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TMI 10/22/2021 – Squid Game’s Scathing Satire of Capitalism is Misrepresented by Horrified Capitalists, Nobel in Econ is Worth Talking About, the Rarity of Offworld Life Makes This World Important

The enormously popular Netflix series “Squid Game” has caught a lot of attention politically for the obvious yet unshakable satire of capitalism that it provides, clearly illustrating how ruthless and inhuman acts are virtually the only way to “win the game”. However, those who champion the capitalist nightmare we are in cannot allow (or even fathom) this sharp attack to go unanswered, going to so far as to take the creator’s quoted purpose of the series and flatly saying he’s wrong. We expose these denials and the mendacious folks behind them, and show you how to detect bad analysis about the series.

Then, this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics is actually worth talking about, as it recognizes the shift from ideological economics (which has people believing harmful nonsense about immigrants and the minimum wage) to evidence-based economics. Finally, we give an overview of how a habitable planet does NOT equal one that will spontaneously grow life of its own, and break down the beautiful rarity our own planet is. Given that, maybe we should protect it more strenuously? All that and much more on TMI for Friday, October 22, 2021 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 07/09/2021 – Exxon Tells On Itself: Public Deception by Denial of Climate Crisis, How Wall St Turns Worker Pensions Against Them, and a News-in-Brief on a Socialism Survey and NOAA’s “Normals”

On this week’s TMI, we report on how Exxon is now divulging how for decades it has known about its role in the Climate Crisis, and how it used deceptions, manipulations and denials to keep on making billions in profits while selling out our future. Then, we examine how Wall Street regularly turns the retirement pension funds that many American workers rely on against the best interests of those workers by investing in companies and policies that make life far more difficult for them by the time they retire. Finally, we do a news-in-brief segment featuring a new Socialism Survey and NOAA’s newly-adjusted “normals”. All this and much more on TMI for Friday, July 9, 2021 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 04/09/2021 – Socialism and the Coming Great Crisis w/ John Beacham, Pandemic Reopening and COVID’s Return, France Outlaws Accent Discrimination

John Beacham, author of 2020: Socialism and the Coming Great Crisis and podcaster at mass-action.org joins us to discuss Socialism and how a better understanding of it could impact the multitude of ills society faces.

Then, we explore the various reopening plans being implemented by those who call the shots as they get impatient with the restrictions of the pandemic, and examine who will face the consequences of their short attention span. Finally, we go to France, where in an attempt to reduce racism and discrimination, they have banned judging other French-speakers by their accents. All this and more on TMI for Friday April 9, 2021 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 07/20/2020 – Triple Topic: Perspective Matters; Billionaire Cannibalism; Status vs. Equality

Tonight’s episode has three topics for your enjoyment: first up, we expose something you know in a way you’ve never thought about it before; then at 10:00, we talk about billionaire cannibals; finally at 21:30, we discuss how those of us who fight for equality might help the cause, by lowering resistance to the idea. Listen in!

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TMI 07/06/2020 – A Tribute to Mimi Soltysik, Modern American Socialist Leader

This episode of TMI is devoted to a man I first met on Facebook over seven years ago. Co-chair and 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Socialist Party USA, he was a tireless champion of the people, and a seemingly endless resource for modern Socialism. Cancer took him just over a week ago. I felt compelled to pay tribute to a man who, though I never met in person, was the kind of person where that barely affected how much he was able to connect with you. Farewell, Emidio “Mimi” Soltysik. Rest in Peace. Rest in Power.

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Resource: Mimi’s Socialist Reading List

Mimi’s Socialist Reading List

 

This intro reading list was made by Mimi Soltysik, to allow those who sought it solid information about Socialism. Let’s spread knowledge in his memory.

“The Wretched of the Earth” by Frantz Fanon (PDF) – http://abahlali.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Frantz-Fanon-The-Wretched-of-the-Earth-1965.pdf

“The Assassination of Fred Hampton” by Jeffrey Haas – http://www.hamptonbook.com/Hampton_Book/Home.html

“An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States” by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz – http://www.beacon.org/An-Indigenous-Peoples-History-of-the-United-States-P1164.aspx

“The Socialist Imperative” by Michael Lebowitz – https://monthlyreview.org/product/socialist_imperative/

“Assata: An Autobiography” by Assata Shakur (PDF) – https://libcom.org/files/assataauto.pdf

“Open Veins of Latin America” by Eduardo Galeano – https://monthlyreview.org/product/open_veins_of_latin_america/

“Creating an Ecological Society: Toward a Revolutionary Transformation” by Fred Magdoff and Chris Williams – https://monthlyreview.org/product/creating_an_ecological_society/

“Thinking Through: Essays on Feminism, Marxism, and Anti-Racism” by Himani Bannerji – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/627138.Thinking_Through

“The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs” by Ray Ginger – https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/839-the-bending-cross

“October” by China Mieville – https://www.versobooks.com/books/2731-october

“Pedagogy of the Oppressed” by Paulo Freire (PDF) – https://selforganizedseminar.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/freire_pedagogy_oppresed1.pdf

“Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements” by Victoria Law – https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=502

“Ya Basta!: Ten Years of the Zapatista Uprising” by Subcomandante Marcos – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3618._Ya_Basta_

“Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches” by Audre Lorde – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32951.Sister_Outsider

“The History of the Russian Revolution” by Leon Trotsky (PDF) – https://www.marxists.org/ebooks/trotsky/history-of-the-russian-revolution/ebook-history-of-the-russian-revolution-v1.pdf

“The Assassination of Lumumba” by Ludo De Witte – https://www.versobooks.com/books/792-the-assassination-of-lumumba

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TMI 5/03/2014: Doug Cunningham’s Loyalty to Labor, the Many Flavors of Socialism, and much more!

This Thursday, May 1st, has been celebrated since the 1890’s as “International Workers’ Day”, but this year, President Obama came out to celebrate “Loyalty Day” on the first of May, a holiday designation meant to replace a recognition of all that workers do for society with a celebration of “the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom”. To discuss this and many other labor-related issues, I invited the man I know who is most loyal to the labor movement, Doug Cunningham of Workers Independent News, to join us and discuss where we are, where we are going, and how celebrating workers is possibly the best way to recognize the heritage of American freedom.

Then, you may agree with Socialism and not even be aware of it. How? Well, for one thing, Socialism isn’t one big monolithic concept – it has many flavors and variations, some of which disagree strongly with the rest. To help illustrate the different types of Socialism, we’ll be joined by the admins of “Taking Back Socialism”, a lively Facebook page devoted to promoting education and discussion about Socialist causes.

All that and much more today on TMI, airing live at noon Central on WSUM FM (91.7 in Madison, http://wsum.org/ everywhere) – make sure to tune in for the Cure for the Common Media.