Beyond The Page: A People's World Podcast

Matt Bernico & Chauncey Robinson
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Beyond The Page is the podcast companion to People's World. Beyond the Page brings you in-depth interviews with journalists and activists on the most pressing stories on progressive politics, labor, and the struggle for socialism in the US.

Episodes

  1. 12/21/2020

    Building a Fusion Movement

    Welcome to Beyond the Page! Beyond the Page is the companion podcast to peoplesworld.org. Our podcast brings you in-depth interviews with journalists and activists on the most pressing stories on progressive politics, labor, and the struggle for socialism in the US. This week we check in with Mark Gruenberg on the current jobless reports and some news about a union at Amazon. Then we have a broad discussion with John Bachtell about the coalition that voted in the Biden/Harris administration and what it will take to build a strong fusion movement for the future of the US. You can find more about the Poor People's Campaign here 👇👇👇 https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/virus-deaths-joblessness-soar-as-senates-ruling-republicans-dither/ https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/solidarity-the-key-to-a-better-different-human-future/ For more, visit https://peoplesworld.org/

    31 min

  2. 12/10/2020

    Fighting for progressive change and the weaponization of religion against the poor.

    Welcome to Beyond the Page! Beyond the Page is the companion podcast to peoplesworld.org. Our podcast brings you in-depth interviews with journalists and activists on the most pressing stories on progressive politics, labor, and the struggle for socialism in the US. The Poor People's Campaign is a progressive anti-poverty organization led by Dr. Rev. William Barber and Dr. Rev Liz Theoharris. In this episode, we're joined by Rev Liz Theoharris to talk about the PPC, the upcoming election in Georgia, and the ways religion has been weaponized against poor people. You can find more about the Poor People's Campaign here 👇👇👇 https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/ For more, visit https://peoplesworld.org/

    30 min

  3. 11/24/2020

    U.S. Imperialism Hinders Cuban COVID19 Vaccine

    Welcome to Beyond the Page! Beyond the Page is the companion podcast to peoplesworld.org. Our podcast brings you in-depth interviews with journalists and activists on the most pressing stories on progressive politics, labor, and the struggle for socialism in the US. As COVID19 cases spike again in the US, we turn to the way the US's COVID response has impacted other countries, namely Cuba. To do this, we speak with Alan McLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) about a recent article he wrote in Mint Press News titled “Revolutionary Medicine: Cuba could be on the brink of a revolutionary COVID Vaccine, but US Sanctions are slowing it down.” You can Alan's article here 👇👇👇 https://www.mintpressnews.com/cuba-brink-covid-vaccine-us-sanctions-slowing-it-down/273095/ For more, visit https://peoplesworld.org/

    17 min

  4. 11/12/2020

    Anti-Communism, Punching Left, and Trump's Frivolous Lawsuits

    Welcome to Beyond the Page! Beyond the Page is the companion podcast to peoplesworld.org. Our podcast brings you in-depth interviews with journalists and activists on the most pressing stories on progressive politics, labor, and the struggle for socialism in the US.  Over the last few week's we've been focusing in on the election hard! Now that's it's over, we have to debrief and analyze just where things stand. So, in this episode, we’ve got stories from CJ Atkins, the managing editor at PW on Anti-communism and the election in Florida and Al Neal, an associate editor at PW, with some perspective on the ongoing lawsuits from the Trump administration.  You can find the articles we talked about in the episode here👇👇👇https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trumps-anti-communism-worked-but-only-in-miami/https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-frivolous-lawsuits-of-a-sore-loser/ For more, visit https://peoplesworld.org/

    31 min

  5. 10/28/2020

    Coalitions, Right-wing Populism, and Voting for One Another

    Welcome to the inaugural episode of Beyond the Page! Beyond the Page is the companion podcast to peoplesworld.org. Our podcast brings you in-depth interviews with journalists and activists on the most pressing stories on progressive politics, labor, and the struggle for socialism in the US.  With the election just days away, we’re zeroing in on stories that help us get a handle on what this electoral struggle looks like and who’s fighting it. To do that, this week we’re bringing you stories from John Wojcik about the coalition leading the fight against Donald Trumps. And then, we have a segment about the importance of electoral work and labor struggle in the fight against capitalism with Roberta Wood. You can find the articles we talked about in the episode here👇👇👇https://peoplesworld.org/article/labor-its-allies-and-the-courts-fight-to-stop-trump/https://peoplesworld.org/article/tax-cheat-trump-receives-best-medical-treatment-taxpaying-undocumented-workers-get-nothing/ For more, visit https://peoplesworld.org/

    32 min

  6. 10/13/2020

    Economics, Organizing at Amazon, and Voter Suppression

    Welcome to the inaugural episode of Beyond the Page! Beyond the Page is the companion podcast to peoplesworld.org. Our podcast brings you in-depth interviews with journalists and activists on the most pressing stories on progressive politics, labor, and the struggle for socialism in the US.  In this episode, we’re bringing you stories on the economy and judging economic health with Mark Gruenberg, the struggle of Amazon workers to win a safe workplace from Al Neal, and finally on Voter suppression in Florida with John Bachtell You can find the articles we talked about in the episode here👇👇👇https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/massive-florida-campaign-underway-to-pay-poll-taxes-for-the-formerly-incarcerated/https://peoplesworld.org/article/nearly-20000-amazon-workers-infected-with-coronavirus/https://peoplesworld.org/article/latest-jobs-data-give-the-lie-to-trumps-great-economy/ For more, visit https://peoplesworld.org/

    30 min
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Beyond The Page is the podcast companion to People's World. Beyond the Page brings you in-depth interviews with journalists and activists on the most pressing stories on progressive politics, labor, and the struggle for socialism in the US.

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