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*******RATE, REVIEW and SHARE******** When History unfolds live streamed and Democracy is threatened, we do the only possible thing, record a podcast. WTF Fudge happened at the Capitol on Jan 6th 20121? History?  Parade? LARP session gone bad? Attack on our Democracy? Antifa infiltration? (that was the plan discussed in our weekly commy-pinko Soros zoom meeting) We discuss, debate and dissect...

*******RATE, REVIEW and SHARE******** Workers are asked to risk their lives every day in the pursuit of profit and under the coercive threat of the cost of living. The WAIT crew examines theories of value and the hypocrisies of the California political class of liberals in this episode. Remember, to ask yourself listeners. WAIT, which capitalist am I dying for again? Hit us Up: wait podcast homepa...

*******RATE, REVIEW and SHARE******** So whatever happened with all those Props anyway? We catch you up on what happened in LB & CA that affects your everyday life. Join us as the boys get some brunch & black-pilled on liberal democracy. This episode was brought to you by our Benevolent Overlords™ at Uber. & Lyft. Hit us Up: wait podcast homepage w.a.i.t.whyamitalking@gmail.com Find ou...

*******RATE, REVIEW and SHARE******** #BlackLivesMatter LBC is a local organizing effort in Long Beach, CA that moves in solidarity with the national United States-based #BlackLivesMatter organization This chapter was founded in 2014. I In 2013, three radical Black organizers — Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi — created a Black-centered political will and movement building project c...

*******RATE, REVIEW and SHARE******** This week we read Afropessimism & face some uncomfortable ideas. Afropessimism views anti-Blackness as not just baked into society; but central to our concept of humanity. Humanity is defined by having a Black “other” to define itself against. What does that mean for the left & our relationships to each other? Be sure to read Afropessimism by Frank B....

*******RATE, REVIEW and SHARE******** The “Gig” Economy has entrenched a massive class of workers who don’t receive even the basic protections won by unions after the Gilded Age. We look at how the tech industry has “disrupted” labor laws & found new, modern ways to further exploit workers. We also talk to AM of Yes A Stripper podcast & Soldiers of Pole as well as law student Jordan P of U...

*******RATE, REVIEW and SHARE******** There is no such thing as a natural disaster. We look at the capitalist looting of the working class during the Great Recession, New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria, & the entire US today during COVID. Hit us Up: wait podcast homepage w.a.i.t.whyamitalking@gmail.com Find out more info, get involved and donate: Black Lives...

Rethinking Queer Intersectionality in Long Beach: Anti-Black Racism, Youth Struggles, and the Need for Change w/ Lily Lucas *******RATE, REVIEW and SHARE******** We chat with the author of: Rethinking Queer Intersectionality in Long Beach: Anti-Black Racism, Youth Struggles, and the Need for Change Written by: Lily Lucas in FORTHE We also discuss the recent 51st Anniversary “In Honor of Stonewall:...

Are you Antifa? What is Antifa? Some say this pod is Antifa. US government, through twitter.com, has recently declared Antifa a terrorist organization. Today we discuss what that means for the Left in the US. Also International studies expert, Ayalih’s (@all_o_ya on twitter) explains how the US does this internationally with the War on Terror. Then we lose a bit of our sanity breaking down the For...

*******RATE, REVIEW and SHARE******** Find out more info, get involved and donate: Black Lives Matter LBC DefundLBPD.com DSA Long Beach Hit us Up: wait podcast homepage w.a.i.t.whyamitalking@gmail.com

Entering a second full month of stay-at-home orders aimed at stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus, renters and landlords across California are increasingly worried about paying their bills. These are their stories…  Some tenants, in Long Beach and around the country, have gone on a RENT STRIKE refusing to pay it and adding a political statement to their economic hardship. The now mont...

The protest decrying the death of Floyd, a black man who died after a  white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into  his neck last  week, was initially peaceful in the city. Hundreds of participants, many  chanting and holding signs reading, “No justice, no peace” and “Black  lives matter,” walked from the city’s downtown area through Alamitos  Beach, along Br...

Now "Essential Worker" has entered our collective conciousness and the list includes grocery stores, laundromats, restaurants (serving takeout and delivery), factories that produce foodstuffs and other products, gas stations, pharmacies, and hospitals. What do all of these businesses have in common? They rely on the labor of low-wage workers who, in many cases, toil without benefits, unions, and w...

LIKE AND REVIEW!!!! On May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers in 13,000 businesses across the United States walked off their jobs in the first May Day celebration in history . In Chicago, the epicenter for the 8-hour day agitators, 40,000 went out on strike with the anarchists in the forefront of the public's eye. What happens next? Listen up to find out! https://twitter.com/DSALongBeach/status/12...