The Katie Halper Show

Chris Smalls, who was fired by Amazon for protesting their abusive practices, & labor reporter Alex Press talk about the historic vote to unionize the amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. Chris Small was fired by Amazon for organizing a walkout to protest the way they were subjecting their worker to COVID-19. He is the founder of The Congress Of Essential Workers (https://twitter.com/TCOEW. Alex Press (https://twitter.com/alexnpress)Alex Press is a staff writer at Jacobin (https://twitter.com@jacobinmag), whose writing has appeared in the Washington Post , The New Republic, The Nation and more.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Celebrate International Women's Day with The Katie Halper Show and more importantly, Kristen R. Ghodsee, author "Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence." (https://kristenghodsee.com/) Ghodsee is a professor of Russian and East European studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and is the author of nine books on European Communism and its aftermath, including, “Red Hangover: Legacies of 20th-Century Communism." She is also the host of the podcast A.K. 47 - 47 Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai. (https://kristenghodsee.com/podcast)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Journalist Rania Khalek (https://twitter.com/RaniaKhalek) breaks down why Biden bombed Syria, what any of this has to do with Iran, and Iraq, what life is like in Lebanon, where she lives, and how and why her views on Syria and the Middle East in general have changed.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today we welcome back to the program Matt Bruenig. Matt is an American lawyer, blogger, policy analyst, commentator, and founder of the left-wing think tank people's Policy Project. He was a blogger for the American think tank Demos covering politics and public policy — and has written on issues including income distribution, taxation, welfare, elections, and Scandinavian economic models.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ali Abunimah (https://twitter.com/AliAbunimah) explains why SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's now infamous joke delivered by Michael Che about Israel's vaccination program is actually funny: because it's basically true. Medical Apartheid is always a knee slapper. Ali Abunimah is the founder of Electronic Intifada (https://electronicintifada.net/) and the author of "The Battle for Justice in Palestine" and "One Country: A Bold-Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse." (https://twitter.com/intifada) ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** On Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalpsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Assemblyman Ron Kim talks (https://twitter.com/rontkim​) about being threatened by Governor Andrew Cuomo for telling the truth about his administration's coverup of nursing home deaths. (https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Ron-Kim) David Sirota (https://twitter.com/davidsirota) talks about his own journalism on Cuomo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Reporter Ryan Girdusky (https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky) explains how and why he broke the story about The Lincoln Project's Sexual Abuse Scandal and coverup and the roles played by John Weaver, George Conway, Rick Wilson, and Steve Schmidt.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Guardian fired its own columnist Nathan Robinson (https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson​) over his totally inoffensive tweets about the special relationship between the governments of Israel and the United States, which both governments acknowledge and praise. Nathan (http://nathanjrobinson.com​), Editor of @CurAffairs (https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/0...​) talks about his experience and if he feels the same way about "cancel culture" as he did before. He will then be judged by Katie and her council of two Bens, Ben Burgis (https://twitter.com/BenBurgis​) & Ben Spielberg (https://twitter.com/BenSpielberg​). Thursday-night co-host Leslie Lee (https://twitter.com/leslieleeiii​) renders his own verdict as well. Ben Spielberg will also talk about Neera Tanden and Jared Bernstein, his colleague, as well as other wonky things. And Ben Burgis will talk about some nerdy theory things.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

LA Charger and activist Justin Jackson (https://twitter.com/J_ManPrime21​) and @blkagendareport Editor and Senior Columnist and Author of Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents (http://bit.ly/359cvPH​) Margaret Kimberley (https://twitter.com/freedomrideblog​) explain how Biden ended racism and saved The Republic and we can all go back to brunching.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kshama Sawant has served on the Seattle City Council since 2014. She is a member of the political party Socialist Alternative. Her most recent re-election campaign was in 2019 in which Amazon spent an unprecedented $1.5m to defeat her. She has been a consistent advocate of raising taxes on the wealthy, expanding city services for the city’s workers and for environmental rights and Palestinian human rights. She is facing a right wing recall in retaliation for spearheading victories like $15 minimum wage and the Amazon Tax and supporting Black Lives Matter. Corey Robin (https://twitter.com/CoreyRobin) talks about impeachment, The Democrats, Barack Obama, "ongoing neoliberal rot," why Margaret Thatcher said her greatest achievement was Tony Blair and what that means for us today. is a professor of political science at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center, a journalist, a political theorist, a writer and an author of several political books, including The Reactionary Mind.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy