Episode 5: "Anarchists Kneel Before ZAD"
Channel: The Spartacast League
Date: 2018-04-15

# Episode 5: "Anarchists, Kneel Before ZAD"
Hosts: Attica, Faolan, Gakell.

Background Music: “Live at Grillby’s” by InsaneInTheRainMusic: https://youtu.be/9TwwiLAk4GM & “Links’s Awakening: Threshold of a Dream” by Overclocked Remix: https://goo.gl/KCd3RP 

Events:

- Police shootings & Protests: 
 - Sacramento: police shoot minor in his own backyard 20 times because they thought he was holding a gun.  had a cell phone in hand.
 - Houston:  police shoot mentally ill man walking with pants down in the street.
 - Brooklyn:  police shoot mentally ill man holding a pipe "like a gun".
 - "Lying Is a Fundamental Part of American Police Culture".  Alternet.  https://goo.gl/28SKA4.  

- Alt-Right figure Christopher Cantwell is a narc:  "Alt-Right erupts after crying Nazi Christopher Cantwell admits he’s a federal informant".  We Hunted the Mammoth.  https://goo.gl/L2pytF 
- New Alt-Right talking points:
 - image 1: https://goo.gl/EdXneL
 - image 2: https://goo.gl/AQU9HE

- Just Born, the makers of "Peeps" are in a lawsuit over whether they can pull out of their pension program without paying the $60 million dollar fee that would secure current pensioners their retirement:  "Trouble in candy land: How Peeps, pensions and a lawsuit threaten to upend the American retirement system".  Washington Post.  https://goo.gl/b35gBE

- French strikes and protests over Marcon's neoliberal policies:
 - Rail workers, teachers, and 200,000 other workers strike to preserve benefits: "Strikes Disrupt France as Thousands Protest Macron Overhauls".  New York Times.   https://goo.gl/9WhVZW
 - "After fending off lawsuit, French activist group Attac holds protests & ‘die-in’ at Apple Stores".  9-to-5 Mac.  https://goo.gl/CJYQqD
 - France destroys eco-commune on abandoned airport at Notre-Dame-des-Landes, occupied by 250 locals since 2008: 
  - "French police clear utopian anti-airport protest camp". Yahoo News.  https://goo.gl/fV9cwE
  - "Clashes erupt in huge police operation to oust eco-warriors in western France".  The Telegraph.  https://goo.gl/wL8fJv

- Teachers continue to strike in Oklahoma, Arizona, and Kentucky:
 - "How tax cuts for the rich led to the Oklahoma teachers strike".  Vox.  https://goo.gl/d3tPzr
 - "Betsy DeVos to Oklahoma teachers: ‘Serve the students’".  Washington Post.  https://goo.gl/kuLsbA

- Michigan to begin cutting off bottled water supply from Flint: 
 - "Michigan Will No Longer Provide Free Bottled Water to Flint". New York Times.  https://goo.gl/gtYvUB
 - "Michigan will end Flint's free bottled water program".  CNN.  https://goo.gl/gAjvy5

- The Sinclare Broadcasting empire:
 - "This is Sinclair, 'the most dangerous US company you've never heard of'".  The Guardian.  https://goo.gl/QJL3mM
 - Sinclair workers were forced to read scripts and air required material at the threat of a fine: "These Americans are trapped in their jobs: they need to pay $10,000 to quit".  The Guardian.  https://goo.gl/8Tw8RA
 - "How America's Largest Local TV Owner Turned Its News Anchors Into Soldiers In Trump's War On The Media".  Deadspin.  https://goo.gl/rqJjki

- More irresponsible jornalism:
 - Washington Post calls for imperialism in Syria "for oil" because Trump wants to de-escalate and draw down troop numbers:  "In Syria, we ‘took the oil.’ Now Trump wants to give it to Iran".  Washington Post.  https://goo.gl/YZcnQZ
 - HuffPo publishes piece on Alt-Furry humanizing them and publishing without rebuttal from Antifa Furries:  "Alt-Right Furries Are Raging Online, And Leftist Furries Wonder What Is To Be Done".  Huffington Post.  https://goo.gl/QxtMVu
 - "Parkland suspect Nikolas Cruz showered with fan mail, donations: report".  Fox News.  https://goo.gl/Ld3Yme

- Alaskan voters shoot down anti-transgender bill in one of America's most conservative districts: "Voters in Alaskan city reject a 'bathroom bill' at the ballot box". CNN.  https://goo.gl/UKY5Y2

- Anarchists in Portland are patching city streets:  "Portland Anarchists Want to Fix Your Street's Potholes".  Citylab.  https://goo.gl/w6psDF 

Bonus Clip: Tucker Carlson cucks the war: https://youtu.be/V-yba3R6IBY