164. Former Amazon Warehouse Worker and Progressive Activist Jake Burdett

<p>Jake Burdett is a progressive activist and is the former Columbia Democratic Club President in Maryland. He is also a former Amazon warehouse worker.</p> <p>In this conversation, we discuss:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">How he made headlines as a student at Salisbury University, when U.S. House of Representative Andy Harris supported jailing Jake for up to 10 years for live-streaming a protest at Harris’ office;</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">His time working in an Amazon warehouse outside Baltimore; and </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">How he became politically active in Maryland politics.</li> </ul> <p>You can follow Jake Burdett’s work on Twitter at <a href='https://twitter.com/jake_burdett?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor'>https://twitter.com/jake_burdett</a> and at Progressive Democrats of Howard County <a href='https://twitter.com/ProgressHoCo'>https://twitter.com/ProgressHoCo</a>. </p> <p>ABOUT EMLab</p> <p>Empathy Media Lab is produced by <a href='https://twitter.com/EvanMatthewPapp'>Evan Matthew Papp</a> and we are a proud member of the<a href='https://www.laborradionetwork.org/'> Labor Radio Podcast Network</a>. Support media, authors, activists, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class everywhere. Solidarity forever. </p> <p>Website -<a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa21ERVpKcHJiYXAzdU5qamNIa3pYbG9UWklfZ3xBQ3Jtc0tteGJnOHFtano0Z3FSekdHMXFQMVA2WXhibFB0LVlDdUpPT1hZTGI1cE1CQVpxSS1oSW9KcU44WWM5dlZVNEZOdHZVSjNfU1ZUeHN0eFNhSGZST1dlcGNYU3hNc0tuU1VtSzR1dU1yeXdnb2hhSk8yZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vaush.gg%2F'> </a><a href='https://www.empathymedialab.com/'>https://www.empathymedialab.com/</a> </p> <p>All Links: <a href='https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab'>https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab</a>   </p> <p>#LaborRadioPod</p> <p>#1U</p> <p>#UnionStrong</p>