Podcast appearances and mentions of Margaret Flowers

Whether its wildfire smoke, rage at the for-profit heath care, or murder of doctors and nurses in Gaza, the issue of healthcare and health are much in the news. We speak to Dr. Margaret Flowers. And Maryland residents want state lawmakers to stop using their tax dollars to fund a center supporting Israeli weapons producers. Plus headlines on Doctors Against Genocide on Capitol Hill, Gerald Horne on January 6, and more.... 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. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you! “On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital” gives a voice to the voiceless 99 percent at the heart of American empire. The award-winning, weekly hour, produced and hosted by Esther Iverem, covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues, with a special emphasis on militarization and war, the police state, the corporate state, environmental justice and the left edge of culture and media. The show is heard on three dozen stations across the United States, on podcast, and is archived on the world wide web at https://onthegroundshow.org/  Please support us on Patreon or Paypal. Links for all ways to support are on our website or at Esther Iverem's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/esther_iverem  

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Veterans for Peace Radio Hour and Podcast are real fans of Margaret Flowers's Pod Cast Clearing the Fog. When we saw that Margaret was interviewing Ann Wright, VFP Icon, we just had to share. Margaret Interviews Ann about the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, the project to try to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza and provide the occupied Palestinian populace with much-needed supplies and a little hope. Ann talks about the ruthless and often deadly Israeli policy toward the Palestinian public in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Ann talks about the efforts of the flotilla, the violent response by Israel, and the purposeful ignorance of the US Government. To hear the whole interview go to popularresistance.org and look for Clearing the Fog!

The Leroy High School Lady Bears are the 2022 Class 1A Area 3 Champions and were to play October 19 at 12:45 p.m. against Billingsley High School at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. Pictured, top row, left to right: Principal Craig White, Kayley Weaver, Campbell Newell, Emma Jones, Maddie Everett, Margaret Flowers, Taylor Mauldin, Abbey Davidson, Hannah Howard and Madison Blackledge. Front row, left to right: Anna Pearce, Macie Blackledge, Mariah Barnes, Beth Mitchell (Head Coach), Kay Kay Guy and Gracie Mitchell.Article Link

A key policy with majoritarian support among voters that has been abandoned by the Democrats is Medicare for All. But how does Green policy differ from that of progressive Democrats? Learn from the author of the Hawkins/Walker health plan where Greens should be on this key issue in 2022. Presented on May 22, 2022 Presented by Dr. Margaret Flowers This workshop is part of the Green Socialist Organizing Project's 2022 Campaign Training Series. Watch past workshops and register for future ones at https://greensocialist.net/campaign-trainings/

In the first half-hour of this week's program, Mickey's talks to author and professor Valena Beety and veteran investigative journalist Geoff Davidian about the widespread problem of wrongful criminal convictions and the obstacles that both legal investigators and journalists encounter when they try to uncover information. Then in the second half of the program, Eleanor Goldfield speaks with long-time single-payer advocate Dr. Margaret Flowers about prospects for universal health care in the U.S. today. Notes: Valena Beety teaches law at Arizona State University, and previously worked at Innocence Projects in two states (Mississippi and West Virginia). Geoff Davidian is a reporter with over 40 years' experience, including at the Milwaukee Journal, Arizona Republic, and Houston Chronicle. Margaret Flowers is a retired pediatrician and a long-time advocate for universal single-payer health coverage. She's a member of the steering committee for HealthOverProfit.org, a group that campaigns for "a national improved Medicare for All healthcare system."

Dr. Margaret Flowers podcaster author, candidate, activist, and pediatrician joins the show to discuss US/Nato, Russia/Ukraine, mainstream media/American ignorance, the potential of nuclear war, and more. Margaret points out the mistakes the US has made and is making with regard to the Russia/Ukraine war. She also points out the fog of misinformation coming out of Ukraine and the manipulation by the US media and their complicity in the escalation of the war.

In follow up to a two-hour webinar hosted by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) with Scott Ritter, a former weapons inspector who blew the whistle on the lack of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq, Clearing the FOG continues the conversation on Ukraine. Ritter delves into how Nazis went from being a fringe group in Ukraine to being mainstreamed and treated as heroes. He explains the ways the conflict in Ukraine has ended the United States' era of being a sole dominant global power and has exposed the weaknesses of both the US and NATO militaries. Ritter states that if the current conflict escalates to a nuclear war, it will mean the end of human civilization. Watch the original webinar, co-hosted by Margaret Flowers and Joe Lombardo here. For more information, go to PopularResistance.org.

Caleb Maupin, journalist and political analyst, joins us to wrap up the important stories for the week. Police in Canada have begun arresting anti-mandate protesters. Also, we discuss the failed Russian invasion claims and the US media's greatest misses. Jack Rasmus, professor in economics and politics at St. Mary's College in California, joins us to discuss the economic stories for the week. The end of pandemic economic measures is having a dramatic effect on child poverty. Also, we discuss the latest problems in the stock market, as well as the inflation outlook for the coming year.Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, joins us to discuss the NATO crisis. The Russian invasion seems to have either been canceled or was never planned. Also, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken admits that he has no clue why Russia would invade Ukraine, and the Pentagon is set to get another raise in its 2023 budget.Dr. Colin Campbell, a Washington, DC, news correspondent, and Margaret Flowers, pediatrician and health reform activist, join us to discuss this week's stories. The Supreme Court nomination may be impeded by Congressional infighting. Also, we discuss the bloated Pentagon budget, the spike in child poverty, and fake Russian invasion claims.Niko House, political activist, independent journalist and podcaster, and Jim Kavanagh, writer at thepolemicist.net & CounterPunch and the author of "Danger to Society: Against Vaccine Passports," come together to talk politics. The John Durham investigation has turned up credible evidence that the Clinton campaign paid operatives to spy on the office of the former president. Also, we discuss Nord Stream 2 and the US war on its own citizens with domestic terrorism laws.

Caleb Maupin, journalist and political analyst, joins us to discuss this week's important news stories. Russia worked with other nations to convince Ukraine to uphold the Donbass ceasefire. Also, the Pentagon claims that it will work to reduce civilian casualties, and the crash of an F35C in the South China Sea is a further indication of an extremely flawed aircraft.Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor in economics and politics at St. Mary's College in California, joins us to discuss the economy. A bridge in Pittsburgh has collapsed on the same day President Biden is scheduled to give an infrastructure speech. Also, the Federal Reserve is hinting at a possible increase in interest rates.Professor Nicolai Petro, professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island specializing in Ukraine and Russia, joins us to discuss the NATO crisis. Russia is contemplating its reaction as the US and NATO have ignored its security demands. Also, the US empire is caught in an economic, military, and ethnic quagmire in Ukraine.Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and Dan Lazare, investigative journalist and author of "America's Undeclared War," join us to discuss international security concerns. The Kremlin has stated that the US empire shrugged off their security demands. Also, Congressional Democrats are pushing a new sanctions bill that could cause major diplomatic problems in both the EU and Europe, Russia has met with Ukraine and several European powers to enforce the Donbass ceasefire of 2014, and Julian Assange has been allowed to challenge his extradition.Margaret Flowers, pediatrician and health reform activist, and Dr. Emmit Riley, political scientist and assistant professor of Africana Studies at DePauw University, join us to discuss this week's important stories. Democrats and Republicans prepare for war in the Senate as Biden prepares to announce his SCOTUS nominee. Also, a judge has blocked President Biden's oil lease plan for the Gulf of Mexico, and Mississippi fights over critical race theory.

Witness Against Torture Rallies at the White House to Mark 20 Years of Torture at the U.S. Guantanamo Detention Center... The U.S. Continues to Fail at Covid... OathKeepers Charged With Sedition for Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S.Capitol... Chantal James Critically Acclaimed Debut Novel... ' Plus More Headlines: DC Substitute Teachers Protest for Better Wages and Work Conditions... Supreme Court Sinks Biden's Covid Plan... Sinema and Manchin Still Won't Eliminate Jim Crow Filibuster... 80 Groups and MLK Family Plan Voting Rights March for Jan 17 in DC... With Dr. Margaret Flowers, Witness Against Torture, Chantal James, Marty Walsh and Jacqueline Pogue Lyons and more. CORRECTION: On this show we incorrectly identified the source of this quote referring to the Supreme Court striking down President Biden's covid mandate: "After letting Texas's blatantly unconstitutional abortion ban remain in effect, the Republican justices have now swept into action to kneecap the Biden administration's common-sense public health measure." The statement was made by Brian Fallon, executive director of Demand Justice, not by the dissenting justices. We regret the error and always strive to be accurate. 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. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!  

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign to discuss a backdoor scheme to privatize Medicare through direct contract entities which increase the hold of private equity and private insurance firms on the program, how this program exposes the fundamental cruelty of the for-profit health care system, and how we can fight back against this privatization scheme.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Chris Smalls, President of the Amazon Labor Union, founder of The Congress Of Essential Workers, and host of the podcast “It's a Smalls World,” to discuss a recent settlement reached between the National Labor Relations Board and Amazon over its worker organization repression tacticas, what this means for organizing drives in Bessemer and Staten Island, and recent deaths at Amazon warehouses all over the country and Amazon's complicity in those deaths.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign to discuss a backdoor scheme to privatize medicare through direct contract entities which increase the hold of private equity and private insurance firms on the program, how this program exposes the fundamental cruelty of the for-profit health care system, and how we can fight back against this privatization scheme.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by technologist Chris Garaffa, the editor of TechforthePeople.org to discuss some of the biggest tech stories of the year, including the leaked Facebook documents outlining how toxic the platform is for all users and especially for teens and pre-teens, the increase in surveillance of workers by their employers as working from home continued during the ongoing pandemic and the violations of privacy that it entailed, the collaboration between the Ring home security system and local police departments, and the organizing of Apple retail employees and other tech employees this year.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kamau Franklin, Founder and Board President of Community Movement Builders in Atlanta and Co-host of the Renegade Culture podcast to discuss the Los Angeles Police Department killing a 14-year-old girl with a stray bullet, what this situation demonstrates about police terror and abolition, the inexplicable order from the CDC cutting the time for isolation after infection with COVID-19 in half and the Biden administration's deference to capital in its response to the pandemic, and the elevation of people like Charlamagne Tha God and other celebrities, comedians, and musicians as the Black community's connection to politics.

From a 2017 broadcast, KSPH member Harriette Seiler interviews the late Tom Moffet; Dr. Margaret Flowers recently interviews KSPH chairperson Kay Tillow regarding Wall Street efforts to privatize our Medicare program.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance and Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign to discuss the emergence of the omicron variant of COVID-19 and the Biden administration's disastrous response to the pandemic, the absurdity of the US imposing travel bans on southern African countries for reporting the variant, and the profit that pharmaceutical companies can gain from new variants and the prolonging of the pandemic.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Taminisha John, professor at Clark Atlanta University and Caribbean regional analyst to discuss Barbados declaring itself a republic and removing the Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, the casting off of a colonial relationship that this declaration represents, the brutal legacy of sugar plantation slavery that Britain brought to the island, and the potential effects of the declaration. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by technologist Chris Garaffa, the editor of TechforthePeople.org to discuss the privacy risks of smart gifts as we head into the holiday season, the threat of SMS phishing attacks and how to spot them, Amazon's failure to protect customer data and its long record of leaving massive amounts of data unprotected, and the necessity of a united effort to protect privacy.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Chair of the Social Justice Committee of Macedonia Baptist Church in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss the struggle against desecration of an African cemetery in Bethesda, Maryland and the legacy of slavery in the capitalist system, how the horrors of slavery reverberate today in problems like gentrification, the importance of language in talking about enslavbed Africans, and the erasure and rediscovery of slavery and Moses cemetery in Bethesda.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance and Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign to discuss the emergence of the omicron variant of COVID-19 and the Biden administration's disastrous response to the pandemic, the absurdity of the US imposing travel bans on southern African countries for reporting the variant, and the profit that pharmaceutical companies can gain from new variants and the prolonging of the pandemic.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign to discuss health insurance companies ending out of pocket cost waivers for people treated by COVID-19 in the middle of the pandemic, how this might exacerbate the pandemic as we head into the winter and other rollbacks on public health measures under the Biden administration, and the importance of an organized effort to fight for the interests of people who need medical access instead of believing the lip service of politicians.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by John Kiriakou, Sputnik News correspondent to discuss Daniel Hale's absurd incarceration in a maximum security facility despite a suggestion to send him to a low-security prison that would have provided mental health treatment to him, the deeply isolating nature of the facility where Hale will be incarcerated, and the weaponization and inhumanity of solitary confinement, and the bipartisan nature of cracking down on whistleblowers.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brian Mier, co-editor of Brasil Wire and author of Year of Lead: Washington, Wall Street and the New Imperialism in Brazil to discuss a recent report detailing the severe malpractice and mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic by the government of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, what political implications this may have on Bolsonaro's support going into the next presidential election, and the killing of Leuvis Manuel Olivero.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Richard Becker, author of “Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire” to discuss the anniversary of the assassination of Muammar Gaddafi and the toppling of his government in Libya, why Libya posed a threat to US imperialism and the demonization of Gaddafi in the run up to the war, the history of NATO and its role as the enforcer of imperialism, and hunger strikes in protest of mass incarceration in Palestine.

This week on CODEPINK radio we'll be discussing the sanctions on Venezuela. In the first segment Teri Mattson and Margaret Flowers interview William Castilo, Venezuela's Vice Minister for Anti-Blockade Policies, about the devastating economic war. In the second half of the program, Teri interviews Venezuelan Vice Minister Yvan Gil about $2 billion in Venezuelan funds currently being frozen by Portuguese bank Novo Banco - money that would otherwise be spent on healthcare for Venezuelans.

Marjorie Cohn, professor of law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, joins us to discuss Afghanistan. Professor Cohn has written an extensive article in which she posits that the exit of troops from Afghanistan is not an end to the conflict. She argues that the Biden administration will continue the violence using illegal drone warfare.Nick Davies, peace activist and author of "Blood on Our Hands: The American Invasion of Iraq," joins us to discuss Pentagon spending. Corruption in Congress glares as investigative reporters have determined that many of the House members who strongly support increased Pentagon spending are receiving large donations from weapons manufacturers. Also, is the Democratic party hamstrung by its right-wing or are they used as foils to intentionally kill progressive legislation?George Koo, journalist, social activist, international business consultant, and chemical engineer, joins us to discuss China. As the Chinese real estate giant Evergrande faces fiscal challenges, the Chinese government looks at the US using housing as a speculatory vehicle for profit and decides to move in a different direction. We discuss economist Michael Hudson's interview on this subject.Margaret Flowers, pediatrician, health reform activist, and co-director at Popular Resistance, joins us to discuss the murder rate increase. The US pandemic disaster has also precipitated a dramatic increase in crime. The homeland of the US empire is experiencing a nearly 30 percent increase in violent crime.Jack Rasmus, professor in economics and politics at St. Mary's College in California, joins us to discuss the two fiscal bills in the US Congress. There appears to be a pitched partisan congressional battle over the two major fiscal bills in Congress. However, Dr. Rasmus argues that the fiscal battle in Congress is really between the corporate wing of the Democrats and the wing that sees the passage of both bills in their current form as necessary to ensure a sustained economic recovery.Nino Pagliccia, activist and writer, joins us to discuss the Global South. The US Empire puppets of the Juan Guaido's "Popular Will" party have plundered hundreds of millions of dollars in Venezuela's foreign assets. This discussion is happening in light of the US client state Colombia's announcement that they will steal Venezuela's PDVSA assets in their nation.Michelle Witte, co-host of Political Misfits, joins us to discuss German elections. Michelle joins us from Germany, where she is covering the results of the German elections. There is much wrangling over the Nord Stream 2 project, as anti-Russia forces move to block it, but fuel prices are skyrocketing. Will the government act to smite the Russians even though the business and working people will suffer?Ajamu Baraka, 2016 US vice presidential candidate for the Green Party, joins us to discuss the US empire. Our guest joins us to discuss the possible decline of the US empire. As other world powers such as Russia and China are rising, the US still maintains significant economic and military horsepower. However, the ballooning debt and internal divisiveness may point to a precipitous decrease in US hegemonic aspiration.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign to discuss how the US healthcare system, evictions, and the end of unemployment assistance are contributing to the surge in COVID-19 cases, the increase in COVID-19 in children likely fueled by reopening of schools, how socialist countries are handling the pandemic despite economic warfare from imperialist powers, and the legacy of Kevin Zeese.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign to discuss how the US healthcare system, evictions, and the end of unemployment assistance are contributing to the surge in COVID-19 cases, the increase in COVID-19 in children likely fueled by reopening of schools, how socialist countries are handling the pandemic despite economic warfare from imperialist powers, and the legacy of Kevin Zeese.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brandon, an organizer in Houston, Texas to discuss new voting restrictions in Texas that target working class voters in urban areas, the limited prospects of overturning the law, and the importance of a working class movement to combat this law and the broader trend of draconian laws targeting working and poor people emerging in many parts of the US.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie discuss accusations of sexual abuse and child sex traffiking brought against Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation, the pervasive and longstanding rumors of Bambaata's abuse of children and its indictment of celebrity culture, the potential end of Britney Spears's conservatorship, and how capitalist society contributes to the abuse and sexualization of children by treating them as property.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie discuss the fatalism and lethargy that dealing with capitalist crises conjures and how organizing is the way out of that, how white supremacy is driven by capitalism, and the upcoming prequel to The Sopranos.

Ted Rall, award-winning political cartoonist, columnist, and author, talks to us about New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio planning to institute a covid vaccination mandate for certain indoor activities, the New York Attorney General report into sexual harassment accusations levied against Governor Andrew Cuomo, and whether his political career will survive after President Biden asked for his resignation. We also talk about Shontel Brown defeating Nina Turner in the special primary election for Ohio's 11th Congressional District after a deluge of money from centrist and conservative democrats flooded the race with negative ads against Turner. Chris Garaffa, web developer, technologist, security and privacy consultant, talks to us about the case of Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, who was ousted from his position after data collected by the hookup app Grindr was released to the public, how data collection is built into many apps, which is in turn sold to data brokers, and how privacy protections have proven to be easy to sidestep because of the huge market for personal data. We also talk about Jeff Bezos' efforts to secure a Moon lander contract for his Blue Origin company ending in failure, and the relationship between mega corporations and government agencies. Margaret Flowers, medical doctor, co-director of Popular Resistance and a member of the steering committee of HOPE - Health Over Profit, an organization working to achieve a national improved Medicare for All healthcare system, talks to us about the extension of the eviction moratorium until October after much hand-wringing by Democrats, and whether it will be a solution to the impending housing crisis and not just a temporary band-aid. Justin Williams, co-host of Redspin Sports, and Karleigh Webb, journalist, videographer and anti-imperialist, labor & trans rights organizer with the PSL in Connecticut, talk to us about a revealing report that the NCAA's financial dependence on its Division I men's basketball tournament has long fueled gender inequity in college sports, a Canadian midfielder becoming the first out transgender, non-binary athlete to win an Olympic medal, and Novak Djokovic's olympic meltdown.

Six independent experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council advised that "hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could die" as a result of illegal U.S. sanctions imposed on Venezuela and its state-owned oil company.Caleb Maupin, journalist and political analyst, joins us to discuss the week's events. Earlier this week, The UN-appointed human rights experts advised that U.S. sanctions have a devastating effect on a program, run by the Simón Bolívar Foundation, that helped cancer patients travel abroad for transplants and other treatments. According to reports, "hundreds of these patients used to be linked to a national transplant program with the Venezuelan government, but their treatment was discontinued" because of U.S. sanctions.Linwood Tauheed, associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, joins us to talk about the economy. Unemployment claims jumped after GOP-led states cut off Federal jobless aid and a new Biden administration program was announced that would allow borrowers with loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration and other federal agencies to extend the length of their mortgages, locking in lower monthly principal and interest payments.Dr. Yolandra Hancock, board-certified pediatrician and obesity medicine specialist, joins Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi, professor of Medicine at GW University Hospital and founding director at Rodham Institute at George Washington University, to discuss covid. The CDC warns that this is a "pivotal moment" in the fight against the delta variant.Niko House, political activist, independent journalist, and podcaster joins Dr. Colin Campbell, DC Senior News Correspondent, on a panel to discuss the week's events. Our guests talk about Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez going "full neocon'' on Cuba and Haiti positions. They also discuss the US life expectancy falling by 1.5 years in 2020, the biggest decline in generations.Margaret Flowers, pediatrician, health reform activist and co-director at Popular Resistance, joins Gary Flowers, radio talk show host and public policy analyst, for our final news panel. Topics include Haiti, unemployment, and President Biden's recent town hall.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space to discuss billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson taking trips to space, the likelihood of a space tourism and colonization industry emerging out of this, and how commercialized casual space travel can exacerbate climate change.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie or joined by Zoe Pepper-Cunningham, a journalist with People's Dispatch to discuss Pedro Castillo being declared the next President of Peru more than a month after elections, what this could portend for his far-right opponent Keiko Fujimori and what a socialist government in Peru means for the politics of the Latin American region.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance, Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, and host of the Clearing The Fog podcast to discuss the upcoming national marches for Medicare For All, the role the US response to the pandemic has played in exposing the need for M4A, how politicians' push for the COVID-19 vaccine to save lives reveals the hypocrisy in other life-saving medications like insulin not being free and available to all, and the vaccine apartheid that the US has also contributed to the worsened an already deadly pandemic but reflects the true capitalist values of the US healthcare system.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Executive Director of One People's Project to discuss the DEA agent charged in the Jan 6 fascist attack and the larger question the fascists and racists in law enforcement, whether the Congressional panel will accomplish that kind of accountability that it claims to pursue, the root of ongoing community violence in American cities, and how reactionary forces co-opting radical left language highlights the need for real revolutionary political education.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Sean Blackmon is joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance and Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, to discuss the steps being taken across the globe to prevent the spread of the highly-contagious Covid-19 delta variant, how US sanctions blocking the sale of vaccines to economically-besieged countries are facilitating the spread of the virus, and the lack of daylight between the Trump and Biden administration's handling of the pandemic.In the second segment, Sean is joined by Jane Hirschmann, an author, psychotherapist and longtime organizer for justice, a co-chair of Freedom2Boycott NYS Coalition and co-founder of Jews Say No!, to discuss her recent article, “Germany Gave My Family Reparations. Palestinians Deserve the Same From Israel,” ongoing Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes and businesses in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, and the White House reception US President Joe Biden is expected to roll out for incoming Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.In the third segment, Sean is joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People, for another edition of our new weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss the Big Tech influence peddlers swarming lawmakers in DC amid the push to regulate the industry, the new device police departments across the country are using to crack iPhones, and a decision by the US Supreme Court limiting how the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act can be used when prosecuting whistleblowers.Later in the show, Sean is joined by Eleanor Goldfield, a creative activist, journalist, and co-host of the Common Censored podcast with Lee Camp, to discuss US President Joe Biden's announcement that he plans to visit the site of the deadly condo collapse in Miami which left 10 people dead and 150 residents still unaccounted for, the retaliatory attacks by popular militias in Iraq and Syria in the wake of the US military's airstrikes on those countries, and a new opinion poll by Axios showing Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with capitalism and a growing number view socialism favorably.

Richard Sneed, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, talks to us about news that Department of the Interior announced an investigation into the US residential school system, in which Native American children were taken from their families and communities to be indoctrinated into “American values” by rooting out their “Indianness,” how this system was a key element to getting Native communities to cede land to the government, how the announcement of this probe fits with events happening in Canada, where hundreds of additional unmarked graves were found in Saskatchewan schools, and whether the efforts by Secretary Haaland will result in true accountability for those responsible for these crimes. Carl Zha, host of Silk and Steel podcast focusing on China and its surrounding regions' history, culture and politics, talks to us about the U.S. government announcing actions it is taking against what it calls labor and human rights abuses in Xinjiang, saying that US customs will seize all silica-based products from Hoshine Silicon Industries, and how the statement that the United States will not tolerate forced labor in its supply chains falls flat on its face after the Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of Nestlé and Cargill over child slavery in cocoa plantations in West Africa, and how Tesla, Apple, and Microsoft are being sued over forced labor in cobalt mines in the DRC. We also talk about an exposé from The New York Times about alleged Chinese propaganda coming out of the Xinjiang region.Margaret Flowers, medical doctor, and co-director of Popular Resistance and a member of the steering committee of HOPE - Health Over Profit, an organization working to achieve a national improved Medicare for All healthcare system, joins hosts Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber to talk about the Biden administration's ever shrinking infrastructure bill that went from $10 trillion to a little over $1 trillion, and how Biden is touting this as a bipartisan success. We also talk about how insurance companies are sucking patients dry for emergency room visits, and the U.S. ranks last in trust in media, according to a recent study.

Chris Garaffa, web developer, technologist, security and privacy consultant, talks to us about reports that Facebook and Instagram are threatening to charge Apple users for their services if they don’t let the companies track their movements through apps and what these privacy changes mean for users. We also talk about Signal purchasing ads on Facebook showing the extremely detailed information that is harvested from individuals by the social media giant, and their justification for not running those ads. Trupti Patel, Lead DMV Organizer for One Fair Wage, joins us in a conversation about recent media reports on alleged labor shortages, with certain industries arguing that unemployment benefits are preventing employees from returning to work, and how it’s not a right to own a business if you rely on paying poverty wages to workers. We also talk about how employers cheat workers out of their wages, with $287 million in stolen wages in 2019 alone, and how the pandemic has also exacerbated this problem. Margaret Flowers, a doctor, co-director of Popular Resistance and a member of the steering committee of HOPE - Health Over Profit, an organization working to achieve a national improved “Medicare for All” healthcare system, joins us to talk about the announcement by the Biden administration supporting waiving IP protections for COVID-19 vaccine,and the insanity of tying global health to profits. We also talk about the CDC eviction moratorium being struck down by a federal judge, what this means for tenants, and the tragic case of whistleblower Daniel Hale, who is now in solitary confinement.Esther Iverem, multidisciplinary author and independent journalist, host of "On The Ground: Voices of Resistance From the Nation's Capital" on Pacifica Radio, and founding member of DC Poets Against the War, joins our Trends with Benefits segment to talk about a report from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press revealing the extent of police violence against journalists in the U.S., and a new poll commissioned by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation which found that the US is seen around the world as more of a threat to democracy than Russia and China.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host, Glen Ford. Coming up: Haiti, a country whose popularly elected president was overthrown by the United States in 2004, suffers under yet another leader imposed by the US, who wants to change the constitution to make himself even more powerful. And, the death of the dictator of the African nation of Chad has France and the United States worried about how they’ll keep control of the volatile Sahel region. But first – the corporate media would have you believe that President Joe Biden is the spitting political image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But veteran activist Margaret Flowers, of Popular Resistance, rejects that comparison. Flowers says the Biden presidency is as corporate as they get. That was Margaret Flowers, of Popular Resistance, speaking from Baltimore. The Haitian people have been protesting almost non-stop ever since Jovenel Moise was named president after winning only a small fraction of the nation’s voters in an election fraught with irregularities, in 2016. Moise now proposes to change Haiti’s constitution, so that he can rule with immunity from prosecution for crimes. We spoke with Daoud Andre, a Brooklyn-based radio host and an organizer with the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti. Andre says Washington calls the shots in Haiti. That was Daoud Andre, of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti, speaking from Brooklyn, New York. For the past 30 years, the oil-rich, but dirt-poor, nation of Chad, in Africa’s Sahel region, was run by Idris DAY-bee, a dictator backed by both France and the United States. But DAY-bee was reported killed in combat with rebels, last week, and his son is now in charge. Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston, is adept at interpreting political events around the world. Horne was interviewed by Willmer Leon and Garland Nixon on Sputnik Radio. Black politics is a vibrant force in the United States, including behind bars. Bilal Abdul Salem Bey is incarcerated in Hutchinson, Kansas. He’s a member of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party, and filed this report for Prison Radio.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host, Glen Ford. Coming up: Haiti, a country whose popularly elected president was overthrown by the United States in 2004, suffers under yet another leader imposed by the US, who wants to change the constitution to make himself even more powerful. And, the death of the dictator of the African nation of Chad has France and the United States worried about how they'll keep control of the volatile Sahel region. But first – the corporate media would have you believe that President Joe Biden is the spitting political image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But veteran activist Margaret Flowers, of Popular Resistance, rejects that comparison. Flowers says the Biden presidency is as corporate as they get. That was Margaret Flowers, of Popular Resistance, speaking from Baltimore. The Haitian people have been protesting almost non-stop ever since Jovenel Moise was named president after winning only a small fraction of the nation's voters in an election fraught with irregularities, in 2016. Moise now proposes to change Haiti's constitution, so that he can rule with immunity from prosecution for crimes. We spoke with Daoud Andre, a Brooklyn-based radio host and an organizer with the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti. Andre says Washington calls the shots in Haiti. That was Daoud Andre, of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti, speaking from Brooklyn, New York. For the past 30 years, the oil-rich, but dirt-poor, nation of Chad, in Africa's Sahel region, was run by Idris DAY-bee, a dictator backed by both France and the United States. But DAY-bee was reported killed in combat with rebels, last week, and his son is now in charge. Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston, is adept at interpreting political events around the world. Horne was interviewed by Willmer Leon and Garland Nixon on Sputnik Radio. Black politics is a vibrant force in the United States, including behind bars. Bilal Abdul Salem Bey is incarcerated in Hutchinson, Kansas. He's a member of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party, and filed this report for Prison Radio.

Why are basic needs of people in the United States being held hostage by a senate rule, which is not even a law or in the Constitution? Faith leaders say that the filibuster is immoral and speak out on Easter Monday. And more on that poison pill inserted into the proposed and highly promoted federal voting rights bill, The For the People Act, which will actually make it much harder for third parties to emerge and compete against the two corporate parties. Dr. Margaret Flowers talks about the poison pill, U.S. sanctions that are killing people in other countries, and she has the latest on COVID in the U.S. Plus headlines on Chauvin, the death of Elizabeth Davis, president of the Washington Teachers Union and police in schools. Voices: Dr. Margaret Flowers, Professor Gerald Horne, Rev. Graylan Hagler, Rev. Jim Winkler, Rev. Liz Theo Harris, WTU President Elizabeth Davis. 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!

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, to discuss her participation in the recent peace delegation to Nicaragua organized by the Sanctions Kill! campaign, how Nicaraguans are overcoming the effects of US economic aggression towards their country, and why the US government still seems determined to overthrow the Sandinista government four decades after its last attempt.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, Outsports contributor and co-host of the TransSporter Room, to discuss the far-reaching bill to deny healthcare to trans youth passed by the Arkansas legislature over the objection of the state's conservative governor, how the issues intersects with questions of race and class, and why the GOP has opportunistically pivoted from attacking Title IX to emerging as some of its most vocal champions. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace, to discuss the recently-revived talks surrounding the Iranian nuclear agreement unilaterally discarded by the US government under Donald Trump, as well as the latest Israeli efforts to derail attempts to resuscitate the deal.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, to discuss her participation in the recent peace delegation to Nicaragua organized by the Sanctions Kill! campaign, how Nicaraguans are overcoming the effects of US economic aggression towards their country, and why the US government still seems determined to overthrow the Sandinista government four decades after its last attempt. Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, journalist, Assistant Editor of the Grayzone, and the Producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, to discuss the sting operation carried out by a group with known links to UK intelligence agencies against the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda, and Media, the new fissures emerging within the NATO member states, and the role of paramilitaries in the “low-intensity war” the US and Colombia have been waging on Venezuela.

Darren Thompson, reporter for Native News Online and Unicorn Riot, and South Dakota state senator Troy Heinert talk to us about a resolution that was unanimously passed in the South Dakota senate rescinding the medals of honor awarded to US soldiers who took part in the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. We also talk about the significance of Deb Haaland’s nomination to be Secretary of the Interior, the challenges faced in her confirmation, and what we could expect during her tenure in the post. Teodrose Fikremariam, CoFounder of Ghion Journal, tells us about the situation in Ethiopia, where Amnesty International has called for a U.N.-led investigation into possible crimes against humanity perpetrated by Eritrean forces in Tigray late last year, the regional impact of the conflict, how it has affected daily life in the country, and the reaction from the Ethiopian diaspora in the U.S.Ariel Gold, co-executive director of Code Pink, joins us in a conversation about renewed airstrikes in Syria and their legality, the claims that US troops were in Syria to counter Iranian influence and how this impacts the re-negotiation of the Iran nuclear deal. We also talk about the Trump-era sanctions levied on ICC judges and Netanyahu’s insistence that Biden keep these in place.Margaret Flowers, medical doctor, co-director of Popular Resistance and a member of the steering committee of HOPE - Health Over Profit, talks to us about the difficulties a lot of medical students are having in entering into residency programs, healthcare worker burnout, the ultimate cost paid by them during the pandemic with 2,900 U.S. health care worker deaths, and the current nightmare that is healthcare provision and access in the country.Lee Stranahan, cohost of The Backstory with John Kiriakou, talks to us about highlights from the CPAC meetings, including squabbles over masks and social distancing, and Trump addressing the convention. The Misfits also talk about new roadblocks to passing a $15 minimum wage bill, Neera Tanden’s sinking nomination, and Gov. Cuomo’s continuing free-fall from grace.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, to discuss the news that the US has officially passed 500,000 coronavirus deaths, reports that life expectancy in the US has officially dropped by a full year, and why Latin and Black communities have been left to bear the brunt of the public health crisis. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, to discuss fallout from the Biden administration's refusal to axe Trump-era sanctions on Iran, the stopgap agreement between the Iranian government and the IAEA to maintain inspections at nuclear facilities for the next three months, and how the Democratic establishment's continuation of Trump's policies abroad undercuts the nominally anti-racist rhetoric of the Biden-Harris administration. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kamau Franklin, Founder and Board President of Community Movement Builders in Atlanta, to discuss the letter by a recently-deceased New York Police Department informant implicating both the NYPD and the FBI in the assassination of Malcolm X, why the revelation bolsters long-time accusations that the US government had a hand in the murder of the Black liberation icon, and how the "thorough" infiltration of the Nation of Islam lends further credence to allegations of state involvement.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host, and author of "The Scourge of Neoliberalism," to discuss the independent probe which found that police in Aurora, Colorado had "no justification" to stop Elijah McClain when they killed him with a lethal dose of ketamine last year, the public debate over student loan forgiveness, and the hypocrisy of many right-wing critics who object to the targeted debt relief strategy.

Caleb Maupin, journalist and political analyst, joins us to talk about this week's important stories. The Biden administration is signaling that they will meet with Iranian diplomats regarding the JCPOA. However, Iran has made it clear that they will not renegotiate any of the previously determined parameters of the agreement. Also, Texas is rattled by the tragic circumstances brought about by a freak weather pattern and the State's inability to provide basic services. Dr. Linwood Tauheed, associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri- Kansas City, joins us to discuss the economy. New unemployment numbers are signaling that the economy is on a downward trajectory. Also, millions of jobs are related to industries that may never come back and are in desperate need of retraining, and West Virginians are blasting pro-austerity Senator Joe Manchin for refusing to support an increased minimum wage. Dr. Yolandra Hancock, board-certified pediatrician and obesity medicine specialist, joins us to discuss coronavirus news. The coronavirus pandemic and its related maladies have lowered the life expectancy in America by one year. Also, the vaccine rollout is experiencing some major problems related to weather and the need for special storage conditions, and the Pfizer vaccine may be effective enough with one dose to allow patients to forego the normally required second regiment. Danny Haiphong, author and contributor to Black Agenda Report, teams up with Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report and author of "Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents," to discuss news stories of the week. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are taking to the streets to protest the illegally-extended presidential term of the US-backed dictator Jovenel Moise. Also, they discuss the massive scandal surrounding New York governor Andrew Cuomo, and the tragic circumstances experienced by hundreds of thousands of Texans with no electricity or water. Dr. Margaret Flowers, pediatrician, health reform activist and co-director at Popular Resistance, and Niko House, political activist, independent journalist and podcaster, joins us to discuss the news. A recent economic study shows that Joe Biden's argument against student debt relief is incorrect. The study shows that "Young adult borrowers in low- and lower-middle-income communities would receive an outsized share of forgiveness in aggregate dollars compared to middle and upper-income communities." Biden has argued that the wealthy who attend elite universities would benefit the most. Also, how will Facebook's move to stop all news content in Australia affect the future of social media?

In this episode of "The Marc Steiner Show," Marc talks with David Zirin, author, sports editor for The Nation, and host of the “Edge of Sports” podcast, and Alejandro “Ali” Danois, journalist, author of “The Boys of Dunbar,” and producer of ESPN Films' “Baltimore Boys,” about the dilemma college athletes face in a deadly pandemic. Zirin and Danois discuss the fallout for college athletes as games continue (with politicians cheering on) while hundreds of players, many of whom are African American, test positive for the virus.In the second segment, Marc talks with Margaret Flowers, director of Popular Resistance, co-host of Clearing the FOG, and former co-chair of the Green Party of the United States, and Andy Ellis, former co-chair of the Baltimore City and Maryland Green Party. We explore the dangers of being lulled into complacency by neoliberal rhetoric while substantive changes to address poverty, racism, global warming, and economic and social inequities remain off the table.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.

In this episode of "The Marc Steiner Show," Marc talks with David Zirin, author, sports editor for The Nation, and host of the “Edge of Sports” podcast, and Alejandro “Ali” Danois, journalist, author of “The Boys of Dunbar,” and producer of ESPN Films' “Baltimore Boys,” about the dilemma college athletes face in a deadly pandemic. Zirin and Danois discuss the fallout for college athletes as games continue (with politicians cheering on) while hundreds of players, many of whom are African American, test positive for the virus. In the second segment, Marc talks with Margaret Flowers, director of Popular Resistance, co-host of Clearing the FOG, and former co-chair of the Green Party of the United States, and Andy Ellis, former co-chair of the Baltimore City and Maryland Green Party. We explore the dangers of being lulled into complacency by neoliberal rhetoric while substantive changes to address poverty, racism, global warming, and economic and social inequities remain off the table. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.

A roundtable tribute to lifelong activist and Popular Resistance co-founder Kevin Zeese with Margaret Flowers and World BEYOND War's David Swanson, Leah Bolger, Pat Elder and Marc Eliot Stein. (Music removed.)

Kevin Zeese was a giant on the independent left. #NJRR joins with all of his friends, family, and comrades who mourn his sudden passing. Here is a compilation of his contributions to our network. We remember his legacy in solidarity. Rest in power comrade. Start – Part 1 #NJRR Live: A Special Panel on Venezuela January 30, 2019 00:39:55 – Part 2 Back From Venezuela: A Report From The US Peace Council Delegation March 21, 2019 01:43:49 – Part 3 The US War Empire: A Panel Discussion May 28, 2019

Today on Flashpoints: We speak with Dr. Margaret Flowers, who was a member of the Embassy Protection Collective, along with Kevin Zeese, Adrienne Pine and David Paul. All of them were arrested and prosecuted last may. Tonight, they await their final verdict. Also, excerpts of the documentary, Occupation of the American Mind. The post Embassy Protection Collective Gets Their Verdict. appeared first on KPFA.

