Boots Riley, Come On Party Girls
About this episode
The episode discusses art under capitalism, the implications of Big Tech on society, and updates on activist Jakhi McCray's case.
The PG crew revisits two evergreen themes: art under capitalism, and the evils of Big Tech. Specifically: Is Boots Riley a SELLOUT for using CAPITALIST MONEY to make COMMUNIST ART? We discuss. (We almost talked about the Strokes' political art at Coachella too, but we ran out of time.) And in the tech arena, we've got Facebook/Meta banning the word "antifa" because it considers it "violence and incitement," and Big Tech's attempt to further dismantle our healthcare system and erode workers' rights with "Uber for nurses." Luckily, nurses' unions are no joke. Last but certainly not least, we give an update on Jakhi McCray, a young activist convicted of the arson of 10(!!!) NYPD squad cars in a bold feat of direct action and community defense. Please check out the links below to donate to Jakhi's legal expenses and stay updated on his case: Legal Fundraiser: https://www.givesendgo.com/freejakhi Jakhi Solidarity website: https://jakhisolidarity.noblogs.org/ Toolkit for Jakhi: https://linktr.ee/jakhisolidarity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakhisolidarity/ SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jamie Peck, Sam Beard
Topics covered
- art under capitalism
- Big Tech
- activism
- workers' rights
- healthcare system
- political art
Keywords
- Boots Riley
- Big Tech
- activism
- NYPD
- Jakhi McCray
- workers' rights
- capitalism
- political art
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Facebook, Meta, NYPD
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