"Workers have to really want this for this to happen"
You know how like 200 Starbucks stores have unionized since that first one in Buffalo did back in December 2021, and over 100 of those 200 all struck in unison on Red Cup Day this year because the company—which is one of the biggest private employers in the U.S. by the way—refuses to bargain with i…
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For 2021 and much of 2022, I cohosted a biweekly-ish Twitter Spaces session called Beer …
James Wilt: How Capitalists Caused an Alcohol Health Crisis
In this episode James Wilt explains how alcohol corporations have caused and profited from a health crisis relating to drinking. He explains how capitalist accumulation and expansion has caused a health crisis that disproportionally effects working class, racialized and colonized communities intern…
TORIES: Calgary Laundry Workers vs Ralph Klein
Building a Community Movement for Better Transit feat. James Wilt: Saturday, March 18th | University of Alberta. RSVP: michaeljanz.ca/transitcamp2023
A few short years into Alberta PC Premier Ralph Klein's deficit-slashing austerity regime, Calgary's hospital laundry workers were given devasta…
Boat Tax (ft. Kyla Hewson and Kristen Pue from Pullback)
The Big Shiny Takes Institute has returned! This episode, while Jeremy is in his self-imposed book-writing exile, Eric and Marino are joined by Kristen Pue and Kyla Hewson of the Pullback podcast to read a baffling column by Jesse Kline. Jesse spends valuable column space concern-trolling about the…
Crackin’ a Cold One (ft. James Wilt and Kevin Taghabon)
The unthinkable has happened in Canada. A public body has offered new health recommendations and people are overreacting. How will society even function on two drinks a week? According to some, not at all. This week we are joined by author James Wilt (Drinking Up the Revolution, Do Androids Dream o…
'BradCast' 3/23/2017: (Guest: James Wilt of DeSmog Blog Canada)
Today we cover the chaos on Capitol Hill as the GOP House Leadership and Donald Trump scramble, horse trade (and fail) to keep their promise of voting to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act ('ObamaCare') today, the 7th Anniversary of the signing of Obama's landmark health care insurance law.…
Drinking Up the Revolution: A Socialist Politics of Alcohol
James Wilt speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2024.
Alcohol is one of the most popular drugs in the world, yet remains largely under-analyzed as a highly profitable commodity for capitalist firms and states. This session explores how we might take alcohol seriously as a widely enjoyed an…
James Wilt on the Winnipeg Police
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The Winnipeg Police Service is 100 years old - a century they've used to repress dissent, censor media, bungle investigations and devour city budgets. Author James Wilt joins Team Advantage to discuss his new book, Dogged and Destructive: Essays on the Winnipeg Police which e…
ep60: Peeping Pierre + Trump's Tariff Tantrum
Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode we explain Trump’s tariff tantrum on THE BREACH SHOW, parody ‘peeping’ Pierre Polievre on SRSLY WRONG, imagine a post neolib…
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