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Ep 216 - Rotterdam America

Added 2023-06-14 10:00:04 +0000 UTC

A news roundup--we start by talking about Sean's psychedelic encounter with a woke Civil War statue, the recent Supreme Court decisions on the Voting Rights Act and Teamsters, the West Coast port shutdowns and dynamics of portworker labor in the US, and the upcoming UPS strike as a potential opening salvo of the final battle of organized labor. We then discuss the recent trans panic in light of the history of queer liberation, and our cis blindspot on the issue.

In the bonus half, we discuss the legacy of Ted K in US anarchism, and a related analysis of AI. Enjoy!

West coast port slowdown links:
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/06/05/tmau-j05.html

https://lbbusinessjournal.com/ports/2-container-terminals-at-port-of-long-beach-closed-monday-at-least-1-to-be-closed-tuesday/

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/06/whats-behind-work-stoppages-at-west-coast-ports

https://www.supplychainconnect.com/news-trends/article/21267198/west-coast-port-strike-update

UPS strike:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/business/teamsters-ups-strike-possibility/index.html

Zerzan - Whose Unabomber?
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/john-zerzan-whose-unabomber

NYT AI article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/technology/ai-humanity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Song: Marilyn Manson - Astonishing Panorama of End Times