Behind the News: Ottawa, the NFL, and Amazon
John Clarke on the "Freedom Convoy," Dave Zirin on football, and Justine Medina on unionizing.
February 24, 2022
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<p>Doug speaks with Toronto-based activist and organizer John Clarke on the politics and personnel behind the Ottawa convoy. Plus: Dave Zirin on racism in the NFL (and Brian Flores’s lawsuit over it) and Justine Medina on working at Amazon and trying to unionize it. This is the show from February 17, 2022.</p><br /><p>Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html</a></p>
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