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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>1641cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-charlie-kirk-echoes-horst-wessel--67868649charging on X, “They may not want to hear it, and it may incense them, but the parallels between what the Nazis did then [with Wessel], and what Trump and MAGA are doing today [with Kirk], are striking, chilling – and as any expert on authoritarianism will tell you, straight out of the same toxic, but dog-eared, playbook.”In a conversation with Dick Price and Sharon Kyle of the LA Progressive, emeritus professor of history at the West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah, KY, Berry Craig explains why the comparison between the murder of Horst Wessel and Charlie Kirk is important to understand. This conversation was sparked by an article written by Berry Craig for the LA Progressive. Here is a link to that article:https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/charlie-kirk-echoes-horst-wessel

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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>3032cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-conversation-about-usaid--66424903here at the LA Progressive. But, like almost anything, USAID was a complex organization. It also provided essential support services and supplies across the globe by supporting development, healthcare, reducing poverty, and responding to emergencies.This is Sharon Kyle, the publisher of the LAProgressive.com. I spent some time in conversation with Matt Kavanaugh about his experience with USAID. Matt is a public health professional who has had more than a dozen years of experience working with the organization. The recent dismantling of USAID by the Trump administration will impact millions of lives and perhaps affect international stability and goodwill toward the United States. Matt knows something about this. To read this article in its entirety, click here.

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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>1767cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marianne-williamson-running-to-head-the-dnc--66424890Renewing the Democratic PartyRead MorePresident Trump has ushered in an age of political theatre – a collective adrenaline rush that has enabled him to not only move masses of people into his camp but also masses of people away from ours. It does not serve us to underestimate the historic nature of what he has achieved.In fact, it’s important that we recognize the psychological and emotional dimensions of Trump’s appeal. We need to understand it to create the energy to counter it. MAGA is a distinctly 21st century political movement and it will not be defeated by a 20th century tool kit. Data analysis, fundraising, field organizing, and beefed-up technology – while all are important - will not be enough to prepare the way for Democratic victory in 2024 and beyond.Read Marianne's petition to DNC members (only DNC members can vote, but all can read)That’s why I have decided to run for DNC Chair this year. Running for the Democratic nomination for President twice, I have traveled extensively throughout this country speaking with voters. I’ve witnessed up close the fraying bonds of affection between the party and the working people of the United States; I met many who had been traditional Democratic voters yet had lost hope that the party had their back. In the 2024 election, throughout my campaign I warned of a coming electoral disaster if Democrats did not listen more deeply to the pain of people throughout America.My experience of what went wrong has given me insight into what needs doing to make things right. (See my manifesto for a Renewed Democratic Party.) As Chairwoman, I will work to reinvent the party from the inside out. For if we want a new President in four years, and a new Congress in two, then we must immediately get about the task of creating a new party.

Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>substack:post:153689764Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:15:05 +0000LA ProgressiveThe main executive leadership of the Democratic Party is the Democratic National Committee (DNC). It is generally responsible for the affairs of the Democratic Party including planning how to support Democratic Party candidates running for local,...Renewing the Democratic PartyRead MorePresident Trump has ushered in an age of political theatre – a collective adrenaline rush that has enabled him to not only move masses of people into his camp but also masses of people away from ours. It does not serve us to underestimate the historic nature of what he has achieved.In fact, it’s important that we recognize the psychological and emotional dimensions of Trump’s appeal. We need to understand it to create the energy to counter it. MAGA is a distinctly 21st century political movement and it will not be defeated by a 20th century tool kit. Data analysis, fundraising, field organizing, and beefed-up technology – while all are important - will not be enough to prepare the way for Democratic victory in 2024 and beyond.Read Marianne's petition to DNC members (only DNC members can vote, but all can read)That’s why I have decided to run for DNC Chair this year. Running for the Democratic nomination for President twice, I have traveled extensively throughout this country speaking with voters. I’ve witnessed up close the fraying bonds of affection between the party and the working people of the United States; I met many who had been traditional Democratic voters yet had lost hope that the party had their back. In the 2024 election, throughout my campaign I warned of a coming electoral disaster if Democrats did not listen more deeply to the pain of people throughout America.My experience of what went wrong has given me insight into what needs doing to make things right. (See my manifesto for a Renewed Democratic Party.) As Chairwoman, I will work to reinvent the party from the inside out. For if we want a new President in four years, and a new Congress in two, then...]]>1880cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vijay-prashad-on-the-fall-of-assad--66424915Moscow, Russia. It was the end of the rule of the Assad family that began when Hafez al-Assad (1930-2000) became president in 1971, and continued through his son Bashar from 2000—a 53-year period of rule. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which seized Damascus, was formed out of the remnants of the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra (Front for the Conquest of Syria) in 2017, and led by its emir Abu Jaber Shaykh and its military commander Abu Mohammed al-Jolani.Vijay Prashad discusses this and more in this information packed conversation with Dick Price and Sharon Kyle of the LA Progressive. To read Vijay Prashad’s article in its entirety go to:The Fall of Assad