Diane and Brian are joined by Madelyn and Tom to discuss their experiences at the ANM. Livestream Gallery includes the full Presidential Forum and m....

Bruce A. Dixon was a giant among revolutionaries. His life will live on in the actions and hearts of thousands in the movement.

The United States looks increasingly foolish trying to sell a war in Venezuela. Margaret Flowers, Kevin Zeese, and Joe Lombardo went to see for themselves.

In this episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution, Heather interviews healthcare icon Dr. Margaret Flowers. They talk about the death of the Medicare for All “gold standard” HR-676. Then, they discuss where the fight for Medicare For All has to go next. Why Become An Activist? Dr. Margaret Flowers started her career as a pediatrician...

On this episode, Jesse & Matt discuss their fraught and less than ambivalent feelings about their first time at Southern California's Politicon, and provide a discerning look at how it represents the shallow conceptions of what politics so often involve, and how it could have been reimagined as a democratic space for transformational insights and real debates. The majority of the podcast will discuss solutions to create a utopian future (or at least one that guarantees The Golden Square) by combining the co-hosts' deflowered experience at Politicon with Episode 12's arm-wrestling over how to get to this future they keep pressing for. Jesse & Matt will do this by offering up The Slingshot Seven: a policy platform of ideas for anti-authoritarians and activists to demand and work toward, and in doing so, build real power inside the Meth-house of America's 21st Century. Mentioned In This Episode: Ben Norton in Counterpunch: “Ann Coulter: A Jackboot in Guccis” Libby Watson in Splinter: “Why Did Politicon Make Me Want To Die?” Politicon's 2016 Art Gallery Exhibit Gone from the 2017 Convention: Where Did It Go? Some Memorable Photos from the 2016's Exhibit: Here, Here, Here, Here, and Here Clio Chang in the New Republic: “Politcon Is the Perfect Media Racket for the Trump Era” What is Whuffie? How Cory Doctorow's Celebrity/Fan Economy Lends Itself to the Following Predicament: “Wealth Inequality Is Even Worse in Reputation Economies”  Why Isn't the Price for Internet Dropping as Technology Accelerates with New Supposed Efficiencies? John Oliver's Last Week Tonight Explains . . . Peter Beinart Reviews Ann Coulter's Recent Book in “Trump We Trust” for The Atlantic Which Nazi Kicks More Ass as a Media-Monger & Sith-Lord Propagandist:  Roger Stone or Joseph Goebbels? Photos of Politicon's “Democracy Village”: Here, Here, Here, Here and The Future Is A Mixtape's Booth! Arty Leftists Infiltrate Ann Coulter's Discussion with Nazi Outfits Melina Abdullah: “Red hats are essentially the new white sheets.” Full Excerpt on YouTube. The Yes Men's Most Recent Prank: Coming to DNC as Democratic Party Officials by Announcing #DNCTakeBack Full of Bernie Platform Ideals. The Facebook 28ers' Event (October 6th, 2015): “A Madhatter's Theatre Presents: ‘The Yes Men Are Revolting' at UCR”: Here, Here, Here and Here Platform of New Democrats: Bernie Sanders Platform Was Widely Popular Performance Art Versus Social Practice Art: The Yes Men Embodied Change by Imagining It: The Duo Passed Out Fake New York Times Broadsheets to Imagine a Progressive Utopia Politicon's Schedule of Events: “Where Are All of the More Pressing & Important Topics Missing from the Convention?” A Nice Roundup of Political Gatherings in 2017 We Would Have Rather Gone To: The People's Summit (June 9th-to-11th) & the Socialism Conference (July 6th-to-9th) & DSA National Convention (August 3rd-to-6th) Our Local LA Democratic Socialists of America Meeting Versus “Draft Bernie for a People's Party” Wolf PAC & The 28th Movement: It's History & Official Website The 28ers' General Website & It's Swarmwise Campaign Page for SB-562 Bernie Sanders Won 43% of the National Primary Vote for The Democratic Party “The Democratic Party Is a Graveyard for Social Movements” & Lance Selfa's Book on the Old Adage: The Democrats: A Critical History Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers in Truthdig: “What the U.S. Can Learn from the U.K. Election and Jeremy Corbyn” Norway's Elections: Clear, Transparent and Publically Funded Bernie Sanders' Responding to The New York Times Magazine on What the Democratic Party Really Stands for:“You're asking a good question, and I can't give you a definitive answer. Certainly there are some people in the Democratic Party who want to maintain the status quo. They would rather go down with the Titanic so long as they have first-class seats.” Keith Ellison Backs Out of Promise to Get Rid of Corporate Donations & Lobbying Money to the DNC to Win the Chairship Position The Tory Party's 2017 Manifesto The Labour Party's 2017 Manifesto   Jesse Herring's Suggestion for 7-Point Platform, “The Slingshot Seven”: Healthcare for All Renewable Energy Plan Toward 100% Usage Universal Basic Income (UBI) for All Demilitarization: Both Domestic & Foreign Tuition-Free Education Getting Money Out of Politics $15-Hour Minimum Wage (Adjusted to Inflation)   Grover Norquist: Taxation Is Theft: Sign This Contract to Promise No New Taxes: “Norquist's Tax Pledge: What It Is and How It Started” Are Our Shownotes Becoming More Unwieldy Than the Footnotes for David Foster Wallace's The Infinite Jest? You Decide . . . EDUCATION VERSUS FOSSIL FUELS: The Atlantic: “Here's Exactly How Much the Government Would Have to Spend to Make Public College Tuition-Free” (Answer: $62 Billion) OR ThinkProgress: “Producers of oil, gas and coal received more than $500 billion in government subsidies around the world in 2011, with the richest nations collectively spending more than $70 billion every year to support fossil fuels.” Richard Wolff on Capitalism: “What Happens to Workers' Necessary Versus Surplus Labor?” George H.W. Bush's at the 1992 Republican Convention: “Read My Lips: No New Taxes” (on YouTube) The Republican Party's 1994 Revenge Strategy: “Contract With America” Frank Underwood on “Ruthless Pragmatism” (on YouTube) China Mieville's “The Limits of Utopia” Published in Salvage & Why We Have to ‘Utopia Hard' Ursula K. Le Guin on Anarchy: “What is an anarchist? One who, choosing, accepts the responsibility of choice.” Why Alex Garland's Ex Machina Might Be Important to Think About . . . Why Might We Need Earthquake Prevention Warning Systems Instead of More Military-Industrial-Complex Waste?U.S. News: “Trump's Budget Cuts West Coast Quake Warning System Funding”  VERSUS Business Insider: “Here Is The Earthquake Warning System Japan Spent $1 Billion To Build” Feel Free to Contact Jesse & Matt on the Following Spaces & Places: Email Us: thefutureisamixtape@gmail.com Find Us Via Our Website: The Future Is A Mixtape Or Lollygagging on Social Networks: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Webster's dictionary defines the term ‘Trojan Horse' as follows: “…someone or something intended to defeat or subvert from within usually by deceptive means.”[3] The term has been applied by critics to any number of so-called free trade deals that Canada, the United States and other countries around the world are embracing. In Canada, the Harper government recently extolled the virtues of opening up new markets for Canadian goods, services and investment in the European Union and Asia as critical to the nation's prosperity. Hence, determined efforts to secure free trade deals with these regions through the Canadian – European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) respectively are hailed by the government and pundits alike as centrepieces of the Harper government's agenda going into 2014. Interesting that the details of these agreements are largely hidden from public scrutiny. The TPP in particular, as noted by Global Research author Kevin Zeese, has been drafted with an unprecedented degree of secrecy. The campaign ‘FLUSHTHETPP.org‘ claims that the gift horse that is increased trade and investment, conceals a corporate assault on food safety, the environment, worker rights, access to health care, and basically every facet of our lives as free citizens. A recent release of the Intellectual Property Rights Chapter from Wikileaks confirmed the fears of trade liberalization critics that the reach of patents, copyrights, and trade secrets will be extended at the expense of consumer rights and safeguards.[4] To quote Wikileaks editor in Chief Julian Assange: “If instituted, the TPP's IP regime would trample over individual rights and free expression, as well as ride roughshod over the intellectual and creative commons. If you read, write, publish, think, listen, dance, sing or invent; if you farm or consume food; if you're ill now or might one day be ill, the TPP has you in its crosshairs.”[5] The TPP secured third place among Project Censored's most censored stories of 2012-2013. The Sonoma State University media research program describes the TPP as “an enforceable transfer of sovereignty from nations and their people to foreign corporations.” Dr. Margaret Flowers is a congressional fellow with Physicians for a National Health Program and a pediatrician based in Baltimore, Maryland. She has written extensively on the topic of the TPP, and has championed efforts to stop it in its tracks. Dr. Flowers joins the Global Research News Hour in the fist half of the programme to describe the onerous aspects of this deal, update us on the recent twelve nation talks in Singapore, America's ‘Fast-Track' legislation, and the realistic prospects of grassroots people to bring an end to this deal. CETA, likewise is cloaked in secrecy. Critics like Stuart Trew of the Council of Canadians argue the deal extends drug patents and makes community economic development initiatives such as ‘buy local' policies subject to legal challenges under new procurement rules. Trew will fill out the second half of the programme with a comprehensive look at what we know about the CETA, and how that deal can be stopped.

