Arizonans are having to choose between paying for their electric bills and their groceries. Arizona's Corporation Commission is supposed to keep rates affordable. Instead, its GOP majority lets power companies jack up rates. But three seats are up for election 11/5. ----- More Perfect Union’s mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective, and we attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power, and we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems. We're an independent, nonprofit newsroom. To support our work: - Help fund our reporting: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash - Substack: https://substack.perfectunion.us/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfectUS - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ - Threads: https://www.threads.net/@perfectunion - Website: https://www.perfectunion.us

Stay informed and engaged! Don't miss out on conversations that dive deep into our economy, culture, and politics. SUBSCRIBE HERE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLRxVeYcB1H7DbuYZQG-lg?sub_confirmation=1 Abolition, decolonization, immigration, Palestine — how is the Left thinking about the future in this perilous political moment? Socialists and activists showed up in the thousands to this year’s Socialism Conference, a four-day event packed with discussion of today’s most pressing issues and strategies for organizing. Laura Flanders & Friends was there, in Chicago (just days after the Democratic National Convention) for a live taping with three renowned organizers: Nick Estes, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and author of “Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance” and co-founder of The Red Nation, an organization dedicated to Native liberation; Rachel Herzing, an organizer, activist, and advocate fighting the violence of surveillance, policing and imprisonment and co-author of “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment”; and Harsha Walia, co-founder of No One Is Illegal, an anti-colonial migrant justice organization and author of the books “Undoing Border Imperialism” and “Border and Rule”. As you’ll hear, they’re not counting on politicians to step into office and grant their wishes. They’re focusing beyond the election cycle. Join us as we envision a liberated future and explore all that it takes to get there. Plus Laura’s commentary. “. . . Having Deb Haaland [serve as] the Secretary of Interior, has been good in the sense that we've gotten these really amazing reports on things that we've already known, that there was this massive systematic genocide of Native children . . . But at the same time, her department has overseen more oil and gas leases on federal lands than the Trump administration, and that's not an indictment of her as a person. That's an indictment of that department . . .” - Nick Estes “. . . We know in an election season that Black women get told we're the saviors of the entire world and everything relies on us, even though the rest of the time it's very happily that we're kind of left to die, quite literally. We are given this message on a regular basis, and I don't know what to say to people about that. The policies of the so-called United States are not life-affirming policies for Black people, for imprisoned people, and for people living as women.” - Rachel Herzing “I just think that the strongest counterforce to fascism and anti-colonialism is an organized Left. It is not a candidate . . . Sometimes I think we get fixated on what candidates will or won't do, and we don't think about the conditions that the Left can create to actually make those possibilities happen . . .” - Harsha Walia GUESTS: Nick Estes (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe): Author, Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, & The Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance Rachel Herzing: Co-Author, How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment; Former Co-Director, Critical Resistance Harsha Walia: Author, Border and Rule & Undoing Border Imperialism; Co-Founder, No One Is Illegal 🎧 PODCAST: Listen to this week's episode on podcast platforms: https://lauraflanders.simplecast.com/episodes/not-party-to-party-politics-movement-leaders-consider-election-24 Visit https://bookshop.org/shop/lauraflandersandfriends for books featured in this episode. (*LF&F is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.) Laura Flanders & Friends is non-commercial independent media that relies on the contributions of viewers and listeners. DONATE TODAY at https://lauraflanders.org/donate/ or consider becoming a PATREON partner at https://www.patreon.com/lauraflandersandfriends. Find this week's show notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/114186745?pr=true 🔔Subscribe to get weekly episodes that prompt you to think critically about the world around you. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to hit the 'Like' button and share it with your network. 📩Newsletter: For more in-depth analysis, including uncut interviews and commentaries, subscribe to our free newsletter at lauraflanders.org. 🎧LOOKING FOR UNCUT INTERVIEWS? Patreon subscribers help us make our full, uncut conversations and audio extras free and available to everyone! Join our growing family today! patreon.com/lauraflandersandfriends Executive Producer: Laura Flanders Supervising Producer: Sabrina Artel Senior Producer: Jeremiah Cothren Senior Consulting Producer: Rory O’Connor Senior Video Editor: David Neumann Video Editor: Veronica Delgado Audio Director: Jeannie Hopper Development Director: Sarah Miller Communications Director: Janet Hernandez Technical Creative: Nat Needham Thumbnail image courtesy of Socialism 2024.

The 2024 Presidential election is in full swing and Milwaukee is at the center of it. This film chronicles the election season this summer. We follow people as the Republican National Convention comes to town, and Kamala Harris drops in for a visit. Local workers, organizers, and protesters speak about the convention, the city, the election, and the effects policies will have on labor and community. A Liminal Films and Washington Park Media Center Production Made in Milwaukee by Milwaukeeans Produced, Shot, Edited, Directed by Jonathan Klett Featuring: Brandon Wolf - National Press Secretary of Human Rights Campaign Kelley Robinson - Human Rights Campaign President Pam Fendt - Milwaukee Area Labor Council President, AFL-CIO Peggy Wirtz-Olsen - President of Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) Angela Lang - BLOC, Black Leaders Organizing for Communities Executive Director Nathan Kieso - Milwaukee Area Labor Council Executive Board Dayvin Hallmon and the Black String Triage Ensemble Alan Chavoya - Outreach Chair - Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Oppression Coalition to March on the RNC Kayla Patterson - Students for a Democratic Society Audari Tamayo - Students for a Democratic Society Halo Hisel - International Indigenous Youth Council Fernanda Jimenez - Immigrants Rights Organizer Kamala Harris Ann Ward - Teacher Jane Foley Doctor Christine Mosore Dr Jackie Edwards - Physician Assistant Cheryl Angel - Water Protector | Sicangu Lakota Jarrett English - Political Director at Voces de la Frontera Photos provided by Voces de la Frontera Photos - creative commons Photo - dairy farm worker - Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Watch Aerial Cinematography - Joel Van Haren Music - William Ryan Fritch and "What Now of Paradise" by Drop Electric Made with support from Laura Flanders and "City Works" at the City University of New York School of Labor & Urban Studies @washingtonparkmediacenter @tankthink.media @mkelaxmedia @cunyslu @cityworkstv @lauraflandersandfriends @sds_uwm @marchonrnc2024 @_iamjackie @humanrightscampaign @luvbuzzbby @brandonjwolf @kelleyjrobinson @asapdari10 @okiciyapi1995 @voces_milwaukee @mkelabor_malc @angelamlang @wisdems @fiservforum @blocbyblocmke @nationalsds @harleydavidson @molsoncoors @lakefrontbrewery @pabstblueribbon @iiycfamily @milwaukeealliance @myweac @fernandajimenez @kamalaharris @vp @senatorbaldwin @afscme @afscmelocal526 @christinemosore @jjorel

Ticketmaster and Live Nation have destroyed the concert experience. But it didn't use to be this way. Today, Oasis and Taylor Swift tickets might go for thousands of dollars, but back in 1955, you could see Elvis Presley in concert for less than the modern-day equivalent of $20. We investigated further and found ticket stubs from the biggest acts between 1970-1989, and they all cost around $45. Now you’re paying exorbitant service fees and indie venues are getting squeezed, all because two corporations gobbled up the industry. So how did they do it? Watch our full deep dive into the history of concerts over the last 70 years and how corporate greed turned one of the most populist forms of entertainment into a luxury good. Additional reading: https://prospect.org/power/ticketmasters-dark-history/ https://www.economicliberties.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20240104-AELP-Livenation-Brief-FINAL.pdf ----- More Perfect Union’s mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective, and we attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power, and we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems. We're an independent, nonprofit newsroom. To support our work: - Help fund our reporting: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash - Substack: https://substack.perfectunion.us/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfectUS - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ - Threads: https://www.threads.net/@perfectunion - Website: https://www.perfectunion.us

School lunch in the U.S. can be awful. Compared to countries like Japan, France and Brazil — where public school students are often served scratch-cooked, appetizing meals — the U.S. is really lagging. So what’s the deal? Yara goes deep into the U.S. school lunch system to look for answers, and to see just how bad – and how good – American school lunch can get. Subscribe for more videos: https://ajplus.co/subscribe Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajplus/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajplus

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is – by most measures – one of the worst places to be Black in America. It has some of the largest racial disparities in the country when it comes to income, health, education and incarceration. It’s also the most segregated city in America; a fact that comes with daily reminders for Black residents that the system is against you. And yet this place – where Black Americans experience an ongoing struggle just to exist – has its own kind of superpower. This state could help determine who becomes the next president. But first, these residents will have to fight for their right to vote in the middle of a pandemic. Subscribe for more videos: https://ajplus.co/subscribe Sign up for subtext, our newsletter about the people and movements driving change in our society: https://ajplus.co/ekdv4 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajplus/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajplus

There's a revolution happening in Standing Rock, at the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ camp, and across the country. Over 200 indigenous American nations and 6,000 people have travelled to the community in an unprecedented act of solidarity. Catalyzed by the fight against Dakota Access Pipeline, Native American tribes are protecting their water, but even more, protecting their sovereignty in the face of a colonialist State. In a time when we still celebrate Christopher Columbus, violent colonizer, the indigenous rights movement is more important than ever. On Indigenous People's Day 2016, we're #StandingWithStandingRock. Journalist Jonathan Klett connects what's happening in North Dakota to what's happening in D.C. Chase Iron Eyes, US Representative Candidate for North Dakota and Judith LeBlanc, director of the Native organizers Alliance, speak to what's at stake in this fight. With music by Bethany Yarrow and Rufus Cappadocia. Find out more at www.lauraflanders.com.

A convergence of progressive movements in Philadelphia. This highlights the actions and voices mainstream media ignored and silenced at the Democratic National Convention. #ClimateRevolution, #BernieorBust, #DemExit, #BLKDNCResistance, Democracy Spring, #uptous, The Green Party, and Socialist Alternative united inside and outside the gates of #DNC. Featuring - Kor Element, Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur, Code Pink's Medea Benjamin, Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein, Bernie Sanders, and Bernie or Busts activist YahNé Ndgo, and Sanders Delegates - Chelsea Lyons Kent, Robert Haukenberry, Millie Kennedy, Yasmeen Kaboud, Valdez Bravo, Robert Satiacum, and Jordyn Tannenbaum.

A special episode-length documentary filmed on location in Dinétah; the name of the land of the Navajo people, spanning parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. 21 Billion tons of coal, the largest deposit in the US with an estimated value of 100 billion dollars, lay untouched in Dinétah until 1966. In that year, Peabody Coal Company leased the land in an agreement with a Hopi tribal council they helped form. In 1974, Congress passed the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act, commonly known as “the relocation law." It divided about 2 million acres of land previously shared between Diné and Hopi tribes. Nearly overnight, the homes of tens of thousands of Diné and several hundred Hopi were now illegal. Since then, an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 Diné people have been forcibly relocated. Today, only a small group of mostly elder Diné continue to live here, and those that remain are being pressured to leave. More than 40% of homes here lack running water. Peabody Energy’s two mines here have extracted over 400 million tons of coal and depleted 70 percent of an ancient desert aquifer. Peabody’s Kayenta coal mine fuels the Navajo Generating Station, which is owned by the US Department of the Interior and provides water and electricity to Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. What is the cost, paid in the lives of the Navajo people, of the water and power delivered to these cities? On the anniversary of the founding of the United States, we visit with Diné (Navajo) youth and elders coming together to fight for the survival of their culture, fighting against displacement caused by US government policy, as well as exploitation caused by mining and other polluting industries.