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Tribunus Plebis Podcast No Tax on Overtime - The Truth Behind the LieWhether you call it a lie or a massive exaggeration, Trump and his admin spit in the face of workers with the details of "No Tax on Overtime". It doesn't do what they promised, and only 8% of workers will qualify at all, most of them for very small amounts.Let's discuss it!====================This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can!WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://tribunus-plebis-media-sio-shop.fourthwall.comPlease, if you have a mo...

2026-01-1130 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast ICE Executed a Woman on Video, in Daylight, and in Cold Blood. The System Immediately Moved to Protect the Murderous Coward ICE AgentICE openly executed a woman and the State immediately launched a cover-up.-------------------------This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can!WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://tribunus-plebis-media-sio-shop.fourthwall.comPlease, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth!Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IACheck ou...

2026-01-1034 min

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly Labor Radio/Podcast Weekly: The Dig; LaborForce; BiPartisan Buzz; Tribunus Plebis; Union Bug; Labor NotesLabor Radio/Podcast Weekly (1/9): It’s the first week back in the New Year—and it feels like five days crammed into three. Chris, Harold, and Patrick return with a packed roundup: geopolitics, strike action, tax-policy sleight of hand, a brand-new show on worker-focused media, year-end reflections, and a fresh new intro. Featured this week: The Dig — Alejandro Velasco, Gabriel Hetland, and Yoletty Bracho join Daniel Denvir to analyze the U.S. attack on Venezuela, Trump’s imperial project, oil politics, and how different forces inside Venezuela are responding. Labor Force — Mike Struan checks in on stri...

2026-01-1055 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast When Media Lapdogs Like Mike Rowe Launder CEO B.S.Mike Farley, Ford CEO, spit fantasy BS into Mike Rowe's ear and Mike Rowe laundered that BS into unquestioned truth.The media, and it's lapdogs like Rowe, are used in this way every single day.Let's break this down.==================================This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can!WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spring.comPlease, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth!Apple Podcasts: https...

2025-11-1830 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast Radical Music - The American Labor Movement & BeyondLet's dive into a little bit of the history of the indelible connection between radical protest music and the American labor movement.SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Aa...We talk about every artist from Joe Hill to Rage Against the Machine and everybody in between.We examine how radical music inspires, teaches, and unifies people and helps keep movements moving and organizers organizing!===================================This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can!WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spri...Please, if you have a moment, take...

2025-11-1735 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast Mike Rowe Called Me Out. I Doubled Down - He's STILL a Negative For the Labor Movement9 months ago I made a video about how Mike rowe was a net negative for the working class and organized labor. 1 week ago Mr. rowe had a boomer Facebook crashout and called me out.I'm doubling down.--------------------------------------------------This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can!WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spri...Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth!Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2...

2025-11-1750 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast Fascist, USA - Where do you stand?The question I keep having for my friends, family, and the public at large is this:When Fascism came, where were you standing?Ten toes down in opposition, or cheering it on?----------------------------------------------------------This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can!WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spri...Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth!Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IACheck out all of...

2025-11-171h 05

Tribunus Plebis Podcast Engels' "Social Murder" and The Death of a CEO In this video we focus on the concept of 'social murder' as outlines by Friedrich Engels in his 1845 book "The Conditions of the Working Class of England" Then we move onto the media and internet reaction to the murder of CEO Brian Thompson, the folk hero status of our man Luigi, and a general critique of insurance and society from a working class, proletarian perspective. =========================== This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can! WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spri... Please, if you have a moment, take...

2024-12-1257 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast How Mike Rowe Betrays The Working Class - This Video Was a "Dirty Job" But It Had To Be Done Mike Rowe, of "Dirty Jobs" fame, uses a dubiously earned supposed credibility as a blue collar worker and worker advocate, to smuggle anti-worker, anti-labor, anti-union, and Libertarian-tinged conservative ideas and world views into work which ostensibly glorifies those same groups of people. Join us as we talk about how and why he has chosen to go down this path. TL;DR - Mike Rowe is making BIG BANK by spreading billionaire and industry lies about the people he supposedly speaks for. ========================= his podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever...

2024-12-121h 19

Tribunus Plebis Podcast Amazon Labor Union Has Affiliated with the Teamsters - Let's Talk About It...The ALU has affiliated with the Teamsters. The agreement comes after ALU has failed to get Amazon to the table, gone broke, suffered internal strife, and their Reform Caucus has forced a leadership election. Let's discuss the good and the bad. -------------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can! WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spri... Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth! ...

2024-07-0348 min

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly 3rd & Fairfax; Roswell Hub; America’s Workforce Radio; Tribunus PlebisOn this week’s show: Hollywood Teamsters talk negotiations…WTF are "the METHODS"?...Tim Drea from the Illinois AFL-CIO, on recent legislative accomplishments…And the FTC bans non-competes. This week’s featured shows are 3rd & Fairfax; news and information about the Writers Guild of America West…Roswell Hub, A weekly podcast dedicated to Teamsters helping Teamsters…

2024-06-1525 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast UAW Loses Vote at Mercedes, FTC Bans Non-Competes, INSA hit with Cemex Injunction, and Union Workers earn record raises!The Unites Auto Workers lost an election at an Alabama Mercedes plant, accuse Mercedes of illegal union-busting, and swear to continue the fight! The FTC BANS Non-Compete clauses, freeing millions of workers to move to new jobs, and start businesses! Dispensary company INSA forced to recognie union after multiple counts of illegal union-busting under new CEMEX ruling! Union workers get much higher raises than non-union workers! Please join us as we discuss all of these issues! ------------------ This...

2024-06-0547 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast Breaking My Silence On Gaza - Yes, It's a Genocide.The Palestinian people, and Gaza as a place, are being genocided and obliterated and erased from their land. Let's talk about it. ------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can! WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spring.com Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth! Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA Check out all of our links at our LinkTree! https://linktr...

