Podcast appearances and mentions of alex friedmann

Der Bundesrat billig das Gesetz zur Teil-Legalisierung von Cannabis. Ab Juli sollen sogenannte "Cannabis Social Clubs" erlaubt werden. Welche Regeln und Auflagen gibt es? Dazu Alex Friedmann, Vorstandsmitglied des Cannabis Social Club "Plantana". Von WDR 5.

Friedmann's equation. This was developed back in 1922 by Alex Friedmann when he was working on a model of the universe in terms of General Relativity,mind blowing stuff and is often considered excruciatingly difficult mathematically. It was developed before the idea of an expanding universe was accepted and yet it is still used today, it had that covered, how cool is that eh?

Friedmann's equation. This was developed back in 1922 by Alex Friedmann when he was working on a model of the universe in terms of General Relativity,mind blowing stuff and is often considered excruciatingly difficult mathematically. It was developed before the idea of an expanding universe was accepted and yet it is still used today, it had that covered, how cool is that eh?

The biggest banks in the country are pulling their financial backing from the biggest private prison companies. Why now, and what does it mean long-term in the larger fight to end mass incarceration? On Episode 10 of ReFraming Justice, we discuss private prison divestment with AFSC's Economic Activism Program Director Dalit Baum and Alex Friedmann, an activist shareholder in CoreCivic and the associate director of the Human Rights Defense Center.

**Udsendelsen er sponsoreret af Private Banking fra Arbejdernes Landsbank** Her kigger Dan Hammer og Peter Brüchmann på de store kvantespring i dansk fodbolds historie. Og på, hvem der har skabt dem. Hør blandt andet om: - Helge Sander & Harald Nielsen - Ejgil Jensen fra Vejle Boldklub - Saftkongen og Vejle-købmændene - Alex Friedmann og Hans Bjerg-Pedersen - Superligaens fødsel og første målsætninger - Per Bjerregaards rolle i Brøndby - Flemming Østergaard og Michael Kjær i Lyngby og siden FC København - Peter Brixtofte, Allan K. Pedersen og Tom Vernon/Right to dream i Farum og Nordsjælland - Ankersen og Co. i FC Midtjylland - Trænernes betydning - Og hvad med OB, AaB og AGF - fik de lavet sine gearskift undervejs

Josh interviews Tonya Riley of Mother Jones, Alex Friedmann of Prison Legal News, and Wanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative You can find full episode notes at DecarcerationNation.com

