Occupy Radio: Remembering Our Favorite Guests

Occupy Radio: Remembering Our Favorite GuestsThis is the end of a nearly four year run of Occupy Radio, Occupiers, and this week, Rivera and I are looking back at some of the best shows from our two years of sharing the mic.Oligarchy, wealth, and debt, Basic Income, and constructive programme. A residents bill of rights, our favorite Marxist, Richard Wolff, and some fun with one half of the Yes Men. You should find something to spark your interest on this week’s Occupy Radio.Music: Calliope DreamsOligarchy: Jeffrey WintersDr. Jeffrey Winters, NorthWestern UniversityProfessor (also Director, Equality Development and Globalization Studies [EDGS] Program)Democracy and OilgarchySupreme Court protects wealthThe Wealth primary removes the vote from people without wealthAmerica’s Wealth Power IndexDr. Jeffrey Winters, Northwestern University http://www.polisci.northwestern.edu/people/core-faculty/jeffrey-winters.htmlExcellent article describing America's dual democracy/oligarchy http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2011/09/28/oligarchy-and-democracy/Oligarchy, textbook written by Jeffrey Winters http://www.amazon.com/Oligarchy-Jeffrey-A-Winters/dp/0521182980 Santa Fe Residents’ Bill of Rights w/ Tomas Rivera of the Chainbreaker CollectiveChainbreaker Collective:http://chainbreaker.org/rbor/https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1503657019886219.1073741829.1503649673220287&http://chainbreaker.org/chainbreaker-members-launch-residents-bill-of-rights-campaign/http://chainbreaker.org/city-council-to-vote-on-bill-of-rights-resolution-this-wednesday/City of Santa Fe Residents Bill of Rights (pdf)http://www.santafenm.gov/media/archive_center/2r___207.pdfSanta Fe Resident's Bill of Rights Launch (facebook photo album)https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1503657019886219.1073741829.1503649673220287& Constructive Program w/ Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook of the Metta Center for Nonviolence.The Metta Center for Nonviolencehttp://mettacenter.org/ Strike Debt Filmmaker, organizer with the debt collective Debt CollectiveCollective StrategyFree education is not a utopian concept, the US is relatively unusual for not having itHow Far to freeHow to join the debt collectiveCorinthian Case Aggressive tacticsHollie Chaffee: One of the original Corinthian FifteenRolling Jubilee:  http://rollingjubilee.org/https://debtcollective.org/Strike Debt:  http://strikedebt.org/Hidden Driver, Laura Hanna's site:  http://www.hiddendriver.com/Project on Student Debt: http://projectonstudentdebt.org/ State by State Data:  http://projectonstudentdebt.org/state_by_state-data.php Chuck Collins Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and directs IPS's Program on Inequality and the Common Good. He is the author of 99 to 1, and numerous other books and essays.Billionaire Bonanza: The Forbes 400 and the Rest of Ushttp://www.ips-dc.org/billionaire-bonanza/Chuck Collins: Have we hit peak wealth inequality?http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/12/02/have-we-hit-peak-wealth-inequalityChuck Collins at Institute for Policy Studieshttp://www.ips-dc.org/authors/chuck-collins/Music: Beirut Surveillance Scott Santens Writer, Basic Income advocateModerator Basic income SubredditDefining Universal Basic IncomeHow to Pay for UBIThis is a breakdown of UBI vs NIT.http://www.scottsantens.com/negative-income-tax-nit-and-unconditional-basic-income-ubi-what-makes-them-the-same-and-what-makes-them-different  Richard Wolff Host of the radio podcast, Economic Updatehttp://rdwolff.com/Democracy at Work http://www.democracyatwork.info/Richard's Radio show: Economic Update http://www.democracyatwork.info/radio/Economic Update's youtube channel:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgaRiRDqE4wSolPkQ7k4FgQ"Socialism and Workers' Self-Directed Enterprises"http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2014/wolff140914.html Uberally Mike Bonanno of the Yes! Men.The Yes Men: http://theyesmen.org/The Yes Men's latest hijinks: http://theyesmen.org/hijinksThe Action Switchboard: https://actionswitchboard.net/ Music: Turtle Neck Tea Party