2024-03-221h 00

Tribunus Plebis Podcast What the 2023 Union Wins Mean Going Forward2023 was a banner year for organized labor - Teamsters got a record contract at UPS, the United Auto Workers got record breaking contracts at the Big 3. Starbucks has been organizing across the nation, SAG-AFTRA/WGA had victories. Vegas Hotel workers and healthcare workers across the country succeeded as well. But what may this mean as we look forward into 2024 and beyond? Join us for a discussion! ====================== This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever...

2024-02-0855 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (EP. 76) Police Unions Should Not ExistPolice unions should not exist. Not only do they protect corrupt, violent, even murderous cops, but they are also staunch defenders of the status quo. They use their power to grow in both size and power and to use their strength against the working class and poor. They are the ultra-violent arm of the state which is dead set against the organizing of the proletariat. --------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are a...

2023-10-2554 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 75) The NLRB Rules on Cemex - Plus: The Final Rule & the Abruzzo MemoThe National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, has ruled on the Cemex case, issued their "Final Rule", and Biden altered the calculation for prevailing wage on federal projects - All great wins for labor and the working class. ==================== This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate a...

2023-09-2628 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 74) The UAW STRIKE Against Detroit's BIG 3! Let's Talk About It!The United Auto Workers have begun a strike action against Detroit's Big 3 automakers as the corporations refuse to bargain in good faith, give back the concessions they tore from the union during the recession, and balk at raises that these workers not only are deamnding but DESERVE. Join us as we discuss! -------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis Please, if you have a moment, t...

2023-09-1526 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 73) United Auto Workers Prepare to STRIKE! What are the UAW DEMANDS and How Did We Get Here?The United Auto Workers look likely to strike in what would be one of the largest strikes ver in this country. They are fighting for wages and benefits, yes, but also for basic humanity and dignity. Join us as we dive into what got us here, why, and how it might be resolved! ------------------------ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A C...

2023-08-2229 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 72) Yellow Freight CLOSES! How Did We Get Here and Who is to BLAME?Yellow Freight, the 3rd largest LTL freight company in the country has closed its door and is ready to declare bankruptcy. How did this once venerable, near 100 year old company, get to this point? Who is truly to blame for this turn of events? It's certainly not the Teamsters. Join us as we dig through some history, find the villain(s), and set the record straight. ______________________________ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if y...

2023-08-0642 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 71) UPS Decides to FORCE Teamsters to STRIKE or to SUBMIT!UPS has bargained in bad faith with their unionized Teamster workforce, left part-timers behind to struggle in "part time poverty", and are now walking away from the table on the brink of a deal. UPS wants to continue harming it's part-time warehouse help while the Teamsters have doubled down on uplifting everybody under their contract. Join us for a discussion. ----------------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.c...

2023-07-1246 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 70) Supreme Court Rules Against Labor - Glacier v. Teamsters Just Tip of the IcebergThe US Supreme Court screw over organized labor with their terrible ruling in the Glacier v Teamsters case. Glacier is just the tip of the iceberg in the attack on unions and collective worker actions. Join Tribunus Plebis Media as we break this down. _____________________________ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/t...

2023-06-1542 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 69) May Day aka International Workers Day - The Origin of the REAL Labor Day, its Meaning, and the Reasons Why People in The US and Canada Do Not Celebrate It.Most workers in the United States and Canada are barely aware of the holiday known as May Day or International Workers Day. Please stop by for a moderate length, yet still incomplete origin story and learn where it came from, what it means, and why we don;t celebrate it in the US and Canada! -------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at B...

2023-05-0159 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 68) Our Culture Is Killing Us - From The Reactionary, Anti-Homeless Response to the Bob Lee Murder to the Four Indefensible Shootings Across the Country - Our Culture is to BlameBob Lee, tech tycoon, was stabbed to death in San Francisco and the power elite turned all of their ire on the unhoused. The murderer was actually another tech tycoon. Ralph Yarl, Kaylin Gillis, two cheerleaders, and a 6 year old child were amongst the victims of four separate, terrifying, unjustifiable shootings and murders across the country. Join us as we discuss how our culture here in the United States created, feeds, and supports a fractured society where these sorts of atrocities are merely background noise. ------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! P...

2023-04-2754 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 67) Trump Indicted, Brandon Johnson Elected, Wisconsin Supreme Court Victory - Current Events Roundup - Tribunus Plebis MediaTrump is indicted, arrested, and arraigned... and it changes nothing at all. Brandon Johnson is elected Mayor of Chicago and Janet Protasiewicz was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court... and these two have the potential to actually change things in those cities and states. Let's discuss bottom up power, what hope means in the political sense, and how we can win. __________________________________________ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation o...

2023-04-0932 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 66) War Crimes and Lies - Iraq 20 Years Later - Through the Eyes of the Soldiers Who FoughtWe go over the lies and propaganda that lead to the illegal war crime that we call the Iraq War and watch and comment on the video Iraq 20 Years Later Link to Original Video: https://youtu.be/RIWfH3iEgXU ______________________________ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis P...

2023-03-301h 19

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 65) The Warrior Met Strike - A Tale of Corporate/State Collusion and a Failure of the MediaThe Warrior Met corporation and the state worked together to snuff out a righteous workers strike in Alabama and the media failed the workers just as badly, myself included. Join me as we discuss why and how this happened. ------------------------------------ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis Please, if you have a moment...

2023-03-1343 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 64) How We Talk About The Unhoused - The Rhetoric That Unmakes UsLet's talk about the rhetoric surrounding how we dehumanize and other the unhoused of this country and turn them from neighbors into existential enemies with our words. "You cannot truly help those that you do not Respect. Pity is not respect, victimization is not respect. Criminalizing mere existence and co-existence is not even close to respect. And without respect we cannot move forward. And if we continue to do nothing then these bodies which we step over, they will be our legacy." ______________________ This podcast and related works t...

