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author and filmmaker Greg Palast explores the roots of voter suppression and how the GOP stole the 2016 Presidential Election. Greg Palast, is a New York Times bestselling author and an investigative reporter for the BBC and the British newspaper, The Guardian. Like Michael Moore, he is also a documentary filmmaker. His new film, “The … Continued
Given the Trump Election and the difference between popular votes and Electoral votes, we explore the Electoral College. Who are the electors, anyway? And will the United States ever join the rest of the world, and adopt a popular vote for president? Yale University Law & Political Science Professor Akhil Reed Amar says the Electoral … Continued
Today on Flashpoints we continue our week of on the ground broadcast coverage from Standing Rock. On the show today we’ll hear a rare extended interview with Tom Goldtooth. Goldtooth is executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network and a key organizer at Standing Rock. And we speak with artist and activist Jean Roach who … Continued
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Today on Flashpoints: We present the first of a series of broadcasts this week, from Standing Rock North Dakota. as Indigenous resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline continues to grow. Today we’ll hear an eye witness account of a cement truck driver who purposely drove his truck into a crowd of protectors and pistol whipped … Continued
Salon’s Bill Curry and The Nation’s John Nichols join Ralph and David to sort out what the hell just happened this past election day. “We have a lousy election system in this country. We don’t count ballots well or quickly. As the weeks go on. As we count all the ballots, all the provisional ballots, … Continued
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange. She is one of America’s best-known and courageous activists. Medea is the recipient of the 2012 U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation’s Peace Prize. She is the author of the book Drone Warfare. And her latest “Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S. – Saudi Connection.” About “Kingdom … Continued
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Hermann Belinghausen comenta sobre su artículo “Las Tres Muertes de Cohen”. Rendimos tributo a Leonard Cohen y Leon Russell. Música de algnnas de las bandas del Vive Latino 2017. Conducción y Producción por Miguel Guerrero.
As nuclear plant accidents mount, and nuclear waste becomes a greater threat to health and safety worldwide, Women Rising Radio features veteran activists at the center of the movement to phase out nuclear energy, power and research. We revisit Chernobyl, Fukushima, Three Mile Island and many less well known disasters – and hear about real … Continued
As we continue our election coverage and making sense of what happened and what is to come, we’ll speak with Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Ajamu Baraka. Baraka will address the blame game that’s already started against third party candidates for Trump’s win, and how important it is for progressives to resist the president elect’s … Continued
