East Palestine Rail Disaster - PSMLS Class

Join us as we look at the East Palestine Rail Disaster that occurred on February 3rd, 2023, and analyze why it happened and what happened after the event. This class is being presented by the Railway Action Committee of the Labor Commission of the Party of Communists USA! Connect with PSMLS: https://linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: http://eepurl.com/h9YxPb Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 1980 Staggers Rail Act 5:10 Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) 7:40 Video: ECP Braking Could've Mitigated Disaster 10:15 Q&A 1 18:15 The Derailment 23:00 Video from More Perfect Union 28:45 Second Video from More Perfect Union 31:35 Q&A 2 39:00 The Aftermath 45:05 Q&A 3 51:35 The Aftermath, continued 55:10 Q&A 4 and Conclusion 1:11:00 Song: JP Wright - Railroad Man