8 O'Clock Buzz

Michael Li, Senior Counsel of the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice, calls voting rights “The Infrastructure of Democracy”, and worries that the proposed voting rights act, which will work toward fair redistricting and representation of all people in upcoming elections is taking a backdoor to the current budget bills and may not be passed before states complete their redistricting ahead of the next election series. He says the filibuster rules could be modified to allow exceptions for voting rights legislation without scrapping the filibuster completely.

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The 2021 Posture statement to Congress by U.S. Africa Command (US AFRICOM) states: “we can no longer afford to underestimate the economic opportunity and strategic consequence Africa embodies, and which competitors like China and Russia recognize.” To that end, the U.S. has employed just “under 6000 service members, civilians, and contractors…to advance U.S. interests…”. Netfa Freeman, Organizer of the Pan-African Community Action of the Black Alliance for Peace, talks about the efforts to move the U.S. out of the “new scramble for Africa” where the U.S. has bases in 53 of 54 countries in Africa. October is International Month of Action Against AFRICOM, and visit their website to see how you can take action.

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown…

Cassandra Dixon is a volunteer with Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and a founder of Palestinian Partners.  She joins us to talk about the latest goings-on for Palestinians in the occupied territories, and particularly the impact the pandemic has had on women.

Sidewalk Sale of Free Trade handmade crafts coming up Saturday 10-4 Saturday at 1924 East Dayton Street: https://fb.me/e/1hVJPU2Qd 

More on Madison for Palestine: https://www.facebook.com/MadisonForPalestine/

More on Palestinian Partners and Women in Hebron: https://palestinepartners.org/shop-women-in-hebron

More on Madison-Rafah Sister City Project: http://madisonrafah.org/

More on Playgrounds for Palestine: https://playgroundsforpalestine.org/ 

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown…

Brian Benford is the City of Madison Alder for the 6th district and a longtime advocate for Madison’s underserved, including as a Success Coach for Odyssey Project.  He joins us to talk about what’s going on in his district, his advocacy and particularly fighting F-35s at Truax with Safe Skies Clean Water.

More on Safe Skies Clean Water: https://www.safeskiescleanwaterwi.org/

More information on Sunday’s (10/17) caravan (1PM on State Street) and celebration (2PM) at Demetral park: http://tinyurl.com/CaravanToStopF35

More on UW Odyssey Project: https://odyssey.wisc.edu/ 

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Democrats Push To Restore Collective Bargaining Rights For Teachers

More than a decade after Act 10 went into effect Wisconsin Democrats are trying to reclaim collective bargaining rights for teachers and others. The Collective Bargaining for Public Education Act was introduced Wednesday this week by Senator Chris Larson and Representative Katrina Shankland. It would allow UW-Hospital workers, teachers, and other frontline employees to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions in the workplace once again.

One of the many groups advocating for this proposal is the Wisconsin Education Association Council. The council is a public-sector trade union that embraces advocacy, collaboration, professionalism, social justice and economic security for Wisconsin Public School students, families and educators.

Christina Brey is the public affairs director for WEAC. She joins Friday Buzz host to talk more about the proposal and its importance for educators here in Wisconsin.

 

 

(Images courtesy of Element5 Digital on Unsplash and Christina Brey)

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Groovy Wood Studios Restores Vintage Stereo Consoles

Groovy Wood Studios is a place where vinyl grooves, air-wave transmissions, artistic wood architecture and design, vacuum tubes and passions all come together in a romantic resurgence. The studio specializes in restoring mid-century modern stereo consoles and what started 18 months ago as a pandemic hobby for founder Steve Paulet, has now become a full-time remanufacturing and restoration business.

Steve joins Friday Buzz host, Jonathan Zarov, to talk more about his studio.

 

 

(Images courtesy of Steve Paulet and Groovy Wood Studios)

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Oak Bank’s Great Pumpkin Giveaway

Fall is here and Oak Bank in Fitchburg is hosting their annual Great Pumpkin Giveaway today from 9am-12pm. The event supports the Madison Reading Project and if you give a cash donation you will receive a free pumpkin. There will also be refreshments, kid’s activities, horse and carriage rides, and much more.

Jim McNulty is the senior vice president of business banking at Oak Bank and he joins Friday Buzz host, Jonathan Zarov, to talk more about the giveaway.

 

 

(Images courtesy of Jim McNulty and Blaz Photo on Unsplash)

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Sarah Anderson, Director of the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and co-editor of the IPS web site Inequality.org, talks about how the Reconciliation Bill before Congress will close some of the loopholes that give the wealthy billions in tax breaks and would pay for the proposed $3.5B infrastructure and public investment plan.

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Just over 10 years ago, in New York City’s Zuccotti Park, began on 17 September 2011. Within a month, Occupy protests had taken place or were ongoing in over 951 cities across 82 countries, and in over 600 communities in the United States. Arun Gupta, Journalist and co-founder of “The Occupy Wall Street Journal”, talks about the OWS protests and how they have affected protests since in his recent article “Occupy Wall Street Trained a Generation in Class War: How OWS shaped a decade of dramatic protests and why is has run its course“

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Nancy MacLean, professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, talks with Jan about her latest study “How Milton Friedman Aided and Abetted Segregationists in his Quest to Privatize Public Education“, how vouchers and tax-free savings accounts syphon funds from public schools, and how privatization embodies resistance to the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling.

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