Air Date: 3–16-2018
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
Ch. 2: Act 1: Targeting minority communities as sources of revenue through law enforcement - Leid Stories - Air Date 8-25-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: Lord Weasel - Molerider
Ch. 4: Act 2: The costs of incarceration for those least able to pay - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 9-30-16
Ch. 5: Song 2: One Little Triumph - Piano Mover
Ch. 6: Act 3: Lauren Brooke, author of Inside Private Prisons - Off Kilter - Air Date 11-9-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Dirtbike Lovers - Desert Orchard
Ch. 8: Act 4: Revenge or Reform: The Penal Challenge - Progressive Faith Sermons w @RevDrRay - Air Date 6-11-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Neil Takes Two - Studio J
Ch. 10: Act 5: What They Won't Tell You About The Fires In California - @RedactedTonight with @LeeCamp - Air Date 10-18-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Donder - Darby
Ch. 12: Act 6: LA Sheriff Whines Because 'Good' Prison Laborers Are Getting Released - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 10-14-17
Ch. 13: Song 6: Heather - Migration
Ch. 14: Act 7: Slave labor in our prisons - Off Kilter - Air Date 10-20-17
Ch. 15: Song 7: A Burst of Light - Delray
Ch. 16: Act 8: Support #OperationPUSH & Join Juneteenth 2018 Call to End Prison Slavery via @IWW_IWOC - Best of the Left Activism
Voicemails
Ch. 17: Disputing the horseshoe fallacy - Eduardo
Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
Ch. 18: Final comments on DACA, immigration policy, Japanese internment, prison labor and agribusiness
Sarah Taber's Twitter thread on Dreamers & the Agricultural History of Japanese Internment Camps
BONUS CLIP: Hard times (still) in the fields - Jim @HightowerNews - Air Date 3-14-18
Help fight climate change! Donate to Jay's Climate Ride fundraiser!
Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
(Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions)
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
Support Operation PUSH - Incarcerated Worker’s Organizing Committee
Support Juneteenth 2018 Call to End Prison Slavery - Fight Toxic Prisons
Other Resources:
Check out Free Alabama Movement’s “ALABAMA'S EDUCATION, REHABILITATION, AND RE-ENTRY PREPAREDNESS BILL"
Check out ACLU New Jersey’s “A Vision to End Mass Incarceration in New Jersey”
EDUCATE YOURSELF
Prisoner Rights Advocates Rally Against Visitation Cutbacks In Florida Prisons (WUFT)
Both Red and Blue States Rely on Prison Labor (via The American Prospect)
Prison labour is a billion-dollar industry, with uncertain returns for inmates (The Economist)
The NCAA Says Student-Athletes Shouldn’t Be Paid Because the 13th Amendment Allows Unpaid Prison Labor (The Intercept)
Florida is afraid of its prison system. Here’s what lawmakers want to do about it. (Tampa Bay Times)
Florida Prisoners Prepare To Strike, Demanding an End to Unpaid Labor and Brutal Conditions (The Intercept)
Enlisting Prison Labor to Close Budget Gaps (via The New York Times, 2011)
4 Reasons to End Prison Labor Immediately (Care2)
Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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