https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/f408dbe6-f803-4f61-ac86-3f77f88341e6 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, bought Twitter this week for $44 billion. Before Musk, Twitter was owned primarily by investment firms like Vanguard, Morgan Stanley and BlackRock. As media ownership concentrates among fewer and fewer people who are wealthier and wealthier, what does this mean for the idea of a “free press”? Abby Martin, host of The Empire Files, Media Roots Radio, and the new Callin show Dosed, discusses this new purchase of mass communications platform Twitter by one billionaire. As refugees are fleeing the warzone in Ukraine, the United States and several European countries are prioritizing Ukrainians over all other refugees and migrants — no matter how long people have been waiting in line or how horrendous their home situations are. Jesse Franzblau, senior policy analyst with the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and organizer with Sanctuary DMV, breaks down the German evictions of Afghan refugees, the U.S. program allowing Ukrainian refugees around the congested U.S.-Mexican border — all while U.S. officials are sending non-Ukrainian refugees and migrants to Mexico to wait, under Title 42. Cancer Alley in Louisiana has long been known for the simultaneously high levels of petrochemical plants and cancer among its residents. Residents uncovered this in 1987 and have fought back against this environmental injustice for decades, but the government hasn’t addressed the issue. Now, Founder and Executive Director of Concerned Citizens of St. John Robert Taylor recently sued the Environmental Protection Agency to force government action — and the EPA has finally opened an investigation. Mr. Taylor explains more. International Workers’ Day, or May Day, is this weekend. But many U.S. residents don’t know the rich history of this workers’ holiday here in the United States. Toni Gilpin, labor historian, activist, and writer, including “The Long Deep Grudge: A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War in the American Heartland” describes the role the United States has played. President Biden & private prison company GEO Group have planned an 1800-bed expansion for the Folkston ICE Processing Center (FIPC) in Georgia, which would make it the largest ICE facility in the country. A coalition of organizations and community members are fighting to close the facility instead. Laura Rivera, attorney & member of the Campaign to Stop Folkston ICE Processing Center, explains why it should shut down. The platform of people’s movements called ALBA Movements is in the middle of its third continental assembly of hundreds of delegates of people’s movements, trade unions, and left political forces. Zoe Alexandra, journalist & co-editor of Peoples Dispatch, reports on the organizing and political work at the assembly. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:32:34 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/f408dbe6-f803-4f61-ac86-3f77f88341e6 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.