Episode 128 – Good Amazon, Bad Amazon w/ Vinnie

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We got Darcie and OK checking in on Lucia and Vinnie in BRAZIL! Ya know, with the good Amazon (for now). We thank Lucia for hexing Bolsonaro, and pray this is “the one” so she can join the big celebration! Hear all about Lucia’s trip so far: food, art, stray dogs, tanks, etc. It’s fun to vicariously live through someone braving international travel rn!! Then we talk about big corps/brands. Is it possible to boycott a Pepsico or Nestle or Amazon (bad one) as their tendrils continue to branch and mutate? Support the Frito-Lay workers strike fund either way!!! If you like the podcast and want more, please consider supporting us: https://www.patreon.com/artandlabor. Follow us on twitter and instagram. You can contact Art & Labor atartandlaborpodcast@gmail.com. Please reach out to join the discord for Lucia school “Constructing the Real” Also! Write us a review on Apple podcasts or whatever other platforms!!

Porto Alegre links: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Cultura_Mario_Quintana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iber%C3%AA_Camargo_Foundation

“A city building game for the Anthropocene” https://www.molleindustria.org/lichenia/

cheese bread: https://hilahcooking.com/pao-de-queijo/

upcoming “myst-type” socialism sim: https://twitter.com/kvnrogan/status/1414980801196961798

Episode 112 – Disaster Artwashing w/ Jenny Dubnau

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We’re joined by artist and longtime antigentrification activist Jenny Dubnau to discuss he new piece in Hyperallergic “Artwashing During a Pandemic: Should Artists Say No to Real Estate Crumbs?” Jenny is a founding member of Artist Studio Affordability Project (ASAP) as well as an accomplished oil painter. We discuss the often tricky balance of politics, complicity, and personal practice. Perhaps there should there be a 12 Steps to Artist Studio Hell! If you like the podcast and want more, please consider supporting us: https://www.patreon.com/artandlabor. Follow us on twitter and instagram. You can contact Art & Labor at artandlaborpodcast@gmail.com. Please reach out to join the discord for Lucia’s school “Constructing the Real” Please write us a review on Apple podcasts or whatever other platforms!!

Curating Ridgewood: https://brooklynrail.org/2021/02/field-notes/Curating-Ridgewood

the Wall St Transfer tax (Albany): https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-wall-street-tax-new-york-needs-now-20210209-qqzsw5c4jbepxotl2jtc2lbsbm-story.html%3foutputType=amp


Billionaires tax (Albany): https://jacobinmag.com/2020/12/new-york-billionaires-tax-andrew-cuomo-covid


Commercial rent regulation (city council): https://www.google.com/amp/s/champ.gothamist.com/champ/gothamist/news/facing-retail-vacancy-crisis-city-council-consider-plan-commercial-rent-stabilization


Small Business Jobs Survival act (SBJSA)—city council: https://citylimits.org/2019/10/11/council-bill-on-commercial-leases-in-limbo-as-evidence-of-vacancy-problem-grows/

Episode 97 – New Cold and Civil Wars

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Anti-government plots from the right, and feminist art from cis men? It’s more likely than you think. Getting public art contracts and getting away with murder is WAY easier if you’re man. Also, why are American dudes on Reddit so into defending Hong Kong, is there a reason why the BLM protests aren’t as respected?? We discuss individualism, alienation, and masculinity in America, which has led us to a a hilariously literal toxic white house. If you like the podcast and want more, please consider supporting us: https://www.patreon.com/artandlabor. Follow us on twitter and instagram. You can contact Art & Labor at artandlaborpodcast@gmail.com. Please reach out to join the discord for Lucia’s school “Constructing the Real”

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Episode 88 – The Four Horsemen of Economic Collapse

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Episode 88 - The Four Horsemen of Economic Collapse
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Welcome to the stage Ms. “Show” Bezos!! We watched the congressional antitrust committee lightly prod the four biggest tech company CEOs in the country. Surely the system will be able to hold these monopolies accountable and protect our user data! What could go wrong? Excuse me Mr. Google, how do I open PDF? Between surreal dreams we dip in and out of the doomer fog and try to think about or imagine possible futures. There is a huge eviction crisis on the horizon, and a major confrontation incoming as congress fails to extend unemployment insurance (for now). If you like the podcast and want more, please consider supporting us: https://www.patreon.com/artandlabor. Follow us on twitter and instagram. You can contact Art & Labor at artandlaborpodcast@gmail.com. Please reach out to join the discord for Lucia’s school “Constructing the Real”

Amazon’s Shifting Definition of What Is “Essential” https://themarkup.org/coronavirus/2020/04/07/amazons-shifting-definition-of-what-is-essential

that garbage piece about “Hustle” replacing “Gig” Economy: https://twitter.com/0KF0X/status/1288666229352300550

COME TO THE MARCH TOMORROW (or support a similar march near you)

