Episodes
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No Tax on Overtime - The Truth Behind the Lie
Whether you call it a lie or a massive exaggeration, Trump and his admin spit in the face of workers with the details of "No Tax on Overtime". It doesn't do what they promised, and only 8% of workers will qualify at all, most of them for very small amounts. Let's discuss it! ====================...
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ICE Executed a Woman on Video, in Daylight, and in Cold Blood. The System Immediately Moved to Protect the Murderous Coward ICE Agent
ICE openly executed a woman and the State immediately launched a cover-up. ------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can! WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://tribunus-plebis-media-sio-shop.fourthwall.com Please, if…
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When Media Lapdogs Like Mike Rowe Launder CEO B.S.
Mike Farley, Ford CEO, spit fantasy BS into Mike Rowe's ear and Mike Rowe laundered that BS into unquestioned truth.The media, and it's lapdogs like Rowe, are used in this way every single day.Let's break this down.==================================This podcast and related works take a lot of...
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Radical Music - The American Labor Movement & Beyond
Let's dive into a little bit of the history of the indelible connection between radical protest music and the American labor movement.SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Aa...We talk about every artist from Joe Hill to Rage Against the Machine and everybody in between.We examine...
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Mike Rowe Called Me Out. I Doubled Down - He's STILL a Negative For the Labor Movement
9 months ago I made a video about how Mike rowe was a net negative for the working class and organized labor. 1 week ago Mr. rowe had a boomer Facebook crashout and called me out.I'm doubling down.--------------------------------------------------This podcast and related works take a lot of…
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Fascist, USA - Where do you stand?
The question I keep having for my friends, family, and the public at large is this:When Fascism came, where were you standing?Ten toes down in opposition, or cheering it on?----------------------------------------------------------This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to...
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Engels' "Social Murder" and The Death of a CEO
In this video we focus on the concept of 'social murder' as outlines by Friedrich Engels in his 1845 book "The Conditions of the Working Class of England" Then we move onto the media and internet reaction to the murder of CEO Brian Thompson, the folk hero status of our man Luigi, and a general...
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How Mike Rowe Betrays The Working Class - This Video Was a "Dirty Job" But It Had To Be Done
Mike Rowe, of "Dirty Jobs" fame, uses a dubiously earned supposed credibility as a blue collar worker and worker advocate, to smuggle anti-worker, anti-labor, anti-union, and Libertarian-tinged conservative ideas and world views into work which ostensibly glorifies those same groups of people.…
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Amazon Labor Union Has Affiliated with the Teamsters - Let's Talk About It...
The ALU has affiliated with the Teamsters. The agreement comes after ALU has failed to get Amazon to the table, gone broke, suffered internal strife, and their Reform Caucus has forced a leadership election. Let's discuss the good and the bad. -------------------------------- This podcast and...
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UAW Loses Vote at Mercedes, FTC Bans Non-Competes, INSA hit with Cemex Injunction, and Union Workers earn record raises!
The Unites Auto Workers lost an election at an Alabama Mercedes plant, accuse Mercedes of illegal union-busting, and swear to continue the fight! The FTC BANS Non-Compete clauses, freeing millions of workers to move to new jobs, and start businesses! Dispensary company INSA forced to recognie…
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Breaking My Silence On Gaza - Yes, It's a Genocide.
The Palestinian people, and Gaza as a place, are being genocided and obliterated and erased from their land. Let's talk about it. ------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can! WE NOW HAVE MERCH! =...
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What the 2023 Union Wins Mean Going Forward
2023 was a banner year for organized labor - Teamsters got a record contract at UPS, the United Auto Workers got record breaking contracts at the Big 3. Starbucks has been organizing across the nation, SAG-AFTRA/WGA had victories. Vegas Hotel workers and healthcare workers across the country...
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(EP. 76) Police Unions Should Not Exist
Police unions should not exist. Not only do they protect corrupt, violent, even murderous cops, but they are also staunch defenders of the status quo. They use their power to grow in both size and power and to use their strength against the working class and poor. They are the ultra-violent arm…
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(Ep. 75) The NLRB Rules on Cemex - Plus: The Final Rule & the Abruzzo Memo
The National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, has ruled on the Cemex case, issued their "Final Rule", and Biden altered the calculation for prevailing wage on federal projects - All great wins for labor and the working class. ==================== This podcast and related works take a lot of effort…
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(Ep. 74) The UAW STRIKE Against Detroit's BIG 3! Let's Talk About It!
