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The myth of the rugged individualist settling the west is just that: a myth. The work needed to tame the wild and vast open spaces was not done with a lasso. The white people who populated the massive west needed The post Cowboy Socialism? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

When Americans hear the word socialism, they feel frightened. Bernie Sanders has looked to the nations of Scandinavia for models, while Hillary Clinton runs away from that. What is reality? On this show, Ann Jones (author of Kabul in Winter The post Norway’s Democratic Socialism Yields Great Freedom appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Of course our democratic system of government comes from Italy. So do chocolate, cigars, and hammocks. Instead of simple brute force, the Italian style of empire building relied on commerce and culture. Guest Christopher Kelly (Italian by marriage) talks about The post Democracy, Chocolate, Hammocks: Italian Style Imperialism appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

In the Christmas Truce at the beginning of what was then The Great War, and other lesser know fraternizing between “enemies,” it took courage to question the madness. Still today, Christmas is the one day of peace, while we feel The post One Day of Peace, 364 of Perpetual War appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

All the presidential contenders and all of Washington’s top brains repeatedly call for the wealthy Arab states to lead the war on ISIS. Why aren’t they doing it? Former State Department whistle-blower Peter Van Buren explains why. The post Why Rich Arab States Won’t Fight Our War Against ISIS appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Talk about threats to democracy and to America itself: The Trump phenomenon is blatantly racist, xenophobic, and fascist, more and more from both parties are recognizing this. Does Trump give voice to what many Americans secretly feel? In this discussion, The post The Lasting Effects of Trumpism appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The horror of ISIS terrorism today grew from the “peace” imposed by the most powerful Western nations on the former Ottoman Empire at the finish of the first world war, a war that never ended. Many more civilians were killed The post Killing As Many Civilians as Possible:WWI and ISIS appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It started out so promising: peaceful revolutions for self-determination. From Tunisia through Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and of course Syria. Now Tunisia is the only stable secular democracy, and on this show author and professor Rebecca Gordon sheds light on The post The Arab Spring: What Went So Wrong? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Despite the fact that the US inadvertently created ISIS and is still arming the wrong people, and despite the fact that the US and Russia seem to be on opposite sides, Ambassador Peter Galbraith argues the region is on a The post Stability Coming to Syria and Iraq appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

American Exceptionalism: it’s beyond mere national pride, it is an insistence that we are above the normal rules and that we are God’s gift to the world. Of course if we know someone who feels this way about him or The post American Exceptionalism? The Religion of Nationalism appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Recently released emails reveal that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton enabled the success of the military coup in Honduras in 2009 which overthrew a democratically elected president. Why should we care? It was the same old American heavy-handedness which creates The post Hillary’s Anti-Democracy Foreign Policy appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

We’re all familiar with 1776. But before the actual separation from England, there was revolution across the land. The spirit of 1774 was focused on class-blind democracy and a lot of what happened then, with powerful actions from the grassroots The post The Revolution Before the War of Independence appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

We’ve all seen the images: refugees crammed in rubber rafts, mobbed trains, young children drowned in the seas. Hundreds of thousands are leaving war zones in hopes of a better life. But in Europe there are those who want to The post The Migrant Crisis: Historic Transformation? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

What was the actual intent of America’s founders? The far right has too often gotten away with claiming the mantle of the values of America’s founders. Even Glenn Beck has stolen the title of Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet Common Sense The post The Right Is Quite Wrong About Founders appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

As the worlds number one jailer,  Americans are finally starting to pay attention to our unique mass incarceration. Author James Kilgore knows about the issue from the inside. His new book is Mass Incarceration: A People’s Guide to the Key The post Mass Incarceration or Justice Reinvestment? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Ferguson. Staten Island. Even small town cops are armed like soldiers. The list of disturbing and excessive police violence is lengthy. How did we get here? How is it that the militarization of police has become so widespread across America? The post Police Violence: The Startling Economic Context appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Republican presidential wannabes fall over themselves to see who can hate Iran the most. And of course, ISIS is despicable. Yet with all their state run beheadings and human rights abuses, somehow Saudi Arabia remains America’s best Arab ally. Guest The post The Real Troublemaker in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Trading land for peace. Overwhelming military force. Drawn out negotiations. Compromises on this or that. None of it has worked nor can it when it comes to creating a sustainable peace in the Israel/Palestine region. Viewing the decades long crisis The post Without This Ingredient, No Peace in Israel/Palestine appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .