Soccer, football, whatever you call it—it’s not my thing at all. Give me baseball every day, 365 days a week. But, what is my thing is making sure workers in every sport aren’t exploited—and that has been a reality for years when it came to the rights of workers who worked on the staging of […]
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Episode 209: It’s Not A Game—World Cup Workers’ Rights Fight; Europeans Leap To Protect Gig Workers
Posted on 09 December 2020.
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This Trade Deal Will Make You Sick, Maybe Give You Mad Cow Disease…Or Kill You Fast
Posted on 20 May 2014.
The president just keeps spending our money, his time and a chunk of political capital on the putrid Trans Pacific Partnership, one of the newest corporate-backed trade deal–“newest” because every trade deal since NAFTA has been all about protecting corporate interests. Nothing seems to move this president to understand that this is a horrendous deal. And, while a lot of focus has been paid to the TPP, another very bad deal is in the works between the U.S. and Europe–and it will potentially make millions of people sick. Or kill them.
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