‘”None of Us Are Free Unless All of Us Are Free” Is Not Just a Slogan’
“As US Jews, we know what it means when a government uses genocidal rhetoric and then attacks civilians. We know where that leads.”
Janine Jackson
‘The Reality of What It Is to Have an Abortion Has to Be Brought Into Every Story’
“The story of the post-Roe world is a very fractured story. There’s no single story.”
Milei Is ‘Really as Extreme as You Get in Right-Wing Libertarian Ideas’
“The whole mess that got this guy elected was really created by the Macri government and that IMF agreement.”
‘Worship of the Holy Framers Offers Us Nothing to Deal With the Problems We Have Today’
“Trying to call gun violence a public health matter is perceived on the other side as just another trick to get the guns out of our hands.”
‘You Cannot Preach on Human Rights When You Are Not Doing Enough at Home’
Janine Jackson interviewed the ACLU’s Jamil Dakwar about human rights and the United States for the November 10, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
‘A True Believer in Heinous Ideas’
“Steve Bannon…describes Mike Johnson as….’by far the most conservative speaker in the history of the country.'”
‘Movement Media Has Really Emerged in Its Own Right’
“We want to have this vibrant ecosystem of different publications that are helping enrich people’s understanding of the world.”
‘Drug Corporations Have Really Been in the Driver’s Seat’
“Pfizer has decided to charge high prices to the few, rather than affordable prices to the many, in order to meet its benchmarks.”
‘Poverty in America Has Strong Structural Roots That Some People Profit From’
“Most SNAP families have somebody who’s working; they just don’t make enough money.”
In Gaza, ‘We Have to Do the Hard Work of Looking at Context’
“We have to understand…why these things happen. Otherwise, we have no basis to figure out a strategy to stop the violence on all sides.”
‘Wage Theft Is Built Into the Business Models of Many Industries’
“In some sectors and industries, it’s more likely for you to be a victim of wage theft than to be paid your full wage.”
‘Most Americans Really Do Feel Pretty Strongly About Human Rights’
“Menendez…has been one of the most vocal supporters of US support for authoritarian right-wing governments.”
FCC Restores Its Responsibility to Oversee Corporate Control of Internet
Net neutrality is the ability to monitor and regulate hugely powerful companies’ control over an essential element of public life.
‘These Are Demands for the Whole Working Class’
“The whole thing is designed to make you think anytime workers take action, they’re the ones at fault. They’re the ones causing trouble.”
‘There’s This Notion That the “War on Terror” Was Just Something That Happened Abroad’
“When you use nebulous phrases like “War on Terror”…it opens the door for basically the US government to do whatever it wants.”
‘Propaganda Against North Korea and the Travel Ban Go Hand in Hand’
“It’s called the forgotten war, but I think the US would rather us forget it, because its involvement in that war was just genocide.”
‘Schools Have Always Been the Site of Struggle’
“What they’re interested in is cutting the cost of education, and the most expensive aspect of public education is teachers.”
‘Disabled People Are Whole People; We Need to See Media Address That Reality’
“If you’re talking about social justice issues, progressive issues, political issues, you need to be centering disability justice.”
‘CACI Aided and Abetted the Torture of Our Clients’
“The problem with not holding high-level officials to account is these abuses get replicated and indeed escalated.”
‘Erasure of Content Can Be a Problem for the Public and for History’
“If…you need to add a new revenue stream and you don’t have any great ideas, the obvious one is to add more ads to your platform.”