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Walter Smolarek and John Kiriakou are joined by Daniel Lazare, a journalist and author of three books—”The Frozen Republic,” “The Velvet Coup,” and “America's Undeclared War,” and John Wight, the host of the weekly Sputnik Radio show Hard Facts.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday strongly defended the Trump Administration’s policy on Russia and North Korea in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In response to tough questioning from both Democrats and Republicans, Pompeo said that the US “does not and never will recognize the Russian annexation of Crimea.” Pompeo also said that North Korea would begin repatriating the remains of US soldiers tomorrow. Meanwhile, House Republicans are beginning the process of impeaching Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. On the regular Thursday series “Criminal Injustice,” the hosts discuss the most egregious conduct of our courts and prosecutors and how justice is denied to so many people in this country. Today they talk about the illnesses that prisoners get from poor environmental conditions in and around jails and prisons, similarly to other marginalized communities, and they address a fight club in a Colorado facility where guards get points and the winner gets a party for the most frequent violence toward prisoners. Kevin Gosztola, a writer for Shadowproof.com and co-host of the podcast Unauthorized Disclosure, Alex Friedmann, the Associate Director of the Human Rights Defense Center and managing editor of Prison Legal News, and Loud & Clear producer Nicole Roussell, join the show.The European Union and United States have pulled back from the brink of an intensified trade war, with President Trump and EU Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker coming to an accord yesterday. Brian and John speak with Richard Wolff, a professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and founder of the organization Democracy at Work. Prof. Wolff’s latest book is “Capitalism's Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown.” It appears unlikely that the federal government will meet its court mandated order to reunite migrant families who were separated at the border under the Trump Administration’s Zero Tolerance policy. Of the 2,551 children separated from their parents, only 1,187 have been returned to their families. Isabel Garcia, co-founder of Coalición de Derechos Humanos, joins the show. Imran Kahn and his PTI party appear to have won the Pakistani election, promising an end to corruption, foreign dependency, and joblessness. What does his election mean for the country and the region? Taimur Rahman, general secretary of the Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party or the Workers Farmers Party, and Medea Benjamin, an anti-war and anti-torture activist who is the co-founder of Code Pink, join Brian and John. A flotilla of boats carrying peace activists protesting Israel’s occupation and bombing of Gaza has left Palermo, it’s final stop in Europe, to begin the voyage to Gaza. Ann Wright, a retired United States Army colonel and former U.S. State Department official in Afghanistan, who resigned in protest of the invasion of Iraq and became an anti-war activist, and also is one of the participants of the flotilla, joins the show.Mainstream capitalist economic theory has increasingly been called into question since the global economic crisis of 2008 exposed the gaping holes in neoliberal orthodoxy. One new school of thought that’s emerged in recent years is modern monetary theory. The hosts talk with experts on the theory. This is part two of two interviews. Brian and John speak with Stephanie Kelton, a prominent economist who advised Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign, professor of public policy and economics at Stony Brook University, and former chief economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, and Jim Kavanagh, editor of thepolemicist.net.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Professor Zachary Wolfe, a lawyer and activist who teaches at George Washington University, Chip Gibbons, policy and legislative counsel for Defending Rights & Dissent as well as a journalist, and Julie Hurwitz, a civil rights attorney and partner at the law firm Goodman & Hurwitz, P.C.Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced yesterday that he would retire effective immediately. Washington immediately lurched into its next crisis, with Republicans and the right wing gloating about controlling the Supreme Court. On the regular Thursday series “Criminal Injustice,” about the most egregious conduct of our courts and prosecutors and how justice is denied to so many people in this country, the hosts discuss a new bipartisan bill in Congress that would expand the president’s ability to detain American citizens without a trial, and why “police union” is a misnomer. Kevin Gosztola, a writer for Shadowproof.com and co-host of the podcast Unauthorized Disclosure, Alex Friedmann, the Associate Director of the Human Rights Defense Center and managing editor of Prison Legal News, and Loud & Clear producer Nicole Roussell, join the show. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Helsinki, Finland on July 16. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders. Trump said that Syria, Ukraine, and “many other subjects” would be on the agenda, and he added that “getting along with Russia, China, and everybody else is a good thing.” Brian and John speak with Jim Kavanagh, the editor of thepolemicist.net whose most recent piece is “Sacrificing Gaza: The Great March of Zionist Hypocrisy.” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee this morning about the DOJ Inspector General’s report of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server. Republicans demanded access to sensitive documents used in the investigation and Democrats demanded that the Republicans be denied. In the middle of the testimony, they broke to vote on a House Resolution demanding the documents. Ted Rall, an award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist whose work is at www.rall.com, joins the show. Two new reports by the UK’s parliamentary intelligence and security committees reveal that Britain’s MI-6 foreign intelligence service and MI-5 domestic intelligence service were linked to hundreds of cases of rendition and torture along with the United States in the years following the September 11 attacks. Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will likely face tough questions about what he knew and when he knew it. Francis Boyle, a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law and author of the book “Destroying World Order: US Imperialism in the Middle East Before and After September 11,” joins Brian and John. Angela Merkel is in trouble. The German Chancellor’s coalition partner has threatened to withdraw from the government if she doesn’t solve Germany’s immigration crisis by this weekend, while Italy’s new populist government said it would not accept any refugees back from Germany. Merkel said today that if an immigration agreement isn’t hammered out this weekend, the very future of the European Union is in doubt. Berlin activist and journalist Diani Baretto joins the show.Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting US Defense Secretary James Mattis that China will “not give even one inch of territory” in the Pacific Ocean. Mattis’s meeting with Xi comes as relations between the two countries have been marred by a trade war and by both militaries viewing each other with suspicion. Brian and John speak with Alfred McCoy, the Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of the book “In the Shadows of the American Century—The Rise and Decline of US Global Power.”

