American Tradition Presents: Melancholy & The Infinite Birthday! Our bi-weekly grab for anything that makes us feel some fragmented sliver of joy, now Birthday-Cake-Flavored. Sponsored by Crippling Depression. This is American Tradition, an INN Exclusive show starring Jesse Jett and his unique brand of musical, lyrical, spoken word & writing talent. Co-host Indie from Indie Left Media and Indie News Network will help break the lyrics down & engage with chat. Jesse is our musical director at INN and the source of many of Indie`s earworms. American Tradition, now on Spotify & Apple podcasts! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Wh0Uevke3qhb57FqndSOH?si=37871966a4eb45ea Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-tradition-with-jesse-jett-exclusively-on-indie-news-network/id1712142562 Playlist of all American Tradition episodes, exclusively on INN: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzO1fzu9UDj1302Q6zYZsxEFDQ8d0Ilt6 Playlist of assorted Jesse clips/songs/appearances https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzO1fzu9UDj1se0eJoxNldNR9zq2_8FJD Follow Jesse & support his Bandcamp: https://twitter.com/@jesse_jett https://jessejett.bandcamp.com Follow Indie: https://twitter.com/@IndLeftNews All the Links: https://linktr.ee/indleft Substack: https://www.indiemediatoday.com Proud members of the Indie News Network family of content creators - follow all our network channels at: https://indienews.network https://twitter.com/getindienews Credits: Producers: Jesse Jett & Indie Stream Engineer: Indie Artwork: BigMadCrab Technical Consultant: Reef Breland An Indie News Network Production ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPoEbvYx6gg

Tonight Collin and Reef are joined by INN member/Creative Director Greg Mattessich (@bigmadcrab) as we report on our top stories this week: Biden Doubles Down on Defending Taiwan Against Chinese Invasion When a Disaster Is Not a “Disaster”, And Why That Matters to Flint Kwame Turé Was Targeted By The British Government in Covert Campaign Teamsters Union Rally Outside Amazon HQ Co-Hosts: Collin Radix-Carter You can find all of Collins links on his linktree: https://linktr.ee/ogbonnacollin Reef Breland You can find all of Reefs links on his linktree: https://linktr.ee/reefbreland Greg Mattessich You can find all of Gregs links on his linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigmadcrab Find all of INNs links at http://indienews.network Articles: Scheerpost: “Biden Doubles Down on Defending Taiwan Against Chinese Invasion.” Written by SP Staff https://scheerpost.com/2022/09/19/biden-doubles-down-on-defending-taiwan-from-potential-chinese-invasion/ Harvard Environmental Law Review: “When a Disaster is Not a ‘Disaster’ and Why That Title Matters for Flint.” Written by Helen Marie Berg https://harvardelr.com/2016/03/28/elrs-when-a-disaster-is-not-a-disaster-and-why-that-title-matters-for-flint/ The Guardian: “Revealed: How UK Targeted American Civil RIghts Leader in Covert Campaign.” Written by Jason Burke https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/13/revealed-how-uk-targeted-american-civil-rights-leader-stokely-carmichael-covert Common Dreams: “‘We Are Coming For You!’ Teamsters Union Rally Outside Amazon Headquarters.” Written by Brett Wilkins https://prospect.org/labor/teamsters-union-taking-on-amazon/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjaBlYze2dY