Suzi talks to Lizaveta Merliak, International Secretary of the Belarussian Independent Trade Union BNP, about the massive protest movement in the streets in Belarus since August 9, when the blatantly fraudulent election results were announced. President Lukashenko claimed he won 80% of the votes in a deteriorating economic situation and escalating pandemic -- which the government ignored, while spending lavishly on WWII parades. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets, workers have downed their tools to go on strike and join the protest movement – while President Lukashenko has dug in, doubling down on repression and shocking the world with the regime’s brutality.
Sarah Mason, a former Lyft driver and DoorDasher, now a grad student studying platform mediated labor, talks to Suzi about the California Supreme Court decision and Assembly Bill 5, which have determined that Uber, Lyft, Instacart, Doordash and Postmates are not tech apps, but driving companies, and their workers are employees, not independent contractors. The Court has issued an injunction against the companies, and they in turn have threatened to halt services in California until November when voters will vote on their sponsored Proposition 22, which would give them a carveout, an exemption to the law to deny their drivers rights and protections like minimum wage, sick leave and safety protections.
Politik
Jacobin Radio Folgen
News, politics, history and more from Jacobin. Featuring The Dig, Long Reads, Confronting Capitalism, Behind the News, Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman, and occasional specials.
Folgen von Jacobin Radio
1768 Folgen
-
Folge vom 25.08.2020Jacobin Radio: Lizaveta Merliak and Sarah Mason
-
Folge vom 25.08.2020Weekends: Modern Slavery and Uber Capital Strike (ft. Mark Dudzic)Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. This is the podcast version. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and left political strategy, as well as interviews with prominent individuals on the left.The guest for this episode, which originally aired August 22, 2020, is Mark Dudzic. He is a longtime union activist, former national organizer of the Labor Party, and current national coordinator of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare.Subscribe to Jacobin here: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod...
-
Folge vom 23.08.2020Dig: Yanis Varoufakis on the Economic SituationDan's recent live event with Yanis Varoufakis on how 2020 revealed that 2008 had changed capitalism forever.Also: we had some pod feed issues last week. If you missed Dan's interview with brilliant organizers Andres Celin and Rapheal Randall—and this is a must-listen for everyone interested in organizing—check it out: www.thedigradio.com/podcast/organize-to-win-with-andres-celin-and-rapheal-randall/
-
Folge vom 22.08.2020Behind the News: Christian ParentiHost Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks with Christian Parenti, author of Radical Hamilton, on appropriating the state-led developmentalism of the Founding Father for the left.