The United Auto Workers have begun a strike action against Detroit's Big 3 automakers as the corporations refuse to bargain in good faith, give back the concessions they tore from the union during the recession, and balk at raises that these workers not only are deamnding but DESERVE. Join us as…
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(Ep. 73) United Auto Workers Prepare to STRIKE! What are the UAW DEMANDS and How Did We Get Here?
The United Auto Workers look likely to strike in what would be one of the largest strikes ver in this country. They are fighting for wages and benefits, yes, but also for basic humanity and dignity. Join us as we dive into what got us here, why, and how it might be resolved!...
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(Ep. 72) Yellow Freight CLOSES! How Did We Get Here and Who is to BLAME?
Yellow Freight, the 3rd largest LTL freight company in the country has closed its door and is ready to declare bankruptcy. How did this once venerable, near 100 year old company, get to this point? Who is truly to blame for this turn of events? It's certainly not the Teamsters. Join us as we dig...
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(Ep. 71) UPS Decides to FORCE Teamsters to STRIKE or to SUBMIT!
UPS has bargained in bad faith with their unionized Teamster workforce, left part-timers behind to struggle in "part time poverty", and are now walking away from the table on the brink of a deal. UPS wants to continue harming it's part-time warehouse help while the Teamsters have doubled down on...
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(Ep. 70) Supreme Court Rules Against Labor - Glacier v. Teamsters Just Tip of the Iceberg
The US Supreme Court screw over organized labor with their terrible ruling in the Glacier v Teamsters case. Glacier is just the tip of the iceberg in the attack on unions and collective worker actions. Join Tribunus Plebis Media as we break this down. _____________________________ This podcast…
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(Ep. 69) May Day aka International Workers Day - The Origin of the REAL Labor Day, its Meaning, and the Reasons Why People in The US and Canada Do Not Celebrate It.
Most workers in the United States and Canada are barely aware of the holiday known as May Day or International Workers Day. Please stop by for a moderate length, yet still incomplete origin story and learn where it came from, what it means, and why we don;t celebrate it in the US and Canada!...
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(Ep. 68) Our Culture Is Killing Us - From The Reactionary, Anti-Homeless Response to the Bob Lee Murder to the Four Indefensible Shootings Across the Country - Our Culture is to Blame
Bob Lee, tech tycoon, was stabbed to death in San Francisco and the power elite turned all of their ire on the unhoused. The murderer was actually another tech tycoon. Ralph Yarl, Kaylin Gillis, two cheerleaders, and a 6 year old child were amongst the victims of four separate, terrifying,...
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(Ep. 67) Trump Indicted, Brandon Johnson Elected, Wisconsin Supreme Court Victory - Current Events Roundup - Tribunus Plebis Media
Trump is indicted, arrested, and arraigned... and it changes nothing at all. Brandon Johnson is elected Mayor of Chicago and Janet Protasiewicz was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court... and these two have the potential to actually change things in those cities and states. Let's discuss bottom...
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(Ep. 66) War Crimes and Lies - Iraq 20 Years Later - Through the Eyes of the Soldiers Who Fought
We go over the lies and propaganda that lead to the illegal war crime that we call the Iraq War and watch and comment on the video Iraq 20 Years Later Link to Original Video: https://youtu.be/RIWfH3iEgXU ______________________________ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time…
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(Ep. 65) The Warrior Met Strike - A Tale of Corporate/State Collusion and a Failure of the Media
The Warrior Met corporation and the state worked together to snuff out a righteous workers strike in Alabama and the media failed the workers just as badly, myself included. Join me as we discuss why and how this happened. ------------------------------------ This podcast and related works take a...
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(Ep. 64) How We Talk About The Unhoused - The Rhetoric That Unmakes Us
Let's talk about the rhetoric surrounding how we dehumanize and other the unhoused of this country and turn them from neighbors into existential enemies with our words. "You cannot truly help those that you do not Respect. Pity is not respect, victimization is not respect. Criminalizing mere...
