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December 12, 2011

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On today’s show, David Graeber one of the original organizers of Occupy Wall Street to talk about the movement, his book Debt: the First 5,000 Years, the Occupied port shut down (#D12) on the west coast and more.

Also, D.C. Hunger Strikers are taking a stand for proper representation in Congress.  Support OccupyTheVoteDC by calling Representative Hal Rogers (KY) at 202-225-4601.  Follow their protest @OccupyTheVoteDC and read their declaration at occupythevotedc.tumblr.com.

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Past Episodes

It's a casual Thursday on a Friday and the disastrous Senate bill passed somehow despite Chuck Schumer's renaming. Our favorite, Heather 'Digby' Parton joins us today for a recap of the week's news. In the Fun Half Matt Binder and Brandon Sutton join for further discussion of the ...
It's hump day and everything is fine because Chuck Schumer got the bill's name changed! That'll show 'em. Way to go Cuck (sic). Today we are joined by Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. With 1.8 million members, the AFT is one the largest public employee ...
  The SENR Bill passed this morning, and we are still wading through the muck David Dayen joins us to help in the aforementioned muck wading. In the fun half we watch some more of Zohran's masterful answers to insane lines of questioning. Tim Pool calls out the Sam for being a ...