Globalization Watch: Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “Through this agreement, the Obama Administration is seeking to boost U.S. economic growth and support the creation and retention of high-quality American jobs by increasing exports in a region that includes some of the world's most robust economies and that represents more than 40 percent of global trade.”[1] Statement from the Office of the United States Trade Representative “I think we need to look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership as the neo-liberal arm of the US pivot at Asia. So we have all these countries in South East Asia that basically have more incentive to do business with China….Many policy papers state the importance of South-East Asia in …counterbalancing the influence of China in the region. So that is what I perceive the TPP to be.”  Nile Bowie Lost in the wake of headlines about controversies surrounding Canadian Senators' housing and living expenses and allegations of a Toronto big city Mayor ailing from an apparent crack addiction, is the important negotiations on a major trade and investment deal taking place in Lima, Peru this past week. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) had its origins in the 2005 Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement or the P4 which involved the countries of Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore, and was aimed at liberalizing trade in those countries. [2] This deal was expanded in 2008 to include the US in negotiations and by 2009, the TPP began its first round of talks. [3], [4]. There are currently twelve negotiating partners in this comprehensive pact. In addition to the P4, and the US there are Australia, Peru, Vietnam, and Malaysia, with Mexico and Canada having joined the negotiations last October and Japan jumping on board in March. [5], [6] TPP is the latest in a string of numerous free trade agreements that proponents say will generate increased economic activity between and within countries thereby leading to greater prosperity for citizens. [7] Critics of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and its numerous successors argue however that these agreements really are not about trade. They are mechanisms by which corporations with international reach can overcome barriers, regulations, and other restrictions on their profit-making activities. [8] Three critics from three separate countries explain their concerns in this week's instalment of the Global Research News Hour. Stuart Trew, Trade Campaigner for the Ottawa-based Council of Canadians provides his group's analysis not only of the TPP, but also the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and the Canada-China Foreign Investment Protection Agreement (FIPA). Kristen Beifus of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition dissects the impacts of free trade on Americans and the concerns specific to the TPP. Kuala Lampur-based Nile Bowie provides his analysis of TPP in terms of its impacts on Malaysia where elections have recently been held. His commentaries on TPP appear on the globalresearch website. References 1. http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/fact-sheets/2011/november/united-states-trans-pacific-partnership 2. “Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement” 2005 http://www.mfat.govt.nz/downloads/trade-agreement/transpacific/main-agreement.pdf 3. Daniels, Chris (10 February 2008). “First step to wider free trade”. New Zealand Herald. 4. US TRADE Representative TPP Round Updates; http://www.ustr.gov/tpp 5. “Mexico: Unexplored opportunities”. TPP Talk. New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade. 10 October 2012. http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Trade-and-Economic-Relations/2-Trade-Relationships-and-Agreements/Trans-Pacific/1-TPP-Talk/0-TPP-talk-10-Oct-2012.php 6. Canada Formally Joins Trans-Pacific Partnership” (Press release). Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. 9 October 2012; http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/comm/news-communiques/2012/10/09a.aspx?view=d 7) Dr. Claudio Loser, May 6, 2013; Where Trade Is Free, Powerful Economic Growth Is The Norm; Forbes.com. http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/05/06/where-trade-is-free-powerful-economic-growth-is-the-norm/ 8) Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, March 27, 2013, Truthout; http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15353-transpacific-partnership-will-undermine-democracy-empower-transnational-corporations

Nicole speaks with single payer healthcare advocate Dr. Margaret Flowers, and comedian & author of Lizz Free or Die, Lizz Winstead