2023-02-1455 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 63) How We Talk About Labor - A Rearview Look at the Railroad Dispute, the Media, and Us.Not only does capital have control of the government and media, it also has control of the cultural zeitgeist and it has a hold so powerful that most of us hear a so called journalist ask a locomotive repairman making 80 grand a year or something whether fighting for the ability to not work while they are uncontrollably defecating water and physically decimated and not get fired for it is worth destroying the economy and we sit there in front of our TVs and think, yeah, man is it worth it? We just go with it rather than open our eyes...

2023-01-1738 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (EP. 62) How Labor Unions Help Reduce Racism and BigotryWe need to organize, unionize, work together, and undertake ventures which by their mere existence helps us all see that there are goals out there worth achieving and that the best way to do so is to make cause of common interests no matter our race or creed or culture and, even more importantly, no matter the race, creed, or culture of the worker standing with us on the picket lines as we fight for better wages, better lives, and healthier bodies. Unions aren’t the only way there, but I would say that the efficacy that they bring into th...

2022-12-0832 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 61) [Book Talk] ECONOMISM - Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality, by James Kwak(Ep. 61) [Book Talk] ECONOMISM - Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality, by James Kwak In “Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality”, James Kwak makes a compelling case that an overly simplistic understanding of economics (‘Econ 101’) is exacerbating the economic, social, and political problems of both the United States and the world at large. It’s extremely important to understand that these simple ideas are being used to mislead us, to lie to us, to cheat us. Kwak does an admirable job of making this clear. And it is equally as important to be alert a...

2022-11-1429 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 60) Class, Labor, and SolidarityToday I want to talk about class, solidarity, and the labor struggle. I’m going to argue that the way we use class in the united states is purposefully misleading, intentionally vague and, ultimately, destructive. Class, when defined properly, is an incredibly important concept. But, as we will see, the way we talk about class in the united states borders on gibberish. Terms like the middle class and upper middle class are absolute nonsense. The key to making real, lasting change in the country is the working class, the vast amounts of wage wo...

2022-10-2042 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 59) William "Big Bill" Haywood - A Life Larger Than MostLet’s talk about William “Big Bill” Dudley Haywood! Standing at 6 feet tall and weighing well over 200 pounds, Big Bill was truly larger than life as he battled mining trusts, corporations, private armies, and government forces alike. He fought them with his agile mind, his calloused knuckles, and probably most importantly he damaged them with his words. He, along with Mother Jones and Eugene Debs, dominated the labor movement of the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries in a way that is still felt even today. Some activists may have been smarter in one...

2022-09-211h 22

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 58) The Problems With Philanthropy - Influence, Power, Corruption, and a Trojan Horse for the RightBillionaires give to destroy the country and they give to fill the gaps in society which they create along the way. Philanthropy is being used to reify the ultra wealthy, sustain and support power and influence, and destroy democracy and choice. Philanthropic giving is about power and the arrogant assumptions that the wealthy know better what to do with your stolen wealth than you would if they’d let you keep it. Join us as we explore the corrupting influence of philanthropy to our government and society. ------------------------------------------------------- This po...

2022-08-3040 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 57) The Trump Raid and Breonna Taylor's Murder - Cops, Power, Class, and The 4th AmendmentDonald Trump gets raided, and the fallout from the Breonna Taylor murder continues. What do these two events have in common? They can help us understand how systemically corrupt, violent, and lazy the justice system truly is and this understanding can provide insight into the crumbling of the 4th amendment, especially as it relates to class disparities. The reactions to these two events exposes how power, and connections to power, can lead to fascistic responses, both materially and rhetorically, while doing nothing to help the oppressed and reinforcing class and power hierarchies which are sustained...

2022-08-1733 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 56) Stochastic Terror - How Rhetoric Inspires Terror - From Trump to Tucker Carlson to BidenStochastic Terrorism noun 1. The public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted. Join me for a discussion of rhetoric, demagogues, power wielders, and the probable but unpredictable terror which they are able to unleash on the world at large through their very loud, very frequent demonization of minorities and the oppressed. Episode 52 - The Buffalo Shooting, Othering, White Supremacy, and the "Great Replacement" Nonsense --------------------------------------- This podcast and related works...

2022-08-0332 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 55) The Lies of Uvalde - It Just Keeps Getting Worse! Plus, We Revisit Anti-Trans LegislationThe cowardice of the police in Uvalde was shameful enough, but since that horrific event those same police have shown cowardice in a myriad of other ways. Everything from their initial lies about what happened, wrongfully blaming innocent people, lying about the events and trying to gaslight everybody, and even right down to harassing the woman who defied the cops cowardice and saved her own child. Plus, anti-lgbtq legislation passes in Ohio and Texas and the results harm the members of those communities. Previous Uvalde Episode mentioned in this episode: https://youtu.be/xVpaqzimXqQ

2022-07-0133 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 54) Supreme Failures - The Overthrow of Roe, Unaccountable Police, More Guns, and Less Safety, Freedom, and LibertyThe U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and opens the door to return to the dark days of no federal protection for same-sex marriage, anti-sodomy laws, loss of contraceptive care, and possibly even interracial marriage. Also: Cops get even more immunity, immigrants lose yet another basic right, and more chuds will be armed in the streets. To sum it up: Right to abortion, gone. Ability of cops to violate your rights with no punishment, granted. Indefinite detention? Hells yeah, this is america!

2022-06-2729 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 53) A Cowardly Act - The Uvalde Police Response (or Lack Thereof)Just me yelling about cowardly, quailing, perpetually shook police and how their lack of action killed children in the Uvalde, TX school shooting. ---------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us...

