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You remember: “that’s not who we are,” related to January 6, 2021? Turns out, maybe it is who we are. Was this too an outlier: Greensboro North Carolina November 1979 when the KKK shot and killed five people demonstrating for The post Greensboro ’79: “White Supremacy Done Correctly” appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

So many mass shootings; how did the gun culture become so powerful? Look to the Civil War: Militarily devastated, the angry determined Confederate culture transformed guns into a totem. In this revealing discussion, U of Wisconsin-Madison professor Nick Buttrick sheds The post The South Won: Today’s Gun Culture appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

So many mass shootings; how did the gun culture become so powerful? Look to the Civil War: Militarily devastated, the angry Confederate culture transformed guns into a totem. In this revealing discussion, U of Wisconsin-Madison professor Nick Buttrick reveals the The post Today’s Gun Culture: The South Won appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

In short, it was not about individual rights but about protecting the institution of slavery. It created militias as slave patrols. And despite conventional wisdom, militias were useless in the war for independence. Historian Carl Bogus’s new book Madison’s Militia, The post Madison’s Intent for the Second Amendment appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radi...

So many mass shootings; how did the gun culture become so powerful? Look to the Civil War. Militarily devastated, the Confederate culture transformed guns into a totem. In this revealing discussion, U of Wisconsin-Madison professor Nick Buttrick reveals the roots The post Slave States and Today’s Gun Culture appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

So many mass shootings; how did the gun culture become so powerful? Look to the Civil War. Militarily devastated, the Confederate culture transformed guns into a totem. In this revealing discussion, U of Wisconsin-Madison professor Nick Buttrick reveals the roots The post Slave States and Today’s Gun Culture appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Thinking with history; on this show political broadcast veteran John Kosinski demonstrates how so many people running just want to be showmen on TeeVee. He explains why so many are drawn to Trumpism: a desire to be heard and respected. The post This is the Best Analysis of the Coming Election appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

We’ve won the abortion debate, and had the vote been a few weeks ago… But it’s not until November 8th. Neil Oxman is co-founder of The Campaign Group and on this show he shares his uniquely valuable vantage point. Oxman The post Should Democrats Be Worried? View from a Pro appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Fear leads to actions people often later regret.  Why are people who’ve been against guns now buying them up? The pandemic isolation and fear of shortages is part of the explanation for the current surge. Feeling safer beats actually being The post Anti-Gun Americans Become a Wave of New Gun Owners: What? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

What explains the worship of guns in America? It’s long been a mystery to many. Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz says guns have always been central to the insistent belief that God gave America to white Christian males. America’s first industry was The post America’s Altar of Guns Explained appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Myths are often more powerful than real history. Consider that for 200 years the meaning of the 2nd Amendment aroused no controversy. It was about both militias and individual rights for self defense. And there were limits. On this show, The post You Don’t Understand The Second Amendment appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Since its founding after the Civil War the NRA was concerned about the proliferation of guns in America. They became a sportsmen’s gun club focused on responsibility and safety. And conservative  Christian evangelicals cited Bible references to say life began The post Evangelicals Had Been Pro-Choice and the NRA Was All About Gun Safety. Really. appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive...

Change only comes after enough innocent blood soaks into America’s soil. Is it enough now? Forty eight years ago, the war came home. From the Kent State Massacre, college students learned they were not safe exercising their first amendment rights. The post Teens As Targets. Parkland and Kent State: Real Change Coming? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

What actually works to make us safer? Much of recent military policy has actually worked to strengthen our 21st century enemies. Why is it that the defense industry is so effective at convincing members of both parties that we really The post Weapons Industry on AutoPilot Under Trump appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The forces currently in power may actually believe that by killing democracy they are saving America. Or they may just be driven by simple greed. In his new book: Kill It to Save It; An Autopsy of Capitalism’s Triumph Over The post Kill It To Save It appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

In the American war on drugs, the Mexican drug cartels work hand in glove with the  federal, state, and local police. Most of the guns used in the tens of thousands of killings in recent years come from (guess where) The post American Guns Mean Mexican Slaughter appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

“Just following orders” is no defense. In a democracy we assume that individuals in society will take personal responsibility and disobey immoral commands. But as many experiments have shown, people rarely question orders from authorities. Our guest on this show The post Intelligent Disobedience: Democracy Depends on It appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Over 3,000 prominent scientists, musicians, religious leaders, intellectuals, artists, actors, and others signed on to a full page ad in the January 4 New York Times, with the bold letters, “NO! In the name of humanity, we REFUSE to accept The post Take Action To Stop Trump’s Fascism appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

We’ve already seen the propensity of the angry, pumped up Trumpist mobs to violence. In his final debate performance, Donald Trump warned that his supporters might not abide by the results. Would the defeat of Trump be the end of The post The Danger of Trump Increases After Nov 8th appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

They call it “youth development programs.” Seven hundred million of our tax dollars are being used to lure kids into the schools-to-soldier pipeline. The mainly poor students are presented the image of exciting video games, which millions of kids love. The post Army Ranger Opposing Child Soldier Recruitment in America appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Sh...

With Trump as president, it would be a major effort to just move back to the center. With Hillary Clinton, and sustained  pressure from progressives, forward motion is possible, if difficult. This is for progressives thinking about the election. Michael The post A Tough Vote Forward appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

From ruthless cold warrior to taking on his nemesis LBJ over the war in Vietnam, was Bobby Kennedy an opportunist? Who was the “runt” of the Kennedy litter?  In this remarkable interview, bestselling author Larry Tye tells us how Bobby’s The post What Could Have Been: RFK, The Making of a Liberal Icon appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Independence day: Many Americans see our freedom to choose as consumers as what independence is all about. But recovering corporate CEO and Huffington Post columnist Richard Eskow on this show shines a light on how far we’ve veered from what The post Would Our Founders Recognize Today’s “Independence?” appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Of course the North beat the South but Southern Values also won. Northern collusion with slavery, annexing Cuba, the 1% vs the 99%, and the wisdom of Phineas T. Barnum are all entertainingly discussed in Ecstatic Nation: Confidence Crisis and The post The North and Southern Values Both Won appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Adam Hochschild has written best selling books about a Belgian King’s holocaust in the Congo and another about the brave British women who fought against the insanity of the first world war. His new book is Spain in Our Hearts: The post The War Left Out of Your History Books appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .