Data Politics
The disruption of our political system since 2016 was partly due to the emergence of big data technologies, such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. The extraordinary amount of information big companies and many governments have about our lives from our phones, our online searches and the integration of massive data sets, is a “tool of social control”, and even an “existential threat,” according to Zeynep Tufekci, author of Twitter and Teargas, The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.
Episode 20: Data Politics, brings you Zeynep Tufekci’s talk from RightsCon on the types of regulation that will help people benefit from these new technologies without giving up the privacy and autonomy they currently threaten around the world. In the context of the European Union’s new data privacy law, Zeynep Tufekci argues for approaching data as a public good, rather than a private asset.
Homestead
The US government continues to separate children who cross the border from their families and warehouse them at secretive child detention centers run by private, for-profit companies. Miami area resisters are holding a daily witness at the biggest such facility in the United States, in Homestead, Florida. Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Kathy Hersh of the Miami Quaker Meeting, and Charlie, one of the people witnessing at the camp on a daily basis.
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Abortion Nexus – After The Ban
With the court stacked with right-wing justices ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, advocates and abortion providers look to technological and medical advances as the path forward for women needing abortions. Amy Weintraub of Progress Florida talks with us about the safe abortion medication that women can self-manage if abortion care providers are made illegal. We discuss which groups are picking up the work connecting people with new avenues for care and which are preparing for the deluge of criminal charges against women for their abortions and miscarriages.
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How to Hack an Election
Did you know most America’s voting machines either have a) easy ways to get hacked, b) were built by hard-right Republican donors, c) provide zero mechanism for auditing an election result that’s in question, or d) are so faulty that they’re a major cause of long lines and lost votes on election day? At a time when we chose our leaders by razor-thin margins, advocates are raising the alarm about election equipment. Election security researcher and advocate Jennifer Cohn speaks with ResistanceMom about why experts are increasingly advocating hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots.
read moreDemocracy Won’t Wait
I’ve advocated a lot on this show, on twitter and as an organizer here in St Petersburg, Florida for the necessity of peaceful protest on a large scale right now. I do believe we need to use our bodies and our voices to condemn the crimes being committed by this...
read moreElyse Haley – Mom of the Month
For Mother’s Day 2019, meet ResistanceMom Elyse Haley. She shares the values of St Pete, Florida’s most progressive church with their youngest members. Elyse’s work as a mom, a teacher, and organizer make her our first profile for Mom of the Month.
Mueller, redacted
With the release of the redacted Mueller report, Trump’s control over the messaging regarding Russian collusion begins to come apart. The obvious falsehoods in Attorney General Barr’s summary letter to Congress begin to shred his credibility as the conversations about impeachment start in earnest. How and when the Democrats move on impeachment is the subject of my interview with Erin Conroy, a national leader of the #StandOnEveryCorner movement.
read moreThe Report – Redacted
The whiplash of the last several weeks has come full circle. The Mueller Report has been out for 24 hours and it’s clear that Trump and his campaign colluded with Russia and did everything they could to obstruct justice. Democrats have vacillated for the six...
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