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Playing defense defines the playing field. Shall we just accept a world run by international mega-billionaires? On this show, Sam Pizzigati of Inequality.org argues now is the time to get ready to go on offense against what Trump Musk and The post To Win, Go on Offense appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Corporations have their own interests at heart. From post-Civil War America through to Germany in 1933 to America today. And knowing public image counts, many try to have it both ways: bragging that they support reproductive and LGBTQ rights as The post Is Corporatocracy Unstoppable? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It was only discovered in an architectural trade journal: Netanyahu’s “Gaza 2035.” Architects were hired to provide models of a new Gaza , the old one having been flattened. Steel and glass high risers being erected where once a people The post Architecture as the Ultimate Expression of Power: Gaza 2035 appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

As Trump heads into the 2024 campaign, you might wonder who is behind it, who benefits from destroying our republic. Here is the story. The religious nationalists see him as a fierce leader. They believe God sends such kings to The post What’s Behind Trumpism: The Open Attack on Democracy appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Today, more than ever, politics is theater. On today’s big stage we see Biden as an old weakened man, and then we have Trump with blood on his face, standing strong, defiant, fist in the air. On today’s show national The post After The Shooting of July 13, Is it Over? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

In phase one of French elections, the far right of Marine LePen did very well, winning about a third of the total. The next and crucial vote is July 7. According to on-the-ground reporter, Oliver Haynes, President Macron is likely The post On the French Election: First Far Right Regime Since WWII? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The final chapter in our guest’s new book, Liberalism as a Way of Life asks the question: Requiem for a Liberal Way of Life? Well, is it really over? Reached in Sydney Australia where he’s professor of politics and philosophy The post Under Attack the World Over, What Is Liberalism? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Democracy is itself largely improvisation. Pushing back against the powers that be; the mainstream. Our guest Randy Fertel, author of the new book Winging It; Improv’s Power and Peril in the Age of Trump, says rationality alone is not enough; The post The Power of What Appears to be Improvisation appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It’s a systemic problem: what is “reasonable,” what is acting “in good faith” when America’s police violate citizens rights or even kill them? As of now, police are protected, enjoying unique immunity which no one else has. In this show The post Shielded: How Did Police Become Untouchable? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Progressive Americans have looked to Europe for successful building of a strong economy which addresses climate change effectively. But now there is a new rise of a far right throughout Europe, starting with Trump’s buddy Orban in Hungary. As with The post The End of Europe? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

India enjoys a romanticized image; you may think of Gandhi or the Beatles visit there. The reality is open repression and violence against the large Muslim minority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited America and the bulldozer is the symbol The post Not Just America: India’s Exceptionally Harsh Religious Nationalism appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio...

And what is the effect on democracy? Playing to the camera makes advertisers happy. Truth? How one would govern? Fall by the wayside are how one might govern. On this show associate professor of history Kathryn Cramer Brownell sheds light The post Must Our Politicians Be TV Stars? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Keeping one ethnicity in control: The Israeli state and Modi’s India. Palestinians and India’s Muslim minority. The chumminess of Bibi and Modi. And in both cases, the oppressors ask: who lit the fire? On this show, Stan Cox explains the The post Parallels: Israel and India; Bibi and Modi appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

No one wants to be labeled “anti-Semitic.” But there’s a massive yet secret Israel-run spy network not only spying on American university protesters but intimidating them, affecting their lives and job prospects. On this show author James Bamford reveals the The post Israel’s American Objective: Create Fear Among Students appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcas...

The unquestioned backing by Jewish Americans for the State of Israel started to fade about ten years ago, well before the current war.  This keepingdemocracyalive is from 2016, in which Allan C. Brownfield  reveals the relatively short shelf life of The post From 2016: Israel Conflates Religion with Nationalism appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Violence in the West Bank has ramped up markedly in recent days. Jewish settlers there see the barbaric and evil acts of October 7th as a green light. They’re not just vigilantes, they are subsidized by the Israeli government and The post Rabbi in The West Bank Calls for Torat Tzedek, An End to Settler Brutality appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The corporate powers in the late sixties were seriously freaked out by the powerful momentum of the left. So along came the 1971 Powell Memo, which was a battle plan to retake power. And it worked. On this show, economist The post The Left Can Win a Moral Revival appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Republicans determined to replace democracy with authoritarian tyranny. No it’s not 2023, it’s 1973 when they succeeded. Duly elected democratic socialist Salvador Allende is overthrown and replaced with dictator Augusto Pinochet. It’s not well known today, but listen in as, The post The First September 11th: 50 Years Ago appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast &amp...

He served 20 years in the military. No, he’s not the macho militarists; our guest today retired Lt Col. William Astore says empire is killing the America he served to protect. Our insane war budget, our “full spectrum global dominance” The post The Term “MAGA” Admits Empire is Over appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Today’s right encourages and seeks to use men’s anger in the culture war, though their policies actually damage working class men. In their fear and rage at the gains for equality, as Washington Monthly editor William Norris notes, Sen. Josh The post Hawley And the Right: Wrong About Manhood appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

They claim loudly they’re protecting freedom and innocent children, but the truth is the right is oppressing both. On this show psychoanalyst Avgi Saketopoulou, co-author of Gender Without Identity, argues there is not one true immutable authentic identity with which The post How Do We Form Our Gender Identity & Can It Change Over Time? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podc...

India enjoys a greatly romanticized image; you may think of Gandhi or the Beatles visit there. The reality  is open repression and violence against the large Muslim minority.   Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon visit America and his Hindu The post It’s Not Just in America: India’s Harsh Religious Nationalism appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

There’s a science to the demise of democracy. On this show, Vanderbilt University political historian Eli Merritt talks about the new book he edited: How to Save Democracy; Inspiration and Advice from 95 World Leaders. It’s about the knowledge and The post Time to Get Serious: How to Save Democracy appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Bradley Onishi is himself a “deconverted” Christian nationalist. His new book is titled Preparing for War; The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism–And What Comes Next. On this show, he answers the puzzling question of why so many who consider The post Christian Nationalism 2023: Power Not Piety appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .