Podcast appearances and mentions of Gloria La Riva

Today on the show: Farmworker Communities Call for Pesticide Protections for California School Children and Urge growers to stop the use of highly hazardous pesticides near public schools in California. Richard Silverstein on Israel, as Netanyahu's grand plan to topple the Islamic Republic and replace it with a defanged dictator has failed miserably. And an update on US destabilization/starvation policy in Cuba proceeds apace. Gloria La Riva reports from the International Action Center. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Farmworker Communities Call for Pesticide Protections for California School Children appeared first on KPFA.

TODAY ON THE SHOW: Special Contributor, Greg Palast returns with Trump, The Pirate of Hormuz as Trump continues to threaten world war three at this hour, and to wipe out the country of Iran, with Nukes if Necessary: Also Flashpoints special correspondent, Gloria La Riva, just back from Cuba, reports that Cuba is on the brink of financial Failure: And we'll take a close look at the implications of Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan's recently proposed legislation (AB 2664) that will bar even silently holding a civil protest sign, or silently passing out flyers against the war. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Trump Continues to Threaten World War III at this Hour, and to Wipe Out the Country of Iran, with Nukes appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Flashpoints special correspondent, Gloria La Riva reports from Cuba on Trumps latest plans for US intervention in Cuba: Also Richard Becker, co-founder of answer coalition, analyzes the growing resistance to Trump's Wars: Becker says Answer Coalition is part of a growing opposition movement to Trump's imposition of authoritarian rule. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Flashpoints Special Correspondent, Gloria La Riva on Trumps Latest Plans for US Intervention in Cuba appeared first on KPFA.

Venezuela's elections took place on July 28th. Nicolás Maudro defeated the right-wing candidate Edmundo González Urrutia by over a million votes. The imperialist machine immediately jumped into action to denounce the elections, condemning Maduro as a dictator and calling the results undemocratic. Over 1,000 international observers from 100 countries were in Venezuela for the election, and with few exceptions of those who are against the Bolivarian Revolution, they've stated that the electoral process was fair and free. That hasn't stopped the US government, its media mouthpieces, regional allies and even Elon Musk from calling for the overthrow of the Maduro government.Following the election, waves of fascist violence took the streets of Caracas and other cities, but supporters of the Bolivarian Revolution have themselves mobilized in its defense. We're joined today by Gloria La Riva of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee.Support the Show.

The Biden Administration is pursuing a policy of “energy chasing,” where U.S. regulators put pressure on foreign-owned fuel supply companies, shippers and even financial insurers so that they back out of deals to bring “fuel to our ports.”On March 17, there were significant protests in eastern Cuba against the blackouts. The president says the authorities have gone to dialogue with them and explain the country's energy problems. “Two or three [protest] events that were fundamentally peaceful” in Cuba and the Western media creates a narrative of serious instability, says President Miguel Diaz-Canel. Meanwhile “in the world there are more severe protests” and in the U.S. there are protests violently repressed, but these get ignored. We are joined by Gloria La Riva, organizer with the Hatuey Project  to discuss the recent protests in Cuba and the ongoing crisis caused by the economic blockade. Then, with the possibility of a new invasion and occupation, we're hearing the same story emerge from Western media and politicians about Haiti: something really bad is happening in Haiti and an invasion is necessary. We are being told that this is the worst ever humanitarian situation in Haiti. As the U.S. Canadian and French governments gathered recently to discuss Haiti's political transition, Haitians get no say over this. When it comes to Haiti, it seems like everyone else gets to decide.We're joined by Kerbie Joseph, a Haitian organizer with the ANSWER Coalition, to talk about how Western colonialism and imperialism are the historical root of and current cause of the problems in Haiti, and what the resistance looks like.Support the show

The United States government is inserting itself into a border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana on behalf of ExxonMobil. The oil-rich Essequibo region has the world's biggest reserves per capita of crude oil and in May of this year, a “significant discovery” by ExxonMobil was announced in the area's 6.6-million acre Staborek Block oil field.In a December 3rd referendum, 10.4 million Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly to keep the US out of the disagreement and to continue to handle the dispute under the 1966 Geneva Agreement. The US State Department is dismissing the referendum results and while spokesperson Matthew Miller said the US wants a “peaceful resolution,” Secretary of State Blinken has put forward that the US totally backs Guyana and that the region 61,600 square mile area is fully Guyanese.To get into the history of Essequibo and help us understand what's happening in the context of decades of US imperialist actions against Venezuela, we're joined by Gloria La Riva of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee.Support the show

Hey, y'all! This week we are diving back into the 2024 Presidential election. The Party of Socialism & Liberation (PSL) announced their presidential ticket via a very well produced video that took leftist Twitter by storm. But who are Claudia De La Cruz & Karina Garcia? What does the PSL stand for? What secrets does the party hold?Partial answer to the last question: this episode does require a trigger warning for sexual violence and talk of suicidal ideation.

The United States tries to keep people in the dark about the blockade against Cuba and the many accomplishments of the Cuban Revolution. This is part of the U.S. campaign to overturn the socialist government in Cuba that has successfully led its people through more than 60 years of attacks, attempted coups, sanctions, trade embargoes, and the Covid pandemic. Brian is joined by Gloria La Riva, the coordinator of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee and a longtime leader of brigades to Cuba to learn and expose people in the United States to the realities on the ground, and Aminah Sheikh, who is a labor and community organizer active in the Canadian peace movement. Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at patreon.com/thesocialistprogram. We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you consistent, high-quality shows. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more are invited to join the monthly Q&A seminar with Brian.

A deadly fire broke out over the weekend in Cuba from a lightning storm that struck near an oil storage facility and caused an explosion. At least one person has been confirmed dead, and dozens more are injured and missing. This tragic natural disaster could have happened in any country, but is even harder on Cuba due to the U.S. war against them...including many of Trump's policies that Biden hasn't touched. Nicole Roussell is joined by Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee and one of the co-founders of the Hatuey Project at hatueyproject.org. Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at patreon.com/thesocialistprogram. We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you consistent, high-quality shows. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more are invited to join the monthly Q&A seminar with Brian.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee to discuss political prisoner Leonard Peltier's diagnosis with COVID-19 and the danger he is in because of his unjust imprisonment, the calls from multiple legal and political officials to release Leonard Peltier, the dubious circumstances surrounding the incident for which Peltier was prosecuted and the FBI's railroading of him, and how to get involved in the growing movement to free Peltier.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee to discuss political prisoner Leonard Peltier's diagnosis with COVID-19 and the danger he is in because of his unjust imprisonment, the calls from multiple legal and political officials to release Leonard Peltier, the dubious circumstances surrounding the incident for which Peltier was prosecuted and the FBI's railroading of him, and how to get involved in the growing movement to free Peltier.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nkechi Taifa, Civil and Human Rights Attorney and President of The Taifa Group to discuss the effort to show widespread support for pardoning Marcus Garvey from crimes he was deported on, Garvey's impactful legacy in the Black nationalist movement and Black radicalism, the important lessons from Garvey that continue to inform activism around Black lives and fights over Black memory, and the importance of fighting to clear Garvey's name in an era of efforts to erase Black history.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Amir Khafagy, an award-winning journalist based out of New York City who you can follow on Twitter @AmirKhafagy91 to discuss the emergence of massive container ships in the global logistics industry and how it affected the global economy, how the containerization phenomenon contributed to monopolization of the shipping industry and the current crises of inflation and the supply chain, the extreme exploitation of workers on the ships and how the pandemic and supply chain issues have intensified their exploitation, and the environmental impact of these massive ships on the planet and on the communities that surround ports.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Maurice Cook, founder of Serve Your City to discuss the lifting of mask mandates by Democratic officials and the concerns over lifting mask mandates in schools while so many children remain unvaccinated, the short-sighted orientation of the government toward the pandemic and the crucial mutual aid organizations that fill the gaps and make society run, the ongoing controversy surrounding Brian Flores' lawsuit against the NFL over racist hiring practices and the Houston Texans hiring of Lovie Smith over Flores, and the reaction of young people to the killing of Amir Locke.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Kerbie Joseph, longtime police brutality, mass incarceration and community organizer in Brooklyn, New York with the ANSWER Coalition and SOS coordinator with the Audre Lorde Project to discuss New York City mayor-elect Eric Adams' proposal to reinstitute solitary confinement in Rikers Island, the allocation of resources to incarceration and locking people away instead of social programs, and the portrayal of Eric Adams as a progressive despite his record.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by El Senzengakulu Zulu, a former organizer with SNCC, Founder and Father of the Independent African Schools in the USA, Director of Ujimaa School in Washington, DC teaching education through African culture to preschool through high school for 54 years to discuss the effort to save the Ujimaa school in Washington, DC from gentrification, the history and importance of African-centered education, and the importance of the school in providing a context for Black students to learn in an African-centric context.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Carol Gokee, National Co-Director for the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee to discuss the effort to free political prisoner Leonard Peltier as his health continues to deteriorate, what the incarceration of Peltier has denied to movements for indigenous resistance and to movements for justice, the inconsistencies of the accusations against Peltier by the FBI, and why the release of Peltier is an important goal for many different movements for justice.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee to discuss the failure of the COVID-19 response in the United States and the success of Cuba's response to the pandemic, the murderous impact of capitalist pandemic response as exemplified in the meatpacking industry, and the cruel treatment of women detained in ICE facilities in Louisiana.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Jodi Dean, Professor of Political Sciences at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and author of “Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging” to discuss Mark Zuckerrberg's involvement in reinstating an anti-abortion video proclaiming falsehoods about abortion, how this video feeds into patriarchal conceptions of women as only child-bearers and child-rearers, and the complexity of the liberal critique of social media as “causing division.”In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by T.J. Coles, Postdoctoral researcher at Plymouth University in the UK and regular CounterPunch contributor to discuss the US history of training the Ethiopian military and how it fits into what's happening there today, the role of so-called peacekeeping missions in recent Ethiopian history, the militarization of the infrastructure of society, and the role of AFRICOM in Ethiopia.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jalil Muntaqim, an activist, former political prisoner and Black Panther and author of ‘We Are Our Own Liberators' to discuss the In The Spirit of Mandela International Tribunal jurists finding the United States guilty of genocide against Black, Brown, and Indigineous people, the charges of racist violence that support this verdict, the next legal steps after this verdict, and the drive to build a people's movement around this verdict.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee, to discuss the gutting of Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill by corporate Democrats and the capitalist class, the stark contrast between the US handling of healthcare and the pandemic and Cuba's healthcare system, the violence that the US has exercised against Cuba, and the ongoing attempts by the US to destroy the Cuban revolution.

There is murder and mayhem in Haiti at the moment, but little news coverage. In contrast, the Western media would have us believe there is a huge upheaval in Cuba. Lots of people are working hard to make us view the rallies as anti-government protests, but have ignored the sea change in Latin America's attitude to the US' isolation of Cuba, with right-wing anti-Cuba regimes falling one by one. Gloria La Riva stood for president last year in the United States and got the best results for a socialist in 44 years. She joined Sputnik to discuss whether the Latin American ‘pink tide' is rolling in once again. One of the more predictable outcomes of Brexit is the shortage of labor in Britain in certain sectors. Millions of workers have come to the UK over the decades, mainly from East and Central Europe, usually to seek higher wages than they would have earned back home. Paradoxically, many have now returned home to better rates of pay. But what does their departure mean for Britain? With the backdrop of rotting fruit in the fields, empty shelves in the shops and, most importantly, a shortage of truckers on the motorways, we asked one of the ‘knights of the road,' Simon Evans, how the shortage is affecting British long-distance lorry drivers and the firms that employ them.

Cuba faces a new surge of attacks that can only be understood through the history of US regime change operations and the forces behind the "SOS Cuba" protests. Abby Martin is joined by Gloria La Riva to discuss.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by journalist and author Daniel Lazare to discuss the meeting of NATO nations taking place in Brussels, US President Joe Biden's insistence that the US has a “sacred obligation” to go to war on behalf of Europe, Turkey and Canada, and the new NATO statement labeling China a "systemic challenge” to the military alliance.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Asa Winstanley, investigative journalist and Associate editor with The Electronic Intifada, to discuss the swearing-in of new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Bennett's history of bragging about killing Arab people, and why the inclusion of an Arab party in the new coalition seems to have been driven mainly by political expediency.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gloria La Riva of the ANSWER Coalition to discuss her recent solidarity mission to Cuba, how the socialist island nation manufactured their own vaccines despite the US government's ongoing deadly economic blockade, and the international campaign to help Cubans import the 20 million syringes needed to administer the doses.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kalonji Jama Changa, an author, filmmaker, community organizer, co-host of the Renegade Culture podcast, co-founder of Black Power Media and founder of the FTP movement, to discuss how corporate media is using the national uptick in violent crime to drive a public push to “refund” the police, why Kamala Harris' aides and allies reportedly see her troubling comments regarding the southern border as part of a pattern, and the upcoming Verzuz battle between pioneering female rappers Eve and Trina.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gloria La Riva of the ANSWER Coalition to discuss her recent solidarity mission to Cuba, how the socialist island nation manufactured their own vaccines despite the US government's ongoing deadly economic blockade, and the international campaign to help Cubans import the 20 million syringes needed to administer the doses.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by BreakThrough News journalist Kei Pritsker to discuss the police execution of another unarmed Black man in the Minneapolis area Sunday afternoon, the subsequent crackdown and curfew Brooklyn Center police imposed on community members grieving for 20 year-old Daunte Wright, and how it all ties into the ongoing trial of Derek Chauvin in the notorious killing of George Floyd last year.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Leo Flores, Latin America Campaign Coordinator at CODEPINK, to discuss the loss of progressive economist Andres Arauz to right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso in Sunday's second-round presidential election in Ecuador, how the protest vote by Yaku Perez contributed to the demise of the left in the electoral contest, and how this development may impact the regional push for a second “pink wave.”In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gloria La Riva of the ANSWER Coalition to discuss the passing of former US Attorney General and lifelong human rights advocate Ramsey Clark, how Clark went from opposing injustice in the Jim Crow south on behalf of the US government to openly opposing the policies of the US government in Vietnam, and why his outspoken defense of those oppressed by imperialism and colonization led to constant demonization by corporate media.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Jared Ball, a father, husband, Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD, the curator of imixwhatilike.org and author of the book, “The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power,” to discuss the Brooklyn Center police department's attempt to excuse the execution of Daunte Wright as a mistake, Dr. Ball's recent back-and-forth with Atlanta-area rapper Killer Mike, and the limits of mainstream rhetoric around issues like reparations and potential labor unions for rap artists.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gloria La Riva of the ANSWER Coalition to discuss the passing of former US Attorney General and lifelong human rights advocate Ramsey Clark, how Clark went from opposing injustice in the Jim Crow south on behalf of the US government to openly opposing the policies of the US government in Vietnam, and why his outspoken defense of those oppressed by imperialism and colonization led to constant demonization by corporate media.

Gloria La Riva speaks on Radio Havana Cuba regarding the blockade against the Cuban people, and the caravans in 60 US cities that drove in solidarity with the caravans in Cuba demanding the lifting of the embargo that the US has inflicted upon Cuba for over half a century.

This is an excerpt from Gloria La Riva's discussion of her recent experiences being caught in the winter storms that have been devastating much of Texas, leaving many without shelter, water or electricity. She has started a GoFundMe to raise money to help some of the people she met while in a temporary shelter get back on their feet. Please read and give if you can: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-texas-shelter-friends-rebuild-their-lives?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet

According to a new Gallop poll, over 60 percent of those surveyed are dissatisfied with the two major political parties in the US. The country is divided politically, but the parties themselves are divided within. Add to this the fact that most voters don't belong to either party. Is it finally time to move on from this duopoly? CrossTalking with Gloria La Riva, Wes Benedict, and Craig Jardula.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gloria La Riva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, to discuss the conditions at a Houston-area shelter in Texas giving refuge to families seeking relief from the cold, the broad systemic failures exposed by the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the state, and how other organizations are stepping in to fill the gaps left by their absentee state and federal government.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Chris Smalls, labor activist, founder of The Congress Of Essential Workers, and host of the podcast “It's a Smalls World,” to discuss the ongoing struggle to unionize the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, the extensive efforts by management to combat the organization by workers, and what a successful unionization there would mean for similar efforts across the country and the globe. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by journalist, writer and researcher Denis Rogatyuk to discuss the latest in the contentious presidential election in Ecuador earlier this month, the rapid breakdown of the ostensible alliance between would-be runners-up Guillermo Lasso and Yaku Perez, and how the Organization of American States is attempting to influence the situation.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gloria La Riva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, to discuss the conditions at a Houston-area shelter in Texas giving refuge to families seeking relief from the cold, the broad systemic failures exposed by the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the state, and how other organizations are stepping in to fill the gaps left by their absentee state and federal government.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Abdushshahid Luqman, Executive Producer and co-host of Luqman Nation, to discuss Ted Cruz's trip to Cancun amid the devastating disaster unfolding in his home state, the rise of Rush Limbaugh, the significance of Trump's dismissal of Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell as a "dour, sullen, unsmiling political hack," and the crucial role of Donald Trump in uniting the reactionary segments which have come to form the core of the Republican base.

On the day before his inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he would propose that comprehensive legalization be proposed in Congress for undocumented immigrants. To explain this important issue, longtime Los Angeles-based immigrant rights leader and attorney Juan José Gutiérrez was interviewed by Gloria La Riva on January 20.

Listen to Gloria La Riva in this special recorded forum on the fascist insurrection Trump incited against Congress. Recorded live on 9 Jan 2021.

This is from a livestream we did recently with Gloria La Riva and Dr. Asatar Bair.   Join PSL (Party for Socialism and Liberation)here: https://www.pslweb.org/   Follow Dr. Asatar Bair on Twitter: @asatarbair Subscribe to his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClF9hmi-NQ1VA06_Xs1qe2A   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out.  If you have the ability, and you'd like to see the show grow, become a patron.  You get all the episodes early, there is bonus content from many of the shows, and we're creating patron only programing!    Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/BitterLakePresents   Also, please, like subscribe and follow us on the following platforms:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg   Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast   Twitter: TIRShowOakland   Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland  

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gloria La Riva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation to discuss the decisive victory of the coalition headed by the PSUV party of President Nicolas at Venezuela's legislative elections on Sunday, why the US government has been working to delegitimize the elections long before they'd taken place, and the impact of the results for working Venezuelans and their neighbors throughout the region.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Chris Smalls, labor activist and Founder of The Congress of Essential Workers, to discuss the new international wave of Amazon workers holding protests against their workplace conditions, his own alarming experience at the hands of the corporate behemoth's management, and why Smalls is now suing Amazon on behalf of himself and many other workers he says faced retribution for organizing their coworkers.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gloria La Riva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation to discuss the decisive victory of the coalition headed by the PSUV party of President Nicolas at Venezuela's legislative elections on Sunday, why the US government has been working to delegitimize the elections long before they'd taken place, and the impact of the results for working Venezuelans and their neighbors throughout the region.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by journalist Michael Fox to discuss his new podcast “Brazil on Fire,” how corporate media has consistently misportrayed the results of Brazil's recent municipal elections, and why the appointment of Lava Jato judge and former Bolsonaro administration Justice Minister Sergio Moro to Director of consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal is raising so many eyebrows.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brianna Griffith, producer and host of People's Republic Radio, to discuss the new comments by President-elect Joe Biden suggesting that he won't demand too many concessions from Republicans because he doesn't want to "embarrass" Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, why ruling class calls for 'unity' ring so hollow to so many working people, the political priorities reflected by the policies of socialist governments (like that of Vietnam) and capitalist governments (like that of the US) in addressing the COVID-19 crisis, and the public backlash to Austin Mayor Steve Adler'sinsistence that his constituents "stay at home" from his timeshare in Mexico.

Gloria La Riva, presidential candidate for the Party for Socialism and Liberation, speaks on a range of political issues in Dallas on Monday, October 26.

Gloria La Riva, presidential candidate for the Party for Socialism and Liberation, speaks on a range of political issues in Dallas on Monday, October 26.

Gloria La Riva outlines the aims of her third-party US presidential campaign bid, covering a range of issues that place her campaign in principled opposition to both Democratic and Republican pledges. La Riva 2020 campaign: HERESupport Radical Reflections: HEREEnd Music: Irish Goodbyes; Good Friend

Corporate media may do their best to vote-shame or silence third party candidates and movements but Howie Hawkins, presidential candidate for the Green Party USA, and Gloria La Riva, presidential candidate for the Party for Socialism and Liberation are speaking loud and clear. We host a forum with these two candidates excluded from the "debates."  Plus headlines on Trump and Biden; Protests in DC Over Police-Involved Death of Karon Hylton; DC Council Elections and the DC "Decriminalize Nature" Initiative 81; International and Environmental Round-up and This Week in History. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!

En este episodio hablamos sobre el Partido Socialista y Liberación: Gloria La Riva. Hija de inmigrantes mexicanos, por cuatro décadas activista socialista, dirigente sindical reciente jubilada, y candidata para la presidencia de los estados unidos.  Creemos en la expropiación de los medios de producción, de la riqueza del país para proveer para el pueblo, para garantizar trabajo o ingreso para la gente que no puede trabajar; salud gratis; educación gratis; vivienda; debe haber democracia real; derechos plenos para los inmigrantes indocumentados; creemos que es inevitable el socialismo.Gloria La Riva Hablamos de qué es el Partido Socialista y Liberación, su crecimiento, desarrollo y estado actual en los Estados Unidos. De cómo se mueven en el contexto político del país, candidaturas locales y al congreso. También nos compartió su opinión de Bernie Sanders, del movimiento Black Lives Matters. Y sobre cómo es ser una candidata mujer latina en Estados Unidos. Los Estados Unidos tiene el sistema electoral fuertemente restringido. El sistema es para los demócratas y republicanos. No tenemos nada como lo que tienen en algunos países en europa o de representación proporcional. Está totalmente controlado por los demócratas y republicanos.Gloria La Riva Tenemos otro episodio en el que hablamos de medidas socialistas, específicamente de derechos laborales aquí: Derechos Laborales en Estados Unidos Estas fueron algunas de las preguntas que le hicimos sobre el Partido Socialista y Liberación: Muchas de las políticas que mencionas son parecidas a las de Bernie Sanders, ¿Qué piensas de él?¿Tienen candidaturas a posiciones más bajas? Sin duda todas las revoluciones históricas han sido gente movilizándose pero, ¿Cómo se refleja eso en cambios que impactan a las personas? Movimiento Black Lives Matter En el debate Trump dijo: “Las condiciones de los inmigrantes detenidos por ICE eran muy buenas”, ¿Qué piensas de eso? Ser candidata presidenta mujer y latina en EEUU¿Crees que la educación en Estados Unidos tiene oportunidades para mejorar?

These are excerpts from Gloria La Riva's answers at the Third 2020 Open Presidential Debate. Listen to Gloria elucidate the PSL's socialist platform in comparison with other third parties. Topics include abolishing the supreme court and anti-democratic electoral systems, the limits of reforms like UBI and breaking up big companies like Facebook, and most of all, the necessity for a new system that replaces the fundamentally and undeniably broken system of capitalism. For more information visit: https://www.lariva2020.org

In this segment Sean Blacmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gloria La Riva, 2020 Presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation to discuss the need for a platform that speaks to people's needs, how the two major parties ignore these to preserve capitalism and how important it is to build a movement that addresses major issues beyond what happens on Election Day.

On this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blacmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gloria La Riva, 2020 Presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation to discuss the need for a platform that speaks to people's needs, how the two major parties ignore these to preserve capitalism and how important it is to build a movement that addresses major issues beyond what happens on Election Day.In the second segment Sean and Jacquie are joined by joined by Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear to discuss the US and Russia governments negotiating the New START nuclear treaty, how fragile nuclear peace is at the moment and how past US presidents like Barack Obama have harmed the nuclear peace process.Jacquie and Sean are joined in the third segment by Patricia Lokwa Servant, host of the "CongoLive!" radio show and the founder of Congo Love to discuss Congo Week, the lasting legacy of imperialism, colonialism and genocide in the Congo, onlging protests against police brutality in Nigeria and the importance of linking justice movements on the African continent and the US.In the final segment Sean and Jacquie are joined by are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, and author of the new book "The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century” to discuss the upcoming presidential debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, lessons from the recent Bolivia election, the impact of coronavirus on the arts and the most recent attack on the 1619 Project.

Today on AirTalk, we discuss the global and historical impact of Pope Francis's endorsement of same-sex civil unions. Also on the show, we talk to LAPD chief Michel Moore about the latest news relating to his department; speak with Peace and Freedom presidential candidate Gloria La Riva; and more.

