Laura Flanders & Friends

Solving Economic Inequality: An Occupy Movement for 2024?

Were you one of the hundreds of thousands of people on the streets during the Occupy movement? For many the movement was a political awakening, as people rallied to end economic inequality and support democracy in response to the 2008 global financial crisis. On this 13th anniversary, how does the spirit of Occupy live on? And what progress — if any — has been made when it comes to the wealth gap?

Solving Economic Inequality: An Occupy Movement for 2024?

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  • Election 2024 Lies: Money Media Misses the Mark: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Election 2024 Lies: Money Media Misses the Mark

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    Election 2024 is happening in a media environment unlike any other. With legacy papers closing and digital media in crisis, too, election ads are filling the news vacuum with misinformation and lies. What is to be done? In this episode of “Meet the BIPOC Press”, we examine the state of election media and ask, could this be a moment of opportunity for others to transform the news and build power?

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    Abortion, Trans Rights & the Battle for Bodily Autonomy

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    The 2022 Supreme Court ruling to overturn Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health dramatically changed the political scene. Now we are witnessing another watershed moment in the struggle for abortion rights. Abortion, access to trans health, contraception and freedom from sterilization abuse are all part of the far Right’s agenda to control bodies. Could reproductive rights leap forward in 2024, not back?

  • Policing at the Polls & BIPOC Voter Suppression in 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Policing at the Polls & BIPOC Voter Suppression in 2024

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    Voting should be simple, but we’re seeing more and more barriers — especially for BIPOC voters — this election. From efforts to eliminate same-day voter registration, new voter-ID laws, and vigilante style “election integrity” watchdogs turning up at the polls, voters in many states and tribal nations face serious challenges they’re working hard to overcome. Will all who want to vote be able to?

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