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Updates on global capitalism’s extreme inequality (Oxfam report), Victoria’s Secret’s billionaire owner, why immigration is a weapon of political distraction,” how GOP tax cut helps the rich more than others, MSU sex abuse scandal reflects “running schools like a business.” Major discussion: Marx’s life, goals of his writings, and their lasting relevance.
Masha Gessen: Did a Russian Troll Farm’s Inflammatory Posts Really Sway the 2016 Election for Trump?
Masha Gessen: Did a Russian Troll Farm’s Inflammatory Posts Really Sway the 2016 Election for Trump? Masha Gessen: Russiagate Has Become a Conspiracy Trap Obscuring How Trump Is Damaging Nation; “The Young Karl Marx”: Raoul Peck on New Film Examining How Marx Developed Critique of Capitalism.
After the Parkland massacre in Florida, the standard responses by politicians to gun violence have finally proven inadequate. On our show today we’ll speak with a couple of organizers of the upcoming March for Our Lives to discuss the new student-led movement against gun proliferation and analyze responses by Donald Trump to arm teachers and … Continued
Caroline welcomes fellow Pragmatic Mystic – Jihan McDonald, dedicated to “Beloved Community as a mycelial healing network.” “No isolated crises – all crisis of isolation…” Let us be deep delving detectives, that we may all be Culture Doctors. Jihan McDonald has received the Alpha Della Leadership Award and Change-maker Fellowship for developing allies for life. … Continued
Join Sarah Holmes for an interview with herbalist and author Rosalee de la Foret. They will focus on Rosalee’s new book, Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies that Heal. Fund drive.
Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Timothy Snyder about the new threats our political order faces and how we might stop it from happening. Timothy Snyder is the Levin Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin and Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning. His latest book is On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons … Continued
7:08 – Shannon Young, (@SYoungReports) an independent journalist based in Oaxaca City, speaks with us about the devastating earthquake in Mexico this past year. Andrew Alden, (@aboutgeology) science writer, founder of a weekly blog on the geology of Oakland and former United States Geological Survey technical editor, discusses the fault lines surrounding the Bay Area and … Continued
“The Time to Act Is Now”: Florida School Shooting Survivors Confront Trump, Rubio on Gun Control; “A Monstrous Campaign of Annihilation”: Death Toll in Eastern Ghouta Tops 300 from Syrian Assault; Former Parkland Student: I Interned for Senator Rubio. Now I’m Begging Him to Act on Guns.
Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire hour to legendary Pentagon Papers whistle blower, Daniel Ellsberg and his troubling new book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.