‘It Takes People Working Together to Bridge Understandings and Undo Misunderstandings’
“CounterSpin is thankful to all of the activists, researchers, reporters and advocates who appear on the show…. This is just a small selection.”
Janine Jackson
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‘The [Airline] Industry Pretty Much Has Veto Power Over Any Consumer Regulation’
“Airlines, unfortunately, are only incidentally in the transportation business. They’re primarily…in the business of making money.”
‘With This Delay of Vacating Title 42, the Death Toll Will Only Rise’
“It’s very clear…that they’re viewing Title 42 as a border management tool, rather than a public health tool.”
‘There Is More Than One Solution Needed to the Problem of an Insurrection’
“Not going forward is a recipe for disaster for democracy…if we don’t hold the bad actors accountable.”
‘Every Issue Is a Disability Issue’
“Disability has been viewed as some kind of an afterthought to larger conversation…around public policy in this country.”
‘The Oil Companies Are the Reason We Don’t Have Climate Policy’
“The only way we’re going to have the kind of meaningful climate policy change…is if we actually beat the oil guys.”
‘A Crucial Part of Colonization Is Taking Our Children’
“They say that this is about protecting Native children, but that’s not what it is. It’s about overturning our sovereignty.”
‘The Supreme Court Is Burying Its Head in the Sand’
“There is basically no higher authority that tells Supreme Court members what they can and cannot do.”
‘We Need to Transform What It Means to Be an Academic Worker; the Status Quo Is Untenable’
“This is the way issues get put on the agenda, on the state and the national agenda, by making social disruptions.”
Maybe Bill Gates’ Billions Don’t Make Him an Expert on Hunger in Africa
A critical lens should extend to Bill Gates, who doesn’t talk about other planets, but has some pretty grandiose ideas about this one.
‘Lula’s Victory Is One of the Most Impressive Political Comebacks of the Last 100 Years’
“None of them would ever want a former labor union leader to become president of the US. That’s pretty obvious, right?”
‘Who Do We Want to Own Our Neighborhoods?’
“Should we be subsidizing undermining home ownership in this country, especially at this time, or should we be supporting it?”
‘Intervention Is Actively Destabilizing the Situation’
“Actors in Haiti [are] stoking violence and this humanitarian crisis in order to justify a foreign military intervention”
‘This Case Was Never About Defending Asian Americans’
“Media need to do a better job of covering the solidarity among Asian Americans and other communities of color in standing against this lawsuit.”
‘This Is America. That’s the Kind of Trial Mumia Abu-Jamal Had.’
“The culture of imprisonment tells a deeper story about America. We’re not going to get it if we don’t go to the prisons and get those voices out.”
The Senate Can Improve Lives by Confirming Sohn to FCC
Deep-pocketed companies fight tooth and nail to keep Gigi Sohn, a public interest advocate, from advocating for the public interest.
‘It’s Extra Problematic When the Implications Are the End of Democracy’
The 2022 election reality fits poorly into corporate news media’s standard Republicans versus Democrats election template.
‘People Are Taking Inspiration From Union Victories at Amazon and Starbucks’
Janine Jackson interviewed San Francisco State University’s John Logan about Amazon and Starbucks organizing for the October 7, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: Between well-paid people telling you that the solution to high prices is unemployment, and the news of the latest weather catastrophe separated by […]
‘The Moment Black People Showed Up, We Responded With Violence’
“We are able to welcome the Ukrainians in crisis with compassion… It should be provided to people no matter where they are from.”
‘Puerto Rico Has Become a Microcosm for the Worst Kind of Capitalist Ideas’
“What Puerto Ricans want and deserve is respect. They deserve a voice in the decisions that are made about their economy and their future.”
