted the PEB recommendations, but workers have yet to ratify them. While Congressional action to force workers to stay on the job remains a possibility, the potential also

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125:18

Working People: Countdown to a national railroad strike

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2022/09/14

On Friday, September 16, the United States could see its first major rail strike and/or rail lockout since the early '90s. Railroad workers have reached the end of their rope after years of enduring dramatic staff cuts that have piled more work onto fewer workers, along with exhausting schedules and draconian attendance policies that have made it impossible to live and reasonably plan their lives. These cost-cutting, profit-maximizing policies are part of a larger, decades-long trend that workers

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44:25

Rattling the Bars: Lacino Hamilton speaks on his...

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2022/09/14

In September 2020, Lacino Hamilton was exonerated for the murder of his foster mother, Willa B. Bias, and released after 26 years in prison. Convicted at the age of 19, the only evidence linking Hamilton to the Bias's death were a confession police forced from Hamilton, and the statement of a jailhouse informant. Through his decades in prison, Hamilton educated himself on the nature of the prison system and how to fight back, thanks to the help of existing Black Nationalist prisoners'

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92:33

Is the US headed for a national rail strike?

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2022/09/14

The rail industry is experiencing a self-induced crisis as a result of decades of cost-cutting, profit-maximizing executive decisions that have driven rail workers and the supply chain into the ground. In an attempt to mediate between the major freight rail companies and unions representing over 100,000 railroad workers, President Biden appointed a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to offer recommendations for resolving the ongoing contract disputes. But an overwhelming number of surveyed workers

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31:40

Brazil on Fire Episode 4: Nazis on your street

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2022/09/13

Brazil has a long and complicated history with fascism, going back to the early 20th century. Far-right and white supremacist groups have been emboldened by President Jair Bolsonaro—with some members of his own cabinet openly sporting Nazi tattoos. They’ve unleashed online attacks, pushed fake news and misinformation in favor of Bolsonaro, and they’ve threatened Brazil’s Supreme Court and its justices. But the country’s top court is pushing back. In this episode, we look at Brazil’s troubled past of

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61:51

Art for the End Times: The Jewish Labor Bund w/Molly...

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2022/09/13

From 1897 to 1921, the General Jewish Labour Bund operated as a Jewish socialist party in Russia, Lithuania, and Poland. Composed primarily of Yiddish-speaking, secular Jews, the Bund struggled on two fronts: for the construction of socialism to liberate the working class, and for national cultural autonomy to protect the rights of Eastern European Jews to their own institutions. The history of the Bund is filled with twists and turns, and complicated entanglements with the Russian Social Democratic

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22:47

The Marc Steiner Show: Racism and Jackson's water...

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2022/09/12

Jackson, Mississippi, remains gripped in an ongoing water crisis. The task of distributing water to local residents has been largely taken up by community organizations like Cooperation Jackson and Operation Good. Organizer, writer, and educator Kali Akuno joins The Marc Steiner Show to explain how the current crisis is a reflection of capitalism's failures and decades of institutional racism. Though Jackson today is more than 80% Black, this is a recent demographic development created by white

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25:53

The Marc Steiner Show: Canada's 'Freedom Convoy'...

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2022/09/07

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/canadas-freedom-convoy-has-taken-a-christian-nationalist-turnEarlier this year, Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' movement stormed the nation's capital at Ottawa and occupied the grounds of the Parliamentary building for weeks to demand an end to vaccine mandates and other protective measures against COVID-19. The movement quickly spread to other Canadian and nearby US cities, despite vocal condemnations from Canadian labor organizations,

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51:12

Working People: Amazon keeps firing union organizers...

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2022/09/07

Read the transcript of this podcast and see the full show notes: https://therealnews.com/amazon-fires-another-organizer-to-stop-kentucky-facilities-unionizingMatt Littrell has worked as a picker at the Amazon warehouse in Campbellsville, Kentucky, for the past year and a half. He's also been one of the lead organizers and the public face of a growing push to unionize Amazon facilities in Kentucky. In retaliation for his organizing, Littrell says that Amazon management has been watching him like a

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58:31

Sri Lanka's crisis: Ethnonationalism and the legacy...

