Background Briefing

Background Briefing – June 20, 2023

We begin with what appears to be the Republican talking point for the 2024 election which is to convince voters that the American government under Joe Biden has been captured by Marxists and communists and that “cultural Marxism” has infiltrated and infected American society in the form of “wokeness” to the point it threatens the … Continued


Israel is one of the world’s most important producers of military hardware and surveillance technology, honed in its occupation of Palestine, and exported around the globe to various brutal regimes. Journalist and filmmaker Antony Loewenstein traces the history of Israel’s military tech sector, refined after the invasion of Lebanon and again following September 11th, and … Continued


Guest: Greg King is an award-winning journalist and activist credited with spearheading the movement to protect Headwaters Forest, in Humboldt County, California. King initiated the “redwood wars” following the notorious 1985 takeover of the venerable Pacific Lumber Company by the Houston energy and real estate conglomerate Maxxam. Greg King has spent decades researching redwood logging … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now 9am – June 20, 2023

On Today’s Show: RIP Daniel Ellsberg: “Most Dangerous Man in America” on Leaking Pentagon Papers, Exposing Gov’t Lies Months Before Death, Daniel Ellsberg Warned Crisis over Ukraine & Taiwan Could Lead to Nuclear War “The Doomsday Machine”: Confessions of Daniel Ellsberg, Former Nuclear War Planner Daniel Ellsberg’s Dying Wish: Free Julian Assange, Encourage Whistleblowers & Reveal … Continued


Law & Disorder

Self-Determination, Solidarity Economies and Eco-Socialism in Jackson, MS

Mississippi is the poorest state in the US, with the highest percentage of Black people and a history of heinous racial terror. But in the heart of the state capitol, Cooperation Jackson develops Black self-determination by building solidarity economies and cooperatives, developing land into community land trusts, and an eco-socialist framework that has inspired partnership … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now 6am – June 20, 2023

On Today’s Show: RIP Daniel Ellsberg: “Most Dangerous Man in America” on Leaking Pentagon Papers, Exposing Gov’t Lies Months Before Death, Daniel Ellsberg Warned Crisis over Ukraine & Taiwan Could Lead to Nuclear War “The Doomsday Machine”: Confessions of Daniel Ellsberg, Former Nuclear War Planner Daniel Ellsberg’s Dying Wish: Free Julian Assange, Encourage Whistleblowers & Reveal … Continued