Host Max Rameau is joined by two leaders of New Orleans' workers’ bill of rights campaign, which recently passed in the November elections. Britain Forsyth is an organizer with Step Up Louisiana and a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee, and Nadiyah Muhammad is a Step Up member/organizer who's been heavily involved in the workers’ bill of rights campaign. Together, we discuss what organizing for grassroots democracy looks like in this political moment. Britain Forsyth ...
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Host Max Rameau is joined by two leaders of New Orleans' workers’ bill of rights campaign, which recently passed in the November elections. Britain Forsyth is an organizer with Step Up Louisiana and a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee, and Nadiyah Muhammad is a Step Up member/organizer who's been heavily involved in the workers’ bill of rights campaign. Together, we discuss what organizing for grassroots democracy looks like in this political moment. Britain Forsyth ...
Puerto Rico & Hawai'i: Building Power with Energy Democracy With Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Ruth Santiago, Todd Yamashita, & Niki Franco
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54 minutes
1 year ago
Puerto Rico & Hawai'i: Building Power with Energy Democracy With Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Ruth Santiago, Todd Yamashita, & Niki Franco
Today on the show: a special panel discussion addressing the questions: How can communities build power in the face of colonization, natural disasters, and corporate profiteering? In Puerto Rico and the Hawaiian island of Molokai, residents have been grappling with some of the highest energy costs in the nation, while for-profit utilities amass record profits. But communities on both islands have advocated for a different path, one that prioritizes care, democratic control, and resilience. Jo...
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Host Max Rameau is joined by two leaders of New Orleans' workers’ bill of rights campaign, which recently passed in the November elections. Britain Forsyth is an organizer with Step Up Louisiana and a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee, and Nadiyah Muhammad is a Step Up member/organizer who's been heavily involved in the workers’ bill of rights campaign. Together, we discuss what organizing for grassroots democracy looks like in this political moment. Britain Forsyth ...
