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Thu, Sep 5, 2024 18:00 PM

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Hosts: Margaret Kimberley
Topics:
  • Curbfest – Advocacy for political prisoners -
  • Prisoners still held – Say their names while they still live -
  • Ride share driver action – Tennessee Uber and Lyft drivers organize in a state hostile to workers -
Synopsis:

In this week’s segment we hear about exploitation of ride share workers and a labor action in Tennessee, a state hostile to worker organizing. But first we discuss organizing on behalf of political prisoners and hear from our late comrade Glen Ford on the need to say political prisoner names while they still live.

CurbFest for Political Prisoners raises awareness of the very existence of political prisoners held captive in the US. We are joined by Jasiri Fahali Kiyamaa, who is an organizer with Curbfest taking place in New York city on Saturday, September 7, at 1pm in Brooklyn at 406 Utica Avenue bet Montgomery and Crown Streets.

In 2020 our late comrade Glen Ford spoke at a Black is Back Coalition video conference on political prisoners. He discussed the need to understand the political system in this country which potentially makes every Black person a political prisoner. He asked us to say prisoners names while they still live.

Hundreds of Uber and Lyft rideshare drivers from the Tennessee Drivers Union (TDU) went on strike on Friday at the beginning of the Labor Day weekend to bring forward their demands for better pay and conditions. This rideshare organizing effort is the first of its size to occur in the deep South, in an explicitly anti-worker state. We are joined by Cecilia Prado, the Chairperson of A Luta Sigue, the struggle continues, which worked with the drivers to organize their strike and works with others on labor organizing in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee.

Guests:
  • Jasiri Fahali Kiyamaa – Curbfest for political prisoners -
  • Glen Ford – Say prisoners names while they still live -
  • Cecilia Prado – Tennessee Drivers Union -
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