2022-05-2916 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 52) The Buffalo Shooting, Othering, White Supremacy, and the "Great Replacement" Nonsense.A white supremacist murdered multiple people in Buffalo, NY, driven to murder by, at least in part, the so-called Great Replacement conspiracy theory which is extremely popular amongst racists, nazis, white supremacists all across the globe, and the alt-right in the United States. This racist theory has been trumpeted all across the media, but nowhere more loudly than FOX News, and its most popular host, Tucker Carlson. Join me as we suss out how, why, and where these theories are spread and how they connect to the idea of othering and white supremacy. ...

2022-05-1730 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 51) The Overturning of Roe vs. Wade & The "Don't Say Gay" Bill is Passed In Dystopian FloridaThe Supreme Court is about to officially overturn Roe v. Wade and Florida passes homophobic law. I guess we shouldn't be surprised, but we should definitely be angry about these things. ------------------------------------------ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on...

2022-05-1332 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 50) The United Fruit Company, The Guatemala Coup, and Corporate PowerSuch was the power of El Pulpo, the United Fruit Company octopus, whose arms stretched across the Caribbean and throughout Central and South America. They ran countries, monopolized shipping lanes, hoarded land, corrupted militaries and governments, used the United State military as knuckle breakers and as their own personal military force, and broke the backs and spirits of peasants and presidents alike. And they did it all for bananas, the most popular fruit in the United states. This story, as wild as it is, is just one aspect of the power and the...

2022-04-2449 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 49) Sanctions - What they are, Why we use them, and How they kill.Policy ghouls are telling us, in a sort of passive voice sort of way, that if we just impose sanctions on this other country then they’ll be nicer. That’s what they tell us. What they actually do is begin to starve, debase, degrade, torture, and murder poor people in a bid to create internal resentment. Sanctions are cruelty. Sanctions do not work. Sanctions are murder. ------------------------------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep...

2022-04-0439 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 48) [Book Talk] AUSTERITY - The History of a Dangerous Idea, by Mark Blyth - Tribunus Plebis PodcastWelcome to the inaugural "Book Talk" episode on Tribunus Plebis! We will discuss the book "Austerity - The History of a Dangerous Idea" by Mark Blyth, as well as austerity in a broader, more general discussion! Austerity is, basically, the idea that regressively taxing citizens while also drastically reducing government spending on basic services is a good way to alleviate the debt burden of a country. In other words it is, as a theory, both immoral and built of utter hogwash. Austerity is, in reality, a brutal attack on innocent people’s...

2022-03-1732 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 47) REI Lies - Breaking Down REI's Anti-Union Podcast EpisodeI listened to REI's anti-union podcast so that you don't have to! Employees at REI's flagship SoHo store have filed to form a union and REI hired a law firm to help them fight against it's employees with a groan inducing woke-backed anti-union message. The dynamic duo of CEO Eric and Lawyer Wilma star alongside Anti-Worker Rhetoric. I listen, react, and do my best to break down the anti-union nonsense. My comments definitely focus on REI, Wilma, and Eric... but all of the criticisms can very easily be turned on any other company fighjting against a union vote because they...

2022-03-011h 05

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 46) Monopsony, Stagnation, and Inequality of PowerMonopsonistic practices by corporations are simply an exertion of power over the labor force. This power dichotomy is not a mistake and it is not a symptom of some other issue. The power imbalance is purposefully baked into a system which pre-supposes scarcity and demands constant profit growth and mass distribution of wealth to the investor class, at the expense of all else. ----------------------------- This podcast and related works takes a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: ww...

2022-02-2230 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 45) Fractured - Fissured Work and the Destruction of the Middle ClassThe problems with this ‘fissuring of the workplace and economy’ are manifold. Wages are depressed, job security is destroyed, fewer people with company provided insurance, etc. As all of these wage and benefit structures collapse in favor of the lowest bid, there is further degradation of these systems further downstream. When workers lose the ability to demand, or even request, better wages and benefits, then the firm gains even more power to depress wages and benefits and squeeze its employees. As the asymmetry of power increases exponentially it begins to feed itself power and the cycl...

2022-02-0526 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 44) Fodder for Profit - From Triangle Shirtwaist to Amazon and Mayfield - Workers Are Just Grist For the MillThe one thing that has been consistent in hyper capitalist america over the past… well, forever… is that companies and capital owners will absolutely, positively, without doubt and without hesitation put employees lives on the line to make an extra buck and nobody but the workers themselves have ever been able to put a stop to it. It was true in 1911, it was true even on 9/11 when multiple companies actually told their employees that they did not have permission to leave the second tower before it got hit even as the first tower burned, and it is true...

2021-12-2222 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 43) Thoughts on Welfare Shaming, Rittenhouse, and the Arbery verdict - Current Events HousecleaningI recently made use of a safety net program to get food into our home and had some thoughts about using welfare and the phenomena of Karen's and Ken's trying to shame struggling people and families. I also touch on the Rittenhouse debacle and the Arbery trial and it's verdict. No, he isn't a hero, yes, they were racist scumbags. And, no, the Arbery decision does not let the locals or this nation off the hook. ------------------------------------------- Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on A...

2021-12-0819 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 42) "Ode To A Scab" by Jack London [A Tribunus Plebis Short]Members of The Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union, representing workers at various Kellogg's plants just voted down a proposed contract and continue their strike! Solidarity! Kellogg's is set to hire 'replacement workers', aka SCABS. This episode is for those thinking about crossing the picket lines and stealing jobs from their union siblings. Scabs are a loathsome bunch. --------------------------------------------------------- Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word o...

2021-12-0802 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 41) Revolution in America? Make the Changes or Face the PitchforksThe citizenry of the United States is on the ropes. We are fed up, broke, unhealthy, unlikely to succeed, and dying sooner than we should be. And all that through no fault of our own. A revolution still seems far-fetched for some, but I don’t agree. A revolution is far closer than most of us would like to admit. There is still time, but things must be done, actions must be taken. The systemic failures must be addressed, inequality must be lessened, the wealthy must begin to bear their proper bu...

