Best Maximillian Alvarez Podcasts (2024)

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TMBS ReAir 139 - ReOpen For Who? ft. Adolph Reed Jr. & Maximillian Alvarez 2:13:11

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TMBS 139 aired on May 12th 2020. Episode summary: Avoiding magical thinking about neoliberalism and covid. Maximilian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) joins us to talk about working during COVID. Adolph Reed Jr. breaks down his political journey, anti-essentialism, and the problem with the 1619 project. During the GEM, David Griscom @davidgriscom shows w…

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TMBS ReAir 141 - Trump's Arms Race & We Need Class War ft. Dustin Guastella 1:37:43

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TMBS 141 aired on May 26, 2020. Episode summary: Donald Trump is destroying international arms control & threatening the globe. Dustin Guastella joins us to talk about his recent piece in Jacobin on Bernie’s loss and to chart a course to build the labor movement needed to win power. During the GEM, David breaks down Argentina’s default and their fi…

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"South Baltimore is a sacrifice zone" (w/ David Jones, Angela Smothers, Carlos Sanchez, & Tiffany Thompson) 1:09:42

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“South Baltimore is a sacrifice zone,” Michael Middleton and Dr. Sacoby Wilson wrote in a guest commentary published in Maryland Matters this February. “The six communities that make up South Baltimore—Cherry Hill, Westport, Mt. Winans, Lakeland, Brooklyn, and Curtis Bay—rank in the top 3% of the state for environmental burden using a Maryland Depa…

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TMBS 140 ReAir- Woke Bros Assemble! (From a Distance) ft. Wosny Lambre & Nando Vila 1:41:27

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TMBS 140 aired on May 19th, 2020. Episode summary: We need an alternative to libertarian surveillance & authoritarian surveillance Woke bros assemble! From A distance to talk The Last Dance and watch Stacy Abrams realize she won’t be VP During the GEM, why is Kroger cutting pay in a pandemic. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Micha…

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Vina Colley 1:47:13

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"Vina Colley was Erin Brockovich before Erin Brockovich," Kevin Williams wrote in a 2020 Belt Magazine article titled, "The Poisonous Legacy of Portsmouth’s Gaseous Diffusion Plant." Williams continues, "Colley has become an unlikely citizen-scientist, spending a lifetime researching and documenting PORTS and its sins... Colley was hired as an elec…

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TMBS ReAir 138 - Toward Freedom & Who Wants War With China? ft. Touré F. Reed & Dareece Polo 1:42:32

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TMBS 138 aired on May 5th, 2020 Episdoe summary: We need to understand the financial interests behind ratcheting up tensions with China. Toure Reed joins us to talk about his new book “Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism” Dareece Polo (@dareecetelesur) joins us to talk about how the Caribbean is uniting to resist imperialism. During …

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Working People Deserve Bread and Roses—and Musicals (w/ Gene Bruskin) 38:33

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Gene Bruskin was born to a Jewish working-class family in South Philadelphia and has been a life-long social justice activist, union organizer, poet, and playwright. Since retiring from the labor movement, Gene wrote his first play in 2016, a musical comedy for and about work and workers called Pray For the Dead: A Musical Tale of Morgues, Moguls a…

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Justice for East Palestine Residents & Workers Conference in East Palestine 3:06:45

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On March 23, 2024, a coalition of around 80 people convened at the East Palestine Country Club at the first gathering called by the newly formed Justice for East Palestine Residents & Workers Coalition. Those in attendance included: East Palestine residents; railroad workers; residents of other “sacrifice zones" in Ohio, Maryland, California, and W…

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TMBS ReAir 137 - Class Matters & How To Be World Champions ft. Judah Friedlander & Yolian Ogbu 1:54:24

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TMBS 137 aired on April 28, 2020. Episode summary: Yolian Ogbu tells us about organizingessential workers in the Covid era. Comedian Judah Freidlander talks comedy, politics, and being a world champion. Also, Not Being Naive & responding to “Why Americans Don’t Vote Their Class.” On the GEM, our economic crisis and the importance of collective acti…

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TMBS ReAir 136 Quarantine Wisdom ft. Dr. Cornel West 1:43:47

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TMBS 136 aired on April 21st 2020 Episode summary: How Covid Is affecting the Global South. We are joined by the great Cornel West for much needed wisdom. During the GEM, David breaks down how global finance is working to undermine a humane response to the crisis in Argentina and across the globe. - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on Th…

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From Baltimore to East Palestine, This Is Unacceptable (w/ The Valley Labor Report & Maximillian Alvarez) 58:44

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24 hours after Max returned to Baltimore from East Palestine, Ohio, the shipping vessel Dali slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, collapsing it into the Patapsco River. The catastrophic collision and collapse of the bridge claimed the lives of six immigrant, non-union construction workers who were working the night shift at the time, filling …

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Labor, Community, & Environmental Organizations Are Mobilizing to Get East Palestine Healthcare (w/ Justice for East Palestine Residents & Workers) 1:46:12