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2022/09/07

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/sri-lankas-crisis-ethnonationalism-and-the-legacy-of-the-civil-warSri Lanka's civil war ended in 2009, but ethnonationalism remains a powerful force in the country's politics. Professor Mythri Jegathesan traces the country's present crisis to its recent history in the second episode of a special TRNN two-part series on Sri Lanka.Dr. Mythri Jegathesan is a professor of anthropology at Santa Clara University. She is the author of Tea and

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30:15

Brazil on Fire Episode 3: God Above Everyone

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2022/09/06

Jair Bolsonaro could not have won the presidency without the support of one very important group: Evangelical Christians. There is, perhaps, no other group that Bolsonaro has so vocally courted, or that has been so loyal to the president—And they remain key for Bolsonaro’s hopes of recapturing the presidency this year.In this episode, we visit those spreading the gospel for Bolsonaro and look at how Bolsonaro and his allies are pushing a religious war of good versus evil, with dangerous

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29:05

Brazil on Fire Episode 2: Free Lula

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2022/09/06

The election of president Jair Bolsonaro was never a foregone conclusion. For most of that electoral season, someone else was ahead in the polls. But that opponent was jailed on supposed corruption charges by a biased judge, six months out from the election, and blocked from running.In this episode, we look at the fight to free former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from prison, the corruption investigation that jailed him, the role of the United States, and what it all means ahead of the 2022

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33:42

Brazil on Fire Episode 1: Violence and the Culture War

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2022/09/06

As candidate Jair Bolsonaro neared the presidency in 2018, violence rippled across Brazil, mostly perpetrated by Bolsonaro supporters. Hundreds of threats and attacks, including several killings, were reported in the weeks and months leading up to the election. Bolsonaro's hateful rhetoric and fake news machine spurred on the violence, painting the election as a battle for the soul of the country. Targeting right wing fears over 'family values' and 'security,' Bolsonaro tapped into a growing culture

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46:34

Rattling the Bars: Black August and the fight to free...

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2022/09/06

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/black-august-and-the-fight-to-free-political-prisonersJericho Movement activists fighting for the release of freedom fighters from US prisons speak on the meaning and purpose of Black August.Jihad Abdulmumit is the Chairperson of the National Jericho MovementPaulette Dauteuil is the former Co-chair and National Secretary of the National Jericho MovementStudio/Post-Production: Cameron GranadinoHelp us continue producing Rattling the Bars

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85:37

Working People: Heat waves are literally killing...

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2022/08/31

"As blistering heat waves swept across the United States this summer, breaking temperature records and placing millions under heat advisories and warnings," Livia Albeck-Ripka writes at The New York Times, "workers... have continued to deliver America’s packages for a variety of carriers, often in trucks that have no cooling mechanisms for drivers. Some UPS workers have shared photographs that show thermometer readings of up to 150 degrees in the backs of their trucks." A shocking number of package

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32:48

Marc Steiner Show: The Federal Reserve and Democrats...

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2022/08/30

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/the-federal-reserve-is-wrong-corporations-should-pay-to-stop-inflation-not-workersThe Federal Reserve says wages should go down to get inflation under control. Meanwhile, corporations are treated to lax regulations and hefty subsidies. What if we just stopped corporate profiteering and the lax rules that make it possible?Studio: Dwayne GladdenPost-Production: Stephen FrankHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us

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58:43

Sri Lanka's crisis: The long shadow of colonialism

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2022/08/24

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/sri-lankas-crisis-the-long-shadow-of-colonialismIn July, photos and videos of immense crowds of people storming Sri Lanka’s presidential palace went viral. In spite of global interest in this spectacle of political upheaval, Sri Lanka’s crisis and history remain poorly understood by most people in the outside world. From the lingering effects of a 30-year civil war marked by vicious ethnic violence, to the destabilization of the island’s

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50:44

Working People: Mansa Musa's 50 year struggle against...

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2022/08/24

To read the transcript of this podcast and see show notes, click here: https://therealnews.com/former-black-panther-mansa-musa-prison-abolition-and-the-labor-struggle-are-linkedMansa Musa is a radical freedom fighter who was imprisoned in the US for nearly 50 years. Now, at 70 years old, he is the co-host of Rattling the Bars at The Real News Network, a staunch advocate for the rights of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, and a soldier in the struggle to dismantle the prison-industrial

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27:26

Rattling the Bars: Advocates demand Israel end...

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2022/08/22

Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian boy from Jerusalem, was arrested by Israeli police at the age of 13. He has now been in prison for 7 years, and is currently in his seventh consecutive month of solitary confinement. Advocates say Manasra has been severely abused throughout his imprisonment, and has become suicidal and developed schizophrenia. International organizations and human rights experts are calling for Manasra's release, and describe his case as just one of example of a systemic practice of

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