The F Word with Laura Flanders

"For a while last week, I thought I was in the wrong place. While the nation’s eyes were on the Kavanaugh hearings, I was in southwest Virginia, with a congressional campaign in rural America that big donors and DC Democrats don’t seem to care that much about." Our goal is to thrive, not just survive. By becoming a member, you sustain our independent, and grassroots-driven content! http://www. Lau...

"September 28, when a woman, Ana Maria Archila, stuck her foot in the door of an elevator and gave Republican Jeff Flake, a potential swing voter, a talking-to, and kept that foot in that door so that another woman could do the same, as the cameras rolled, live. The video went viral." "Whatever happens on the (SCOTUS) court, in the rough times ahead, let’s do what Ana Maria Archila did. Let’s let...

'Not long after the financial crash of 2008, I heard someone say, “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” Is it?' Our goal is to thrive, not just survive. By becoming a member, you sustain our independent, and grassroots-driven content!

"This particular plaque for my father made me think about something else too. If it wasn't for inclusive design, I literally would not exist." Check out our SPECIAL REPORT: Ableism Out, Independent Living Now! http://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=56122055 Our goal is to thrive, not just survive. By becoming a member, you sustain our independent, and grassroots-driven content! http://www. LauraFlanders.or...

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Socialism is as close as your closest coop. Check our our UK special with Jeremy Corbyn- UK Labour: http://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=55387497 Our goal is to thrive, not just survive. By becoming a member, you sustain our independent, and grassroots-driven content!

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"Smash society and you create craven people. Craven, from the early English word meaning crushed, defeated, overwhelmed." Our goal is to thrive, not just survive. By becoming a member, you sustain our independent, and grassroots-driven content!

A certain handshake in Singapore dominated the news June 12, so you may have missed Virginia’s Democratic primaries. Our goal is to thrive, not just survive. By becoming a member, you sustain our independent, and grassroots-driven content! http://www. LauraFlanders.org/membership

The commentary is an excerpt taken from our online-only interview with Chomsky, where the famed linguist analyzed the state of geo-nuclear politics, the crisis of climate change, and the need for international solidarity against proliferation. Check out all our web exclusives including the latest featuring Christine Hong: 'Nuclear Brinkmanship is Business As Usual for US-North Korea Relations'. Ou...

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"After Ida B. Wells published a column on May 21, 1892, denouncing “the old threadbare lie,” that lynching was used to “protect white womanhood,” a white mob marched to her office in Memphis, destroyed her presses and left a warning they would kill Wells if she tried to publish her newspaper again. That lie was the most heard, most accepted, most familiar, trusted, conventional, common fact. It’s...

Two hundred dollars a year, to make private profits off public water is little for Nestle Water Company in the state of Michigan. When it’s what residents in Flint Michigan are paying every month to drink private water because the public supply’s been poisoned, it’s a lot. http://flowforwater.org Become a member today http://Patreon.com/theLFShow  Thank you!

“Politicians and pundits tend to get excited about war, but the US-led strike on Syria of April 14th, was more of a show of weakness than of strength, veteran Middle East correspondent, Patrick Cockburn tells Laura Flanders.“ Patrick has reported on the middle east since the 1970's. Please take the time to write a review in iTunes. Our goal is to thrive, not just survive. Become a member today htt...

USA on Human Rights Has a Double Standard on Palestine and Syria: As Israeli forces kill unarmed demonstrators for a third week in Gaza and while the US simultaneously prepares to strike Syria over human rights abuses, I spoke to Lana Abu Hijileh, Country Director-Global Communities, a Palestinian humanitarian and development professionals attending the SKOLL World Forum conference in Oxford, UK,...

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