In this episode host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Bill Fletcher Jr. about how the country has gotten where it is, and the resistance against Trump. Fletcher is the former president of TransAfrica Forum, and a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies. He is a syndicated columnist and a regular media commentator on television, radio and … Continued
Fast food CEO Andy Puzder is just as unqualified for the position of Labor Secretary as Donald Trump’s other cabinet picks have been. We’ll speak with Rontel Batie of the National Employment Law Project about Puzder’s unsuitability. And, in combating truth and facts, Trump has earned the ire of scientists nationwide, from the National Parks … Continued
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich brings us Washington DC coverage of Trump’s immigration executive orders and the resulting national protests, as well as an interview with Bill Fletcher (racial justice and labor activist) about resistance to Trump’s policies. Then, Cat Brooks talks to two members of the National Lawyers Guild, Jeffrey Light (Washington, DC-based attorney specializing in civil … Continued
“Let Them In”: Thousands Descend on Nation’s Airports to Protest Trump’s Refugee & Muslim Ban; Sudanese Stanford Ph.D. Student Speaks Out After Being Detained at JFK Under Trump Muslim Ban; Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Pramila Jayapal Join Airport Protests to Free People Detained Under Muslim Ban; ACLU: We Have Won the First Victory to Overturn Unconstitutional … Continued
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Entrevista con el academico y analista político John Ackerman. Comentarios con El Nahual sobre la primera de semana de Trump. Además, música latina alternativa.
In the first hour, The Truth Shall Set You Free, with Karen J. Greenberg author of “Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State” and Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law. In the second hour, America First Around the World, with Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report.
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Mexico/U.S. Border Music. Obama Commutes Sentence for political prisoner Oscar López Rivera with Silvia Torres. Hosted by Miguel Guerrero
Is whitelash enough of an explainer for the rise of President-elect Donald Trump? Is it rigorous enough to blame the people who didn’t show up to vote for our impending collective struggle under this administration? On this edition, we hear from Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton … Continued
In this episode Mitch speaks with Rabiah Ahmed, the Media and Communications Director for the Muslim Public Affairs Council, about the recent executive orders barring immigration from certain Muslim countries. Then, he speaks with Craig Aaron, the President and CEO of Free Press about what Trump’s presidency means for the media.
Today on Flashpoints: Trump signs a presidential directive blocking refuge for people from countries that the US has recently or is in the process of bombing. Also the new white supremacist president goes after Muslims and Latinos without mercy. And we’ll feature an exclusive interview with the new mayor of the people’s republic of Berkeley, … Continued