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This Saturday, March 23, unionists and labor leaders, environmental justice groups, community organizers, community members from other “sacrifice zones,” and supporters from around the country are coming to East Palestine to join residents as part of the newly formed Justice for East Palestine Residents and Workers coalition. The coalition has come…

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Brett Cross, Uzi's Dad 1:21:08

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Brett Cross is a small-town kid who grew up in Western Texas, among the oil fields, near Odessa. He worked in the oil fields, worked his way up to doing pipeline work, eventually moving to green energy work. He even became a foreman, working hard to provide for his family. And Brett was at work when he got the call from his wife Nikki that changed …

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'The Upsurge' is Dead. Long Live 'The Upsurge'! (w/ Teddy Ostrow) 12:16

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This is an excerpt from our most recent bonus episode featuring Teddy Ostrow. To access the entire conversation, and numerous bonus episodes we have released throughout seven seasons of Working People, please visit our Patreon to unlock this content. The Upsurge was an invaluable show that documented two of the most pivotal labor union struggles in…

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Why Do Railroad Workers Keep Dying on the Job? (w/ Nick Wurst, Matt Weaver, Mark Burrows, & Ross Grooters) 56:03

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"Last Wednesday, a fellow rail worker was gravely injured on the job and lost his life," a Feb 6 email from Railroad Workers United reads. "Our brother Chris Wilson, who worked for Norfolk Southern, was critically injured in its Decatur rail yard Wednesday and died Thursday at Huntsville Hospital." Another email from Feb. 9 reads, "On January 15th,…

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"Shut It Down!": On the Ground at Johns Hopkins Grad Union's Practice Picket 36:01

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One year ago, graduate student-workers at Johns Hopkins University overwhelmingly voted to unionize under the banner of Teachers and Researchers United (TRU-UE), which is affiliated with United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers. While workers had much to celebrate with their historic union election victory, bargaining a first contract with the…

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Baltimore's Co-Ops Show There's Another Way to Work (at the Baltimore Museum of Industry) 1:12:31

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Baltimore has become what many consider to be ground zero in the emerging “solidarity economy” and the formation of worker-owned, cooperatively run businesses. There’s something important going on here, and there’s a lot that we can all learn from our fellow workers who are in the cooperative space—people who are living, breathing proof that there’…

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Homegrown Sandwich Shop Workers Hit 100 Days on Strike (w/ Sydney Lankford & Perry) 48:46

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Workers at Homegrown Sustainable Sandwiches in the Seattle area voted overwhelmingly to unionize with UNITE HERE LOCAL 8 in late 2022, and they have been fighting for a first contract ever since. In fact, workers from two Homegrown stores have been on strike since late last fall in protest of the unfair termination of union leader Sydney Lankford, …

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East Palestine—1 Year After the Derailment 1:15:43

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Feb. 3, 2024, marks the one-year anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment that changed life forever for the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area. The derailment of 38 rail cars and the subsequent “controlled release” and burnoff of toxic vinyl chloride was one of the most catastrophic industrial accidents in our c…

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ReAir TMBS 134 - #ShutdownAmazon ft. Richard Wolff & Chris Smalls 1:42:37

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TMBS 134 aired on Apr 7, 2020 Episode summary: We need to reclaim the local. Shoutout to the Kerala government & the Teamsters. Richard Wolff (@profwolff) joins us to talk about what this crisis means for the capitalist system. We are joined by Chris Smalls (@shutdown_amazon) to talk about the Amazon strikes. During the GEM, David breaks down the w…

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TMBS ReAir 133 - #Trump, #China, & Virus-Stage Capitalism ft. Abby Martin & Liz Franczak 1:54:49

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TMBS 133 aired on March 31, 2020 Episode summary: The pandemic is accelerating the global pandemic. Shoutout to workers standing up against the exploitation during the pandemic. Abby Martin (@abbymartin) joins us to talk about how the US is using the crisis to target Venezuela and how it is using sanctions to pursue empire. During the GEM, (@DavidG…

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TMBS ReAir: 132 End Capitalism or It'll End Us ft. Ronan Burtenshaw & Milton Allimadi 2:05:04

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TMBS 132 aired on March 24, 2020 Episode summary: We have a choice capitalism or democracy Ronan Burtenshaw (@ronanburtenshaw) joins us to talk about the UK response, and the challenge socialists have proving to people that things can change things. David breaks down the role of the FED and reminds us that we should be democratizing it as quickly a…

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TMBS ReAir 131 - Neoliberalism Chernobyl ft. Emma Vigeland & Joshua Kahn Russell 2:11:55

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TMBS 131 aired on March 17th, 2020 Episode summary: We are in a crisis of capitalist production and we need to find a way through it. Shoutout to those on the frontlines of this crisis, please support service workers. Emma Vigeland (@emmavigelland) the DNC doesn’t care about voters’ safety or democracy. During the GEM, David breaks down how the pan…

