Wade interviews playwright (and labor organizer) Gene Bruskin about his musical based on the Reconstruction and a meeting of the National Labor Union in 1870s. They also discuss the Smithfield union victory and the problems of organizing Amazon, as well as a coming musical about abolitionist John Brown.

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National Organiser for ACORN the Union in England and Wales Dave Aldwinkle speaks with Alistair Driscoll. Alistair was recently elected to the position of membership officer for the Leeds branch. He gives insight to what the role is, how and why we engage our members, and his experience from standing for election to becoming a leader within ACORN Leeds.

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In England, a number of municipalities contract with bailiffs to do in your face debt collection on council taxes. It's a humiliating, often violent experience for the people on the receiving end of a bailiff's knock. ACORN members are campaigning in the North London borough of Haringey to put a stop to the practice of using them for council tax debts. 

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Wade interviews Professor Silvia Rodriguez Vega of University of California at Santa Barbara about recent studies she conducted on the impact on children in immigrant families who live in constant fear about personal or family deportation and their immigrant status. Professor Vega summarizes the results of those studies in her recent book Drawing Deportation: Art and Resistance among Immigrant Children.

Check out the book here: http://www.silviarodriguezvega.com/book/

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The picture is looking a bit grimmer in 2023 than it did in 2022. 

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In this episode we hear from ACORN Lockleaze members Adrian Andrew and Evelyne Ndikumwami. Lockleaze is a local group which is part of ACORN Bristol, the biggest branch of ACORN the Union in England and Wales. Adrian and Evelyne discuss why they joined, their campaign to reduce speeding and dangerous driving in the neighborhood, and their ambitions for ACORN in the future. 

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With the Super Bowl behind us, Wade takes on the explosion of sports betting. 

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Ashley, Bader Abu-Zahra, and Eddy Roué talk about their work in Ottawa fighting the Conservative government's Bill 23.

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Wade Rathke on the justified public distrust toward out of control police. 

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Putting your body on the line to stop the eviction of another member of your community is what ACORN's all about, but it's intense stuff. It takes training and trust to get ready. 

This episode features Charlotte from Manchester about her experiences getting ready for an eviction defense, and we hear a bitfrom organizers around ACORN about how they approach training. 

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