In this episode, Ira interviews Jason Scott, an organizer with the Dump Duke campaign in St. Pete, which is fighting to stop the city from renewing its decades-long contract with Duke Energy, an investor-owned utility notorious for poor service and some of the highest electric rates in Florida.

Instead, the campaign is pushing for public power: a city-run utility owned by the community and operated to serve the people who rely on it, not shareholders. Public power puts local voices closer to the decisions being made, keeps our energy infrastructure accountable to the community, and allows revenue to be reinvested right here where we live.

A better energy future already exists. Now, we have an opportunity to fight for it in St. Pete.

⚡ Join the fight: DumpDukeFL.com and publicpowerstpete.com

"Dump Duke!" song by Jeremiah Paddock

Join Ira in an interview with Dr. Sharon Jefferson about the origins of Juneteenth and what it means to celebrate it today at a time of unprecedented attacks against Black voter rights.

Ruth and Ira dive into the radical history of pride, the harms of pikwashing and what it means to be in solidarity with LGBTQ+ people in opressed nations, such as Palestine.

Check out our Instagram @theruthlesstruthradio or @psltampabay for deatils on upcoming Pride events.