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(Ep. 63) How We Talk About Labor - A Rearview Look at the Railroad Dispute, the Media, and Us.
Not only does capital have control of the government and media, it also has control of the cultural zeitgeist and it has a hold so powerful that most of us hear a so called journalist ask a locomotive repairman making 80 grand a year or something whether fighting for the ability to not work while...
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(EP. 62) How Labor Unions Help Reduce Racism and Bigotry
We need to organize, unionize, work together, and undertake ventures which by their mere existence helps us all see that there are goals out there worth achieving and that the best way to do so is to make cause of common interests no matter our race or creed or culture and, even more importantly,...
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(Ep. 61) [Book Talk] ECONOMISM - Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality, by James Kwak
(Ep. 61) [Book Talk] ECONOMISM - Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality, by James Kwak In “Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality”, James Kwak makes a compelling case that an overly simplistic understanding of economics (‘Econ 101’) is exacerbating the economic, social, and…
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(Ep. 60) Class, Labor, and Solidarity
Today I want to talk about class, solidarity, and the labor struggle. I’m going to argue that the way we use class in the united states is purposefully misleading, intentionally vague and, ultimately, destructive. Class, when defined properly, is an incredibly important concept. But, as we will...
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(Ep. 59) William "Big Bill" Haywood - A Life Larger Than Most
Let’s talk about William “Big Bill” Dudley Haywood! Standing at 6 feet tall and weighing well over 200 pounds, Big Bill was truly larger than life as he battled mining trusts, corporations, private armies, and government forces alike. He fought them with his agile mind, his calloused knuckles…
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(Ep. 58) The Problems With Philanthropy - Influence, Power, Corruption, and a Trojan Horse for the Right
Billionaires give to destroy the country and they give to fill the gaps in society which they create along the way. Philanthropy is being used to reify the ultra wealthy, sustain and support power and influence, and destroy democracy and choice. Philanthropic giving is about power and the…
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(Ep. 57) The Trump Raid and Breonna Taylor's Murder - Cops, Power, Class, and The 4th Amendment
Donald Trump gets raided, and the fallout from the Breonna Taylor murder continues. What do these two events have in common? They can help us understand how systemically corrupt, violent, and lazy the justice system truly is and this understanding can provide insight into the crumbling of the 4th...
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(Ep. 56) Stochastic Terror - How Rhetoric Inspires Terror - From Trump to Tucker Carlson to Biden
Stochastic Terrorism noun 1. The public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted. Join me for a discussion of rhetoric, demagogues, power wielders, and the probable but unpredictable...
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(Ep. 55) The Lies of Uvalde - It Just Keeps Getting Worse! Plus, We Revisit Anti-Trans Legislation
The cowardice of the police in Uvalde was shameful enough, but since that horrific event those same police have shown cowardice in a myriad of other ways. Everything from their initial lies about what happened, wrongfully blaming innocent people, lying about the events and trying to gaslight...
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(Ep. 54) Supreme Failures - The Overthrow of Roe, Unaccountable Police, More Guns, and Less Safety, Freedom, and Liberty
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and opens the door to return to the dark days of no federal protection for same-sex marriage, anti-sodomy laws, loss of contraceptive care, and possibly even interracial marriage. Also: Cops get even more immunity…
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(Ep. 53) A Cowardly Act - The Uvalde Police Response (or Lack Thereof)
Just me yelling about cowardly, quailing, perpetually shook police and how their lack of action killed children in the Uvalde, TX school shooting. ---------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able…
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(Ep. 52) The Buffalo Shooting, Othering, White Supremacy, and the "Great Replacement" Nonsense.
A white supremacist murdered multiple people in Buffalo, NY, driven to murder by, at least in part, the so-called Great Replacement conspiracy theory which is extremely popular amongst racists, nazis, white supremacists all across the globe, and the alt-right in the United States. This racist...
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(Ep. 51) The Overturning of Roe vs. Wade & The "Don't Say Gay" Bill is Passed In Dystopian Florida
The Supreme Court is about to officially overturn Roe v. Wade and Florida passes homophobic law. I guess we shouldn't be surprised, but we should definitely be angry about these things. ------------------------------------------ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to...
