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WINGS #31-17 Reforming Welfare Reform
US welfare activists pin hopes on Rise Out of Poverty Act
Uploaded: 20 Nov, 2017
Recording Date: 20 Nov, 2017
Recording Location: Chicago, Amsterdam, Denman Island BC
Logsheet: none
Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
Copyright: Nonprofit use only.
Program Title: WINGS #31-17 Reforming Welfare Reform
Description: Nixon had called it Workfare - a change to public assistance, signed into law by Bill Clinton, which imposed work requirements for public assistance, set time limits, cut benefits and increased penalties for non-compliance.
Welfare Activists say it is extremely punitive, drives poor mothers to sex work and crime, and must be changed. The workfare model has been emulated in Canada, the UK, Australia, and the Netherlands, to similar effect.
Host(s): Mindy Ran
Featured Speakers/Guests: Rev. Annie Chambers, a founding member of the US Welfare Rights Organization and current Green Party public official; US Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI), former welfare mother and author of the Rise Out of Poverty Act; Pat Gowans of Welfare Warriors; Rachel West of the US Prostitutes Collective.
Credits: Interviews conducted at The People's Summit 2017 in Chicago by Sarah Jaffe (for The Baffler) and Paul Jay (for the Real News Network). Editing and narration: Mindy Ran. Series Producer, Frieda Werden. Photo: thepeoplessummit.org
Comments: Lively background noise.
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Weekly Program
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