Worker Movement
Welcome to Worker Movement, a podcast dedicated to the working class, a podcast dedicated to raising class consciousness. This podcast is for you, for us, for the worker.
Leftist cohosts discuss a wide range of topics through the lens of the left / communist / socialist.
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S1E139: School is Cool
Saturday, October 09, 2021
Educating future members of the working class is our best hope.
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=69
S1E138: New Imperialism
Wednesday, October 06, 2021
Extracting resources for use by the imperial core has traditionally required the enactment of acute violence, but through recent advancements in exploitation, chronic violence has become the preferred method.
S1E137: Dinner and a Show
Saturday, October 02, 2021
The debt ceiling spectacle obscures the complexity of competently investing in public infrastructure.
S1E136: Inferred Justification
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
COVID-19 deaths are no laughing matter, but it will happen when ethical systems defer to the free market.
S1E135: Doing the Same Thing
Saturday, September 25, 2021
People vote based on material conditions, and when material conditions don't improve, you get to vote again later!
S1E134: T-Shirts Don't Vote
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
AOC's accrual of national publicity has diverted campaign resources that should be spent on local causes.
S1E133: A Different Theory
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Conspiracy theories are to America, as 9/11 is to imperialism.
https://www.nist.gov/el/final-reports-nist-world-trade-center-disaster-investigation
S1E132: Burden Shifting
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Technological advancement benefits the ruling class, but when there is an issue in the supply chain, the working class is punished.
S1E131: Twenty Years Later
Saturday, September 11, 2021
For the vast majority of Americans (including us), nothing changed on 9/11, but it would change the future.
S1E130: Welcome to the Herd
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Both neoliberal parties are advocating for Herd Immunity as a strategy rather than an objective.
S1E129: Super Necessary
Saturday, September 04, 2021
The US Supreme Court allowed Texas' anti-abortion legislation, SB8, to take effect and they ended the CDC's eviction moratorium citing a lack of authority in 361(a).
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a24_8759.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a23_ap6c.pdf
S1E128: Capital Needs a Boost
Wednesday, September 01, 2021
Vaccine durability is waning along with the inoculation rate, but corporations stand ready to keep you safe if it helps their profits.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02261-8
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.31.21261387v1
S1E127: Automating Exploitation
Saturday, August 28, 2021
The American automotive industry is a jobs program that doesn't benefit the working class.
S1E126: Radical Imperialism
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Extremism is a consequence of foreign interference with self-determination.
S1E125: The End of Forever
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Imperialism without colonization is foreign occupation.
S1E124: Peak Internet
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Twitter needs more users, Google wants to pay workers less based on where they work and job qualifications are biased towards class interests.
S1E123: Don't Blink First
Saturday, August 14, 2021
When an industry's rate of growth declines, the industry's rate of worker exploitation must increase to compensate.
S1E122: Race to Infect
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
The cost of covid mutating will be borne by the working class, not the ruling class.
S1E121: Extending Executive Power
Saturday, August 07, 2021
The new eviction moratorium is intended to preserve the for-profit housing system.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/Signed-CDC-Eviction-Order.pdf
S1E120: The Dream, Withdrawn
Wednesday, August 04, 2021
The exploitation of Olympic athletes forced capital to pretend to care about mental health.
S1E119: For the Love of the Game
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Discussion on the exploitive nature of the Olympics and why NBC only airs swimming on prime-time.
S1E118: Just Eat It
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Fight Capitalism by growing your own food. You can grow your own tomatoes for under $20 anywhere in the USA.
S1E117: Propaganda for Thee, Not for Me
Saturday, July 24, 2021
The US is ready and willing to run propaganda campaigns against foreign countries, but they're unwilling to convince US citizens to take a vaccine.
S1E116: Hyperthermia
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
When your cause of death is being poor, you're a statistic.
https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/preliminary-review-heat-wave-deaths-shows-most-were-older-lived-alone-had-no
S1E115: Free Market Collapsing
Saturday, July 17, 2021
If the government doesn't regulate corporations, who is accountable when a building literally collapses?
https://www.wfla.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/2021/06/8777-collins-ave-structural-field-survey-report.pdf
S1E114: Chauvin v. State: Day 11
Saturday, July 03, 2021
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 12, 2021.
