What's up to my militant manatees and organized octopi!

Welcome back to the BNP and folks, we got another sizzler for ya this week. Thank you for joining! To my patrons, y'all are the blossoms in my garden and the sweet potato vines in my grow tent- I couldn't do it without you, thank you. We got a banger here for ya, complete with zany audio tidbits and more brain appetizers than you could shake a fork at. 

My guest this week is none other than the accomplished essayist, author, organizer and podcaster Mel Buer. I heard Mel on an episode of Rev Left Radio and was compelled by her clarity of purpose, passion and eloquence. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, she was engaged with striking workers on the picket line against Kellogg's corporation, a strike that lasted from Oct. 5th to Dec. 21 of last year, and ended in major gains and concessions wrested by Kellogg's workers from a hostile corporate office that initially refused to negotiate at all. 

I reached out to Mel to talk about her firsthand account of the Kellogg's strike, and to chat about the current state of working class politics and worker militancy in the United States and the path forward to a fair, just and classless society, where no worker is exploited and where no person is left behind. We also talk about the sad state of corporate media and she teases her soon-to-be-released book. Ladies and gentlemen, we are so excited to have Mel Buer here with us in the Barbarian Lair this week. 

Find all of Mel's amazing work here: https://melbuer.com/, and don't forget to check out her fantastic new podcast, Morning Riot here: https://morningriot.libsyn.com/.

Find her articles for the Real News here: 
https://therealnews.com/kelloggs-strike-cereal-plant-workers-fight-to-raise-the-floor-for-all-employees-as-sales-soar
and here: https://therealnews.com/kelloggs-strikers-hold-the-line-and-prepare-for-winter

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Until next week,
be wonderful to one another
and compassionate towards yourself.

One Love,
Conan

TRACKLIST FOR THIS EPISODE

Emapea - Sunny Vibes
Dykotomi - Corvid Crunk
Sleepless Nights Lo Fi Mix
Chill Study Session 3AM Lo Fi Mix
Sasha Marie Radio #56
The Nutmegs - A Love So True (Rare Oldie- I know right lit af 🔥)
Vangelis - Blade Runner Blues
Kaytranada - Vivid Dreams
Diamond Platnumz - Jeje

LINKS 

The Real Aztecs: https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/real-aztecs-sacrifice-reputation-who-were-they/

Tenochtitlan: https://7wonders.org/america/mexico/mexicodf/tenochtitlan/


*river dolphin is hypothetical and rhetorical only 

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