0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: the US anti-abortion movement, politics and reactions; Oakland’s new budget unveiled and defunded programs ignite protest, and more
0:30 – Fund Drive Premium: The Dubious Friends of Donald J Trump
The Dubious Friends of Donald J Trump is a ground-breaking Dutch documentary first released in 2017. For months, the FBI have been investigating Russian interference in the American presidential elections. ZEMBLA (@ZEMBLA) is investigating another explosive dossier concerning Trump’s involvement with the Russians: Trump’s business and personal ties to oligarchs from the former Soviet Union. Powerful billionaires suspected of money laundering and fraud, and of having contacts in Moscow and with the mafia. What do these relationships say about Trump and why does he deny them? How compromising are these dubious business relationships for the 45th president of the United States? And are there connections with the Netherlands? ZEMBLA meets with one of Trump’s controversial cronies and speaks with a former CIA agent, fraud investigators, attorneys, and an American senator among others.
1:08 – Today, thousands are convening on the CA legislature to support a package of bills to support formerly incarcerated people, their families, and prevent incarceration. The action day, called the Quest for Democracy Advocacy Day brings together a coalition from all over the state. We speak with Dorsey Nunn is the Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC).
1:30 – Fund Drive Premium: All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I.F. Stone by Fred Peabody
Featuring footage from the last six decades, All Governments Lie is a timely, convincing documentary that will cause audiences to question what they see and read. It reveals that the title does indeed refer to every government and politician, even those that we admire and align our ideals with.
Amy Goodman, Matt Taibbi, Jeremy Scahill, Glenn Greenwald, Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky and Ralph Nader emphasize the impact that Stone had on his time as well as how he influenced independent journalists today.
All Governments Lie uses interviews with contemporary journalists and anti-establishment figures and historical film to demonstrate the need for a truly free press and its role in a democracy. With a sobering tone, it argues that mainstream media is intertwined with business through corporate ownership and advertising.