Tonight’s debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was testament to how little choice voters truly have in this so-called democracy. Gloria La Riva and Sunil Freeman are running in the presidential election to give voters a real alternative -- one that stands for the rights of the working class and in opposition to war, racism and the destruction of the environment. On these existential issues of our time and so many others, Trump and Biden have more in common than they pretend. Neither have a program to meet the scale of these crises — and under either one, they will only deepen. One major theme of the debate was taxes, with Joe Biden posturing as the champion of “the middle class” by favorably comparing his own personal tax payments with Trump’s. Of course it is an outrage that someone as fabulously wealthy as Donald Trump paid virtually nothing in taxes for years. But it is also a common practice among the elite that rules this country. Notably, one of the key ways that the ultra-rich and their corporations evade taxes is by setting up a shell headquarters in Delaware, a state with no corporate income tax. Joe Biden served as the Senator from Delaware for 36 years, becoming by far the most powerful man in the state’s politics. During these decades, Biden was silent on the issue. Couple that with his record of voting to gut social programs, embracing anti-worker free trade agreements and shielding the big banks from accountability for the 2008 financial crash -- Biden’s sudden change of heart about tax evasion by the wealthy is a display of utter hypocrisy and cannot be taken seriously. We condemn Donald Trump’s racist attacks on the Black Lives Matter movement and his attempts to portray the righteous uprising as mindless violence and rioting. Gloria La Riva, Sunil Freeman and the entire PSL have been in the streets all summer as proud participants in the movement. But we cannot forget Joe Biden’s record either. Biden was a principal architect of mass incarceration through his authorship of the draconian 1994 crime bill, which he justified with rhetoric demonizing Black youth. Biden launched his political career as an avowed opponent of school desegregation and has repeatedly, publicly praised Senators who were among the most notorious defenders of Jim Crow apartheid -- Strom Thurmond, James Eastland and Herman Talmadge. Neither candidate is willing to even consider the type of dramatic action that needs to be taken to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic and associated economic crisis. The PSL’s La Riva/Freeman campaign demands the immediate cancellation of rent and mortgage payments with no accumulation of debt, full replacement of all unemployed workers’ incomes, free healthcare for all and international cooperation to develop a vaccine. The Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman ticket stands for a new system — socialism — where the working class and oppressed hold economic and political power, and the needs of the people and the planet are planned for and guaranteed. Find out more: https://www.lariva2020.org/

Urgent! On Sep 17 Denver police arrested several anti-racist organizers, 4 of which are members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Support their legal aid and support campaign: http://www.pslweb.org/donate4denver Sign the petition to drop all charges: http://www.pslweb.org/dropthecharges

Whether it was the fight against fracking, corporate power or NATO, nationally known activist Kevin Zeese always fought for the people and for peace. We hear from Kevin in his own words. And more on alternative voices in the 2020 national elections. We follow up with Nick Brana of the Movement for a People's Party. We also follow Gloria La Riva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation as she and her team advocate for ignored survivors of Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Also, Gerald Horne on Sept. 11. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!

Channelling enthusiasm for a #GeneralStrike with Kooper Caraway, President of the South Dakota Federation of Labor. PSL Presidential candidate Gloria La Riva joins us to talk about the campaign.Trump admin wants to improve “customer service” in national forests for oil and gas companies. 

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, and author of the new book "The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century," to commemorate the hundred-year anniversary of the UNIA's adoption of the red, black, and green Pan-African flag, Marcus Garvey's role in the construction of the broader Pan-African movement in the early 20th century, and the historical development of Black nationalism in the US.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by technologist Chris Garaffa to talk about the "dark patterns" that tech giants use to manipulate users into giving away more of their information and a recent vulnerability in Amazon's Alexa device which allowed hackers to access user data. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gloria La Riva of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee and the ANSWER Coalition to commemorate the late revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on his 94th birthday, discuss why Cubans feel such a powerful bond to their longtime leader, and talk about the important historical links between the anti-imperial struggle in Cuba and the fight for Black liberation in the US and Africa.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, and author of the new book, “Political Suicide: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party,” to discuss the political motivations behind the Democrats' selection of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's VP pick, why the Democratic Party establishment seems to prefer "identity politics" to policies of real economic and racial liberation, and her many reactionary positions and statements which are giving pause to so many progressive voters.