2021-11-2226 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 40) Unions Rising - Rebirth or Death Throes? #StriketoberAs I was pondering the impact of #Striketober and the surge of union strikes and general labor activity in 2021, my mind drifted back to the strikes of 2018 and 2019 and what they mean for the current movement. We look back to those pre-2020 labor actions and even dip our toes into labor related legislative and cultural issues which both fed the rise of unions in the mid 20th century and then starved them in the 1980's. ______________________________________________________ Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple...

2021-11-0148 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 39) Company Towns - Pullman to Amazon to Willow ParkCompany towns harm workers, they do nothing to combat inequality - in fact they only exacerbate inequality, and they DEFINITELY do not promote anything we can even remotely call ‘freedom’ Company towns are nothing less than base feudalism. They always have been, they are right now, and they always will be. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth! Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA

2021-09-3048 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 38) Afghanistan [We pay by the corpse]Of course we had to pull out of Afghanistan. Let's explore why. Link to mentioned CIA Paper: https://bit.ly/3jtFA2i Link to mentioned "Afghanistan Papers": https://wapo.st/3DzKlPN __________________________________________________ Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth! Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA Check out all of our links at our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/TribunusPlebisMedia

2021-08-3137 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep 37) Prison AbolitionShould we? Can we? Will we? Please join me as we discuss prison abolition - The what, when, and how. This isn't about making better cages. This is about no more cages The goal, in fact, is not just to disappear prisons, but to actually make them unnecessary. ------------------------------------------- Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth! Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA

2021-08-1655 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 36) It's OK to Demand Change, plus The Perpetual Tyranny of RIGHT NOWIt is OK to demand change, at all levels, from local to systemic, even if we aren't quite sure HOW to make those changes. Also, the past is clear to see, and the future is predictable, or at least we think it is. These perspectives are the easiest for us to take. The most difficult is to deal with what we are actually doing RIGHT NOW. Right now is the tyranny which we must deal with, and we don't deal with right now very well. ---------------------------------------------------------- Please, i...

2021-07-2536 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 35) Mike Gravel (RIP, 1930 - 2021) - Probity and PowerMike Gravel was the rare person who attained power and maintained his morals and ethics. He is most famous for reading the Pentagon Papers into the public record via Senate sub-committee and for screaming truth into the face of power. Mike Gravel was a real one. Rest In Power. If you enjoy these podcasts, please take a second to rate and/or review on Apple Podcasts by following this link: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA ---------------------------------------------------- Please click our LinkTree below to check us out! l...

2021-07-0622 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 34) [part 2 of 2] Sean Joined Zach from "bread_theory" on Twitch to Break Down Chapter 12 of "The Conquest of Bread" by Peter KropotkinZach and bread_theory invited me on their stream to help break down and contextualize chapter 12 from the seminal anarchist work "The Conquest of Bread" by Peter Kropotkin. The chapter was a bit longer than others so we broke it into two seperate streams. The first half was previosuly released as Episode 32 of this podcast. For more from bread_theory, please check these links out: bread_theory Twitch channel bread_theory YouTube channel ------------------------------------------------------------ For more Tribunus Plebis: Web: https://bit.ly/2Z...

2021-06-212h 06

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 33) Eugene V. Debs - A Life, a Movement, a Speech, and a LegacyEugene V. Debs - Labor organizer, socialist, warrior for the working class. “Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” Today we are going to talk about a man who is something of a...

2021-06-1651 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 32) [part 1 of 2] Sean Joined Zack from "bread_theory" on Twitch to Break Down Chapter 12 of The Conquest of Bread by Peter KropotkinBread_theory invited me on their stream to help break down and contextualize chatper 12 from the seminal anarchist work The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin The chapter was a bit longer than others so we broke it into two seperate streams. Part two should release about a week after part 1! For more from bread_theory and Zack, please check out his linktree account HERE: https://linktr.ee/bread_theory ------------------------------------------------------ >>> Please click through HERE to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and/or review! It is the single best thing y...

2021-06-081h 55

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 31) Just F*cking Pay Us or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the PitchforkYou've all heard the complaints and excuses... "These lazy bums just need to get back to work!" or "We can't find anyone to fill these jobs!" Tune in to learn why, and how, these statements are bullshit. Fight for good pay. >>> Please click through HERE to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and/or review! It is the single best thing you can do to help spread the word! Oh, and don't forget to share on social media or even word of mouth! -------------------------------------------------------- Web: h...

2021-06-0137 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 30) Palestine, Israel, and the Complicit MediaA nation-state attacking an open air refugee prison. When you get right down to it, it really isn't that complex. A big reason why most of us can't see how uncomplicated it really is, is the media and how they drive the narrative and bend our minds to see things a certain way, through a certain lens. The charities I mentioned: Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (https://www.pcrf.net) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (https://donate.unrwa.org/-landing-page/en_EN)

2021-05-1733 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 29) Free Speech. Plus, Sinematic CorruptionKyrsten Sinema just tells you the truth, for once. Then we talk about free speech in this country. No, not the Social Media stuff, but real freedom of speech issues. Issues like the government making speech and assembly illegal. Criminalizing protest. Legalizing murder. You know, all the fun stuff. __________________________________________ If you have a moment, please click this LINK to our Apply Podcast page and leave a rating or even a review. It takes only a moment and is the single best way that you can help the p...

2021-05-0433 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 28) The PRO Act - The First Major Pro-Labor Legislation in Decades. Plus, The Amazon Union Vote, in brief.The Pro Act has passed the House and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. It is the single biggest and most pro labor bill to ghet this close to passing in decades and has a real chance to help claw back some of the power from corproate interests and help revive unions in the United States. We also touch briefly on the Amazon union vote, and a few anecdotes from a failed union drive at my workplace. ------------------------------------------- If you have a moment and enjoy the show, please click HERE and rate...

