Meria interviews author Donald Jeffries on his book “Survival of the Richest”. 1984 isn’t just a book anymore; mass shootings and inequality; no way out for the poor; does upper mobility still exist?In the Ghetto by Elvis;what’s changed? politicians guaranteed retirements; deaths of despair; trump’s tax “cut”-who benefits? Gary Cohn & Goldman Sachs;NAFTA,WTO,TPP;China and Mexico;Wilbur Ross;Reagan’s destruction;Unions;where are job perks today?price of rent …
Alternative Visions – Is There a Trump Trade War Brewing? – 03.09.18
Dr. Rasmus takes up the key economic news of the past week that Trump is launching a trade war by raising tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Contrary to press and media, it’s not a general ‘trade war’ but another example of US capitalists—the national ‘America First’ wing allied with Trump in the current case—signaling they intend to renegotiate trade …
iEat Green – Mark Winne – 03.08.18
Mark Winnie is the author of the new book, Stand Together or Starve Alone: Unity and Chaos in the U.S. Food Movement, which is a call for collaboration. As a food activist and co-founder of a number of food and agriculture policy groups including the City of Hartford Food Policy Commission, the Connecticut Food Policy Council, End Hunger Connecticut!, and the national Community Food …
The Working Life With Jonathan Tasin – POLITICAL ROAD TRIP THROUGH KANSAS, ILLINOIS & CALIFORNIA – 03.08.18
I continue my deep-dive series interviewing scores of progressives candidates running all across the country with three new segments with three Congressional candidates: James Thompson in Kansas, David Gill in Illinois and Rico Franco in California…all regular people jumping into the electoral world. Our Robber Barons of the week are the U.S. Senate fools—including 12 Democrats—who are supporting a rollback …
Leid Stories—A Tone-Deaf Trump Doesn’t Hear the Multiple Alarms He Sets Off, But He Enjoys Watching the Chaos and Panic They Cause—03.07.18
Even by his own admission, President Trump thrives on conflict and chaos. He’d like us to believe it’s the secret behind his genius. But Trump is no genius, and practically every aspect of his life is a moment-to-moment battle to stay on top. Trump’s “genius” world of chaos and turmoil clearly has taken a heavy toll on his own administration, …
Global Alert News – 03.03.18
Record weather whiplash, record heat, record flooding, record species die-off, record low polar ice, record high military budgets, record quantities of bomb manufacturing, record ammunition purchases by “Homeland Security”, and even now the epidemic of public denial and apathy continues with converging catastrophes closing in from every direction. Is there any chance of waking the masses in time to make …
The Gary Null Show – 03.01.18
News update – Review of US mainstream news reports about the Syrian government using chemical weapons on its citizens Ken Stone is a veteran Canadian anti-war, social justice and environmental activist. He is the treasurer of the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, and serves on the steering committees for the Syrian Solidarity Movement and the Canadian Peace Alliance. In …
The Conspiracy Guy – 02.21.18
Conspiracy Guy Show #64: Obvious DNC/Zionist propaganda op. Image of shooter wearing a MAGA hat. In close vicinity to Mar-a-Lago. At a time the Democrats need to change the subject (with the Russian hacking meme falling apart and the scandals of FBI collusion with the Hillary campaign making front-page news); it occurs in the District of Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Surprise! Surprise!), the …
Leid Stories—The Battle for Our Minds Rages On, But Give Them No Easy Victories!—02.09.18
No, you’re not imagining things. You know intuitively that Trump’s rosy picture of the “new” America simply is not squaring with what we’re seeing and experiencing every day. Even diehard Make-America-Great-Again believers are worrying about the growing distance between them and the goodies they were promised. They lost their minds to sweet talk. We at Leid Stories don’t go for …
Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 02.08.18
IT’S EVEN WORSE THAN YOU THINK is the great DAVID CAY JOHNSTON’s brilliant NYTimes best-selling investigation of the life and crimes of Donald Trump. Johnston is an impeccable investigator with top-level credentials who has been following Trump for decades. He’s also a great, uniquely articulate presenter. But his 100% true exposition of Trump’s personal, political and financial history borders on …