The Black and Tan Show: Recent Episodes
Teka Lark
A vlog about politics, government, policy, economics and literary culture. We're a speakeasy in Los Angeles, U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia.
I have a fascinating conversation with Chuck Morse (starts at 5:10) on Murray Bookchin, anarchy and how can radicals and progressives can continue the movement.
The beginning commentary is based on the following:
There is a saying, "The white man's water is colder." That saying references how within white supremacy white people's pain, ideas and creativity are more real than non white people's.
If you use this video in a talk or a paper here how you source it:Fleming, Teka Lark. [Black & Tan Show]. (2014, January 13).Episode 6: Marx, Race and the Left and interview with Chuck Morse on Murray Bookchin [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/PmROYoIqZ1U
Some sources I used to create this video:
http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2009/07/20/the-white-racial-frame-a-reprise/ http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/ http://www.southerninstitute.info/holocaust_education/dsindex.html
My thoughts on the TPP also known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
If you use this video in a talk or a paper here how you source it:
Fleming, Teka Lark. [Black & Tan Show]. (2014, January 1). 5 a.m. segment: 5 A.M. Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). BT 01/01/2014 [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/8KHVCQfFoxE
How to contact your rep: http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/tpp/
Links I read that inspired this vlog:
http://sojo.net/blogs/2012/06/29/insider-list# http://www.flushthetpp.org/tpp-corporate-insiders/ http://wikileaks.org/tpp/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/11/18/the-united-states-is-isolated-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-negotiations/ http://wikileaks.org/Second-release-of-secret-Trans.html?update http://www.ustr.gov/tpp http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/lead%20negotiators%20list%20TTIP.pdf http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/tpp/ http://www.warren.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=164 http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ttip/
The US and its puritanical roots is the basis for many of its problems and racism. The idea that some people might get one dollar more than they deserve according to Jesus Christ is enough to make people cut their own nose off to spite their face.
I’m using that grotesque cliche, because it so accurately explains the US.
In countries where the population is more monolithic and less attached to the most heinous interpretation of the bible in the developed world their social services are universal.
There is this idea that other people aren’t evil leeches trying to squeeze an extra dollar out their fellow human for sheer entertainment value.
There is a belief that making sure we have a society where people aren’t afraid all the time is a better society. A society where people aren’t living on the street, hungry and unable to go the dentist is a bare minimum that a civilized society can provide.
If you use this video in a talk or a paper here how you source it:Fleming, Teka Lark. [Black & Tan Show]. (2014, January 9).Episode 5: 50 years of failure [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/pd7Cpk1iGzw
Some sources I used to create this video:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/1970s-manitoba-poverty-experiment-called-a-success-1.868562 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/switzerlands-proposal-to-pay-people-for-being-alive.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1143578.shtml http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1942beveridge.html
The problem with poverty driven nonprofits. Wage gaps and sexism.
If you use this video in a talk or a paper here how you source it:
Fleming, Teka Lark. [Black & Tan Show]. (2013, December 30).Episode 2: Nonprofits [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/0ooMpd6f-nM
Some sources I used to create this video:
http://projects.propublica.org/bailout/list
http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/2012/05/17/Despite-dominating-the-industry-women-at-nonprofits-lag-in-pay/stories/201205170292
Ten dollars an hour isn't a good wage. My commentary on what a good wage would be. Harkins/ Miller Proposal.
If you use this video in a talk or a paper here how you source it:Fleming, Teka Lark. [Black & Tan Show]. (2014, January 6).Episode 4: A Fair Minimum Wage. $20.00 [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/gktjI1z80vg
Some sources I used to create this video:
http://www.dir.ca.gov/iwc/minimumwagehistory.htm http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/statutes/FairLaborStandAct.pdf http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/12/business/la-fi-minimum-wage-20130913 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4828849
The Black and Tan Show covers politics, government, policy and economics.
The background music composer is Scott Joplin. This is his classic song the "Maple Leaf Rag," he wrote it in 1899. It was named for a famous black-and-tan club of the same name in the vice district of Sedalia, Missouri.