2021-04-2242 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 27) Hate Crime in Atlanta, a Covid Relief Bill Review. Plus, Cuomo and PR SacrificesEight people, six of them Asian, die at the hands of a racist in a hate crime and the world tries not to admit that. The newest COVID relief bill gets broken down and pulled apart and we find that it's, shockingly, not entirely terrible. Governor Cuomo may soon become the next sacrifice on the altar of Public Satiation. ---------------------------------------------------- Web: https://bit.ly/2ZkPYyT YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Zhw2gA Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA Anchor: https://bit.ly/35gjXMk Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3hcvjDx (Or simply search “Tribunus Plebis” wherever you get your podcasts!) Social: Twitter: http...

2021-03-2343 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 26) Stop Simping for Monsters, Plus - Kyrsten Sinema Hates The PoorsIn unsurprising news, the government sucks and they've spent the past two months proving it to us day after day. Kyrsten Sinema, along with seven other Democrats, sinks to new low with her thumbs down to poor people as she condemns millions to years more of poverty. I hate this planet. But if you like this podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and review using this link to Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA Thank you! ---------------------------------------- Web: https://bit.ly/2ZkPYyT YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Zhw2gA Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA Anchor: https://bit...

2021-03-1024 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 25) Biden, Cuomo, and Tanden, Oh My! (Included: a lesson about the remora fish!)Joe Biden, along with the entirety of the Democratic Party are failing their voters and the administration is already falling into a nosedive of ineffectiveness. Andrew Cuomo and Neera Tanden collapse in political death spirals of their own makings. Don't feel bad for any of these people, they deserve their political and social pains, they've earned every bit of it. And we, as voters and human beings, have failed each other by not holding these people accountable in the past and not holding them accountable even now. Please, if you enjoy the show and you have just a few seconds...

2021-03-0335 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 24) Amazon Workers Participate In Historic Union Vote While Texas FreezesA historic union vote is taking place at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, AL, a vote which could help alter and shape the American labor movement for an entire generation. Amazon has fought tooth and nail to prevent this vote and has lost at every turn. Please share this episode or do anything else you can to help promote this issue! Meanwhile, in Texas, political and corporate choices to prioritize profit over lives comes to its inevitable conclusion as an ill prepared power grid battles cold weather and loses badly, resulting in the entirely preventable deaths of Texans. ______________________________________________________________________ PLEASE, if...

2021-02-2235 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 23) American Idols and GameStonksReddit Trader Bros squeeze some shorts. America falls in love with terrible people. The world spins on. Ranked Choice Voting: https://anchor.fm/tribunus-plebis/episodes/Save-the-Postal-Service-and-a-Primer-on-Ranked-Choice-Voting-ei2qhl ----------------------------------------- Web: https://bit.ly/2ZkPYyT YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Zhw2gA Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA Anchor: https://bit.ly/35gjXMk Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3hcvjDx (Or simply search “Tribunus Plebis” wherever you get your podcasts!) Social: Twitter: https://bit.ly/3jZXp6w Instagram: https://bit.ly/3kbPF1F Web: https://bit.ly/2ZkPYyT Facebook: https://bit.ly/3bCS6qV

2021-02-0948 min

Southpaw FS 87 – Overeem vs. Volkov w/ Team SouthpawToday is a very special Fight Study, where we have members of Team Southpaw on for a panel discussion about UFC Fight Night 184: Overeem vs. Volkov. We can't continue to produce episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw without your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce the show but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon and swag at: https://www.southpawpod.com Find Carrion on Twitter: @powertooles Alexander: @IMadeThisToStan Jeremiah: @bullfrog527 Sean: @Tribunusmedia and h...

2021-02-091h 28

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 22) Capitol Riots Addendum and the Danger of Playing Follow the FascistMore thoughts on the Capitol riots - They were worse than I initially thought. Pied Pipers and how they lead us astray and how we need to do better as we suss out the difference between accurate diagnoses of problems and which path to follow to fix that problem, fascism or unity. _______________________________________________ Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth! Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA Please subscribe to our YouTube channel! YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Zhw2...

2021-01-2435 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 21) Chuds Defile D.C.Trump was more important to you than whatever idealized view of America you held. You're worshipping a false idol, a dictator in waiting, a fascist pig. This country sowed hatred. It sowed contempt, it sowed division. It sowed discord and racism and anti-intellectualism and anti immigrants and anti everything not born or built in America. It sowed hatred of the media, of anyone not towing the party line and hatred of each other. This is what we get. We reap what we sow. ----------------------------------------------------- Web: https://bit.ly/2ZkPYyT YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Zhw2gA Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2...

2021-01-0713 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 20) A Relief Bill Which Relieves NothingTL;DR - Too late, and not enough. While there are good aspects to the newest COVID relief legislation, it is 8 months too lates and isn't even half a solution. Hell, it's not 1/16 of a solution. More cruelty just for the sake of cruelty. ============================== Web: https://bit.ly/2ZkPYyT YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Zhw2gA Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA Anchor: https://bit.ly/35gjXMk Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3hcvjDx (Or simply search “Tribunus Plebis” wherever you get your podcasts!) Social: Twitter: https://bit.ly/3jZXp6w Instagram: https://bit.ly/3kbPF1F Web: https://bit.ly/2ZkPYyT Faceb...

2021-01-0414 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 19) It's Time to Kill the Death PenaltyExecutions are barbaric, cruel, and little more than pointless spectacles of power. Think about the fact that we currently provide the government the power to use murder as a method for manipulating society and as a tool of vengeance. Seriously, take a few seconds and Really ponder that for a moment. Now take another moment to think about the fact that the government will argue vehemently to maintain this power, the power to murder as a tool for social manipulation and ‘justice’. Whenever I let that roll around in my head for more than a few seconds I feel a litt...