Episode 73 – Cuomo Crud

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Hey guess what, we will never run out of hatred for Cuomo. Anyone actually paying attention hates Cuomo, wtf is wrong with instagram libs?? Guess what else?? Don’t go back to work, don’t pay taxes, don’t pay rent. The days are so, so, long now so please enjoy(?) some extra episodes from us! We do a roundup of all the actions and legislation labor orgs are pushing for right now. Some YOU can help with! Links posted below, for more info check our twitter. If you like the podcast and want more, please consider supporting us: https://www.patreon.com/artandlabor. Follow us on twitter and instagram. You can contact Art & Labor at artandlaborpodcast@gmail.com

Guggenheim Union needs support: https://twitter.com/GuggenheimUnion/status/1242824832913473536

Trader Joe’s Union call for support: https://twitter.com/TraderJoesUnion/status/1242500400852488192

App-based workers hopefully getting reclassified: https://twitter.com/sarahljaffe/status/1243207596582060033

Call for rent freeze legislation: https://twitter.com/RidgewdTenantsU/status/1242862445338726402

Episode 64 – Holiday Musical Spectacular!

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Episode 64 - Holiday Musical Spectacular!
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Happy New Year from A&L x ok.glass!! This is a postmodern free-flowing discussion with nice piano songs in the background. We’re in a weird form fresh off of CATS, 2019 and some stressful holiday stuff. To hear the episode we recorded directly before this (and enter in a chance to win $20) please support us on Patreon. We discuss strategy, electoral politics, local politics, international politics, the politics of mental health, and who should probably be murdered, parody parody parody. If you like the podcast and want more, please consider supporting us: https://www.patreon.com/artandlabor. Follow us on twitter and instagram. You can contact Art & Labor at artandlaborpodcast@gmail.com

Episode 62 – Amazon x Hudson Yards OTP

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Episode 62 - Amazon x Hudson Yards OTP
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Warning that this episode is gets into some heavy allegories, we’re very raw in our feelings. That said, we discuss the latest on Amazon NYC, which despite the AOC spin, is NOT A WIN. We also touch on the latest Art Miami Basel controversy spectacle, and the state of gentrification and unionization. Plus we make a bunch of references to Rick and Morty, The Irishman, and Promare. It’s a postmodern nightmare. If you like the podcast and want more, please consider supporting us: https://www.patreon.com/artandlabor. Follow us on twitter and instagram. You can contact Art & Labor at artandlaborpodcast@gmail.com

Episode 32 – Death and Labor (Crossover with Death Panel)

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Episode 32 - Death and Labor (Crossover with Death Panel)
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??Special treat!?? We visited our sister podcast Death Panel (@DeathPanel_Pod) to discuss the failed Amazon HQ2, Nan Goldin’s project P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now), and the recent protests of The Sackler family at The Met/Guggenheim. Thank you so much Beatrice, Emily, Vince, and Artie for having us and putting this rad episode together! If you like the podcast and want more, please consider supporting us: https://www.patreon.com/artandlabor or https://d.rip/artandlabor

PAIN: https://www.instagram.com/sacklerpain/

Anti-Gentrification Groups Took Down Amazon: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/nex34z/how-anti-gentrification-activists-derailed-amazons-new-york-city-plans

Guggenheim demonstration: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/nan-goldin-leads-a-protest-at-the-guggenheim-against-the-sackler-family

More on The Sacklers: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-sacklers-have-donated-millions-to-museums-but-their-connection-to-the-opioid-crisis-is-threatening-that-legacy/2019/02/13/d5b47bac-2e39-11e9-86ab-5d02109aeb01_story.html?utm_term=.29b7eb7478c7

Episode 26 – Whole Worker

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A transcript is coming soon! Apologies for this sample rate fiasco, we messed up!  This episode we’re joined by Matthew Hunt (@TheSerpicoSide), Tyler (@fakejohnmackey), and Glamazon (@WholeWorkerWFM) the founding members/social media manager for Whole Worker, a grassroots group working to organize Whole Foods and Amazon workers. Please donate to our show and help us get our shit together: https://d.rip/artandlabor

Whole Workers’ recent demands: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oCfbBW_GZ3VpmoQz9Yo7p_Rw0NHJuMCwtZk9OfY6qzE/edit

Whole Worker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wholeworkerwfm/

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren target Amazon over labor practices: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/10/17/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-target-amazon-over-labor-practices/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8b37e18f9002

Amazon workers strike in other countries: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-germany-strike/amazon-workers-strike-in-germany-joining-action-in-spain-and-poland-idUSKBN1K61OY

Journalist Brendan O’Connor is collecting Amazon worker stories: https://twitter.com/_grendan/status/1062737572676493313

John Mackey and Jeff Bezos are both fucking dumbasses: https://www.forbes.com/sites/phillempert/2017/10/17/whole-foods-mackey-versus-whole-foods-amazon-culture/#7166f6205e9d

Episode 23 – Neo Yokio is an Anti-Capitalist Masterpiece

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Ezra Koenig, go on Art and Labor! You deserve this big Toblerone! Note: spoilers don’t really start til like 20 minutes in. We went to the anti-Amazon community forum and read a bunch of Bookchin, but instead of discussing either of those things we recap all of Neo Yokio. Please watch this incredible series about excessive wealth and demonic revolution.

good piece of writing about it: https://pome-mag.com/neo-yokio-the-anti-capitalist-revolution/

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