District 34 Podcast

Tatiana Turner is currently i jail because she is unable to make an exorbitant one million dollar bail.Turner is a BLM activist that attended a rally in Yorba Linda last September. Trump supporters showed up in numbers that day and were quite hostile. At one point they surrounded Turners car and she called 911. She received no assistance so tried to drive away in a panic hitting a man and a woman. Trump supporters smashed the back the window of her car- prompting her to panic further. She contends she feared for her life, yet DA Todd Spitzer claims she intentionally tried to kill the Trump supporters.Sean Beckner-Carmitchel spoke with Turner over the phone about justice, the movement and the events in Yorba Linda. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Interview with Kitty Stryker, published author whose work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Vice, Cosmopolitan and others- identifies as an anarchist activist, queer femme, Juggalo ethnographer and leftist doomsday prepper located in the San Francisco Bay Area See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We spoke with activist General Jeff on the issues currently surrounding the unhoused in Los Angeles and recent events in Skid Row. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ken is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and housing justice activist, born and raised in LA, who has expertise as an auditor. He wants to focus on auditing the city’s finances in order to determine departmental effectiveness and identify wasteful spending that can be reallocated to other critical areas. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sean Carmitchel's interview with Rebecca Brown of Courtwatch Los Angeles. Courtwatch is a volunteer court observation organization working to keep the criminal system transparent & accountable. Send tips & inquiries: courtwatchlosangeles@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tracy is not only a nurse, but also is the Director of PPE Now LA- an organization dedicated to providing front-line healthcare workers, protestors and the unhoused with both hygiene and protective equipment during the Pandemic. Los Angeles has been experiencing record numbers of both cases and deaths, with intense lockdowns being instituted throughout the County as well as the state of California at large. Sean Beckner-Carmitchel discusses her role with PPE Now LA as well as the intensely difficult experiences that frontline healthcare workers are dealing with. She also gets into advice for how to protest safely, her views on how the government has failed us and what we can do to protect ourselves and the unhoused residents of Los Angeles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adrian Riskin of Michael Kohlhaas Org joins us to discuss his FOIA dumps on Los Angeles politicians and law enforcement. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week in the studio, Sean Beckner-Carmitchel joins Tina-Desiree Berg. Eman Padilla was arrested not far from a protest outside Sheriff Alex Villanueva's home in Los Angeles County on November 18, 2020. At that time, he was told there was a warrant for his arrest and charged with Attempted Train Derailment- a charge that holds a maximum of life imprisonment. He was also informed that it was related to his allegedly leaving a temporary barrier- which LASD brings out with regularity and uses- on top of train tracks. His wife was also detained the following week for charges related to her car registration. While she was detained- the LASD ransacked their home. DA Gascon dropped the charges shortly after taking office. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In part two of the discussion we discuss China, Keynesian theory and MMT. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr Asatar Blair studied political economy under Dr Richard Wolff. He currently teaches at Riverside City College. He is also the author of Prison Labor in the United States: An Economic Analysis. Join us in conversation on political economy from a Marxist point of View. This is part one of a two part series. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I spoke with local anti-fascist activist Erik Boyd about his recent experiences and why he has taken up the cause of fighting white supremacy. As a local of the Sunland-Tujana area in Los Angeles, he grew up in an area with neo-nazis and some Peckerwoods. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paula Jean is coal miner’s daughter and fierce advocate for environmental justice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I spoke with Konstantine Anthony on two important California state propositions facing voters in November. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Kim is an immigration attorney, community organizer, and current neighborhood council board member. He has been endorsed by Andrew Yang and Marianne Williamson. We discuss the current issues facing LA and solutions like UBI and Medicare for All. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Building the Progressive Movement into a Winning Movement Host/Moderator – Alan Minsky, PDA Panelist – Susie Shannon, DNC Poverty Council; Michael Lighty, Bill Fletcher Jr, Senator Nina Turner, Jesse Jackson with John Nichols introduced by Steve Cobble, Thom Hartmann, Radio Host, Congressional Candidate Alex Morse MA-1, Congressional Candidate Kara Eastman NE-2, statement from Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson TX-30, Rep. Jamie Raskin MD-8 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Panelists – Rep. Grijalva, AZ-3, Prof. Stephanie Kelton, Prof. William Darity, Jr., Joseph Geevarghese Our Revolution, Clem Balanoff Transit Workers Union, Carl Rosen Electrical Workers, Susie Shannon, DNC Poverty Council, Rep. Judy Chu CA-27 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan is an independent running to unseat Tom Cotton facing legal challenges to his run. His brand of politics is left leaning and working class centered. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shana East introduced an amendment to the Democratic Party Charter, entitled "Expanding Democracy by Increasing Voter Participation" detailing just some of the issues that took place during the 2020 Iowa Caucuses, where she served as a Precinct Captain for the Bernie Sanders campaign. She, and others, were on a call the night before the meeting with Jeff Weaver, in which he asked them to drop their amendments since they had made a deal with the Biden campaign. She dropped two- and kept this one. She also witnessed Biden members of the committee call Bernie members children. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This protestor was picked up by DHS agents in Portland Oregon- although he did nothing illegal. He was held for many hours without being questioned and booked on two misdemeanor charges. His story is a compelling account of how Trump's Federal agents are looking to intimidate protestors who are simply excercising their first amendment rights. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Recently a member of the Echo Park Neighborhood Council lynched a statue on his front porch upsetting both stakeholders and neighbors. He called it art and played the victim. I discuss this and other issues with this historic neighborhood adjacent to downtown Los Angeles with neighborhood council member Lauren Buisson. . See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.