POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top U.S. and World Headlines — July 25, 2016” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮
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Category Archives: Politics
BRITISH POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Labour: The clue’s in the Fucking Title!” / Jonathan Pie ☮
Pie’s easy to follow guide to where Labour is on the political scale.
WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN BIGOTRY: “Is the Religious Right Abandoning the Republican Party?” / The Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮
According to the latest reports, the Evangelical wing of the Republican party is actually having quite a bit of trouble right now trying to identify with the GOP. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
NTERVIEW: “Henry A. Giroux: On Neoliberalism” / Truthout Interviews ☮
English and Cultural Studies professor, Henry A. Giroux, talks about the challenges of the Left in a neoliberal political economy.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Richard Wolff: Capitalism in Crisis” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮
In this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges explores capitalism in crisis with Richard Wolff, professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. From Brexit, to labor protests in France, to Italy’s financial woes, they discuss the effects of austerity on the working class. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil looks at the fallout of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM: “Would We Have Drugged Up Einstein? How Anti-Authoritarianism is Deemed a Mental Health Problem” / Bruce E. Levine ☮
We are increasingly marketing drugs that essentially “cure” anti-authoritarians.
In my career as a psychologist, I have talked with hundreds of people previously diagnosed by other professionals with oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, anxiety disorder and other psychiatric illnesses, and I am struck by 1) how many of those diagnosed are essentially anti-authoritarians; and 2) how those professionals who have diagnosed them are not.
Anti-authoritarians question whether an authority is a legitimate one before taking that authority seriously. Evaluating the legitimacy of authorities includes assessing whether or not authorities actually know what they are talking about, are honest, and care about those people who are respecting their authority. And when anti-authoritarians assess an authority to be illegitimate, they challenge and resist that authority—sometimes aggressively and sometimes passive-aggressively, sometimes wisely and sometimes not.
Some activists lament how few anti-authoritarians there appear to be in the United States. One reason could be that many natural anti-authoritarians are now psychopathologized and medicated before they achieve political consciousness of society’s most oppressive authorities.
CHRISTIAN WHITE SUPREMACY: “Former KKK Leader David Duke Running for Louisiana Republican Senate Seat” / The Young Turks / Mark Thompson, and Elliot Hill ☮
Former KKK leader David Duke thinks the time is right for another senate run. Is Louisiana racist enough to elect an open white supremacist to its senate? Time will tell. Mark Thompson (The Edge Podcast) and Elliot Hill (The Lip TV), hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader, is running for U.S. Senate in Louisiana.
Duke is a well-established white supremacist, Holocaust denier and anti-Semite. He has endorsed Donald Trump for president.
In his announcement video, posted Friday morning to Twitter, Duke says he’ll fight for the rights of “European Americans” and that “The New York Times admitted that my platform became the GOP mainstream.” He touts his opposition to affirmative action and immigration, and cites his joy at Trump’s rise to power.
“A revolution is coming in the United States of America,” he says.
Trump disavowed Duke’s support in March, but his campaign has echoed many of the themes Duke’s announcement touched on, such as a distrust of immigrants and anger towards the media.
Trump and Duke also share common ground in their love of conspiracy theories. Trump has repeatedly suggested that the father of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R), his former presidential rival, was involved in President John F. Kennedy’s death. Duke, meanwhile, believes that “Jewish Supremacists” who secretly control the U.S. are attempting to commit some sort of “white genocide.”
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Chaos at the RNC, Plus Leaked DNC Emails Show Anti-Bernie Bias” / RT America / FishTank / Lindsay France ☮
The Republican National Convention is finally over. RT America’s Lindsay France reports from Cleveland with a recap of all the drama that took place, from delegates trying to go against party rules to Ted Cruz’s refusal to mention Donald Trump’s name during his speech. Then Ron Paul joins the FishTank to discuss the political climate and rise of Trump. Finally, RT America’s Simon Del Rosario sits down with RT’s Manuel Rapalo to discuss the latest WikiLeaks email dump, which includes emails from the Democratic National Committee, showing that DNC officials strategized against Bernie Sanders.
GREEN PARTY: “Why Many Liberals are Voting for Dr. Jill Stein Instead of Hillary Clinton” / The Humanist Report / Mike Figueredo ☮
Many Bernie Sanders supporters will be voting for Jill Stein instead of Hillary Clinton, but many are critical of this decision. In this segment we address this criticism and explain why a vote for Jill Stein matters.
POLITICAL HUMOR: “Jon Stewart Takes Over Colbert’s Late Show Desk” / The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ☮
Always Question Authority 