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Trump Pardon of J-6 Insurrectionists: A Disaster for Democracy, Rule of Law

Interview with Jonah Minkoff-Zern, Citizen Democracy Campaign co-director, conducted by Scott Harris

Facebook Dumping Fact-Checking Promotes Trump Lies and Disinformation

Interview with Ahmed Baba, a journalist and columnist at The Independent, conducted by Scott Harris

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Los Angeles Wildfire Catastrophe, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Public Policy

Interview with Michael Richardson, an activist with the elder-focused group Third Act, conducted by Scott Harris

Amazon Labor Union’s Christmas Strike Succeeds in Organizing First National Action

Interview with Sultana Hossain, recording secretary with the Amazon Labor Union, conducted by Scott Harris

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Trump Weaponizing the FCC

On the 4th Anniversary of the Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the Ropes

Sasha Abramsky discusses his recent article, "Will Trump Weaponize the FCC to Crack Down on Media Outlets He Doesn’t Like?" and the alarming anticipatory...

Before Reagan Jimmy Carter’s Conservative Economic and Foreign Policy Moved the US to the...

David Gibbs shares his views on late President Jimmy Carter's legacy, both in economics and foreign policy, that many corporate media obituaries of the...
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Climate Denier Trump Threatens US Renewable Energy Future

Ken Bossong discusses his year-end review of reports from FERC and EIA regarding the mix of renewable energy sources that now comprise 30 percent...
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Danger Ahead for the World Under Trump’s Muddled Foreign Policy

Mel Goodman talks about his concern regarding Donald Trump’s authoritarian rhetoric and how he could use violent incidents and terrorist attacks (as we just...

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NO TO RACISM

Resistance Begins Now! Zweig and Nichols Chart Our Course

Panel:  Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner

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Resistance Roundtable: How Democrats Lost the Working Class

Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology at New York University, presents a class analysis of the Nov. 5 election, noting that the Democratic party had...

Youth and Elders Call on Gov. Hochul to Sign the Climate Change Superfund Act

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 10-11, about 100 climate activists occupied a New York State Capitol reception room to urge Gov. Kathy Hochul to...

What’s in Store for the Working Class in 2025?

The Monthly Labor Report's first broadcast after the Nov. 5 election: Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, discusses the role labor must play in...

Monthly Labor Report — #13 The Texas AFL-CIO is Going Strong by...

Leonard Aguilar, secretary-treasurer of the Texas AFL-CIO talks about the strategies and prospects for this massive organized labor body.Hosted by Michael Zweig and Richard...

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Virginia ratified the Equal Rights Amendment in 2020, meeting the required 3/4 ratification of all states. Will President Biden officially make it the 28th Amendment by ordering the National Archivist to publish it in the Federal Register before he leaves office, as he said in an interview that he hoped to do so? #ERA #ERANow

For more information, see Scott Harris' interview with Kate Kelly, of Center for American Progress: https://btlonline.org/campaign-urges-biden-to-publish-equal-rights-amendment-before-leaving-office/
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Democrats need a new strategy to deal with the new disinformation era.

Listen to Between The Lines' interview with
John Stoehr, The Editorial board at
https://btlonline.org/americas-broken-media-landscape-promotes-rightwing-disinformation-impacts-election-outcomes/ #enddisinformation #disinformation #media
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Is Israel committing international crimes against humanity in #Syria? More info from Phyllis Bennis, fellow at Institute for Policy Studies at: https://btlonline.org/unanswered-questions-persist-after-the-sudden-overthrow-of-syrias-al-assad-regime/
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For anyone who's planning to work with #Trump and/or has voted for him -- from those who already have worked with him and know better #trumpbromance