On todays show, first today’s headlines. Then, well cover how Republicans are moving at breakneck speed to confirm Trumps Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ahead of the midterms and whether Democrats will be able to stop them. My guest Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire.news will join us. Then, Jeff Cohen explains why he and others … Continued
Listen in as Sarah Holmes interviews herbalist and teacher Beverley Gray. Beverley also wrote The Boreal Herbal: Wild Food and Medicine Plants of the North and resides in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
As President Trump revokes the security clearance for former CIA Director John Brennan we speak to former CIA officer Mel Goodman about what these type of clearances mean. Guest: Melvin Goodman directs the National Security Project at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for International Policy. From 1966 through 1986 he served as a senior analyst with the Central Intelligence … Continued
“This Church Is a Criminal Enterprise”: Former Priest & Survivor Speak Out on PA Catholic Sex Abuse; “I’m Bringing My Bullhorn to Congress”: Rashida Tlaib, Muslim Dem. Socialist, Appears Headed to D.C.; Shocking Investigation Reveals Pennsylvania Priests Abused 1,000 Children and Covered Up the Abuse.
0:08 – On Monday, President Trump signed into law a $717 Billion Dollar National Defense Authorization Act. This is an annual and critical piece of legislation which authorizes the policies under which funding for the military will be set by Congressional appropriators. It not only includes a ton of hardware – and hundreds of billions of … Continued
“This Church Is a Criminal Enterprise”: Former Priest & Survivor Speak Out on PA Catholic Sex Abuse; “I’m Bringing My Bullhorn to Congress”: Rashida Tlaib, Muslim Dem. Socialist, Appears Headed to D.C.; Shocking Investigation Reveals Pennsylvania Priests Abused 1,000 Children and Covered Up the Abuse.
On today’s show, first our daily news headlines. Then, weapons expert William Hartung will join us to make links between domestic gun proliferation and international weapons sales and how Trump has worsened Americas reputation as the worlds gunrunner. Then, constitutional lawyer Ron Fein joins us to discuss the new book he has just co-authored, called … Continued
How is radical memory transmitted from generation to generation? How does that transmission frequently fail — and how might it better succeed? Anthropologist and veteran radical Phil Cohen discusses the politics of remembrance and archiving, from the Sixties to the present. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Livingmaps May Day Rooms Phil Cohen, Archive That, Comrade! Left Legacies … Continued
Parents of Murdered Parkland Student Joaquin Oliver on Using Art to Demand End to Gun Violence; John Carlos Frey: Deported Parents Say Trump Administration Is Still Separating Families at Border; Military Cover-Up? 100s of Migrants Feared Dead in Mass Grave at AZ’s Barry Goldwater Bombing Range.
0:08 – Today, a jury in Alexandria, VA will hear closing arguments in the trial of Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, in the first trial stemming from Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the Presidential campaign and election. Manafort faces 18 counts of tax and bank fraud stemming from money he earned while … Continued
