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Breaking the mold of powerlessness happens, in the US Senate and in our neighborhoods. On the first segment Political Science professor and author Ron Feinman points to six little known US Senators who courageously stood up against war and injustice. The post Courageous Movement for Change That Works appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The earth itself is today paying the price for the 20th century fossil fuel bonanza. Now instead of continuing to have all humanity in service to that powerful sector, it’s time to pay the climate and colonization debt. When George The post There Is Enough to Go Around. But Not the Way We’ve Been Doing It appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The most dangerous thing to be in Central America is a water defender. The transnational mining interests frighten regional governments with massive lawsuits if they don’t get their way. And they have killed. But as the new book The Water The post David Beats Goliath: Water Over Gold appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

What we’ve been saying all the years has come true. The easy oil days are over. Banks are always leery of making bad investments, and heavy footprint fossil fuel interests also frighten the insurance industry. Oil is just not profitable The post After 50 years, A Tipping Point for the Defeat of Fossil Fuels? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

With the pandemic throwing everything up in the air, there are new opportunities for us to shape the way it all lands. Going back to the old “normal” is not the only option. On this show Joe Ryle a leader The post 4 Day Work Week: Beneficial Effect of Covid? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

How did we get in this mess in the first place? Will little tweaks allow America to effectively address climate change, racism, and the deadly pandemic? Author Northeastern University professor Jennie C. Stephens argues that there is a “polluter elite” The post Anti-Racist Feminism Key To Covid, Environmental Solutions appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio S...

FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps achieved remarkable success in so many areas: Creating meaningful work for young men in a time of mass unemployment, planting forests, conserving our natural resources. It ended with the start of World War II. Perhaps now The post A New CCC to Save the Planet? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

On part one, Ron Jacobs and MayDay veteran Burt Cohen discuss the virtually unknown MayDay 1971 protest in DC when 13,000 people were arrested. And on part two, five college world security professor Michael Klare examines the significant silver lining The post I) May Day 71 II) Silver Lining of Pandemic appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Putting out wildfires is one thing but how about paying attention to the causes? Our guest today is Daniel Judt who wrote a cover story for The Nation: “Australia’s Devastating Wildfires Were Not Inevitable.” Australia is among the highest emitters The post Australia’s Fires: Both Victim and Perpetrator appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The New Deal aspect of the Green New Deal often gets forgotten. The goal now as in the 1930s is to make the state the instrument of the popular will. Democratizing the economy, making it work for the common good, The post A New Deal That’s Also Green appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Melting polar ice caps is great for the rapacious oil and gas industry. Trump denying climate change and wanting to buy Greenland is actually part of the logic of what drives our military policy. Our guest on this show journalist The post Climate Change Serves Oil and the Pentagon appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

How many of us have looked longingly at our neighbor to the north with it’s sane liberal government? Justin Trudeau promised a fresh approach to politics based on openness, decency, and liberalism. Now corruption scandals swirl about him and his The post Liberal Justin Trudeau: In the Pocket of Big Oil? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

What kind of economics leaves out essential factors? One that is not sustainable. So says Rickey Gard Diamond, author of the new book Screwnomics: How The Economy Works Against Women and Real Ways to Make Lasting Change. She points out The post Screwnomics: The Economy Minus Earth and Women appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Part of any Blue Wave has to be concern for the safety of drinking water. The Trump Republicans may see Americans as existing to generate profits for private interests, but others see safe drinking water as a right, that government The post A Scientist Runs for Congress. What, Facts Matter? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

And you thought the first NAFTA was bad. Trump’s new version puts the globalist corporations squarely in the drivers seat, never mind local or state laws. Food labeling? Forget about it. The crucial work that bees perform? Again forget about The post Worse Than The First NAFTA//How Progressives Can Win in the South appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Asleep in her home the night of March 2, 2016, Berta Caceres was murdered. The military police of Honduras are suspected. But the government failed to stop her work: there are many more Berta Carcereses today. A government getting much The post When They Killed Berta Caceres A Year Ago, She Multiplied appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Never motivated by serving the common good, powerful old-school Republican leaders such as James Baker, George Schultz, and Henry Paulson have put forward a proposal for a carbon emissions tax to fight climate change. You ask: why would they do The post GOP Carbon Tax: A Hedge Against Risk appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

With the mainstream finally focusing on reducing carbon emissions, the highly capitalized nuclear industry is once again trying for a rebirth. This time as a carbon-free answer to help reduce climate change. But according to guest veteran investigative reporter Karl The post Nuclear Power: Safe and Green? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

She traveled 12,000 miles through 18 states and five Indian reservations to discover what local people are doing to address problems of racism, climate change, and economic inequality. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things in places you would not expect. Author The post Revolution Where You Live: Solutions from the Bottom Up appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Sh...

While some argue Christmas is really a religious Christian holiday, that’s just not the case. The holiday has been with us for hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus and only morphed into what we see today as Christmas The post The Pagan Basis of What We Call Christmas Today appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Is America merely a conduit for corporate wealth? Is the earth merely for exploiting without care? Trump’s designate to be secretary of state, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson is all that an more. Though the job of SoS is about The post Tillerson Portends Great Instability: Environment and Between Nations appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Indigenous Americans for over 300 years have been treated as invisible; treaties and promises routinely ignored. Mainstream media ignored it as long as they could for fear of upsetting advertisers but pressure kept building and, surprise: the water protectors put The post The Invisible People Halt Big Black Snake appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The Vikings were brave explorers and they found wondrous new things. Today Scandinavia holds promise of how America can become happier and more free. George Lakey, author of the new book Viking Economics, talks about struggling toward something rather than The post Scandinavia Got it Right, So Can We appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It was a disastrous day for Democrats. Senior strategist and media advisor to the Bernie Sanders Campaign Mark Longabaugh (remember that great “America” ad?)talks about opportunities ahead for traditional liberal Democrats. He argues Trump’s victory was less about hate and The post Bernie’s TV Ad Creator: Reviving the Democratic Party From the Ashes appeared first on KDA Ke...

Everyone wants it to be over. On November first, the chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party sees real weakness in the Republican Party, despite its projection of powerful anger and hate. Raymond Buckley also fills in the blanks as The post Days Before 11/8: Profound Weakness in the Republican Party appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .