POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top U.S. and World Headlines — November 11, 2016” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮
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Monthly Archives: November 2016
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Ralph Nader: This Could Be the Most Serious Event in American Political History” / The Big Picture RT / Thom Hartmann ☮
Big Picture Interview: Ralph Nader, Breaking Through Power: It’s Easier Than We Think. If Donald Trump’s election represented anything – it was the complete and utter repudiation of the Clintonite Democratic establishment. Are we about to witness a permanent realignment of the parties?
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Who Should Lead the DNC Now?” / The Young Turks / Cenk Uygur ☮
The DNC is an abject failure in every way and needs a complete overhaul. Many progressives, including Bernie Sanders, want Rep. Keith Ellison to lead it going forward. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Racists Emboldened by Trump Victory” / The Young Turks / Cenk Uygur, and John Iadarola ☮
The racists are coming out of the woodwork. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
“Students at a western New York college are alarmed after they found a black doll hung in effigy on campus — and they wondered whether racial harassment will grow worse with the election of Donald Trump.
The doll hanging from a noose was discovered Wednesday in an elevator at Canisius College in Buffalo, where the student government has promised to address the incident, reported WKBW-TV.
A black student-athlete told the TV station he was considering leaving the campus, saying he’d experienced similar racist bullying since enrolling at Canisius, where 71.9 percent of students are white and 6.9 percent are black.”
US POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Cornel West: ‘I Have Deep Fear for the Future of the Democratic Experience” / BBC Newsnight ☮
Philosopher and civil rights activist Dr. Cornel West reflects on the US election and what it might mean for America’s future.
US POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “‘It’s Not a Moment for Calm’: Simon Schama on Trump’s Victory” / BBC Newsnight / Evan Davis ☮
Historian Simon Schama and writer Melanie Phillips lock horns as they discuss the implications of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections with Evan Davis.
US POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “President Trump: How and Why” / Jonathan Pie ☮
Pie thinks he knows who is to blame for the rise of Trump…and you’re not going to like it!
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Chris Hedges: Trump Will Crush Dissent With Even Greater Violence and Savagery” / The Real News / Sharmini Peries ☮
The tools of state repression that will end up in the hands of a Trump administration were built by both Republicans and Democrats, says the Pulitzer prize-winning journalist.
CANNABIS: “Big Victories for Marijuana, Minimum Wage and ‘Right to Die’ Laws” / RT America / Manila Chan ☮
Donald Trump wasn’t the only big winner on election night: Several states passed major ballot measures that are raising eyebrows. Four states voted to both legalize recreational marijuana as well as to increase the minimum wage. Colorado passed a “right to die” law which legalizes assisted suicide in the state and Nebraska voted to repeal their ban on the death penalty. RT America’s Manila Chan has the report.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: ” The Blame Game Begins, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz Goes First” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮
The Democrats put up a terribly flawed candidate instead of a true Progressive, and they were destroyed in the general election. There’s plenty of blame to go around, but Debbie Wasserman Schultz deserves most of it. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
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