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The Debate, the Donald, and the Strike
🕑 Added 2023-09-30 17:24:16 +0000 UTCMatt and Sam suffer through the second GOP debate—a pathetic display from a gaggle of generally uninteresting reactionaries with no chance of defeating Trump in the primary—and then turn to an extended conversation about the politics and possibilities of the UAW auto strike against the Big Three car manufacturers. President Biden walked the picket line, while Trump spoke to employees of a non-union auto parts company. Why did the mainstream media continually insist that Biden and Trump were both appealing to striking workers? Did Biden do enough in his brief visit to the picket line? What did Trump actually say about the strike? These questions and more get answered in this primary season special!
Sources:
Alex Press, "Trump Is Speaking Tonight in Michigan at a Nonunion Auto Shop, as a Guest of Its Boss," Jacobin, Sept 27, 2023
Craig Mauger, "Donald Trump: UAW Negotiations 'Don't Mean as Much as You Think,'" Detroit Free Press, Sept 27, 2023
Martin Pengelly, "Signs Touting ‘Auto Workers for Trump’ at Michigan Rally Found to be Fake – Report," The Guardian, Sept 28, 2023
Heath Carter, "UAW President Shawn Fain Is Reviving That Old-Time Religion: Christian Radicalism," Jacobin, Sept 29, 2023
Erik Baker, "Revaluing the Strike," Jewish Currents, Sept 27, 2023.
Comments
Hannah C
Great ep & hope y’all keep doing these, disappointed you didn’t mention how insanely bright it was in the airplane hanger
Tom Ryan
Rank punditry! lol I was curious what y'all had to say about the debate/confounding infotainment debacle, so I'm genuinely happy you put this one out there.