S1E113: Placating the Masses
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Absolving renters debt is a bailout for capital, whereas preserving student debt is beneficial to capital. We also discuss the Democratic Theater Company's For the People Act.
S1E112: Chauvin v. State: Sentenced
Saturday, June 26, 2021
George Floyd's murderer is sentenced and the Mayor of Minneapolis hires a private police force using coronavirus pandemic emergency authority.
https://mn.gov/msgc-stat/documents/Guidelines/2020/2020StandardSentencingGuidelinesGrid.pdf
https://mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/High-Profile-Cases/27-CR-20-12646/MCRO_27-CR-20-12646_Sentencing-Order_2021-06-25_20210625145755.pdf
S1E111: Dear Exploited Workers
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The sooner you understand worker exploitation, the sooner you can do something about it.
S1E110: Avoid the Noid
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Doing something easy multiple times is more profitable than doing something hard once.
S1E109: Origin Story
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
We take a trip down memory lane exploring our political past while expanding on our theory of local electoralism.
S1E108: The Poor Line
Saturday, June 12, 2021
The unintended consequences of increasing the minimum wage.
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/resources/how-is-poverty-measured/
S1E107: On the Basis of Vaccination
Wednesday, June 09, 2021
Capital doesn't care about your health, but they'd prefer if you're vaccinated.
S1E106: My Brother's Keeper
Saturday, June 05, 2021
The Obama Foundation held a forum on May 26, 2021 to discuss the progress (or lack thereof) towards racial justice.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-201500033/pdf/DCPD-201500033.pdf
S1E105: To Win, Or Not To Win
Wednesday, June 02, 2021
Attacking capital requires a sophisticated game plan.
S1E104: Post-Covid Economy
Saturday, May 29, 2021
Capital hasn't defined the new steady state, but it's going to be exploitive.
S1E103: Normal is Coming
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Imperialism is normal. Political theater is normal. Exploiting workers is normal.
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Saturday, May 22, 2021
When people hold a corporation hostage that's a problem, but when people are held hostage by a corporation that's capitalism.
S1E101: The Invisible Enemy
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
The distinction between conservative and neoliberal policy is imaginary, but the suffering from acute and chronic violence is real. #theory
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/20/e2013637118
S1E100: Exploitation Rate
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Institutions of capital perpetuate modern slave labor with success measured in unemployment and inflation.
S1E99: Capital's Pipeline
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
When privatized infrastructure is incompetently managed, exploited labor can't serve the ruling class.
S1E98: Open Source Insecurity
Saturday, May 08, 2021
Researchers at the University of Minnesota wrote an academic paper illustrating that the Linux Kernel is vulnerable to exploitation. Then while defending their institution, capital proved their conclusion.
https://github.com/QiushiWu/QiushiWu.github.io/blob/main/papers/OpenSourceInsecurity.pdf
S1E97: State of Violence
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
A merger of state and corporate power occurs under Neoliberalism and perpetuates chronic violence.
S1E96: Chauvin v. State: Day 10
Saturday, May 01, 2021
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 9, 2021.
https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/residents/public-safety/documents/floyd-autopsy-6-3-20.pdf
S1E95: Apportioning Power
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
The 2020 Census Apportionment Results were released on Monday and mark the start of the once-every-ten-year redistricting process. Federal districts are often the focus, but new state level boundaries are most important in securing worker power.
S1E94: The Absence of Data, Is Data
Saturday, April 24, 2021
The CDC's Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System just isn't good enough.
https://vaers.hhs.gov/data/datasets.html
S1E93: Chauvin v. State: Verdict
Thursday, April 22, 2021
The verdict in the trial of George Floyd's murderer is discussed.
S1E92: Herd Asymptote
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Approaching herd immunity and reaching herd immunity are very different concepts.
S1E91: Chauvin v. State: Day 8-9
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 7-8, 2021.
S1E90: Chauvin v. State: Day 6-7
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 5-6, 2021.
S1E89: Chauvin v. State: Day 3-5
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers March 31 through April 2, 2021.
S1E88: A Well Named Candidate
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
If you want to win, you don't have to cheat, but it can be helpful.
