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The Brexit process is in chaos after a series of votes concludes with the government asking the EU for a three-month extension; Jeremy Corbyn calls for an election to let people decide on their future -- Paul Jay and Costas Lapavitsas

Ralph talks to aviation expert, William McGee, about the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and pays tribute to his grandniece, who was one of the fatalities. Plus, Colman McCarthy returns to update us on the progress his Center For Teaching Peace has made in getting the study of peace into the curriculums of America’s schools.

Preparing for war with largest peacetime military budget paid for with devastating cuts to the poor, ending environmental regulation, destroying retirement and healthcare. Do divided Democrats have an answer? Lindsay Koshgarian of IPS analyzes the proposal

Featured Stories --Venezuela Update: Massive Blackout, US Unconventional Warfare? --As Ukraine's Presidential Race Heats Up, Politics Shift to the Right --German Jewish Peace Group Wins Peace Prize Then Attacked as being Anti-Semitic --Israeli Policies Force Family Separations

Parliament rejected Theresa May's latest Brexit deal by a vote of 391-242 just 17 days before Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union

Featured Stories --Trump Budget Showers Pentagon with Cash...Preparing for War? --Is ICE Trying to Intimidate Anti-Trump and Anti-ICE Protest? --Billionaire Owners of Purdue Pharma Pushed Opioid Drug OxyContin Knowing it Could Kill --Trump's "Coalition of the Willing" Against Venezuela Has Legitimacy Issues of Their Own

Chelsea Manning said her testimony before her court martial is all she has to say, standing by her resistance to secret grand juries as her activist ancestors did before her. Kevin Gosztola, Managing Editor of Shadowproof, discusses the case

Ralph spends the whole hour with independent journalist, Dahr Jamail, author of “The End of Ice,” his first person reporting on the front lines of the climate crisis.

Featured Stories --Ilhan Omars Denunciation of Israel Lobby is Not Anti-Semitism --Clinton-Era Official Says Left Should Lead Following Center-Right Failures --UN Commission Report Accuses Israel of War Crimes in Gaza --The Climate Denier Enablers --Mexicos Monetary Policy Traps it in Poverty

Featured Stories --Trump and Netanyahu Scandals a Very Dangerous Moment --France's Macron Moves to Equate Anti-Semitism with Anti-Zionism --Sanders on Venezuela: Does His Critique of US Policy Go Far Enough? --The Politics of Brazil's Carnival

A core concept of “Americanism” is the belief that the United States has a God given right to control all of the Americas in the name of democracy and freedom--but in reality, for plunder and commercial interest - historian Gerald Horne joins Paul Jay

In only the third public conversation between these two progressive icons, Ralph talks to Professor Chomsky - among other things - the media, the Green New Deal, nuclear war, Gaza, and Venezuela.

Hearings reveal deepening systemic corruption, further degeneration of GOP, progressive members standout in questioning - Jacqueline Lukman, Henry Giroux and Carmen Russell-Sluchansky join Paul Jay

On the eve of another US war for oil, Abby Martin debunks the most repeated myths about Venezuela and uncovers how US sanctions are crimes against humanity with UN Investigator and Human Rights Rapporteur Alfred De Zayas.

Ralph welcomes back legendary activist, Lois Gibbs, who updates us on the latest grassroots victories to clean up contaminated communities in spite of Trump’s EPA. And Jason Levine, executive director of The Center For Auto Safety, introduces the new The Car Book 2019, your complete guide to buying a safe, reliable, fuel-efficient automobile.

Pompeo, Netanyahu urged Arab leaders to consolidate and prepare for war with Iran at Warsaw Conference. Europe sends low level delegations. A leaked video from the conference reveals that Arab leaders are ready to abandoned solidarity with Palestinians. We speak with Vijay Prashad for analysis.

Trump's emergency order threatens to create an all powerful presidency and weaken a constitutional order that allows the elites to settle their differences within an electoral process - Paul Jay joins guest-host Jacqueline Luqman of 'Luqman Nation'

Ralph spends the entire hour with physicist and former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dr. Gregory Jaczko, talking about his book “Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator.

Why Are They Really Mad At Ilhan Omar? What does being a woman of color have to do with it? She said no more than other critics of American policy in the Middle East. Marc Steiner, Shir Hever, Charles Lenchner, and Phyllis Bennis discuss the issue

Eze Jackson and Tracey Beale talk with Dharna Noor and Steve Horn about their work reporting on climate change and the urgency for us to act now.

Ralph welcomes activist, George Lakey, to discuss “Viking Economics,” about what the U.S. can learn from the Scandinavian economies and “How To Win” social progress with direct action, non-violent campaigning. Then, Ian Barlow from the Federal Trade Commission, tells us how to stop robo-calls. Plus, Ralph weighs in on Trump’s State of the Union.

President asks for end to investigations & endless war while demonizing immigrants and attacking abortion rights

Russia and China are responding to “perceived US unilateralism and interventionism” - Paul Jay joins Taya Graham to analyze the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community

Ralph welcomes Dr. George Denniston, founder of Doctors Opposing Circumcision, who argues that male circumcision is unnecessary, unethical, as well as physically and psychologically harmful. Then Public Citizen’s, Rick Claypool, gives us an update on how the Trump Administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy for border crossings and street crime does not extend to his buddies in the corporate world. P...

Ralph welcomes Harvard Business School professor, Shoshana Zuboff, to talk about how Google, Facebook and other digital companies make money by watching every move you make, and how it should be stopped.