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(Ep. 50) The United Fruit Company, The Guatemala Coup, and Corporate Power
Such was the power of El Pulpo, the United Fruit Company octopus, whose arms stretched across the Caribbean and throughout Central and South America. They ran countries, monopolized shipping lanes, hoarded land, corrupted militaries and governments, used the United State military as knuckle...
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(Ep. 49) Sanctions - What they are, Why we use them, and How they kill.
Policy ghouls are telling us, in a sort of passive voice sort of way, that if we just impose sanctions on this other country then they’ll be nicer. That’s what they tell us. What they actually do is begin to starve, debase, degrade, torture, and murder poor people in a bid to create internal...
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(Ep. 48) [Book Talk] AUSTERITY - The History of a Dangerous Idea, by Mark Blyth - Tribunus Plebis Podcast
Welcome to the inaugural "Book Talk" episode on Tribunus Plebis! We will discuss the book "Austerity - The History of a Dangerous Idea" by Mark Blyth, as well as austerity in a broader, more general discussion! Austerity is, basically, the idea that regressively taxing citizens while also...
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(Ep. 47) REI Lies - Breaking Down REI's Anti-Union Podcast Episode
I listened to REI's anti-union podcast so that you don't have to! Employees at REI's flagship SoHo store have filed to form a union and REI hired a law firm to help them fight against it's employees with a groan inducing woke-backed anti-union message. The dynamic duo of CEO Eric and Lawyer Wilma...
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(Ep. 46) Monopsony, Stagnation, and Inequality of Power
Monopsonistic practices by corporations are simply an exertion of power over the labor force. This power dichotomy is not a mistake and it is not a symptom of some other issue. The power imbalance is purposefully baked into a system which pre-supposes scarcity and demands constant profit growth…
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(Ep. 45) Fractured - Fissured Work and the Destruction of the Middle Class
The problems with this ‘fissuring of the workplace and economy’ are manifold. Wages are depressed, job security is destroyed, fewer people with company provided insurance, etc. As all of these wage and benefit structures collapse in favor of the lowest bid, there is further degradation of these...
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(Ep. 44) Fodder for Profit - From Triangle Shirtwaist to Amazon and Mayfield - Workers Are Just Grist For the Mill
The one thing that has been consistent in hyper capitalist america over the past… well, forever… is that companies and capital owners will absolutely, positively, without doubt and without hesitation put employees lives on the line to make an extra buck and nobody but the workers themselves have...
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(Ep. 43) Thoughts on Welfare Shaming, Rittenhouse, and the Arbery verdict - Current Events Housecleaning
I recently made use of a safety net program to get food into our home and had some thoughts about using welfare and the phenomena of Karen's and Ken's trying to shame struggling people and families. I also touch on the Rittenhouse debacle and the Arbery trial and it's verdict. No, he isn't a…
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(Ep. 42) "Ode To A Scab" by Jack London [A Tribunus Plebis Short]
Members of The Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union, representing workers at various Kellogg's plants just voted down a proposed contract and continue their strike! Solidarity! Kellogg's is set to hire 'replacement workers', aka SCABS. This episode is for those thinking...
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(Ep. 41) Revolution in America? Make the Changes or Face the Pitchforks
The citizenry of the United States is on the ropes. We are fed up, broke, unhealthy, unlikely to succeed, and dying sooner than we should be. And all that through no fault of our own. A revolution still seems far-fetched for some, but I don’t agree. A revolution is far closer than most of us…
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(Ep. 40) Unions Rising - Rebirth or Death Throes? #Striketober
As I was pondering the impact of #Striketober and the surge of union strikes and general labor activity in 2021, my mind drifted back to the strikes of 2018 and 2019 and what they mean for the current movement. We look back to those pre-2020 labor actions and even dip our toes into labor related...
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(Ep. 39) Company Towns - Pullman to Amazon to Willow Park
Company towns harm workers, they do nothing to combat inequality - in fact they only exacerbate inequality, and they DEFINITELY do not promote anything we can even remotely call ‘freedom’ Company towns are nothing less than base feudalism. They always have been, they are right now, and they…
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