S1E87: Chauvin v. State: Day 1-2
Saturday, April 03, 2021
Opening statements and witness testimony in the trial of George Floyd's murderer started on March 29, 2021. This episode discusses jury selection and the first two days of testimony.
S1E86: Introduction to Central Planning, Part 2
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Capitalism maximizes profits, central planning optimizes efficiency.
S1E85: Introduction to Central Planning, Part 1
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Central Planning defeated fascism in World War 2 and could defeat food scarcity today.
S1E84: Propaganda Works
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Who are you going to believe, your own lying eyes or the corporate media?
https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/documents/monmouthpoll_us_060220.pdf
S1E83: Data Driven Debacle
Saturday, March 20, 2021
When the data exists to make good decisions, but bad decisions are made, the problem isn't the data.
S1E82: Caucuses Have Consequences
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
When the establishment wins its called democracy. When the slightly left-er-ish faction won in Nevada, its called a problem.
S1E81: Exploiting the Whole World
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Globalization is the scaling of exploitation, but as exploitation runs dry, the exploiters become the exploited.
S1E80: Fiscal Support Provided by Corn Corp.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Industrial agriculture is driven to feed profits.
S1E79: George Floyd Pre-Trial
Saturday, March 06, 2021
George Floyd's murderer is scheduled to stand trial on March 8, 2021. We summarize important facts of the case and discuss what police accountability should look like.
S1E78: Distraction From Your Other Priorities
Wednesday, March 03, 2021
With one distraction removed, the Biden Administration can devote their full attention to screwing over minimum wage workers.
S1E76: Accessing Government Data
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Public data is a powerful tool for political action.
S1E75: Sprawl For Profit
Saturday, February 20, 2021
If affordable housing was profitable, there wouldn't be a shortage.
S1E74: Post Capitalism Stress Disorder
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
A mental health condition triggered by an inability to understand a world without capitalism.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/operation-strategy.html
S1E73: Messaging Matters
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Politicians say what they mean, but they don't mean what they say.
S1E72: Capital's Lottery
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The ruling class doesn't care who loses, so long as it's not them.
S1E71: Wall Street Joins The Resistance
Saturday, February 06, 2021
When the music stopped, the Petite Bourgeoisie learned that Capital doesn't lose.
S1E70: The Art of the Grift
Wednesday, February 03, 2021
The left sucks at messaging because they suck at grifting.
S1E69: Double Mask This
Saturday, January 30, 2021
The US is willing to do anything to eradicate COVID, except what's necessary.
S1E68: Beyond The Dream
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr. opposed imperialism and capitalism.
S1E66: Do Not Feed The Animals
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Section 230 protects capital, and capital wants to be protected.
S1E65: First in Impeachments
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Capital's first impeachment moves Trump to the top of the leader-board.
S1E64: It's a Small Club and You Ain't in It!
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
In American Oligarchy, few make decisions for many.
S1E63: We Are Fucked: Lick The Boot
Saturday, January 09, 2021
Analysis of Trump's Insurrection(tm) and the general incompetence of the ruling class.
S1E62: Luck Favors the Rich
Wednesday, January 06, 2021
The ability to survive is correlated with the ability to prepare and money makes preparation easier.
S1E61: Force Something Useful
Saturday, January 02, 2021
Forcing a vote on Medicare For All in a Neoliberal Congress is like forcing a square peg in a round hole.
S1E60: The Power to Preserve
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
If you want to change something, determine which entities have the power to preserve.
S1E59: Local Electoralism
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Local politics are the only politics locals should care about.
S1E58: An Imperfect Vaccine
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Why don't we simply make more vaccines?
https://www.fda.gov/media/144245/download
S1E57: Death Panels
Saturday, December 12, 2020
When was the last time you heard the phrase "death panel"?
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations-process.html
S1E55: The Great Pyramids of Gig Exploitation
Saturday, December 05, 2020
The only thing that trickles down in the economy is exploitation.
S1E54: Literally My Life is Propaganda
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Social media is an extension of the manufactured consent corporate media machine.
S1E53: The Circle of Class
Saturday, November 28, 2020
A formal discussion of the two classes, and two other classes.
