On CNN New Day Weekend, Christi Paul speaks with Green Party Presumptive Nominee Dr. Jill Stein about winning third-party voters.
INTERVIEW: “CNN Interview with Green Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Jill Stein” / Christi Paul ☮
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Category Archives: Economics
BRITISH POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Post Vote Shame” / Jonathan Pie ☮
“Westminster is covered in blood and shit…it’s time to clean up” according to Jonathan Pie.
CORPORATE WELFARE: “Roseanne Destroys Corporate Welfare in Under 90 Seconds”
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WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE BIGOTRY: “Republicans’ Shaming of Poor People Just Blew Up in Their Faces” / The Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has decided to follow in the hateful footsteps of his fellow Republican governors and has started drug testing welfare recipients. So far, there have been no positive test results, but that won’t stop Snyder and the Republicans’ war on the poor from moving forward.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top U.S. and World Headlines — June 23, 2016” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮
CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN BIGOTRY: “Politicians Pretend to Care About Gays to Score Political Points After Orlando Mass Shooting” / The Humanist Report / Mike Figueredo ☮
After the horrific mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, many anti-gay politicians pretended to care about gay people in order to score some political points. Also, we discuss our thoughts about the incident and what needs to be done.
INTERVIEW: “Thomas Frank on Clinton and Democratic Establishment: What Happened to the Party of the People?” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman, and Juan Gonzales ☮
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top U.S. and World Headlines — June 22, 2016” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮
ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY: “Bernie’s Revolution: Socialism and the People’s Struggle Against Capitalism” / The Laura Flanders Show / Kshama Sawant ☮
Bernie’s success as a mainstream, socialist presidential candidate has taken most commentators by surprise; even after he’d been mathematically counted out of the Democratic nomination race, support for Bernie Sanders kept coming in.
One person who wasn’t surprised though, is this week’s guest, Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant. Kshama is a teacher, activist, organizer, and a member of Socialist Alternative. She was a visible presence in the Occupy Movement, and an activist in her union, the American Federation of Teachers Local 178.
In 2013, Sawant ran for Seattle City Council on a platform of fighting for a $15/hr minimum wage, rent control and taxing the super-rich to fund mass transit and education. She defeated a 16-year incumbent Democrat to become the first socialist elected in a major US city in decades, and the first socialist on the Seattle city council since 1877.
On the show, Sawant discusses the radical potential of Bernie’s politics, the possibilities for Socialism in America; and argues that the Democratic Party’s anti-Trump strategy, with Hillary at the helm, is critically flawed in the long run.
Also on the show, Greek alternative energy expert Ioannis Margaris discusses going from theory to practice in the Left government in Greece. All that and a few words from Laura on Liberal Democrats and Rosa Luxemburg.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Limbaugh: Obama Will Use Orlando Attack to Control the Internet” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
Rush Limbaugh has attacked President Barack Obama before, but the conservative chat host took a particularly, er, creative route on his June 17 radio show.
MediaMatters.org caught this gem in which Limbaugh accused Obama of exclusively blaming the internet for homegrown terror during a speech to the families of Orlando massacre victims, and claimed the president and fellow Democrats would use that rationale to “control the internet.”
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