With Brian Beutler of the New Republic on his recent article Is Nominating Bernie Sanders a Worthwhile Gamble? Beutler is a senior editor at the New Republic. He covers domestic policy, politics, and political movements. And Mike Lofgren, author of The Party Is Over. He spent twenty-eight years in Congress, the last sixteen as a senior analyst on the … Continued
What is This GOP Race About? S.C. Debate Shows Trump’s Outsize Role Weeks Before Opening Contest; Donald Trump, the New George Wallace? Head of Segregationist’s 1968 Bid on GOP Front-Runner’s Racism; “He Has Summoned a Political Revolution”: The Nation Magazine Endorses Bernie Sanders for President; Flint Doctor Mona Hanna-Attisha on How She Fought Gov’t Denials … Continued
What is This GOP Race About? S.C. Debate Shows Trump’s Outsize Role Weeks Before Opening Contest; Donald Trump, the New George Wallace? Head of Segregationist’s 1968 Bid on GOP Front-Runner’s Racism; “He Has Summoned a Political Revolution”: The Nation Magazine Endorses Bernie Sanders for President; Flint Doctor Mona Hanna-Attisha on How She Fought Gov’t Denials … Continued
Hillary Clinton & Bernie Sanders Take Center Stage at First Democratic Debate of 2016 Race; O’Malley’s Baltimore Policing Record Criticized as Candidates Address Whether #BlackLivesMatter; Hillary Clinton & Martin O’Malley Spar over Immigration Reform; Has Bernie Sanders Been Tough Enough on Guns? Hillary Clinton Says No; Sanders Calls Iraq Worst Foreign Policy Blunder in U.S. … Continued
Hillary Clinton & Bernie Sanders Take Center Stage at First Democratic Debate of 2016 Race; O’Malley’s Baltimore Policing Record Criticized as Candidates Address Whether #BlackLivesMatter; Hillary Clinton & Martin O’Malley Spar over Immigration Reform; Has Bernie Sanders Been Tough Enough on Guns? Hillary Clinton Says No; Sanders Calls Iraq Worst Foreign Policy Blunder in U.S. … Continued
Shock & Panic in Turkey: Deadliest Terrorist Attack in Country’s History Leaves as Many as 128 Dead; From Million Man March to Columbus Day: Challenging White Supremacy & “Doctrine of Discovery”; Gyasi Ross: Why I Support Bernie Sanders & the #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Who Interrupted Him.
We’re take you inside organized labor’s debate over how to approach the Democratic primary – do you back the socialist who’s already on your side, or the frontrunner who might seek vengeance if she wins without your help? And should you be betting your chips on elections at all? Guests: Juan Gonzalez, reporter for The … Continued
A discussion with Jonathan Tassini, former president of the National Writers Union, publisher of the Working Life blog and podcast – and the author of many books, the latest of which is a collection of speeches and writing by Bernie Sanders called The Essential Bernie Sanders: and his Vision for America. Click Here to Donate … Continued
The United Kingdom is poised to elect a socialist, anti-war pro-palestinian activist to head the party that took that country into Iraq–we look at why, and what it means. Plus: some deep political history from the UK, when we discuss the history of the commons, with Peter Linebaugh. Guests: DD Guttenplan, writes for The Nation … Continued
Peace activists have been petitioning presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to stake out clear positions on war and militarism–so when ABC’s Martha Raddatz pinned him down this weekend on Iran, drones, and war, did they get what they want? Norman Solomon will join us in studio to talk Bernie Sanders, foreign policy, and trying to make … Continued
