Unconventional Journalist

This report is focused on reflection and is mostly music curated by All Real Radio.

Every 12 years, there's a sunset review on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). This is the time for all Texans to come together and voice their concerns around environmental racism and address the harm corporate polluters do in in their neighborhoods. The sunset review is set to be in person in Austin, Texas, with the Texas Sunset Advisory Committee for review and a public hearin...

We covered a wide range of topics today and concluded with an action item. National News Anti-Trans Bomb Threats Shuts Down School in Wisconsin  Deregulating Nursing Home Safety to Protect Donors in Florida Texas First Starbucks Unionizes in Texas Uvalde Thread - info from copaganda journalist, Alec Karakatsanis I thought you should know about Police Have No Duty to Protect You Houston/Harris...

Here's today's line up for you.  National Climate activist, Wynn Alan Bruce , died after setting himself on fire in front of the US Supreme Court to bring attention to the urgency of the climate crisis.  Biden v TX case on the Trump's admin Remain in Mexico policy will essentially determine whether a president can undo a former administration's failed policies. Follow Justice Action Cent...

From unions to police surveillance, we covered a range of topics today.  Union updates: Starbucks Illegal Union Busting Workers at Amy's Kitchen call for a boycott Bring it back home. Melissa Lucio: Before April 18, send letters asking for clemency for Melissa Lucio Call Cameron County DA Luis Saenz and urge him to withdraw Melissa's execution date. 956-300-3881. Contact Texas Governor Greg A...

Community Care Cooperative is a state-licensed cooperative business that enables neighbors to help neighbors live their best lives by providing personal care and home care services to seniors and disabled people. This is the first Black-founded home care services cooperative in Texas, the second home care cooperative in Texas, and exists as 1 of 14 home care cooperatives in the nation. Assata Rich...

Heads up! The first couple of minutes is a little bit of a rough start as I was fixing up the levels on the board.  This is the first in a monthly series of interviewing Elders from different communities.  Secunda Joseph from All Real Radio's Sunday's line up, Imagine A World, co-hosts with me as we interview Ms. Sandra and Mr. Walters about Fifth Ward. We talk about the history of dives...

Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) did a recent investigation into Pasadena Independent School District for metrics on suspensions, referral to alternative schools, physical restraints on campus, and police response to student misbehavior. PISD police department arrested more students than other larger districts including Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin. And while Black students only make up 7.5 per...

Today we covered the history of the socialist/communist roots of International Women's Day, the history of how the US-backed coup in Ukraine gave rise to nazis, and we brought it back home with a big movement win with the Texas General Land Office investigation.  Ukraine's nazis: How and why the U.S. Government Perpetrated the 2014 Coup in Ukraine How the U.S. Has Empowered and Armed Neo-Nazi...

Ben Chou is a candidate for Harris County Commissioner Precinct 4 which covers Katy, CyFair, West Houston, Alief, Meyerland, Briarforest, Galleria, River Oaks, Timbergrove. We talk about why he decided to run for office, white supremacy, capitalism, and how he plans to bring the community into the work.  Learn more about about his campaign here . *** So you vote in the Democratic Party - do y...

Molly Cook, RN, ER nurse, an organizer and advocate for a more sustainable transportation future joins me to talk about her campaign for Texas Senate, District 15. We talk about: How the system is built so the working class doesn't have flexibility in getting elected let alone participate in the legislative process Her goals for if she's elected, and how she plans to get the community involved in...

Franklin Bynum is running for re-election for judge of the Harris County Criminal Court at Law #8. He joined me to talk about his re-election campaign. During our conversation, we cover how intensely racist the "justice" system is and how the overall issue in his courts is how capitalism fails people. Most are houseless and turn to "crime" for survival.  He is a socialist organizer, a prison...

Lauren, Houston DSA member, and Stephanie, DSA Medicare for All Steering Committee member, talk to me about the movement to have Harris County support Medicare for All by voting on a resolution. What is a resolution? Why does this matter? We tackle those questions and more. Action items: Have conversations with friends and family about M4A Have people think about their personal stories/experiences...

Spike, Houston Tenants Union organizer and Brompton tenant, joins me to talk about Fat Property, the corporate landlord, and the campaign to hold them accountable to tenants. Help the tenants of Terraces on Brompton apply more pressure by shining a light on Fat Property’s inadequacies and reducing their ratings across the web! Here are the instructions on how to help . Follow: Montrose Local Houst...

Crystal Dávila, Pasadena ISD Trustee, Position 2, joins me to provide an update on the Pasadena school district. We also discuss balancing life as a trustee and teacher during the pandemic.

Today we talked about the Denver mass shooter and the Patriot Front . This thread has the GoFundMe links for the victims of the Denver shooter. We then talked about national news including Enbridge gave funds to the cops/prosecutors that are hurting Water Protectors.  Bringing it back home: Houseless Organizing Coalition is looking for volunteers and is having a donation drive . Hunger Health...

Professor Justice and D.Elohim are fellow podcasters on All Real Radio and have their show, Nation With No Flag. They recently joined me to recap 2021. While it was an insane year where the system continued to purposely fail, the labor movement came in strong as folks continue to fight back and reclaim their wages.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the deep disparities between essential workers and people who got to stay at home. In summer 2020, the Workers Defense Project partnered with coalitions and workers on the ground to create an Essential Workers Board at the Harris County level - the first of its kind in the nation. This board is for workers, by workers. In this interview, Sandra and Yabsira, with W...

Kendra, founder of Our Afrikan Family , and Molly with Stop TxDOT I-45 join me discuss how the pause on the I-45 freeway expansion was randomly and unexpectedly lifted last week. The I-45 expansion will displace 1079 homes, 2 schools, 5 places of worship, and 344 businesses, learn more here . Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) originally paused the project to investigate violation of residents’...

Read the full article here: https://samthemullet.medium.com/movement-to-push-the-unitarian-universalist-church-to-divest-from-line-3-d19a5094c396

Uyiosa Elegon and Danielle Johnaé with Houston Coalition for Equitable Development without Displacement (HCEDD) joined me to discuss their work in building community in Third Ward. HCEDD has been working to create a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) with Rice Management Company for the development of The Ion, a clean energy incubator. Without the CBA, this development is currently set to displace...

Verniss McFarland, executive director of T he Mahogany Project , joins me to discuss their upcoming Black Trans Empowerment Week, Nov. 15 - 21, 2021. See the full line up of events that week by clicking here . Before the interview, we discussed resources for the Astroworld Tragedy 2021 , compiled by Anna María ( @onlyannamaria ).

Happy Halloween! Part 1: Government Surveillance A Florida Anarchist Will Spend Years in Prison for Online Posts Prompted by Jan. 6 Riot Here's the FBI's Internal Guide for Getting Data from AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details US Military Document Puts Socialists in Same Category as Neo-Nazis There is a group working to fight these infri...

Covered a wide range of things on this report! 1st part: CIA caught in plot to assassinate or kidnap award winning journalist, Julian Assange 2nd part: Striketober, bitches! Thousands are striking in this generation's largest labor movement. From NYC taxi drivers hunger strikes to in-the-field interviews from Status Coup at John Deere strike, there is a lot of movement.  Stop TxDOT volunteer...

Kristin J. Anderson , Professor of Psychology at the Center for Critical Race Studies at the University of Houston-Downtown, joins me to unpack the relationship between structural power, privilege, and entitlement of people and the United States government. Before the interview: Berlin Seized 240,000 Properties From Corporate Landlords There is a reconciliation bill happening in Congress, and ther...