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Workers' Lit

Workers' Lit

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A podcast about books and the news with Lenore, Aysha, Jen, and Jacob Books/Culture episodes on Mondays! News/Politics episodes on Wednesdays! Read good books, tell bad jokes, and fight for a better future! Contact us at workerslit@gmail.comWorkers' Lit
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  • A Discussion with Representative Ruwa Romman, Candidate for Governor of Georgia
    Feb 18 2026

    2026 is an election year, and we have no intention of ignoring it!


    We are joined by candidate for Governor of Georgia, Representative Ruwa Romman.


    Ruwa represents GA’s 97th House of Representatives district in Gwinnett County and is the first Muslim and Palestinian woman to ever be elected to the GA House of Representatives. She is a long time organizer, served as a delegate of the Uncommitted movement in 2024, and has a plan to build an affordable, better Georgia for ALL, not just the 1%.


    In this conversation we hit on hot-button issues such as internal Democratic Party conflict, police and ICE brutality, overcoming identity-based gaps in building a winning coalition, and the importance of building a mass movement that will not only bring good candidates into office, but govern alongside them and hold them accountable.


    Not from Georgia? No worries, this conversation has something for everyone!


    Want to read more about, donate to, and/or volunteer to the Ruwa Romman Campaign? Check out her website here!

    https://www.ruwaforgeorgia.com/


    Episode art comes from AP photo of Representative Ruwa Romman.


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Minority Report and Sci-Fi, ft. The Pod Universe
    Feb 16 2026

    We promise we're super mature with Philip K. Dick's last name. Mostly.


    This week we're taking on Philip K. Dick's 1956 sci-fi novelette, "The Minority Report." What if you could solve crime before it happens? What if said process led to a lot of violence and exploitation? What if you dealt with all that that while worrying that your wife was cheating on you with your hotter assistant? That's more or less the vibe here.


    We go further and discuss science fiction's broader contribution (positive and negative) to our culture's political imagination, and think about the future of the genre.


    We couldn't have done this without our remarkable guests: Dalton and Dylan of The Pod Universe. If you like cool sci-fi, great podcast, and boundless creativity, you'll love their work. After all, they're making a whole cinematic universe...in podcast form!!


    Check out The Pod Universe here.


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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • How to kill a country without anybody noticing: America’s war on Cuba
    Feb 11 2026

    Can you kill a country with hardly anyone noticing? The Trump Administration intends to try with Cuba.

    In this episode we examine the criminal blockade on Cuba, and the way knowledge of it is essentially non-existent among Americans. Plus, we touch on different levels of information warfare based on class strata, Marco Rubio's plots, and...Elmo's feud with Taylor Swift??

    Support the Let Cuba Live Campaign here:

    https://www.letcubalive.info/

    Articles quoted in this episode:

    https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/cuba-united-states-oil-blockade-trump-mexico-claudia-sheinbaum

    https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/marco-rubio-is-deliberately-blocking

    Elmo v. Rocco:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgyAWij3SLk

    Episode art features a political cartoon by Carlos Latuff

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    1 hr and 4 mins
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