“Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, and two GOP senators are sponsoring a bill called the PERFORM Act that would require podcasts with music and satellite radio to be locked-up with music industry-approved DRM software. From the article: ‘All audio services — Webcasters included — would be obligated to implement “reasonably available and economically reasonable” copy-protection technology aimed at preventing “music theft” and restricting automatic recording.'”
JOE BIDEN AND DIANNE FEINSTEIN, ARE SELL-OUT ASSHOLES. LET THEM KNOW THEIR POLITICAL CAREERS ARE RUINED IF THEY CONTINUE SUCKING THE RIAA’S WART-RIDDEN COCK!
Madge is off Celebrating Martin Luther King Day with her black friend, Oprah Winnefield, so Richard Bluestein is covering for her today. Richard interviews Dorian Warren, A Political Science Professor who was instrumental in the Wal-Mart living wage controversy last year.It’s good so listen to it. Madge will be back TOmorrow.
Madge is off Celebrating Martin Luther King Day with her black friend, Oprah Winnefield. Madge will be back tomorrow.
Special guest host Richard Bluestein interviews Dorian Warren, a Political Science Professor who was instrumental in the Wal-Mart living wage controversy last year.
Dorian’s academic background and how he got involved in the worker’s rights movement.
Trying to fight Walmart on a site-by-site basis.
Costco wages/benefits vs. Walmart’s.
Does the government subsidize Walmart’s healthcare benefits?
Other corporate offenders.
How healthcare became tied in with US jobs in the first place.
Dorian’s research interests.
What Dorian has observed about progressive federalism on the political left.
Political backlash?
Walmart as a political player.
How the Big Box movement made it to the Chicago political table.