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Catch up with state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy as we talk through their fifth month in office. We do a read-along to the Recombobulation Area’s “The Wisconsin State Assembly just passed a bill reshaping the state’s shared revenue system. What’s in it?” and sus out what the shared revenue proposals going through the assembly mean for Wisconsin’s (and Milwaukee’s!) future. If you’d like your community questions answered in our next episode, please email us at creamcitysocial@gmail.com and we’ll ask your state representatives! Show Links: Recombobulation Area’s Shared Revenue Article: https://recombobulationarea.substack.com/p/wisconsin-shared-revenue-bill-whats-in-it Darrin Madison - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2536 Ryan Clancy - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2538 

We’re back! Catch up with state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy as they talk through their fourth month in office. We hit the now not-so-recent April supreme court race, their visit to Copper Lake and Lincoln Hills child prisons, and of course your community questions. If you’d like your questions answered next episode please email us at creamcitysocial@gmail.com. Tune in next week to learn all about the hotly debated shared revenue bill going through the legislature and what it means for Milwaukee Show Links: Darrin Madison - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2536 Ryan Clancy - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2538 

Jon Melrod, a Milwaukee organizer in the 70s and 80s, finishes his saga of organizing with the Black Panthers, encounters with the FBI, and in the end, winning a $4 million lawsuit against him and his fellow editors of the factory newsletter The Fighting Times. See Jon in person at his FREE April 19th book reading at Milwaukee’s favorite independent bookstore Boswell Books. Links to his reading on April 19th and his book are in the show links below: Show Links: Jon’s FBI File: https://www.jonathanmelrod.com/fbi Jon’s April 19th Book Reading at Boswell Books: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jon-melrod-author-of-fighting-times-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-549436929647 Jon’s Book The Fighting Times: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1289

Jon Melrod, a Milwaukee organizer in the 70s and 80s, takes us back to a time when labor organizing brought with it the perils of the FBI, association with the Black Panthers, and ultimately a $4 million lawsuit. Come talk to Jon in person at his FREE April 19th book reading at Milwaukee’s favorite independent bookstore Boswell Books. The links to his reading on April 19th and his book are in the show links below. Show Links: Jon’s April 19th Book Reading at Boswell Books: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jon-melrod-author-of-fighting-times-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-549436929647 Jon’s Book The Fighting Times: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1289

Follow state representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy in their third month at the state capital as we talk through the constitutional amendments on our April 4th ballots and the "burning" of public records. Reach out to us with your community questions and we'll get them answered next episode! Email us at creamcitysocial@gmail.com Show Links: Constitutional Amendments Explained - https://creamcitysocial.libsyn.com/reimagining-cash-bail  Darrin Madison - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2536 Ryan Clancy - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2538 

Nate Gilliam of MKE Freedom Fund invites us to ask a big question - does cash bail make us safer? Along the way, we learn the context behind the two constitutional amendments on Wisconsin’s April 4th ballots and how to decipher what your vote means. Show Notes: MKE Freedom Fund: https://www.mkefreedomfund.org/ New Jim Crow (resource): https://newjimcrow.com/ Beyond Courts (resource): https://beyondcourts.org/en  

Amelia Berendt, Ryan Clancy's Legislative Aid, takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of what her work at the State Capital looks and feels like.  Show Notes: Email your questions for State Representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy to: creamcitysocial@gmail.com Like & Subscribe:  https://www.instagram.com/creamcitysocialpod/  https://www.facebook.com/creamcitysocialpod/     

Jeremy Fojut of Urban Spaceship invites us to imagine what Milwaukee could be like if we designed it as a place to live, not just a place to park.  Show Links: Jeremy Fojut: https://www.newaukee.com/team/jeremy-fojut/  I-94 Expansion Article: https://www.wpr.org/milwaukees-i-94-would-be-expanded-8-lanes-under-state-recommendation  I-94 Expansion Governmental Study: https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/projects/by-region/se/94stadiumint/default.aspx  Not Just Bikes (Urbansim): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A 

We sit down with Missy Zombor, a city-wide candidate for the Milwaukee Public School Board, and talk through her vision for MPS. Find out why she is running and what she plans to do if elected. School board elections are on April 4th. Follow the links below to register to vote, find your polling location, and how to get involved with Missy's campaign. Show Links: Missy's Website - https://www.missyformilwaukee.com/ Register to vote - https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Register-To-Vote  Find your polling location - https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Find-My-Polling-Place   

