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David Easley

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Jason Goudlock

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Larry Samuelson

Leonard Peltier

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John Singleton

Cory Doctorow

Mary Oliver

Kenneth Lee

Matt Jacobson

Robert Frank

Matthew Jackson

Matt Croasmun

Angela Davis

Joshua Clover

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This is coming from comrade Easley reporting live from maximum security and solitary confinement at Toledo, Ohio. Many of you know me from the 2018 national prison strike. I'm currently- I'm currently still in solitary confinement organizing The Right to Vote campaign for Ohio prisoners. War has been waged upon communities of color: death by incarceration. A mirror KKK has 2.2 million people in prison and African-Americans represent 44% of the prison population. 42% of death row inmates are African-American. The United States makes up 3% of the world's population and has 25% of the world's incarceration rate. The United States is number one in the world in incarceration, while Chicago school teachers strike for better conditions. You often never hear correction officers on strike. This because the prison industrial complex is so powerful. It literally perpetuates itself. As long as we continue to rely on the good old two-party system and electoral politics, it's sad to say whoever got the most money could just buy the election. If this is a democracy, why 2.2 million prisoners can't vote in prison? Gerrymandering can determine who wins the Electoral College to determine who becomes president of the United States. We have a overreliance on representative democracy which can undercut rule by people. For example, the electoral democracy relies mainly on private financing of electoral campaigns, particularly when there is a two-party system. This gives enormous influence to rich and powerful actors who are able to strongly influence this election of viable candidates. Broad portions of the electorate may retreat into private life to lead the business of governing through a select class of anointed professionals. We must break the grip of the two-party systems for the people's movement and start engaging in direct democracy. You can email me via JPay.com. That's j, the letter j, p-a-y dot com. By setting up a JPay account and download the app to attach a reply stem to your email and into my Ohio prison number, which is the letter a as in apple, 306400. That's a as in apple, 306400. Power to the people. And that's JPay.com, David Easley, E-a-s-l-e-y. That's how you spell my last name. And my Twitter Handle is @OH4prisoners. (Sound of a cell door closing.) These commentaries are recorded by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio.

This is coming from comrade Easley reporting live from maximum security and solitary confinement at Toledo, Ohio. Many of you know me from the 2018 national prison strike. I'm currently- I'm currently still in solitary confinement organizing The Right to Vote campaign for Ohio prisoners. War has been waged upon communities of color: death by incarceration. A mirror KKK has 2.2 million people in prison and African-Americans represent 44% of the prison population. 42% of death row inmates are African-American. The United States makes up 3% of the world's population and has 25% of the world's incarceration rate. The United States is number one in the world in incarceration, while Chicago school teachers strike for better conditions. You often never hear correction officers on strike. This because the prison industrial complex is so powerful. It literally perpetuates itself. As long as we continue to rely on the good old two-party system and electoral politics, it's sad to say whoever got the most money could just buy the election. If this is a democracy, why 2.2 million prisoners can't vote in prison? Gerrymandering can determine who wins the Electoral College to determine who becomes president of the United States. We have a overreliance on representative democracy which can undercut rule by people. For example, the electoral democracy relies mainly on private financing of electoral campaigns, particularly when there is a two-party system. This gives enormous influence to rich and powerful actors who are able to strongly influence this election of viable candidates. Broad portions of the electorate may retreat into private life to lead the business of governing through a select class of anointed professionals. We must break the grip of the two-party systems for the people's movement and start engaging in direct democracy. You can email me via <a href="http://JPay.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JPay.com</a>. That's j, the letter j, p-a-y dot com. By setting up a JPay account and download the app to attach a reply stem to your email and into my Ohio prison number, which is the letter a as in apple, 306400. That's a as in apple, 306400. Power to the people. And that's <a href="http://JPay.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JPay.com</a>, David Easley, E-a-s-l-e-y. That's how you spell my last name. And my Twitter Handle is @OH4prisoners. (Sound of a cell door closing.) These commentaries are recorded by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio.