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Kevin Gosztola, a writer for Shadowproof.com and co-host of the podcast Unauthorized Disclosure, and Alex Friedmann, the Associate Director of the Human Rights Defense Center and managing editor of Prison Legal News. On the regular Thursday series “Criminal Injustice,” about the most egregious conduct of our courts and prosecutors and how justice is denied to so many people in this country, the hosts discuss a new bipartisan bill in Congress that would expand the president’s ability to detain American citizens without a trial, and why “police union” is a misnomer.For Loud & Clear’s regular weekly segment covering the upcoming midterm elections, Brian and John take a look at Senate races nationwide. Jacqueline Luqman and Abdus Luqman, the co-editors-in-chief of Luqman Nation, join the show. Iowa’s state legislature yesterday passed the most extreme abortion ban in the country, eliminating women’s right to carry a child past the time when a fetus has a heartbeat, which can be as early as six weeks. Six weeks is often earlier than a woman knows she is pregnant. The bill now goes to the Republican governor, who has said she’s not yet sure whether she will sign it. Is the right trying to get abortion rights back into the Supreme Court, in the hopes the court will reverse Roe v. Wade? Brian and John speak with Danielle Norwood, a reproductive rights activist and a therapist specializing in treating adult and adolescent survivors of trauma. Despite the Pentagon saying for years that the US was not fully involved in the Yemen war and did not have troops in Yemen, several top US and European officials told the New York Times today that the Green Berets actually arrived late last year on the Saudi/Yemeni border—a big escalation in military assistance. Why is the US assisting the egregious Saudi government in their war? Catherine Shakdam, a political commentator and analyst focusing on the Middle East, and the author of “A Tale Of Grand Resistance: Yemen, The Wahhabi And The House Of Saud,” joins the show. Today is World Press Freedom Day, as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly. In a media landscape dominated by a handful of corporations, what can be done to truly guarantee the free expression and communication of ideas? Tim Karr, the senior director of strategy and communications at Free Press, joins Brian and John. Cambridge Analytica, the controversial data mining firm that has found itself in the middle of the Facebook data scandal, announced yesterday that it would close immediately. The company’s CEO said that rebranding the firm was “futile.” Dr. Robert Epstein, the Senior Research Psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, joins the show.Dramatic developments have raised hopes for peace and reunification in Korea, but there is still much to be done. As the Chinese foreign minister visits North Korea, and the North agrees to release three detainees, how could this complex diplomatic process unfold? Brian and John speak with Sputnik news analyst Walter Smolarek.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by author and journalist Mazda Majidi and Phil Wilayto of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality. Demonstrations throughout Iran have been heavily praised by Donald Trump. Who are the demonstrators, what are they fighting for. Is this a spontaneous uprising, or is there something more sinister behind it?South Korea today offered talks with North Korea amid a standoff over its weapons program a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to negotiations, but that his country would push ahead with the production of nuclear weapons. Brian and John speak with Professor Simone Chun, a fellow at the Korea Policy Institute and Hyun Lee, a writer for Zoominkorea.org.California yesterday became the largest state in the country to allow the recreational use of marijuana. The state also enacted one of the most progressive sentencing and criminal justice reforms related to marijuana ever. Alex Friedmann, managing editor of Prison Legal News, joins the show.President Trump ripped Pakistan in his first tweet of 2018, accusing the US ally of “lies and deceit” in its counterterrorism work. Marvin Weinbaum, the Scholar-in-Residence for the Middle East Institute’s Center for Pakistan Studies, joins Brian and John.Congress is back in town and Congressional leaders are at the White House to discuss their legislative agenda. Sputnik News analyst Walter Smolarek, joins the show.The Central Committee of Israel’s governing Likud Party passed a resolution on Sunday calling for the annexation of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank. Journalist and filmmaker Dan Cohen joins Brian and John.Donald Trump took to twitter to implore the Justice Department to pursue charges against top Clinton aide Huma Abedin for mishandling classified information.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kirakou are joined by Alberto Garcia Watson, former Middle East correspondent for HispanTV.Catalonia has declared independence, with hundreds of thousands pouring into the streets to celebrate. However, a dramatic showdown looms as the Spanish central government prepares to reassert its control. The United Nations has thrown its weight behind the narrative that the Syrian government made the decision to deploy chemical weapons while his forces were winning the war through conventional means. Is this really true? Rick Sterling, an investigative journalist and member of the Syria Solidarity Movement, joins the show.The Trump administration and Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department have been closing halfway houses, canceling contracts with 16 since taking office and worsening the mass incarceration crisis in the United States. Brian and John are joined by Alex Friedmann, Associate Director of the Human Rights Defense Center and managing editor for Prison Legal News.As part of his “Vision 2030” plan to overhaul the Saudi economy, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has announced that the planned $500 billion, 10,000 square-mile NEOM mega-city will be a publicly-traded commodity owned by its shareholders. In his words, “The first capitalist city in the world”. Ali Al Ahmad, director of the Institute of Gulf Studies, joins the show.U.S.-Pakistan relations continued to deteriorate today as the Pakistani Foreign Minister fired back at criticism of his country’s support for terrorists by slamming the United States’ failure in the war in Afghanistan. Christopher Black, international criminal defence lawyer, discusses the longest war in U.S. history.The U.S. Congress, through the Government Accountability Office, is moving to counter the Trump administration’s so-called Voter Fraud Commission. But are the Democratic Senators who requested the move, and who say they oppose the panel because it “diminishes confidence in our democratic process”, missing the point? Daniel Lazare, journalist and author of The Frozen Republic, The Velvet Coup, and America's Undeclared War, joins Brian and John.

Sean continues his conversation about reforming private prisons with Alex Friedmann, the Managing Editor of Prison Legal News and the Associate Director of the Human Rights Defense Center.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Eddie Conway, a journalist with The Real News Network who was the Minister of Defence of the Baltimore branch of the Black Panther Party and a political prisoner for 44 years, as well as by Alex Friedmann, Associate Director of the Human Rights Defense Center and managing editor for Prison Legal News.Today is the 46th anniversary of the massacre that ended the Attica prison uprising. To mark the occasion, Loud & Clear discusses the prison system in this country -- the human rights abuses, the exploitation, the neglect of prisoners, and more. Could another Attica rebellion happen in 2017?In the second hour, John and Brian take a look at the breaking news of the day. First, financial analyst Daniel Sankey and Popular Resistance co-director Kevin Zeese talk about President Donald Trump’s plans to slash taxes for corporations and wealthy Americans.Next, Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah announced that victory over the Islamic State is at hand in Syria and that only mop-up operations remain. We’ll speak with former UK Ambassador to Syria Peter Ford. In the third segment, the hosts talk to Korean Policy Institute fellow Dr. Simone Chun and international criminal lawyer Christopher Black about reports that the South Korean government has established a “decapitation squad” to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.And finally, they speak with journalist and author Arnold August about developments in Venezuela, stuck between its populist movement on one side and the United States on the other, with economic and social collapse in the offing.

The two Sams offer their final thoughts on Monday night’s presidential debate, including a discussion about just how wise it is for Clinton surrogate Howard Dean to be accusing Donald Trump of doing cocaine during the debate. Then, we discuss a story that would almost certainly get ignored, even without the campaign frenzy: the ongoing nationwide prison strike that was launched earlier this month. Alex Friedmann, the managing editor of Prison Legal News, brings us up to speed.Finally, the government could be headed for another shutdown, as Republicans still refuse to help the residents of Flint. We also discuss how the DEA’s kratom ban could be ruled illegal, because the agency may have not followed proper rulemaking procedures. Plus, a mail surveillance program is questioned by Ron Wyden.

The two Sams offer their final thoughts on Monday night’s presidential debate, including a discussion about just how wise it is for Clinton surrogate Howard Dean to be accusing Donald Trump of doing cocaine during the debate. Then, we discuss a story that would almost certainly get ignored, even without the campaign frenzy: the ongoing nationwide prison strike that was launched earlier this month. Alex Friedmann, the managing editor of Prison Legal News, brings us up to speed.Finally, the government could be headed for another shutdown, as Republicans still refuse to help the residents of Flint. We also discuss how the DEA’s kratom ban could be ruled illegal, because the agency may have not followed proper rulemaking procedures. Plus, a mail surveillance program is questioned by Ron Wyden.

The Death In Custody Reporting Act, Why Is It Important? While the debate about and examination of police officers killing citizens continues, a new law has been passed and signed […] The post What Is The Death In Custody Reporting Act? and Alex Friedmann on Privatizing Prisons appeared first on KKFI.

Police officers and prison guards hold tremendous political sway.  Their unions support or opposition can make or break a campaign for office.  And their advocacy for better pay, more power, and more jobs has been a major factor in the expansion of the prison industrial complex.  For decades, they've helped build America's build America's criminal justice system. Now that system is changing.  Can law enforcement unions change as well? The program was produced with support from The Puffin Foundation. Featuring: Patrick Lynch, NYC Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President; Chuck Alexander, California Correctional Peace Officers Association Vice president; Pat Quinn, Governor of Illinois; Jerry Brown, Governor of California; Dan Macallair, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice executive director; Darius Charney, Center for Constitutional Rights staff attorney; Rick Hilliard, Southern Illinois Central Labor Council business manager; Alex Friedmann, Prison Legal News Associate Editor; Leroy Gadsen, New York NAACP Legal Redress Committee Esq. Chair; Eric Adams, New York State Senator; Elizabeth Crowley, NYC City Council member and former Congressional candidate; Howard Wooldridge, Citizens Opposing Prohibition lobbyist; Carlton Berkeley, Retired NYPD Detective; Jonathan Simon, University of California at Berkeley Law Professor; Harriet Salarno, Crime Victims United president and founder; Kirk Dutton, AFSCME Local 31 Vice President. For More Information: Prison Legal News https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/default.aspx Private Corrections Working Group http://privateci.org/ 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care http://blacksnlaw.tripod.com/ Ramarley's Call: The official Website to remember Ramarley Graham http://ramarleyscall.org/ Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice http://www.cjcj.org/ CCPOA California Correctional Peace Officers Association www.ccpoa.org/ CCA- Corrections Corporation of America http://www.cca.com/ The GEO Group http://thegeogroupinc.com/ NYC Patrolmen's Benevolent Association http://www.nycpba.org Crime Victims United http://www.crimevictimsunited.com/ Center for Constitutional Rights http://ccrjustice.org/ Citizens Opposing Prohibition http://www.citizensopposingprohibition.org/ Jonathan Simon http://blogs.berkeley.edu/author/jsimon/ Law Enforcement Against Prohibition http://www.leap.cc/ Southern Illinois Central Labor Council http://il.aflcio.org/siclc/ NAACP New York State Conference http://www.nysnaacp.org/ Ney York Police Department http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/home/home.shtml Jerry Brown http://www.jerrybrown.org/ Human Rights Defense Center http://humanrightsdefensecenter.org/ Articles, Reports, Photos, Videos: Gaming the System: How the Political Strategies of Private Prison Companies Promote Ineffective Incarceration Policies. http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/gaming_the_system.pdf Banking on Bondage: Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration http://www.aclu.org/prisoners-rights/banking-bondage-private-prisons-and-mass-incarceration Unholy Alliance-How the private prison industry is corrupting our democracy and promoting mass incarceration http://publicampaign.org/reports/unholyalliance Unionizing Prison Guards in an Age of Mass Incarceration by Brian Tierney http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/06/04/unionizing-prison-guards-in-an-age-of-mass-incarceration/ Correcting the Guards-Why the shaky relationship between organized labor and correctional officers is doubly harmful to the American left.    By Adam Doster http://prospect.org/article/correcting-guards Ex-Con Shareholder Goes After World's Biggest Prison Corporation http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/ex-con-alex-friedmann-cca-private-prison-rape Officials rally to fight prison closures in Illinois http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci-ZUTlPZ6g Marchers Demand Justice for Ramarley Graham http://www.thenation.com/article/169104/marchers-demand-justice-ramarley-graham# Armed Security Guard The post Making Contact – Undue Influence: the Power of Police and Prison Guards' Unions appeared first on KPFA.