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Trump calls it the “Deal of the Century.” Just announced with much fanfare, a new peace plan for Israel and Palestine. Only with no Palestinian participation. The ceremony was with Trump, Netanyahu, Jared Kushner, and Sheldon Adelson, and some may The post Trump-Netanyahu Deal: Disappearing a People appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It’s more than the similar time of year. According to guest Rabbi Michael Lerner, of Tikkun Magazine and chair of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, both holidays mark times in which people without power successfully took on the powers of The post Christmas/Hanukkah Are About Strength Through Generosity, Not Dominance appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

A new executive order by President Trump stamps a radical new definition on the meaning of anti-semitism. Its purpose is to clamp down on freedom of speech. A Chicago area rabbi says her congregants have said “this feels like the The post Trump Order Threatens Jews and Free Speech appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Consumed with Brexit, the old upper and lower class divisions are themselves divided. According to professor Kenneth Surin, a Brit teaching at Duke, the decision made by voters in the upcoming general election will be of major importance. On one The post The Crucial December 12th British Election Explained appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Did Trump mean to be anti-Semitic with his insistence that Jewish Americans who vote Democratic are disloyal? According to our first guest, civil justice advocate and attorney Mark Bello, without question yes, Trump is anti-Semitic. And he says Trump is The post Trump and “Disloyal Jews”//The Corpse of Franco and Democracy in Spain appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast...

After nearly 50 years, she’s back in the news, and she keeps on pushing.  Angela Davis gained fame/notoriety as the Afro-coiffed California professor/activist speciously charged with helping Jonathan Jackson trying to free his brother George, author of Soledad Brother, from The post Angela Davis: Rising Star Again appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

A wall isn’t going to work. What will work is addressing the reasons desperate Central Americans walk a thousand miles. Foreign Affairs columnist Patrick Lawrence suggests ways to alleviate the conditions causing the caravan. And on part two, why did The post Obvious Migrant Solution//CNN Fires Professor appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

He’s spoken openly about his concern for justice for Palestinians. As Jeremy Corbyn is continuing to rise as he leads the traditional left Labour Party of the United Kingdom, his detractors are working feverishly to discredit him as an anti-Semite. The post Using “Anti-Semitism” to Defeat Jeremy Corbyn appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

At least it’s now out in the open. All Israelis who are not Jewish have had their rights diminished. Given the longstanding discrimination against non-white non-European Jews, Palestinians and Druze are now just third class citizens. Prime Minister Netanyahu described The post Israel’s New Nation-State Law: Codifying Apartheid appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast &...

Americans are just beginning to learn about our deadly role for the Saudi war in Yemen. For many decades and many presidents, the Saudi royal family has held great sway in Washington. Today the famine and cholera outbreak in Yemen, The post Saudi Power in Washington: Harming America in the Middle East appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

If you are a sixteen year old girl, standing up to the men of the Israeli military is highly risky. You may not have heard of Ahed Tamimi. She is being held in an Israeli jail for slapping an Israeli The post 16 Year Old Girl Takes on Israeli Military appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Now and in the future, if certain opinions are not popular with the government in power, they can be prosecuted. Under the current bill S 720, which actually has Democratic sponsors, if a person even inquires about which companies may The post Free Speech Threatened By Anti-BDS Bill appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It took a long time but Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions worked to end South African Apartheid. Now powerful forces are working in the US congress to penalize businesses and individuals who express support for BDS against the State of Israel. The post BDS at 12: The Fight Against it Shows It’s Working appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

In the 21st century, it seems every new war is a “humanitarian intervention.” Our guest on this show, Jim Kavanagh of Counterpunch defines that as just more “missionary imperialism.” As the US quickly ramps up its war against the government The post US Pilots As Bait in War With Syria appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It’s starting to fade. The unquestioned backing by Jewish Americans for the State of Israel is slipping.  As author Allan C Browfield discusses, Zionism actually has a short shelf life among Jewish Americans. Before 1948, it was condemned by most The post Israel: Nationalism Replaces Religion appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Through twelve administrations, the US has been tight with the Saudi government. On part one, Medea Benjamin talks about her new book: Kingdom of the Unjust: behind the US-Saudi Connections. She argues it’s time to cut the cord, they are The post Time to Ditch The Saudis?//Clinton Foundation: Smoke But No Fire? Really? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Is the dream over? The socialist democratic Israel our parents generation dreamed of is not the right wing Israel we see today. What’s happening with Jewish Americans who are under 70? Why does the right wing Israel lobby still have so The post Under and Over 70: The Israel Divide appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It’s been called the most progressive Democratic Party platform ever, but in terms of foreign policy, it’s pretty much as militaristic as ever. On this show, Phyllis Bennis, of the Institute for Policy Studies dissects the foreign policy aspects of The post DNC Platform on War: Not Hopeless appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

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 .

How do you like paying interest to use your own money? According to Mike Krauss of the Public Banking Institute, it doesn’t have to be that way. We can replace the privately held Federal Reserve system and use the treasury The post Serfs on a Debt Plantation//Palestine at the Democratic Convention 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 .

They sought a better life from the Jim Crow South and freedom, but what they found was something else. It may not be bricks and mortar prison, but black citizens have been intentionally limited to specific areas on the map The post Spatialized Blackness In Chicago appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

And not just for Palestinians. With the ascent of the nationalistic right, even Jewish Israelis are feeling the sting of government assaults on democracy. Allan Brownfeld, editor of the magazine of The American Council for Judaism, explains how democracy is The post Democracy Endangered in Israel appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

They’ve been the big boys ruling their neighborhood for half a century. They really don’t want to give it up, but with their war in Yemen hurting their standing (and America’s) and the dropping price of oil, they are being The post Making Saudis Share the Neighborhood appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

How significant a change in policy toward Latin America does Obama’s trip to Havana mean? As Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy research explains, while the opening to Cuba is beneficial, it seems the American tradition The post Obama in Cuba and Argentina: How Much of a Change//The Anti-AIPAC March and Rally appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast &...