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From Mass Protests to Billions For The Military

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Governments are spending billions on militaries while cutting housing, healthcare, and climate programs. In this episode, we cover five major stories from June 2025—from mass protests and ICE raids to Canada's ballooning defense budget and the unraveling of the global aid system.

🛡 Canada’s military spending bonanzahttps://apnews.com/article/canada-nato-military-spending-carney-5f4f02c5dbf5323b395314d4c383cc15 https://www.instagram.com/p/DKuvPLuyY5U/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

🚨 LA protests erupt after ICE raidshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2025_Los_Angeles_protests

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-14/this-is-why-they-protest

https://www.removepaywall.com/

👑 No Kings and the liberal co-option of protest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Kings_protests

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/innocent-bystander-shot-dead-peacekeepers-no-kings-protest-salt-lake-c-rcna213158

https://x.com/AnarkYouTube/status/1934653422579359816

https://bsky.app/profile/chadloder.bsky.social/post/3lrqmrzrlmk26

https://youtu.be/sk6SYnKtcrc?si=NFxbSPH_6rwEFuCG

🧳 Spanish hotel workers strike against overtourismhttps://euroweeklynews.com/2025/06/11/tenerife-hotel-strikes-2025-what-tourists-need-to-know-before-friday-check-ins/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/travel/europe-tourism-protests.html

https://www.removepaywall.com/

🌍 Iran and Israel escalate conflicthttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran-strike-each-other-new-wave-attacks-2025-06-14/

https://time.com/7293886/iranian-generals-scientists-targets-killed-by-israeli-strikes/

Lightning Round 1: French prison attackshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_French_prison_attacks

🎬 Lightning Round 2: New climate resistance documentaryhttps://extinctionrebellion.uk/2025/06/13/new-film-celebrates-climate-resistance/

💥 Collapse Watch: The global humanitarian system unravelshttps://www.reuters.com/world/un-cuts-aid-appeal-after-donors-slash-budgets-2025-06-16/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/16/send-armed-un-troops-to-protect-aid-convoys-gaza-sudan-or-risk-dystopia-un-rapporteur

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/hunger-crisis-deepens-global-hotspots-famine-risk-rises-un-warns-2025-06-16/

https://www.ft.com/content/6969644f-ca2f-4ca5-a230-cc230d6d8acf

https://www.ft.com/content/8230ac2b-9d3d-4d35-9c78-db9665b74236

Mutual Aid:

  • Ktown for All – Grassroots mutual aid and housing justice for unhoused and immigrant communities in Los Angeles. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/ktownforall

  • Jail Support LA – Providing bail funds, legal referrals, and direct support for protesters and detained community members. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/jslosangeles

  • Immigrant Defenders Law Center – Free legal defense and advocacy for immigrants facing detention and deportation. 🔗 https://www.immdef.org/

  • Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) – Faith-based organizing for immigrant rights, labor justice, and sanctuary protections. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/cluejustice

  • Detention Watch Network – National coalition fighting to abolish immigration detention and support community-based alternatives. 🔗 https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/

Support the show: lintr.ee/skepticalleftist

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Content provided by Cory Johnston. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Cory Johnston or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.

Governments are spending billions on militaries while cutting housing, healthcare, and climate programs. In this episode, we cover five major stories from June 2025—from mass protests and ICE raids to Canada's ballooning defense budget and the unraveling of the global aid system.

🛡 Canada’s military spending bonanzahttps://apnews.com/article/canada-nato-military-spending-carney-5f4f02c5dbf5323b395314d4c383cc15 https://www.instagram.com/p/DKuvPLuyY5U/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

🚨 LA protests erupt after ICE raidshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2025_Los_Angeles_protests

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-14/this-is-why-they-protest

https://www.removepaywall.com/

👑 No Kings and the liberal co-option of protest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Kings_protests

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/innocent-bystander-shot-dead-peacekeepers-no-kings-protest-salt-lake-c-rcna213158

https://x.com/AnarkYouTube/status/1934653422579359816

https://bsky.app/profile/chadloder.bsky.social/post/3lrqmrzrlmk26

https://youtu.be/sk6SYnKtcrc?si=NFxbSPH_6rwEFuCG

🧳 Spanish hotel workers strike against overtourismhttps://euroweeklynews.com/2025/06/11/tenerife-hotel-strikes-2025-what-tourists-need-to-know-before-friday-check-ins/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/travel/europe-tourism-protests.html

https://www.removepaywall.com/

🌍 Iran and Israel escalate conflicthttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran-strike-each-other-new-wave-attacks-2025-06-14/

https://time.com/7293886/iranian-generals-scientists-targets-killed-by-israeli-strikes/

Lightning Round 1: French prison attackshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_French_prison_attacks

🎬 Lightning Round 2: New climate resistance documentaryhttps://extinctionrebellion.uk/2025/06/13/new-film-celebrates-climate-resistance/

💥 Collapse Watch: The global humanitarian system unravelshttps://www.reuters.com/world/un-cuts-aid-appeal-after-donors-slash-budgets-2025-06-16/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/16/send-armed-un-troops-to-protect-aid-convoys-gaza-sudan-or-risk-dystopia-un-rapporteur

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/hunger-crisis-deepens-global-hotspots-famine-risk-rises-un-warns-2025-06-16/

https://www.ft.com/content/6969644f-ca2f-4ca5-a230-cc230d6d8acf

https://www.ft.com/content/8230ac2b-9d3d-4d35-9c78-db9665b74236

Mutual Aid:

  • Ktown for All – Grassroots mutual aid and housing justice for unhoused and immigrant communities in Los Angeles. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/ktownforall

  • Jail Support LA – Providing bail funds, legal referrals, and direct support for protesters and detained community members. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/jslosangeles

  • Immigrant Defenders Law Center – Free legal defense and advocacy for immigrants facing detention and deportation. 🔗 https://www.immdef.org/

  • Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) – Faith-based organizing for immigrant rights, labor justice, and sanctuary protections. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/cluejustice

  • Detention Watch Network – National coalition fighting to abolish immigration detention and support community-based alternatives. 🔗 https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/

Support the show: lintr.ee/skepticalleftist

  continue reading

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