In this the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gloria La Riva of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee and the ANSWER Coalition to commemorate the late revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on his 94th birthday, discuss Castro's support for US political prisoners, why Cubans feel such a powerful bond to their longtime leader, and talk about the important historical links between the anti-imperial struggle in Cuba and the fight for Black liberation in the US and Africa.

A lot to talk about this week as Dawn and Karleigh update listeners on the lawsuit against Idaho's HB500, the conferences canceling college football, misgendering attacks against PA Health Secy. Rachel Levine, the WNBA getting political in a U.S. Senate race, William Shatner's rant against being labeled cis and we review episode 1 of Star Trek: Lower Decks. A note to listeners: we recorded a discussion of who Joe Biden should pick as his running mate, but it seemed dated to include since he chose Kamala Harris, and not Brynn Tannehill, Gloria La Riva or Karleigh Chardonnay Webb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Gadfly, y'all! This week, we are talking about one of the founding fathers of the Green Party himself, this year's 2020 Presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.Join us as we discuss undergraduate foreign language requirements, the various nicknames of the city of Syracuse, and invent the newest male-centric synonym for the Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

The U.S. ruling class has perpetuated the myth that it is the greatest country. Suddenly, that myth is now being wiped out in the blink of an eye. Hear PSL leaders speak on building a socialist working-class party in the U.S. from a recent livestream.

People are seeing the starkness and brutality of this capitalist system. In this country, our healthcare is tied to our jobs. We say, free healthcare for all. Gloria La Riva, PSL 2020 Presidential Candidate This is a segment from our livestream featuring leaders from the Party for Socialism and Liberation on the coronavirus, capitalism and the class struggle.

If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon page for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!! On this episode, Kumars and Roqayah speak with Eugene Puryear. Eugene is an organizer and founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation or PSL, and is on the editorial board of Liberation News, a biweekly publication of the PSL. He ran for Vice President alongside Presidential candidate Gloria La Riva under the PSL banner in both 2008 and 2016. He is the author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, and host of By Any Means Necessary on Radio Sputnik. We ask Eugene how he got involved with organizing and how he found himself working with the PSL. We find out more about the PSL, their history, mission, and organizational philosophy, as well as the split between PSL and the Workers' World Party. Eugene gives us his critiques of Bernie Sanders, democratic socialism, and working within the Democratic party, while acknowledging the benefits of the Sanders campaign for the American socialist project. We discuss PSL's electoral politics strategy, both its strengths and limitations. We also talk about the concept of "lesser evilism" and Eugene's vision for what socialism means today. You can follow Eugene on twitter at @EugenePuryear and check out his writings over at Liberation News.

For decades, groups based in Miami, Florida have launched literally hundreds of terrorist attacks against the Cuban people and Cuban Nationals. These include bombings, assassinations, and particularly boatloads of weapons sent to Cuba to be used against its citizens. It is estimated that at least 3,478 people have died, and 2,009 have been injured as a direct result of these acts of terrorism. [3] The Cuban government, quite reasonably, sought to thwart such attacks. Five Cuban Intelligence officers: Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González were dispatched to infiltrate and monitor these Miami-based groups to protect their countrymen. They did succeed in uncovering some of these plots. On September 12, 1998, these men were arrested and indicted on a charge of Espionage Conspiracy. [4] They were sentenced to lengthy prison sentences including 17 months in solitary confinement! Supporters of the Five argue that the trial which indicted the men was fundamentally unfair, that they have been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment and that the prosecution was politically motivated. Two of the Five,  Fernando Gonzalez, and René Gonzalez have been freed, but the other three remain locked up. One of the men, Gerardo Hernandez, faces TWO life sentences plus a fifteen year sentence on top of that. In this episode of the Global Research News Hour, special guest interviewer Lesley Hughes interviews Gloria La Riva, an organizer with the National Committee to Free the Five (quoted above) and the first of the five to be freed, René González. President Obama, YES YOU CAN free the Cuban Five! People wishing to get involved in current and ongoing solidarity efforts to free the Cuban Five, or who merely wish for more background are encouraged to visit the following sites: www.freethefive.org www.theCubanFive.org There are also two important books on the subject:  Letters of Love and Hope: The Story of the Cuban Five with an Introduction by Alice Walker [5] What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five by Stephen Kimber [6]