S1E52: A Noun, a Verb, and Obama
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Preparing for Obama's third term, by actively doing things, not resisting.
S1E51: Only You Can Prevent Coronavirus!
Saturday, November 21, 2020
The promise of a vaccine is near, but the promise of actually being injected with a vaccine is not near.
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S1E50: First, Do No Harm (To Profits)
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
COVID is being mismanaged in the US because the entire healthcare system is profit driven. It's not a good idea to put that same system in charge of creating a vaccine.
S1E49: The Multi-Party Mirage
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Any analysis of the US Political system must acknowledge the existence of multiple capitalist parties colluding.
S1E48: How'd You Play The Game?
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
The name of the game is to get more votes than the other players, but not everybody is playing the same game.
S1E47: Voting With Peanut Butter
Saturday, November 07, 2020
The presidential election is a sticky mess, and other observations on gerrymandering, protesting and pardoning.
S1E46: In Case of Emergency, Vote
Monday, November 02, 2020
An analysis of potential election outcomes yields a clear winner: Capital.
S1E44: Why Don't Kindergarten Teachers Get Tenure?
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
The public school system is burdened by short term thinking and redundancy in the name of local control.
S1E43: We Are Fucked: A Dark Winter
Friday, October 23, 2020
Analysis of the Final Presidential Debate that seemed to last longer than Biden's 47 years as a politician.
S1E42: Less Effective Evil
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The ruling class has incurred several defeats during Trump's presidency, but the working class doesn't always win when the ruling class loses.
S1E41: Packing It In
Friday, October 16, 2020
When asked whether to pack the courts, the question can really be framed as: Are you going to act in the interest of capital or are you going to act in the interest of the working class?
S1E40: Nothing Will Fundamentally Change
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
There are two populations that want a Biden win, in one corner there's the blue-no-matter-who crowd, shitlibs, wine-moms, the #khive (Copmala's twitter following), the Peter Butterbar fan club, anybody that voted for Bush but also voted for Hillary. In the other corner we have capital, hint: they might be on the same team.
S1E39: We Are Fucked: Beady Eyed Psychopath Edition
Thursday, October 08, 2020
Analysis of the VP Debate featuring at least one beady eyed psychopath.
S1E38: Self Determination Would Be Nice
Wednesday, October 07, 2020
The entire ruling class doesn't give a fuck about long term planning because they don't have a profit motive and they won't be alive.
S1E37: We Are Fucked, Part 2
Thursday, October 01, 2020
Conclusion of debate analysis covering the second half topics of: Law and Order, Climate Change, and Election Integrity.
S1E36: We Are Fucked, Part 1
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Analysis of the First Presidential Debate covering the first three topics: Supreme Court, Covid, Taxes/Economy.
S1E35: Central Planning Can Save Us
Saturday, September 26, 2020
Neoliberalism opposes central planning because the mechanisms of self-enrichment are eliminated.
S1E1001: Short: The Art of Psyops
Friday, September 25, 2020
Prerequisite material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vh-nlY3U6M A discussion on masks in media.
S1E34: I Dissent
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Now that there's a vacancy on the Supreme Court, how should each party handle the nomination process?
S1E33: The Petite Bourgeoisie vs. COVID
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Overtime the line between the petite bourgeoisie and the working class will blur as COVID discriminates against poor people, just like capitalism.
S1E32: Unemployment is a Feature of Capitalism
Wednesday, September 09, 2020
Every institution in your life kneels before the alter of capitalism, and anything that actually benefits a worker is collateral damage to corporate profits. Every time a corporation helps somebody, that's collateral damage. It's accidental and the corporation will try and do better next time.
S1E31: Harm Reduction is Hard
Saturday, September 05, 2020
If you're going to do a basic outcomes analysis of A or B, the outcomes need to be quantifiable.
S1E30: What is Accelerationism?
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
Accelerationism isn't some fringe concept, its an application of game theory to cease power after creating instability that is actively being used by both major parties.
S1E29: Mailing in the Messaging
Thursday, August 27, 2020
The USPS needs saving, but not in the way currently being messaged.
S1E28: Labels Matter, Progressives Don't
Saturday, August 22, 2020
What happens with labels that don't have universal meaning? They get co-opted by capital. "Progressive" is a functionally dead term that has zero meaning and should never be used as a label.
