🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 60: When the Mask Slips: Teachers Strike, Political Betrayals, and Fascism Goes Global📅 October 23, 2025 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from Union County, NCLive from Union County, where teachers are on strike and politicians are showing their whole ass.This week is about betrayal and solidarity. Who shows up for workers when it counts? And who sells out the moment it costs them something? From our own backyard to global fascist alliances—the mask keeps slipping.🔥 What We're Covering:✊ Union County Public Schools Teacher StrikeTeachers are fighting for fair wages, better conditions, and respect—RIGHT HERE in our backyard. Who's showing up? Who's staying silent? This is the litmus test.🗺️ NC Map Redistricting Shoved Through by GOPDonald Trump ordered it. The NC General Assembly obeyed. Democracy is being dismantled in real time—right here in North Carolina.🤔 Graham Platner: The New Fetterman and Tricia Cotham?Is he the real deal or another Democrat who talks progressive and votes like a Republican? What's with the tattoo??📚 The Mamdani EffectHow colonial powers create divisions to maintain control—and how it's happening right now in Union County and across America. Manufactured divisions prevent solidarity.🌎 US Aid to Argentina's Fascist GovernmentThe U.S. is funding Javier Milei's far-right regime while claiming to defend democracy. American imperialism and American fascism are feeding each other.🏴‍☠️ Trump Calls Colombian President Gustavo Petro a "Drug Lord"Classic imperialist propaganda. A leftist Latin American leader pushes back against U.S. control, so Trump calls him a criminal. The racism is blatant.🚫 Government Shutdown ContinuesFederal workers aren't getting paid. Essential services are stalled. Republicans are using it as leverage. Maybe this IS the time for a national strike.🏛️ Whitehouse BallroomWrecking ball metaphor.✊ The Real Question:Are you supporting the teachers in YOUR community? Are you holding local politicians accountable? What are you doing to resist—not just at the ballot box, but in the streets?📢 This Is About Solidarity:Local fights and global fights are connected. A teacher strike in Union County is part of the same fight as resisting U.S. imperialism and fascist alliances.📢 Join the Movement:💬 Drop your thoughts below 📲 Follow: @RadicalRootsPodcast on IG, Threads, Bluesky 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell 📩 [email protected]#RadicalRootsPodcast #UnionCountyTeacherStrike #NCRedistrictingScam #GrahamPlatner #USImperialism #FascismGoesGlobal #GovernmentShutdown #MamdaniEffect #Solidarity #WorkersRights