Citations Needed - Newsletter 10.12.21

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- Florence, Marco, Adam, Julianne, and Nima

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IATSE Entertainment Workers Are on the Verge of Their First National Strike Alice Herman, In These Times (October 4, 2021)

IATSE entertainment workers overwhelmingly authorized a strike as film crews report grueling shooting schedules. New media such as streaming services were also previously given more pay and residual flexibility in the old contract, but now they dominate the industry.

Afro-Indigenous People in Honduras Are Being Forcibly Displaced. Washington Is Complicit Miriam Miranda, In These Times (October 11, 2021)

Afro-Indigenous people are often only brought up in the media when they try to migrate to the U.S. What those stories miss is that these people are being forcibly displaced to make way for a tourism industry, with support from the U.S.

The Ugly Bipartisan Obsession with the “Right” Number of Immigrants Tanvi Misra, The New Republic (October 7, 2021)

At the heart of discussions of immigration in the U.S. lies a question of how many immigrants is the right amount. These debates rely on an assumption that free immigration will damage the country, a belief with deeply racist roots.

Police Unions’ Latest Grievance: Vaccine Mandates Esther Wang, The New Republic (October 6, 2021)

Cops and police unions have been loudly denouncing vaccine mandates, saying that many would rather quit than be vaccinated. This is the latest in a trend of issue where cops show that they believe they are above the law.

Andrew Yang’s New Political Party Exposes the Farce of Radical Centrism Luke Savage, Jacobin (October 10, 2021)

Andrew Yang’s new political party is another attempt to build a movement on radical centrism. Like many radical centrist projects, Yang’s party mixes basic truths about political alienation with half-formed policies and sketchy platitudes unfit for dealing with the country’s problems.

Teamster Rank-and-File Reformers Are Making a Bid for Union Leadership Indigo Olivier, Jacobin (October 6, 2021)

A more militant caucus within the Teamsters is looking to be part of a leadership coalition that will grant them a seat at the table. This caucus seeks to disrupt old guard Teamster strategies and work on unionizing Amazon.

How a State Bank Could Challenge Payday Lenders Sasha Abramsky, The Nation (October 8, 2021)

California has passed a law to form a commission to study a zero-fee, federally insured banking system for low-income residents. If the commission finds the system doable, low-income residents could get the ability to fall into the clutches of payday lending.

In Middle America, Unions and Democrats Are Sleepwalking Into the Grave Hamilton Nolan, InThese Times (October 6, 2021)

Democratic consultants have released a survey to show that Democrats are losing in rural areas. This narrative does not consider how the party’s failure to fight the weakening of unions contributed to those losses in ancestral Democrats.

Missing and Murdered People of Color an Afterthought to Gabby Petito’s Case Olivia Riggio, FAIR (October 1, 2021)

After the disappearance and death of Gabby Petito gained national attention, questions began to swirl about why media covered the disappearances of people of color less vigilantly. The right-wing media viciously argued against any examination of this phenomenon while legacy media seemed to pick up stories on missing people of color as a reaction to backlash.