Sean is joined by special guest Adam H Johnson (@adamjohnsonnyc), writer and host of the excellent Citations Needed podcast, to discuss the political economy of mass media, how consent is manufactured and the myriad ways in which the capitalist press is complicit even in a declining US empire.

Then, with some extra time, Sean gives a briefing of several recent strikes and what they might mean for organized labor going forward.

Links:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-other-afghan-women

https://labornotes.org/2021/09/ten-thousand-uaw-members-gear-strike-vote-john-deere

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/09/13/pari-s13.html

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/09/06/nabisco-owner-sends-cease-and-desist-to-bakers-union-pledging-legal-action/

https://labornotes.org/2021/09/after-voting-down-four-tentative-agreements-washington-carpenters-strike

Closing song: B.o.B. - Arena

The crew discuss some of the cultural changes that happened in New York City and the country following the attacks of September 11th through the lens of the biggest band of that era, The Strokes.

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Music: Bruce Springsteen - Into the Fire

Meme Militant Meg and Andy read the essay Memes Without End by Adrian Wohlleben, in which he argues that elements of recent uprisings like the Yellow Vests of France, turnstile hopping of Chile, the umbrella-wielding frontliners of Hong Kong were memes that help them spread in a way that traditional social movements cannot.

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