What Does Democracy Look Like (3:19) David Easley

David Easley of Ohio IWOC &amp; Jasper of FOM *This show carries a heavy content warning for institutionalized violence against incarcerated people, suicide, and issues related to mental wellness//unwellness.*** This week I’m sharing a conversation with David Easley, an imprisoned member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, or IWOC, currently held at Toledo Correctional in Ohio. In response to his organizing around the Nationwide Prison Strike in 2018, he and a few other prisoners were thrown into segregation, have had their mail tampered with and stolen. David has also been transferred between numerous facilities around the state as punishment, losing personal items and his ability to communicate with the outside along the way. We were also joined by Jasper, a supporter of David’s and a participant in the Free Ohio Movement. For the hour, David and Jasper talk about the prison system, the challenges they’ve faced opposing it and ways that folks can get involved. You can write to David at the following address: David Easley A306400 Toledo Correctional Institution 2001 East Central Avenue Toledo, OH 43608 You can also keep up with David via the twitter account @OH4prisoners and on fedbook via the account david.easley.353. He also mentions jpay emails as a preferred means to communicate and can be reached with the above information at jpay.com. The case David mentions litigating can be found as Easley v. Zimmerman pending case:  https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ohio/ohndce/3:2018cv02050/246954 David mentions a few other prisoners who have struggled and faced repression for facing down injustice in the Ohio prison system. Keith Lamar, aka Bomani Shakur, is a death row prisoner and author of  Condemned. He needs public support to fight his wrongful conviction in relation to the 1993 Lucasville Prison Uprising and to hold the State of Ohio accountable. More on his case can be found at https://www.facebook.com/pg/keithlamarcondemned. Check  out our interview with Bomani about his book Condemned at our website. Bomani is set to be executed by the state of Ohio on Nov. 16, 2023. Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan is another Ohio prisoner facing the death penalty for helping resolve the 1993 Lucasville Uprising. You can hear our interviews with and about Hasan up at our website. Updates on Hasan can be found at  LucasvilleAmnesty.org and more about the Free Ohio Movement is up at their website, FreeOhioMovement.org and also their fedbook under the username @FreeOhioMovement. Matt Hinkston (A724969) is another prisoner that was on hunger strike with David Easley. Kristopher Chilton (A558673) is the an IWOC member that David mentions who's working on challenging adult sentencing of minors in OH. Kristopher and Matt are both at Toledo CI, same as David, so can be written there. Central Ohio IWOC has been very helpful in supporting David and other prisoners through this. IWOC is a union of Incarcerated Workers and outside supporters, and their fedbook can be found under the username @OfficialCentralOhioIWOC. Their main site for IWOC is incarceratedworkers.org, where you can find tons of resources and updates on calling campaigns and ways to get involved. https://perilouschronicle.com is a great, recently released tool for tracking prisoner resistance in the so-called U.S. Announcements Sean Swain Transferred to VA We found out a few days ago that Sean has been interstate transferred from Ohio to Virginia. While it’s nice that he’s closer to the radio show, it’s bound to be a very tumultuous move for Sean. VA has a different legal system in it’s prisons, Sean likely has none of the friends from his last 27 years inside the Ohio system present where he’s at, he’ll be facing a whole set of new challenges settling in. I don’t know anything about the specifics of his transfer but we hope to hear from him soon. Write him a letter at his new address (and new prisoner number) if you can: Sean Swain #2015638 Nottoway Correctional Center P.O. Box 488 Burkeville, VA 23922 And keep up on his case at https://SeanSwain.org . ... . .. Playlist pending

David Easley of Ohio IWOC &amp; Jasper of FOM *This show carries a heavy content warning for institutionalized violence against incarcerated people, suicide, and issues related to mental wellness//unwellness.*** This week I’m sharing a conversation with David Easley, an imprisoned member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, or IWOC, currently held at Toledo Correctional in Ohio. In response to his organizing around the Nationwide Prison Strike in 2018, he and a few other prisoners were thrown into segregation, have had their mail tampered with and stolen. David has also been transferred between numerous facilities around the state as punishment, losing personal items and his ability to communicate with the outside along the way. We were also joined by Jasper, a supporter of David’s and a participant in the Free Ohio Movement. For the hour, David and Jasper talk about the prison system, the challenges they’ve faced opposing it and ways that folks can get involved. You can write to David at the following address: David Easley A306400 Toledo Correctional Institution 2001 East Central Avenue Toledo, OH 43608 You can also keep up with David via the twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/oh4prisoners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@OH4prisoners</a> and on fedbook via the account <a href="https://www.facebook.com/david.easley.353" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">david.easley.353</a>. He also mentions jpay emails as a preferred means to communicate and can be reached with the above information at <a href="http://jpay.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jpay.com</a>. The case David mentions litigating can be found as Easley v. Zimmerman pending case: <a href="https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ohio/ohndce/3:2018cv02050/246954" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ohio/ohndce/3:2018cv02050/246954</a> David mentions a few other prisoners who have struggled and faced repression for facing down injustice in the Ohio prison system. Keith Lamar, aka Bomani Shakur, is a death row prisoner and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Condemned-whole-story-Keith-LaMar/dp/1483961710" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Condemned</a>. He needs public support to fight his wrongful conviction in relation to the 1993 Lucasville Prison Uprising and to hold the State of Ohio accountable. More on his case can be found at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/keithlamarcondemned" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pg/keithlamarcondemned</a>. Check <a href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2014/04/14/keith-lamar-lucasville-defendant-speaks-on-his-new-book-condemned/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> out our interview</a> with Bomani about his book Condemned at our website. Bomani is set to be executed by the state of Ohio on Nov. 16, 2023. Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan is another Ohio prisoner facing the death penalty for helping resolve the 1993 Lucasville Uprising. You can hear our interviews with and about Hasan <a href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/hasan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">up at our website</a>. Updates on Hasan can be found at <a href="http://www.lucasvilleamnesty.org/2012/02/siddique-abdullah-hasan-biography.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> LucasvilleAmnesty.org</a> and more about the Free Ohio Movement is up at their website, <a href="http://freeohiomovement.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeOhioMovement.org</a> and also their fedbook under the username <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FreeOhioMovement%20/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@FreeOhioMovement</a>. Matt Hinkston (A724969) is another prisoner that was on hunger strike with David Easley. Kristopher Chilton (A558673) is the an IWOC member that David mentions who's working on challenging adult sentencing of minors in OH. Kristopher and Matt are both at Toledo CI, same as David, so can be written there. Central Ohio IWOC has been very helpful in supporting David and other prisoners through this. IWOC is a union of Incarcerated Workers and outside supporters, and their fedbook can be found under the username <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OfficialCentralOhioIWOC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@OfficialCentralOhioIWOC</a>. Their main site for IWOC is <a href="https://incarceratedworkers.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incarceratedworkers.org</a>, where you can find tons of resources and updates on calling campaigns and ways to get involved. <a href="https://perilouschronicle.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://perilouschronicle.com</a> is a great, recently released tool for tracking prisoner resistance in the so-called U.S. Announcements Sean Swain Transferred to VA We found out a few days ago that Sean has been interstate transferred from Ohio to Virginia. While it’s nice that he’s closer to the radio show, it’s bound to be a very tumultuous move for Sean. VA has a different legal system in it’s prisons, Sean likely has none of the friends from his last 27 years inside the Ohio system present where he’s at, he’ll be facing a whole set of new challenges settling in. I don’t know anything about the specifics of his transfer but we hope to hear from him soon. Write him a letter at his new address (and new prisoner number) if you can: Sean Swain #2015638 Nottoway Correctional Center P.O. Box 488 Burkeville, VA 23922 And keep up on his case at <a href="https://SeanSwain.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://SeanSwain.org</a> . ... . .. Playlist pending