We sit down with State Representatives Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy in our inaugural episode of State Reppin', the monthly radio show where we learn straight from the source what's happening at our state capitol. Ryan and Darrin take us through their first month as legislators and what its like to be a minority within a minority in the republican held house.  If you have questions you want answered by your state representatives, please email creamcitysocial@gmail.com, or DM us on our Instagram or Facebook page, and we'll get them answered in our community questions portion of the show.  Show Notes: Darrin Madison - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2536 Ryan Clancy - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2538  Cream City Social FB - https://www.facebook.com/creamcitysocialpod/  Cream City Social Insta - @creamcitysocialpod  

This time we sit down with Ryeshia Farmer from the African-American Round Table and State Representative Darrin Madison to talk through the new $42 million youth prison slated to be built on Milwaukee's north side. We talk about what life is like in a youth prison, what youth prisons do to the children housed there, and how you the listener can make your voice heard. Check out the show notes below to get involved: Sign the Petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-youth-prison-petition/ Ryeshia Farmer: https://aartmke.org/ryeshia-farmer African-American Round Table: https://aartmke.org/ Darrin Madison: https://www.facebook.com/DarrinMadisonWI/

This time we sit down with Sam Harshner, a DSA-endorsed candidate for Shorewood's Village Board of Trustees. We talk through what made him decide to run for the village board and what he hopes to do as a Trustee. If you like what you hear - check out the link below to find out how to help with his campaign. He could use all the help we can give.  Show Notes: Sam Harshner's Shorewood Village Board Campaign: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084792051408  

Welcome back to the final installment of our 3-part series on how elections have become an industry in our country. Now that we know where the big money in politics came from (Citizen's United) and who is getting it (Super PACs) we talk through what we can do about it. Stay tuned till the end to learn how you can save your brain from the political ads that are melting them. 

Welcome back to part 2 of our 3-part series on how elections have become an industry in our country. This time we build on the knowledge that Citizen's United allowed untraceable money to enter our politics and find out who is getting that money, what they are spending it on, and ultimately how it affects who is chosen to represent us. Stay tuned for part 3... Show Notes: Missy Zombor's School Board Campaign: https://www.missyformilwaukee.com/ Sam Harshner's Shorewood Village Board Campaign: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084792051408 Open Secrets (Election Contributions Database): https://www.opensecrets.org/

Eric Rorholm joins us to make sense of midterm political ads and explain how elections have become an industry in this country. We talk through the history of campaign finance and how recent changes to the laws governing elections are impacting the ads we see, the candidates that run, and at the very heart of it - our democracy.   Show Links: Help Make Cream City Social Beautiful: creamcitysocial@gmail.com Missy Zombor's School Board Campaign: https://www.missyformilwaukee.com/ Sam Harshner's Shorewood Village Board Campaign: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084792051408 Open Secrets: https://www.opensecrets.org/

Phil Rocco joins us to talk through Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy's historic election to the Wisconsin State Legislature. We also explore his research into how the Build Back Better funds are being used by local governments as they try to bring about the transformative change the funds were billed as. Enjoy! Show Corrections: 1. Phil still co-hosts the healthcare-centered podcast Death Panel 2. Phil's co-researcher/author is Amanda Kass, not Sara... Apologies Amanda Show Links: Phil and Amanda's Research: https://gfrc.uic.edu/our-work/featured-projects/how-are-cities-using-arpa-fiscal-recovery-funds/#the-project-blog Death Panel: https://www.deathpanel.net/

Stanislav Vysotsky (Stas) picks up where he left off as we explore anti-fascist organizing, their tactics, and the early UK punk scene. Check out his recent book American Antifa to learn even more! Link to American Antifa: https://www.routledge.com/American-Antifa-The-Tactics-Culture-and-Practice-of-Militant-Antifascism/Vysotsky/p/book/9780367210601  

Daniel and Will sit down with author and cranky academic (self-described) Stanislav Vysotsky to discuss the current state of fascism and what anti-fascist organizing looks like. Check out his recent book American Antifa to learn even more! Links: https://www.routledge.com/American-Antifa-The-Tactics-Culture-and-Practice-of-Militant-Antifascism/Vysotsky/p/book/9780367210601 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZN7nm1Y8ls

Daniel and Will sit down with Eric Lohman, the president of the union representing faculty, academic staff, and graduate student workers at UW-Milwaukee, and talk through the need to organize on campus as they puzzle through the differences between service-oriented unions and organizing-based unions. Check out the links below to learn more! AFT 3535 (Union’s) Email: Aft3535@gmail.com Jane McAlevey on Deep Organizing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl6P_2jt_Vs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SDcB3Ifqw0

Will sits down with Ben Ward the executive director and Amy Mizialko the president of the Milwaukee Teacher's Education Association (MTEA) to talk through what privatization of public schools looks like, feels like, and what it is doing to MPS here in Milwaukee.  Episode Links: https://weac.org/region/mtea/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-board-president-milwaukee-public-schools-charged-bribery-scheme-linked