2020-12-1722 min

Southpaw Special Presentation: Tribunus PlebisThis is a special presentation of our sibling podcast, Tribunus Plebis. Find Tribunus Plebis at: https://www.tribunusplebis.net

2020-12-1626 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 18) Bread and Roses - The Bread and Roses Strike, Lawrence, MA, 1912On January 11, 1912, mill owners in Lawrence, Massachusetts began shorting the pay of their already destitute workers. The resulting strike was massive and quickly became a national sensation. The city and states responded with extreme violence and authoritarianism. The workers responded with solidarity. Join me for a brief history of one of the most significant strikes in the history of American labor. "We want bread and we want roses, too" Please, if you enjoy our content, consider leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA! It takes just a moment and these ratings and reviews are...

2020-11-2146 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 17) Is This Freedom? (Part 2) - Yes, Work Sucks - Plus: More Thoughts On The ElectionThis episode starts with with some Alan Watts followed by some more thoughts about the election and the Democratic Party and then slides smoothly into a discussion about work, freedom, and liberty... We have, essentially, been co-opted into a system which requires us to rely on involvement with industrialized mass-production for our own basic survival. How many people truly want to work as I defined it? How many of us do it simply to “earn a living”? Modern work does not “build character”. Modern work destroys bodies, minds, and souls. Modern work fractures families and friendships and community. And the time lef...

2020-11-0942 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 16) The King is Dead, Long Live the King... (Ten minutes of post-election enlightenment)It looks like Biden won. It's good if Trump is gone. But Biden is not our hero. We have to fight them even harder now.

2020-11-0512 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 15) Is This Freedom? (Part One) - The Rhetoric of Choice as Freedom and Medicare For AllSo, what exactly is it that we are chasing when we talk about choice? Is it freedom? Because Freedom is, in fact, exactly what the establishment politicians are pushing at us when they talk about ‘choice’. For them, being able to choose between multiple options equals freedom. This idea seems to many to be intuitively correct on its face; if we can choose between twelve different brands of running shoes then that presents more freedom than being forced to buy the one brand on the shelf. We even have an all encompassing term for this - Freedom of Choice. Choice is s...

2020-10-1331 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 14) Debate Debacle (a.k.a. F**k Trump)This is a Tribunus Plebis Podcast Special Edition episode... I’ve tried to be reasonable… I’ve tried to be kind… I really have… I was not planning on even talking about the first presidential debate, but the insanity, the foolishness, and the abject cruelty kind of exposed the raw nerves. Biden is the same milquetoast goober as he was 6 months ago and Trump just highlighted his own ignorance, lack of empathy, and caustic cruelty. The Demagoguery, the hate, the rhetoric, and the vitriol... all things we've written about and talked about at Tribunus Plebis, were on full display. These words and a...

2020-10-0225 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 13) Ginsburg Dies (RIP), Systemic Problems Require Systemic Solutions.Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RIP) passes away opening a seat for yet another Conservative justice and a right-wing Supreme Court for the rest of my life. Dems continue to stumble. And for our Big Idea segment I dive into systemic problems and the faults inherent in relying on individualistic solutions to solve those problems rather than systemic solutions.

2020-09-2233 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 12) Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, Labor Day, and Labors Early StrugglesHappy Labor Day, everybody! This is an episode I have wanted to do for a long time and I hope all of you will listen and learn a lot about Mother Jones and a little bit about the early labor movements in the United States! Mother Jones, born Mary Harris in Cork, Ireland is one of this countries great labor heroes and her life and accomplishments are sadly ignored in our broader history and culture. Please take a few minutes to learn a little bit about this amazing women who survived, and was forged in, famine, disease, and inferno before...

2020-09-0732 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 11) Equivalency, Bias, and TruthIn this episode we touch on some news and updates on two of our previous subjects - attacks on the Post Office and Social Security. I even took a few minutes to dump on the evil Chamber of Commerce before discussing the real damage that Trump is doing to American workers and the recent and upcoming Supreme Court decisions which are making everything even worse. That is followed up with my thoughts concerning equivalence, bias, and truth in the media and my own podcast and blog.

2020-09-0236 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep 10) Trump Continues Attacks on USPS and Social Security. Plus, Memes and the Art of PropagandaThese attacks on the United States Postal Service go far beyond just a neoliberal, sociopathic drive to destroy. The real goal here is for Trump to disenfranchise as many voters in blue and swing states as he possibly can and get re-elected. Currently this is his most likely track to another 4 years in the white house because he has failed in virtually every single policy, negotiation, and action that he has taken. Trump is also attempting to destroy Social Security through a barely veiled bribe via payroll tax deferrals. PLUS, we discuss memes and the art of internet propaganda.

2020-08-1826 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 9) Save the Postal Service and a Primer on Ranked Choice VotingThe United States Postal Service is under attack and we must do what we can to save this essential service and even expand it, both in its traditional role and even further to include postal banking amongst its services. Ranked Choice voting is probably the simplest and easiest to implement intra-system change that has a legitimate shot in being used in this country to fundamentally alter the power dynamics of our political shitshow. Listen in for an easy primer in how this very simple system works. The White House's 2018 plan to reorganize the government (the postal section begins on page 68)

2020-08-1329 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 8) Victory for Citizens in Portland, Dems Remain Complicit, and the Media Continues to Fail UsMost of the Feds begin to pull out of Portland, Oregon as citizens unite to defy tyranny and chalk up a victory in the streets. The Republicans continue to push their evil agenda and the Democrats cosign everything along the way. Oh, and the media continues to fail us. Join us for another week in America...

