Belabored Podcast #40: Philanthrocapitalism, with Joanne Barkan

Subscribe to the Belabored RSS feed here. Subscribe and rate on iTunes here. Check out the full Belabored archive here. Tweet at @dissentmag with #belabored to share your thoughts, or join the conversation on Facebook. Belabored is produced by Natasha Lewis. The so-called education reform movement is funded by a handful of very wealthy donors who impose their ideological views through massive infusions of cash. Dissent‘s Joanne Barkan has spent years researching and writing about the ideology of the philanthro-ed-reformers, how they are similar to and different from older philanthropists like Ford and Carnegie, and how they’re corrupting democracy. She joins Michelle and Sarah to talk about her work. In labor news this week, London’s public transit workers go on strike; Tennessee may yet see a unionized auto plant; NFL cheerleaders rise up against wage theft; and workers rise up against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. News: Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee to Vote on Union Membership Tube Strike: London Underground Action Disrupts Commuters Why We Are Striking, from the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association Oakland Raiders Cheerleaders File Suit Alleging Wage Theft Episode 31: Relief Work Episode 25: Shutdown Free Trade and the Loss of US Jobs Stop Fast Track Conversation with Joanne Barkan: Portland Teachers Vote to Strike Joanne Barkan:  They Shall Overcome Joanne Barkan: Plutocrats at Work: How Big Philanthropy Undermines Democracy Joanne Barkan: Who is Victimizing Chicago’s Kids? Joanne Barkan: Hired Guns on Astroturf: How to Buy and Sell School Reform More Joanne Barkan at Dissent Argh, I Wish I’d Written That!: Sarah: Kathleen Kuehn, Why Are So Many Journalists Willing to Write for Free? Michelle: Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, How Inequality Hollows Out the Soul The post Belabored Podcast #40: Philanthrocapitalism, with Joanne Barkan appeared first on Dissent Magazine.