About this episode
It's Hump Day on the Majority Report On today's program: Donald Trump is trying to find a way out of Iran that he can sell as a victory but in reality, it seems that he is just sinking us into a quagmire. Caitlyn Clark and Lisa Xu join Sam to discuss the first meatpackers strike in the U.S. in 40 years. Caitlyn is a national organizer at Essential Workers for Democracy, an organization dedicated to rank-and-file member education and empowerment for workers in grocery, meatpacking, and retail and Lisa Xu is a staff writer and organizer at Labor Notes. Here is a GoFundMe to help striking workers on the ground Support Colorado Meatpacking Workers on Strike! Or check out the official Local 7 strike fund here. Xavier de Janon, Director of Mass Defense at the National Lawyers Guild on to discuss the 9 people convicted of terrorism related charges after a protest on the Prairieland Ice Detention Center. For various ways to support the Prairieland Defendants check out their website here. In the Fun half: Ryan Grim pieces up some Newsmax doofus over the siege in Cuba. Rick Scott says we need to destroy Iran before they destroy us. Markwayne explains that the TSA are working free because of political politics. Janet Mills holds a town hall teleconference in a half-empty church where the few people who did show up came to express their frustrations with her.
