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The movie crew joins Rob in the bunker to talk about The Organizer, an Italian movie about a failed strike in the late 1800s that leads to broader discussions around labor history and organizing tactics. Show Notes: The Organizer movie No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age

A Supreme Court decision moves us even closer to the end of the Kathy v Kathy saga. Meanwhile, Dounya Ramadan joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the recent ceasefire protests at the State of the State. Show Notes: Supreme Court rules in former state Auditor Kathy McGuiness' criminal conviction appeal Former Auditor Kathy McGuiness drama continues in federal civil court The State of the...

Newly hired Delaware Working Families Party Organizer Hasini Perkins rejoins Rob in the bunker to talk about his work getting people activated on the ground, organizing around the issues that affect everyday people, and how things need to change to build governing power for the multi-racial working class in Delaware. Show Notes: Labor yells at Matt Meyer School Lunch Debt Background Issue Campaign...

County executive, gubernatorial candidate, and expectant father Matt Meyer joins Rob in the bunker to talk about what the county is working on from land use to police, then talks about his vision of what he wants to do as governor from transit to housing to climate. Show Notes: The War on Gaza Is a Labor Issue Matt Meyer's Site

The Red Clay School District has entered the working group phase of trying to avoid accountability, so the Marbrook Parents rejoin Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the updates from the last several months around what has been going on with the Spanish Immersion program and how the fight has expanded.

Bunker regular Haneef joins Rob in the bunker to talk about a variety of topics from Palestine to bus stories to the police oversight board to the city buying the new Gibraltar mansion. Apologies for the delayed episode. Show Notes: WHYY story on Gibraltar

Public Policy Advocate Ken Grant and Professor Steve Metraux join Rob in the bunker to talk about their newest report on parking and red light tickets and how it shows a core dysfunction in the way that the City of Wilmington conducts some of its most basic functions. Show Notes: News Journal article Fines and Fees report

Bunker regulars Jordan and Karl join Rob in the bunker to talk about the pieces they wrote in the Delaware Call: one about leaked updates to the corporate code that show the effects of last year's organizing, the other about Wilmington's first major strike that shows the effects of organizing from 140 years ago. Show Notes: Interviews in the opening Hal Weitzman interview Chancery Daily interview...

After interviewing Rob on her show a couple weeks ago, Rachelle Wilson now joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about her background, how she went from journalism to teaching to activism, and the injustice of our criminal justice system. Show Notes: Cold open thread Make Some Intelligent Noise Justice Movement

The Crew and Madinah join Rob in the bunker to talk some major shifts to bring in the new year. Madinah finally tells all. Show Notes: Biden pizza party

This week, Rob appeared on another show, MSIN Justice MVMT w/ Rachelle Wilson, on what will become a monthly recurring segment where they will discuss the state of the 2024 elections and what people should be looking out for.

Local professor and activist Jamila Davey joined Rob in the bunker to talk about her journey from small-town Indiana to studying world cultures, how she got connected with the Rodney Reservoir, and what the future of redevelopment in that area might look like. Show Notes: Green for the Greater Good How Wilmington neighbors rallied to keep Rodney Reservoir a park − and succeeded Jamila's Op-Ed

Senator Chris Coons answers some questions on a ceasefire in Gaza. Then, the crew talks about next year's most important election of our lifetimes and answer some important questions such as: is our strategy working, are there any shortcuts, and who is we?

Some of the parents who organized around bringing back Marbrook's Spanish immersion program join Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the path from the Hockessin Gossip Girls page to reviving the program through public pressure. Show Notes: December Red Clay School Board meeting News Journal coverage Immersion program overview

Did you know that Delaware is sometimes relevant to national news stories? Delaware Online certainly does, so today we talk about two articles that cover the silly, the bad, and the ugly of how Delaware interacts with the national news. We establish our anti-helicopter stance. Show Notes: Opening article from +972 Magazine First U.S. weapons to Israel left from Dover Air Force Base. More have been...

Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton joins to talk about her ongoing hunger strike in DC. DelPHR Founder Mike Abel and DE DSA communications chair Syjil Athar talk about how they came into the Palestinian freedom movement and where things stand now. Show Notes: Delawareans for Palestinian Human Rights Delaware DSA Call Me, Beta Chuck Modi interview Reagan Demands End To Attacks BDS Movement Playgrounds for P...

It's amazing how much trouble you can get it for just hiring your daughter. After over a year, the boys are back to cover the Supreme Court oral arguments about the appeal of Kathy McGuiness's sentencing last year. Show Notes: News Journal coverage

Former Rep. John Kowalko joins the bunker to give updates on RISE Delaware/Medicare Advantage lawsuit, then tells some stories from his time at legislative hall. Patrons will get to hear the full conversation. Show Notes: RISE Delaware Rebel John Kowalko Ceasefire protest

Local activist Kirsten Walther joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her piece on misogyny in the Delaware left and some of her ideas on potential solutions, as well as some of the backlash it has received. Then, we try to close out our discourse around the genocide in Gaza and discuss what can and can't be done. Show Notes: Misogyny and the Delaware Left It’s Not Complicated – Ceasefire Now

Racial justice organizer Hasini Perkins joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the state of mental and physical health care in Delaware's prison system, including first-hand testimony from himself and others who are still behind bars. Show Notes: ACLU prison health care lawsuit John Oliver prison health care segment

Professor and homelessness researcher Steve Metraux and housing activist Shyanne Miller join Rob in the bunker to talk about why Delaware's official homelessness rate suddenly spiked and plummeted in the last four years, the successes and failures of existing systems, and what we might need to do to fix them. Show Notes: Homelessness in Delaware: An Assessment Accused of begging inside Market Stre...

In celebration of Indegenous Peoples' Day, historian Syl Woolford joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the Choptank Indian reservation, one of the few on the Delmarva peninsula. Show Notes: Branden's website Donate to Branden

The crew is in the bunker today to talk about the Bethany Hall-Long campaign drama, some thoughts around local independent journalism, and catching up with your Philadelphia Phillies. Show Notes: Delaware Call fundraiser tickets BHL Drama Delaware State Police Investigating Golf Cart Thefts in Sussex County

Palestinian author and poet Maya Abu Al-Hayat joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her path to artistic expression, the role of an artist as activist, and the other work that she has been doing. Show Notes 'The Gap' short story 'I Suffer a Phobia Called Hope' poem

Professor Mark Paul joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about his new book, The Ends of Freedom , and get into the history of economic rights in America as well as how modern issues of full employment, inflation, and means testing affect our ability to provide for everyone. Show Notes: The Ends of Freedom Book The guy who loves unemployment