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Lying Rush Limbaugh Passes; & LGBTQ Activism and Racial Justice
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Lying Rush Limbaugh Passes
Rush Limbaugh speaking with attendees at the 2019 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA (by )
Rush Limbaugh’s program is broadcast from 600 radio stations dotting the map of the US like a bad case of red measles, and reaches about 15 million people. Limbaugh was the most successful radio personality in terms of listeners and distribution. He has since the late 1980s peddled a brand of far right extremism and misinformation with a level of certainty that disarms the listeners. Limbaugh’s 3 hour tours of his mind, synchronized the thinking of millions of americans and laid the groundwork for a huge expansion of rightwing audiences and media outlets.
Joining to discuss Limbaugh’s legacy is Steve Rendall, co-author of “The Way Things Aren’t: Rush Limbaugh’s Reign of Error” which is a fact base response to Limbaugh’s bigoted book, “The Way Things Ought to Be.” Steve was also the director of research at the media activist group Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, or FAIR for short. He recently wrote an article for FAIR.org titled, “Limbaugh Helped Create the Conservative Movement—and Paved the Road for Trump" This video can be viewed by clicking HERE
LGBTQ Activism and Racial Justice Globally (part 2)
Beverly Ditzie from South Africa. Beverly Tillary from NYC USA, Amir Ashour from Iraq and Ifasima Efunyemi from Belize discuss the impact of the international economic, racial justice and health crisis on organizing for Queer freedom. This is exerpted from Outright Action's recent conference.
Sex Work Decriminalization; & Tax the Rich for Public Health
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ACT UP/NY Demonstrates Against Cuomo's Covid-19 Failures
Invest in New York - Tax the Rich
Yesterday at noon, about 70 people from ACT UP/NY, Vocal New York, and other AIDS and LGBT organizations held a rally in front of the Manhattan offices of Governor Andrew Cuomo demanding passage of a group of taxes on the rich to offset the Governor’s gigantic cuts to Medicaid, public hospitals and public health projects. The 6 tax proposals from the Invest in Our New York Campaign include a billionaires tax, a Robinhood Tax on Wall Street trades, and several more taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.
Activists say that Cuomo's cuts will slash Medicaid by $2 billion and eliminate the 340B drug pricing plan that funds $250 million annually to non-profit healthcare providers around the state like Housing Works and Callen-Lorde medical clinic all of which provide services to people with AIDS. Speakers include: activists Jewanza Williams, Mark Hannay, YuLing Koh Hsu, & Dr. Steve Auerbach
Zola Bruce & RJ Thompson of Urban Justice Center Sex Worker Project
Sex Workers RJ Thompson and Zola Bruce Analyze Sex Worker Decriminalization Legislation.
RJ Thompson and Zola Bruce of the staff of the Urban Justice Center's Sex Worker Project. discuss differing approaches to decriminalization of sex work. They support complete decriminalization of consensual sex work and oppose laws that purport to decriminalize sex workers but continue to criminalize buyers of sex and others involved in the sex trade.