David Easley, Resisting From Inside

David Easley, Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science at Cornell University, delves into his theoretical research that identifies externalities in the banking system which can lead to a contagion of bad events. He also shares new research detailing how financial market participants with different sets of beliefs can produce suboptimal market outcomes, illustrated through a simple example about renovating the Ithaca Commons: what should the Mayor do if everyone agrees to renovate the Commons but they want to do so for contradictory reasons? Easley also shares his research about bitcoin transaction fees and then sheds some light on what it is like to work with one’s spouse; Easley’s spouse is Maureen O’Hara, who was previously featured on Present Value!Links from the Episode at presentvaluepodcast.comEpisode Article: David Easley on financial contagion and the effect of contradictory beliefs on market optimalityFaculty Page: David Easley - College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell  MOOC: Networks, Crowds and Markets (edX online course)Book: Networks, Crowds and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World (amazon link)

David Easley, Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science at Cornell University, delves into his theoretical research that identifies externalities in the banking system which can lead to a contagion of bad events. He also shares new research detailing how financial market participants with different sets of beliefs can produce suboptimal market outcomes, illustrated through a simple example about renovating the Ithaca Commons: what should the Mayor do if everyone agrees to renovate the Commons but they want to do so for contradictory reasons? Easley also shares his research about bitcoin transaction fees and then sheds some light on what it is like to work with one’s spouse; Easley’s spouse is Maureen O’Hara, who was previously featured on Present Value!Links from the Episode at <a href="http://presentvaluepodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">presentvaluepodcast.com</a> Episode Article: <a href="https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/businessfeed/2019/05/02/present-value-david-easley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Easley on financial contagion and the effect of contradictory beliefs on market optimality</a> Faculty Page: <a href="https://easley.economics.cornell.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Easley - College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell </a>  MOOC: <a href="https://www.edx.org/course/networks-crowds-markets-cornellx-info2040x-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Networks, Crowds and Markets (edX online course)</a> Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Networks-Crowds-Markets-Reasoning-Connected/dp/0521195330/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=david+easley&amp;qid=1558385819&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Networks, Crowds and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World (amazon link)</a>

Contradictory Optimality

Our guest in this episode is Professor David Easley from the Cornell Economics and Information Science Departments. David is a world-renowned researcher and he’s long been a champion of interdisciplinary work. Several years ago he created a brand new cross-field class with computer scientist Jon Kleinberg called Networks, Crowds and Markets. It’s been a huge success and more than 600 Cornell students are currently enrolled. It’s been taught by multiple instructors (currently David is teaching with computer scientist Eva Tardos), it’s been picked up by other schools, and David and Jon even turned it into a book. During our conversation David tells us how the course came about, how it was built, how it’s changed over the years.

Podcast #43: Co-Teaching across Disciplines with David Easley

David Easley - Rationality, Learning and Market Selection