Party for Socialism and
Block Report host JR Valrey spoke to third party presidential candidate Claudia De La Cruz of the Party For Socialism and Liberation about this election year.
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Over one year ago in East Palestine, Ohio, a Norfolk Southern train derailed and the company ignited thousands of pounds of toxic vinyl chloride. Now East Palestine residents and families are getting sick and remaining in their contaminated town because they can’t afford to move out. They are also losing their healthcare.
On Saturday, March 23, there was a community meeting in East Palestine, to launch a national campaign calling for justice for residents and workers who responded to the disaster. The campaign’s main demand is that the federal government provide full healthcare to all residents of East Palestine and surrounding areas and to any fire or emergency workers sickened by direct exposure to the toxic burn.
At the conference, Pacifica’s Steve Zeltzer spoke with Pittsburgh Union Progress reporter Steve Mellon and Teamster Vice president John Palmer.
Learn more at https://www.eastpalestinejustice.com/
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Next, retired US Marine Corps Captain and Eisenhower Media Network Executive Director Matthew Hoh addressed the UN Security Council during its briefing on Ukraine on March 24, 2024.
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For Women’s History Month, we honor Wilma Mankiller, who, in 1983, became the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the first woman to serve as a Chief of an Indigenous Nation in the United States. Under the Indian Relocation Act, Wilma’s family relocated to San Francisco in 1957. She became deeply committed to Indigenous activism and joined the occupation of Alcatraz in 1969. She also worked with the Black Panther Party’s food program for elders and children. We hear Wilma Mankiller talking to a group of scientists and other people at NASA in 1988.
Wilma Mankiller has been given many high honors and awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998. In her memoir Mankiller: A Chief and Her People she wrote “I want to be remembered as the person who helped Indigenous people restore faith in themselves.” Wilma joined the ancestors in 2010.
And that concludes today’s edition of Capitalism, Race & Democracy. We thank all of Pacifica’s sister stations and affiliates who contribute to the production of this show. Today’s program was produced by the Capitalism, Race & Democracy collective, with contributions from Steve Zeltzer, Akua Holt, Jacquelyn Battise, Ann Garrison, & Polina Vasiliev.
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Music:
“POWER TO THE PEOPLE” – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Mankiller Honor Song by Joy Harjo From Red Dreams: A Trail Beyond Tears
Mike Stout, “Stand up For East Palestine”
Robert Glasper, “So Beautiful”
