Mitch Jeserich speaks to Laura Dassow Walls, author of Henry David Thoreau: A Life, about Thoreau’s work on Civil Disobedience and his seemingly contradicting support of John Brown’s violent raid on Harper’s Ferry, and witnessing the oncoming Industrial Age. Guest: Laura Dassow Walls, Willliam P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English Graduate Program in … Continued
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As Congress hands Donald Trump a major legislative victory in passing a bill to weaken the Dodd-Frank financial regulations, future recessions now appear more likely. On our show today we’ll speak with former investment banker turned author Nomi Prins who’s latest book Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World tells the story of what happened … Continued
Luddites of the 19th Century with Peter Linebaugh, an American Marxist historian who specializes in British history, Irish history, labor history, and the history of the colonial Atlantic. He is the author of the pamphlet Ned Ludd & Queen Mab: Machine-Breaking, Romanticism, and the Several Commons of 1811-12. Invest in listener-sponsored KPFA! BOOK … Continued
DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison: The Democratic Party Should Stay Out of Primaries, Let Voters Decide; The New COINTELPRO? Meet the Black Activist Jailed for Months After FBI Targeting & Surveillance; “We Are Lurching Toward Plutocracy”: Rep. Ellison on Rollback of Key Dodd-Frank Banking Regulations; Supreme Court Deals Blow to Workers’ Rights in 5-4 Decision … Continued
As President Donald Trump pushes a defunding of Planned Parenthood through the regulatory process, we’ll turn today to Sharon Kann of Media Matters. Kann has just completed an annual study of media coverage of abortion related news and found that there is very little coverage overall – except at Fox News, where abortion coverage is … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Was the Trump campaign infiltrated and what is the real significance behind that story. We’ll talk to Consortium News editor and chief, Joe Laria about it, and other stories he is honing in on. And we’ll feature more excerpts from Gangsters of Capitalism.
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On today’s show we look at the new film, Healing Justice produced by World Trust in collaboration with Shakti Butler, Ph.D. Healing Justice, explores the causes and consequences of the current American justice system and its effect on marginalized communities. The film walks back through the history of violence that has led to our current … Continued
Professor Ganesh Sitaraman, author of The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic, joins host Mitch Jeserich in conversation about why income inequality is not only unfair but threatens our very republic. Ganesh Sitaraman is a Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School and long-time advisor to Senator Elizabeth Warren. Follow Professor … Continued
