Market Solution Radio

A self-quarantined episode from home. We speak with Andy Ratto, a volunteer working with the crowd-sourced document & resource page NYC United Against Coronavirus. Links:NYC United Against CoronavirusService Worker’s CoalitionNYC Low-Income Artist/Freelancer Relief FundAugrented Blog Tenant Protection TrackerRAICES – Tell ICE: Release All Immigrants at risk of CoronavirusPhotay – On Hold

Willis Elkins, Executive Director of New York’s Newtown Creek Alliance, joins us to talk about the history of Newtown Creek, the lasting impact of the Greenpoint Oil Spill, Combined Sewage Overflow, ongoing clean-up efforts & how local environmental activism ties into global climate justice. Newtown Creek Alliance: http://www.newtowncreekalliance.org@NewtownCreek on Twitter

Writer and theorist McKenzie Wark joins us to talk about Reverse Cowgirl, her new book out Tuesday Feburary 18 via Semiotext(e), an autobiographical series of narrative reflections, citations and observasions on sex, experience, gender identity, music, and emigration. What if you were trans and didn’t know it? Purchase Reverse Cowgirl: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/reverse-cowgirlPurchase Capital is Dead: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3056-capital-is-dead

Our second episode. Music from Greenhouse, JAB, Junius Paul, Idris Ackamore & The Pyramids, Nina Simone, and selected clips from MLK, Jr.

Our Inaugural Episode. Music from Ka Baird, Anadol, Golden Teacher, Bradford Reed, and thoughts on author JK Rowling’s recent comments on Maya Forstater & trans rights issues in the UK & US.

Market Solution Radio – Coming January 6, 2020