It Could Happen Here

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Yara Asi, Palestinian scholar, author, and public health researcher studying how conflict, structural violence, and political systems shape health and human security. Yara describes the attacks on Palestinian health in Gaza and the West Bank, and the Israeli policies and objectives driving these attacks.

Sources:
https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sexual-violence-as-a-tool-of-domination-and-displacement-in-palestine/
https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israeli-settler-violence-a-strategy-to-displace-palestinians-from-their-land/
https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israels-restrictions-on-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-and-the-west-bank/
https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/another-step-in-the-weaponization-of-aid-israel-bans-humanitarian-agencies-in-gaza/
https://www.hudassalon.movie/
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Garrison talks with Matt and Olivia from the NYC-DSA Labor Working Group about how Amazon uses subcontractors to exploit “last mile” delivery drivers and how a new bill could hold Amazon accountable and strengthen workers' ability to organize.


Sources:
https://act.socialists.nyc/dpa-letter
https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-pass-the-delivery-protection-act-3
https://www.instagram.com/nycdsa/
https://www.instagram.com/nycdsalabor/
https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/workersrights/Delivery-Workers.page
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/08/mayor-mamdani-backs--delivery-protection-act--to-rein-in-amazon-
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-wins-record--131-5-million-from-doordash-for-deliv
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/amazon-trump-settlement-win-showed-just-how-tough-delivery-drivers-have-it
https://hearinghearings.nyc/hearings/committee-on-consumer-and-worker-protection-requiring-the-licensing-of-last-mile-facilities/
https://teamster.org/2026/08/amazon-teamsters-and-allies-picket-city-hall-for-the-delivery-protection-act/
https://teamster.org/2025/09/amazon-teamsters-rally-after-attack-on-workers-in-queens/
https://teamster.org/2026/08/teamsters-allies-release-report-on-amazon-violations-of-new-york-warn-act/
https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/10424UPSNATIONALMASTERFINAL.pdf
https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/fast-shipping-slow-justice-traffic-worker-and-climate-hazards-in-last-mile-delivery/
https://www.staffingindustry.com/news/global-daily-news/nycs-delivery-protection-act-would-make-last-mile-delivery-workers-employees
https://www.wsj.com/business/new-jersey-sues-amazon-alleging-delivery-network-illegally-suppresses-wages-f6d6faa7
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-testimony-delivery-protection-act-new-york-city
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2026/08/15/delivery-protection-act-pits-nyc-mayor-mamdani-and-the-teamsters-against-amazon/
https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/23/amazon-new-york-last-mile-delivery-bill
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Guest host Zaron Burnett investigates the curious question: Can we print our own money? The short answer is: yes, yes we can. To consider the more nuanced aspects of that question, Burnett spoke with Peter LaRochelle from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. LaRochelle administers a local currency called BerkShares, which is available in the tourist-friendly Berkshire region of western Massachusetts. The alternative currency was created 20 years ago and serves as a successful model for how to create your own local currency. LaRochelle spoke to the various challenges and benefits as well as the financial freedom a community enjoys once you start printing your own money.

Sources/Links:
BerkShares Program https://berkshares.org/
Bob Dunning's Newsletter: https://www.thewaryone.com/
https://centerforneweconomics.org/people/peter-larochelle/
https://centerforneweconomics.org
https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/economics-econometrics-and-finance/alternativecurrency
https://www.collaborativefinance.org/mutual-credit/local-currency/
https://sustainableandjust.org/initiatives/our-economy/alternative-economies/alternative-currencies/
https://www.theselc.org/california-community-currencies-act
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/towns-invent-community-currencies/
https://www.paulglover.org/hours.html
https://www.paulglover.org/hourcurrency.html
https://www.paulglover.org/atwood.html
https://localwiki.org/davis/Davis_Dollars
https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/history/myrtlewood-money-north-bend-oregon-great-depression/
https://www.davisenterprise.com/users/profile/bob%20dunning/
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James looks into the DOJ investigation into egg price fixing and what it can tell us about the way our food system treats animals and people.
Sources:
https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unscrambling-the-egg-ma/204490574/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076.77.0.pdf
https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trump-administration-cancels-contract-bird-flu-vaccine-development
https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/26/usda-invests-1-billion-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Poultry/chickegg.php
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20231204
https://www.dol.gov/index.php/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20240502
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6248715/1/united-states-v-ramirez/
https://www.versova.com/trillium-farms/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/labor-trafficker-sentenced-encouraging-illegal-entry-guatemalan-nationals-including
https://u.osu.edu/osuhtblog/2018/03/02/failed-by-the-government-guatemalan-minors-placed-into-custody-of-traffickers/
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From the battle for democracy in the workplace to the division of the class itself, Mia examines how workers lost the world


Sources:
https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface
https://libcom.org/article/utopia-rules-technology-stupidity-and-secret-joys-bureaucracy-david-graeber
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/maurice-brinton-the-bolsheviks-and-workers-control
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/mar/x03.htm
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs
https://www.marxists.org/portugues/hughes/1946/mes/90.htm
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