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Fast Food Workers Strike & Sam Attacks a Plutocrat

December 3, 2012

Welcome back everyone! On today’s show Sam talks with journalist Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) about the Fast Food workers strikes that took place last week in New York City and walks us through his last appearance on Up With Chris.

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