Ruminate

Ruminate

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  • A New Constitution??
    Let's discuss why the country of Chile has taken the step to draft and entirely new constitution
    Sources: https://www.vox.com/21534338/chile-constitution-plebiscite-vote-pinochet
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/13/why-is-inequality-booming-in-chile-blame-the-chicago-boys
    https://www.britannica.com/place/Chile/The-military-dictatorship-from-1973
    https://slate.com/business/2016/01/in-chicago-boys-the-story-of-chilean-economists-who-studied-in-america-and-then-remade-their-country.html
    https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-santiago-constitutions-charters-chile-3691808cddec5195a77e6469b567c838
    https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/newly-revealed-documents-show-nixon-kissinger-plotted-allende-overthrow-from-day-one/
    https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/chile/#6
    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot
    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allende-dies-in-coup
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1X22RK
    6 min
  • Proposition 22

    Take a look into what California's Proposition 22 is and why its a dangerous precedent for worker rights.

    Sources:

    https://www.wired.com/story/uber-lyft-flee-california-austin/

    https://prospect.org/labor/how-uber-and-lyft-are-buying-labor-laws/

    https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_22,_App-Based_Drivers_as_Contractors_and_Labor_Policies_Initiative_(2020)

    https://cal.streetsblog.org/2020/10/05/op-ed-californias-prop-22-is-not-only-bad-for-drivers-its-bad-for-traffic-and-the-environment/

    https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/the-uber-lyft-ballot-initiative-guarantees-only-5-64-an-hour-2/

    https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-22-gig-workers-ab-5/

    https://www.forworkingfamilies.org/sites/default/files/publications/Rigging%20the%20Gig_Final%2007.07.2020.pdf

    https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/07/24/a-look-at-the-americans-who-believe-there-is-some-truth-to-the-conspiracy-theory-that-covid-19-was-planned/

    https://prospect.org/labor/kamala-harris-uber-test-california-ride-hailing-law/

    7 min

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