2020-08-0327 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 7) Feds Go Full Tyranny In Portland and The Harper's Letter [Rest In Power, Michael Brooks]Rest In Peace Michael Brooks. Peace to your family and friends, Federal Agents, under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security go full tyranny on US soil as they kidnap peaceful protestors. Dems mildly protest and then vote to pass Trump's DHS funding. That's all you need to know about who the Democrats are. The Harper's Letter is not what it seems. It is a Trojan Horse meant to smuggle in some horrible ideas and attitudes.

2020-07-2133 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 6) Performative Political Neoliberal Nonsense in the Age of TrumpNancy Pelosi golf claps - Nancy Pelosi tears piece of paper - MSNBC has a collective orgasm at the news of the latest performative bullshit. #Resistance! Things like this, the tearing of a speech, or the calculated filing of weak impeachment charges, send the media into orgasmic exultations of glee or even contempt on the conservative side of things. But what they don’t do is actually change anything. And this is EXACTLY what Pelosi, McConnell and their sycophants in congress want - more huge donations from wealthy constituents - more huge donations from corporations - more donations from civic gr...

2020-07-0736 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 5) Morals and Ethics vs. Politics (AKA You vs. You)Every time we bend our morality to our political ideology, we lose. We lose our honest righteousness but more importantly we lose a little bit of our humanity. Disturbingly, there is increasing evidence that political ideology is shaping our morals and not the other way around. Doubly disturbing is the reality that political ideology is more firm, harder to alter, and is easier to use to self-define ourselves and find a tribe to belong to than our base morality is. If you think about it, political parties and ideologies encourage us to make quick decisions on topics.We exist in...

2020-06-1937 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 4) Tyranny and Propaganda (When Police Attack and the Media Provides Cover)The police are the problem. Sorry, I know that is hard for a lot of people to hear in America. But I think it is absolutely true. People watch a police officer straight out murder a man in the street, in broad daylight, while he knows he’s being filmed, and then they watch that officer walk free for four full days. So they protest. They protest against a lynching of a black man. They protest racist policing. They protest police abuse. They protest against police brutality itself. And how do the police deal with these protests? With abuse, with br...

2020-06-0923 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 3) Arbery, Cooper, Floyd, and Y'all Qaida - Race, Cops, Protest, and Toy SoldiersIn the end I don’t think all cops are racist, in fact it is almost impossible for that to be true. But what I do believe is that when you enforce, through the threat and reality of state sanctioned violence, racist laws via racist policing policies, then the results of those actions is racism. Regardless of your heart. If you target blacks because of precinct policy, that’s racist. It's just racism. We need to accept that if we want to have any chance at all of changing it. We cant keep sweeping it under the rug and pretending that...

2020-05-3022 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 2) Corruption, PPP, and OpportunitiesIn episode 2 we discuss the failures of the stimulus packages as well as the lefts self-harming critique of the PPP. As well as the awfulness of Pelosi's so-called 'HEROES' bill, and the corruption that pushes stuff like this onto the citizens. Bonus content: A brief character assassination of Steve Mnuchin.

2020-05-2134 min

Tribunus Plebis Podcast (Ep. 1) In this inaugural episode, we discuss the failings of #BlueNoMatterWho and exertions of power.We failed ourselves by using "#bluenomatterwho" as a rallying cry and by simply not understanding our power and how to leverage it. The Democratic Party manufactured our consent and we still don't see it. Tribunus Plebis

2020-05-1023 min

De Geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk Afl. 16 - Mond, Maag en LedematenIn 495 - 493 v. Chr. steken in Rome onlusten op onder de plebejers. De groep voelt zich benadeeld door de Patriciërs en ze komen in steeds sterkere mate op voor hun belangen. De problemen spelen zo hoog op dat de Senatoren moeten vrezen voor hun veiligheid, het Senaatsgebouw bijna wordt platgebrand en zelfs de Consuls niet zeker zijn van hun veiligheid. Terwijl de vijand richting Rome marcheert doet de eerste vastgelegde staking in de geschiedenis zich voor. De plebejers weigeren te vechten voor het bestaan van de stad. De crisis zorgt voor de uiteindelijke instelling van de T...

2019-03-1436 min

Wine, Water and Song by CHESTERTON, G. K.Ciceronis De Oratore - Liber Primus - Capitula 24-44Ciceronis De Oratore - Liber Primus - Capitula 24-44 Brevis descriptio earum rerum quae geruntur in his capitulis: Capitula 24-29: Cicero dicit se olim audisse haec omnia quae narraturus sit ab Gaio Aurelio Cotta, qui sermoni interfuit. Anno nonagesimo primo a.C.n., tribunus plebis et consul Romanus inter se rixabantur de iudiciis Romanis exercendis. Diebus ludorum Latinorum (cum iudicia non haberentur) Lucius Licinius Crassus, orator praeclarissimus et fautor tribuni plebis, se in Tusculanum suum contulit cum socero suo Quinto Mucio Scaevola et amico Marco Antonio. Etiam Gaius Aurelius Cotta et Publicius Sulpicius Rufus, minores natu et studiosi illorum gravissimorum ho...

2018-09-0315 min

De eloquentiae Graecae et Romanae historia Caput 51: De exilio redituque CiceronisP. Clodius Ciceronis inimicus tribunus plebis (58) legem promulgauit in eum qui ciuem Romanum indemnatum occidisset. Quam metuens Cicero in Graeciam tamquam in exilium fugit, donec anno post (57) Romam reuocatus est. Orationes tum habitae Post reditum uocantur, quibus fugam suam ut magnum meritum celebrat.. Egregia autem est propter uim doloris De domo sua. Inuitus autem eis qui Romae tum dominabantur morem gerere coactus est, quod maxime fecit De prouinciis consularibus (55), quae laudes Caesaris habet. Libentius Pro Milone (52) amico suo dixit, qui Clodium occiderat. Quo iudicio Milo damnatus est, cum oratio Ciceronis tumultibus turbata esset. Quare eam postea aliis uerbis perscriptam edidit.

2009-01-1410 min