S1E27: You Do Not Have Influence Nationally
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Nation states are exerting significant resources to influence public opinion and you can't compete.
S1E26: You Have Influence Locally
Saturday, August 15, 2020
As an individual you have power to influence your local community. The basic premise we'll focus on is hierarchical autonomy, which is a fancy name for nested power structures.
S1E25: Coach is Gonna Be Pissed
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
If NCAA sports aren't cancelled nationally, players will likely rise up to expose the exploitation of "student athletes."
S1E24: All Cops Are Workers
Saturday, August 08, 2020
Cops are an example of a government institution placing workers in a situation where they can be exploited.
S1E23: Who Polices the Police?
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
The obligations of public servants requires an adherence to the public good, but when the institution for which they work requires service to a single class, the institution is degraded.
S1E22: This Movement Has Been Co-Opted
Saturday, August 01, 2020
Painting Black Lives Matter on the streets doesn't do anything and musings about Biden's VP selection.
S1E21: What is Class Reductionism?
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Attributing class as the root of all evil excludes the vast majority of people that are unaware of the class struggle.
S1E20: Cheating to Win, Part 2
Saturday, July 25, 2020
A continuation on accountability, incentives and Joe Biden's ability to recognize wildlife. Trump passed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, you can do your own assessment: https://championsforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/MOCA-8.1.8.2-English.pdf
S1E19: Cheating to Win, Part 1
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
If you cheat and win, who determines if you cheated?
S1E18: Are All Squirrels Blind?
Saturday, July 18, 2020
There are two blind squirrels attempting to find a nut, and the corporate world wins again.
S1E17: A Blind Squirrel Finds a Nut
Thursday, July 16, 2020
If one incompetent person disparages another incompetent person, it doesn't mean the second person isn't incompetent.
S1E16: Welcome to 2020
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Let's suppose the Trump campaign and the GOP/Dem machine have determined defeat is imminent for Trump in November 2020. What's the play?
S1E15: What is Neoliberalism?
Wednesday, July 08, 2020
Neoliberalism is a form of corporatism where the interests of capital are directly implemented by capitalists after the government defers to act in the public interest by ceding power to private interests.
S1E14: In a World of Pure Exploitation
Saturday, July 04, 2020
The gig-economy is an elaborate scheme to exploit labor.
S1E13: Popping Stans in Tulsa
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
Large corporations devote significant resources to ensuring that their user base is engaged. This engagement drives profits, it doesn't drive anything else.
S1E12: Winning Wasn't Possible
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Capital won the 2020 elections and nothing would have changed that.
S1E11: Everybody Poops But Corporations
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Segregated bathrooms, drinking fountains and schools (among other things) were eliminated by Brown vs. Board of Education, but segregated bathrooms based on gender persist to this very day.
S1E10: Dunking On Owners
Friday, June 19, 2020
Should players decertify, or dissolve their unions and start their own leagues?
S1E9: If You're Rich, This Is Fine
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
If you're rich, you want to take advantage of the opportunities afforded to you as a result of being rich.
S1E8: Walking In Parks With Karens
Friday, June 12, 2020
How do you talk to a Karen about race relations?
S1E7: AWEBGETSTRCAETCDAB
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
All workforces employed by government entities that serve the ruling class and enforce the class divide are bastards.
S1E6: Protestors, Rioters and the State, Oh My!
Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Evaluating the economic incentives of various groups involved in the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis.
S1E5: Winning The Game of Life
Saturday, May 23, 2020
When presented with two terrible options, what's the better option? Don't play the lottery.
S1E4: Seperate But Not Equal Education
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
The effects of educational disparities will have long term socio-economic impact that will widen both the achievement gap and hinder societal advancement.
S1E3: Benefiting from Bad Data
Thursday, May 07, 2020
Capitalistic motivations are inhibiting the collection of accurate scientific information which will cloud the judgment of policymakers and likely expose workers to unnecessary health risks.
S1E2: The Economics of Hoarding Toilet Paper
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Why are N95 masks and toilet paper scarce?
S1E1: Protesting The Right To Consume
Friday, April 24, 2020
"Essential workers" are economic hostages.