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After Waging the Largest Healthcare Worker Strike in US History, Kaiser Workers Win Big (w/ Meg Niemi & Audrey Cardenas) 36:28

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From October 4-6 of this year, the US experienced the largest healthcare worker strike in our history, when over 75,000 workers with the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions went on a three-day strike against the healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente. Then, on October 13, after warning that more strikes could be coming if a deal wasn’t reached at the…

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TMBS ReAir 130 - Against Essentialism & For Liberation ft. Adolph Reed 1:42:02

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TMBS 130 aired on Mar 11, 2020 Episode summary: We need to learn our lessons & keep fighting. Adolph Reed, professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, joins us to talk about the problems of modern liberalism & human rights discourse. And how to win the working class. During the GEM, David breaks down the stock market collapse and why we n…

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TMBS ReAir 129 - How To Beat Sleepy Joe Biden ft. Ahmed Kaballo & Isiah James 1:54:57

5M ago1:54:57

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TMBS 129 aired on March 7th, 2020 Episode summary: We have a lot of fight ahead of us. Ahmed Kaballo (@AhmedKaballo) joins us to talk about the ongoing attempt to destroy Venezuela and the trial of Julian Assange During the GEM David breaks down the devastation of NAFTA in Michigan and across the US. How to beat Sleepy Joe. Isiah James (@isiah4cong…

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Brazil's Radical Plan to Fight Slave-Like Working Conditions (w/ Marcos, John, & Vitor Filgueiras) 1:37:31

5M ago1:37:31

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Brazil's Radical Plan to Fight Slave-Like Working Conditions (w/ Marcos, John, & Vitor Filgueiras) In this special international episode, we get the chance to talk to folks in Brazil about the farmworkers who are being trapped in slave-like conditions, and about a truly radical new government program that is trying to break the cycle of enslavement…

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TMBS ReAir 128: Mini-Mike Bloomberg Vs. Socialism ft. Richard Wolff & Benjamin Dixon 1:56:31

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TMBS 128 aired on Feb 24, 2020 Episode summary: We are beating back the politics of delusion. Shoutout to the historic win in Nevada. Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) host of The Benjamin Dixon Show joins us to talk about how we stop Bloomberg. During the GEM with (@davidgriscom) on the slowdown in the tech industry. Richard Wolff (@ProfWolff) brea…

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Chris & Jessica Albright 1:14:08

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It's been nearly 10 months since the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train and the subsequent “controlled release” and burnoff of toxic vinyl chloride changed life forever for the residents of East Palestine, Ohio. While the media, politicians, and the public have largely moved on, people living in and around East Palestine have been aband…

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TMBS ReAir 127: Establishment Freakout ft. Krystal Ball & Malaika Jabali 1:28:22

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TMBS 127 aired on February 12th, 2020 Episode summary: We won't beat the GOP with half-measures & we cannot compromise on M4A. Shoutout to Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) for standing up against for her right to free speech and the rights of Palestinians. Krystal Ball (@KrystalBall) joins us to break down NH and the lack of vetting of moderate candidates…

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TMBS ReAir 126: Bernie Wins Iowa, Iowa Blows Democracy ft. Corey Pein 1:51:08

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TMBS 126 aired on February 5, 2020 Episode Summary: Bernie won Iowa, don’t let the Democratic establishment slow us down. Shoutout to No More Deaths for standing up for humanity. Corey Pein (@CoreyPein) calls in to talk about the problem with technology During the GEM, David breaks down the Wet'suwet'en fight against the Coastal Gaslink pipeline. L…

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"This Is McCarthyism All Over Again": Suppressing Unions' Free Speech Rights over Gaza (w/ Allie Goodman, Michael Letwin, & Dany Greene) 53:44

6M ago53:44

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With each passing day, more Israeli bombs are falling on Gaza, more bodies are being blown apart and buried under the rubble, over a million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Over the past month and a half, the world has borne witness to a genocidal military campaign to clear out Gaza once and for all, and every day, every hour, it…

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Stuck in Legal Limbo while Fighting to Hold Amazon Accountable (w/ Matt Littrell) 45:59

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Back in August of 2022, we spoke with Matt Littrell, a picker at the Amazon warehouse in Campbellsville, Kentucky, and one of the lead organizers in an effort to unionize Amazon facilities in Kentucky. When we spoke with Matt, Amazon had just fired him in suspected retaliation for his organizing activities, citing "performance" issues. Since then, …

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TMBS ReAir 125: The Edge Of Democracy ft. Briahna Joy Gray & Petra Costa 1:35:01

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TMBS 125 aired on Jan 31, 2020 Episode summary: Fact-checking Warren. Briahna Joy Gray (@BrieBrieJoy) National Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders joins us to talk about the campaign as they head into the Iowa Caucus. Shoutout to Bernie Sanders for getting the most donations from the troops. During the GEM, David (@davidgriscom) makes the case if we…

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