Behind the News: Cop City Primer w/ Micah Herskind
Plus: Michaela Chen on unionizing content moderators.
May 15, 2023
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May 15, 2023
Behind the News: Cop City Primer w/ Micah Herskind
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<p><a href="https://www.foxglove.org.uk/who-we-are/people/michaela-chen-researcher-and-advocate/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Michaela Chen of Foxglove</a> discusses efforts to unionize the exploited workers who moderate content on social media. Micah Herskind, author of an article for <em>Scalawag</em>, <a href="https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/05/cop-city-atlanta-history-timeline/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">"This Is the Atlanta Way: A Primer on Cop City,"</a> talks about the history and political economy behind the massive planned police training center.</p><br /><p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.</p>
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