Summary: Stand up, Speak out, and Stay informed! This week on Talking Left, we talked about climate, unions, net neutrality, racism, and ways you can make a difference in each of these fights. First, we spoke with Dr. Frank Emspak of Workers Independent News about the recent union vote at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dr. Emspak explained some of the background information about that vote, about labor law, and about the future for workers' rights at that plant. Volkswagen has announced that they are going to fight for a works council at the plant, and the UAW is calling on the National Labor Relations Board to stand up to intimidation tactics from politicians. Hopefully, both efforts succeed and workers get the chance to have their voices heard in Chattanooga. You can get all the updates, and great coverage of everything-union at LaborRadio.org. Next, we spoke with Chancellar Williams, the Associate Policy Director at FreePress.net about what's happening with net neutrality and the Comcast-Time Warner merger. Chancellar explained that the FCC will not appeal the recent court ruling that struck down net neutrality, and why we need to keep pushing that agency to classify all internet providers as common carriers. In addition to fighting hard for internet freedom, Chancellar and everyone at Free Press is calling on government officials to block the Comcast merger, and prevent that company from having a monopoly on our online and television media. There are many reasons why this merger must be stopped. You can learn about all of them, and get involved with that fight - and more - at FreePress.net. And, in the last hour, we spoke with Joe Madison - the Black Eagle - and the host of the Joe Madison Show on SIRRIUS channel 110. Joe gave us his thoughts on the Jordan Davis murder trial, racism, and how we fight back. As Joe explained, we have to speak out to make real change happen in our nation, and we can't wait until the next teenager is murdered before standing up to racism. Every one of us can make a difference, but it's going to take us being willing to have some uncomfortable conversations to do so. The future of our country, and of race relations, is too important to pretend like these issues don't exist. Listen to Joe every weekday morning from 6am to 10am Eastern on SIRRIUS, and - as Joe says - Speak Your Mind. Thanks to Rocky Mountain Mike for writing and producing our incredible theme music! Please check out his amazing Sound Cloud! Thanks to We Act Radio - 1480AM WPWC, Radio or Not, and SoFlo Radio- for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! Remember - Talking Left will soon be available on the Progressive Voices Channel on Tune In. We'll let you know when you can tune in to hear the show there. And, of course, thanks to you, our listeners, friends, and family - for supporting us through all of our crazy shows, dreams, and political addictions!! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes! As always, thanks for listening!
