Activist Class

Coronavirus Covid-19 is not only a Pandemic public health crisis, but a global financial disaster. Seattle organizers were able to pass a temporary hold on evictions for residential and commercial properties but will that be enough to help the working class survive this pandemic? Nearly half of all Americans live pay check to pay check. Almost 40% of American adults aren’t able to cover a $400 emergency. Time is running out for many families and individuals across Seattle.

Councilmember Kshama Sawant calls in (social distancing!) to break down what the city needs to do right now to protect our vulnerable and what the rest of us can do in quarantine to strengthen the movement.

Class is in session!

Coronavirus Covid-19 has reached Pandemic level as Seattle, the epicenter for the virus, becomes the first U.S. city to shut down. This morning, Gov. Jay Inslee announced a ban on gatherings/events of more than 250 people in King, Snohomish and Pierce Counties in an effort to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak at a news conference.

But why is the state still refusing to properly protect people in prisons, homeless communities, and communities of color? 

Covid19 Mutual Aid Organizers and Public Healthcare Workers JM & Lizzie join us to talk about how Disaster Capitalism has outsourced our ability to build community and compassion. They break down how regressive taxes and neoliberal policies affect us when a crisis hits and how Covid-19 is revealing our broken public health systems and workers protections.

Class is in session.

The Activist Class sit down with formal mayoral candidate, attorney, and activist Nikkita Oliver to break down her experience growing up in Indiana, learn which Disney Zaddy she loves the most, the 8 year battle to stop the youth jail and what we can do about it now, and how she's digesting the presidential race. 

 

Class is in session! 

 

The Activist Class is joined this week by prison abolitionist/reproductive justice advocate/tax the rich specialist Jackie Vaughn & her beautiful baby!

- Are communities of color being left out of the tax conversations?

- What can we do about the new youth jail set to open this week? 

- Zaddy, Daddy, or Father with Dow Constantine..is he "evil hot" or just evil? 

Class is in session!

Newly elected Councilmember Varisha Khan is Washington State's first elected Muslim Woman! She joins us to talk about running as a 24 year old against a 12 year incumbent, being down 600 votes after the first ballot drop, and which Full House Daddy is the real Zaddy. 

Class is in session!

Season 2 of the Activist Class is here! We sit down with former Seattle Council candidate and Bernie Sanders WA State Field Director Shaun Scoot to go over his transition from running for office in Seattle District 4 to being part of one of the most polarizing presidential campaigns in American history. We also discuss his obsession with Seahawks QB Russel Wilson and if he considers Russ a Zaddy, Daddy, or Father. 

Class is BACK IN SESSION! 

Welcome to the Activist Class Black Friday Special! We sit down with Seattle's newly re-elected Socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant to break down her experience growing up in Mumbai India and learn which Game of Thrones character she identifies with the most, how she went from a PhD in Economics to becoming the face of Socialist Alternative, what it's like battling the richest man in the world Jeff Bezos, and how she navigates the Socialist movement as a woman of color. 

 

 

Now that the local elections are over, we break down something we should've addressed from the beginning..who the hell we are! Get to know Spekulation, Myra, Aretha, Chrissy, and Dae on this week's episode of Activist Class. What radicalized us? Where do we come from? Are we just emo? Do we all just have daddy issues? Class is in session. 

Aretha, Chrissy, Myra, Dae, and Spek are joined by political consultant Riall Johnson to discuss Kshama Sawant’s big win over Amazon and if this is now the most progressive city council in the nation.

How will this hyper-local election effect the national political landscape?
Does this increase our chances on taxing the rich? And why do progressive orgs keep screwing over candidates of color? Class is in session.

What did we learn from the first two ballot drops? Can socialism defeat Amazons money bomb? Does Kshama Sawant have a chance? What is ballot chasing and what can we do to help? What do we do when electoral politics aren’t enough? Class is in session.