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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>2728cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-trump-try-to-stay-in-office-beyond-2028--66424879Donald Trump over the past decade, it’s that even his most outlandish threats against democracy should be taken seriously. This applies not only to his promises to exact revenge and retribution on his political opponents and critics, but also to his expressed interest in serving a third term (or more) as president.Trump has been musing about serving three terms for a long time. In a 2018 fundraiser with donors at Mar-a-Lago, he praised Chinese President XI Jinping for being elected president for life, calling Xi “great,” and suggesting, “Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot someday.” At a campaign rally in Wisconsin in August 2020, he declared: “We are going to win four more years. And then after that, we’ll go for another four years because they spied on my campaign. We should get a redo of four years.”His latest remarks on the subject were delivered on Nov. 13, when he told a gathering of House Republicans, “I suspect I won’t be running again, unless you say, ‘He’s so good, we’ve got to figure out something else.’The full article, written by Bill Blum, can be found here:https://www.laprogressive.com/election-and-campaigns/trumps-third-termThe LA Progressive can be accessed on all social media as well as our website:https://linktr.ee/LAProgressive

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The full article we discuss in this podcast can be found here:
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>2323cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paulo-freire-and-the-necessity-of-critical-pedagogy-in-the-age-of-book-banning--66424916"Today, as education comes under attack by neoliberal and authoritarian regimes worldwide, Paulo Freire's ideas are more vital than ever," says Henry Giroux a professor who currently holds the McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the English and Cultural Studies Department and is the Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy. 

Paulo Freire, the radical Brazilian educator, would have turned 103 on September 19, 2025. Freire was not merely an academic; he was a revolutionary, a fierce champion of the oppressed whose lifelong fight for economic, educational, and social justice has left an indelible mark on generations of teachers, students, and cultural workers worldwide. His seminal work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, was written under the brutal political repression of 1960s Brazil, yet its message reverberates even louder today in the face of rising authoritarianism and the war on critical thought. Freire knew that education is never neutral—it is always a political act. It either serves to liberate or to domesticate, to empower or to subjugate.
Henry Giroux has written a piece in the LA Progressive that complements and expands upon this interview. It can be found here:
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Paulo Freire, the radical Brazilian educator, would have turned 103 on September 19, 2025. Freire was not merely an academic; he was a revolutionary, a fierce champion of the oppressed whose lifelong fight for economic, educational, and social justice has left an indelible mark on generations of teachers, students, and cultural workers worldwide. His seminal work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, was written under the brutal political repression of 1960s Brazil, yet its message reverberates even louder today in the face of rising authoritarianism and the war on critical thought. Freire knew that education is never neutral—it is always a political act. It either serves to liberate or to domesticate, to empower or to subjugate.
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>2493cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-talk-to-someone-with-different-political-views--66424908I spent some time with Robert Jensen, author of "It's Debatable: Speaking Authentically about Tough Topics," because his book provides a way to have more in-depth and meaningful conversations on topics that are fraught with mine fields. Given the divisive political environment today, Robert Jensen and authors like him may be our only hope for being able to bridge the growing gap between the left and the right. Robert Jensen writes for those who want arguments to be grounded on facts, logic, critical introspection, and respect for one another. 
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Robert Jensen, It’s Debatable: Talking Authentically about Tricky Topics (Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press, 2024).
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Robert Jensen, It’s Debatable: Talking Authentically about Tricky Topics (Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press, 2024).
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>1450cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/henry-giroux-explains-how-liberal-education-strengthens-democracy--66424918https://www.laprogressive.com/education-reform/critical-pedagogy-in-dark-times







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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>3032cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prof-richard-wolff-why-racism-is-essential-in-capitalism--66424892Dick Price and Sharon Kyle publish the digital magazine LAProgressive.com. The discussion has here with Rick Wolff stems from an article Rick wrote that was published by the LA Progressive. That article is titled, "How Racism Is an Essential Tool for Maintaining the Capitalist Order"
Rick Wolff's website, Democracy at Work
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>99ba9e23-f9a7-4036-87a3-7d806e590eefSat, 31 Aug 2024 20:29:32 +0000LA ProgressiveProfessor Richard Wolff sheds light on the role that racism has played as an essential tool for maintaining the capitalist order. Says Wolff, "U.S. capitalism solved its instability problem by making cyclical downturns afflict chiefly a minority...Dick Price and Sharon Kyle publish the digital magazine LAProgressive.com. The discussion has here with Rick Wolff stems from an article Rick wrote that was published by the LA Progressive. That article is titled, "How Racism Is an Essential Tool for Maintaining the Capitalist Order"
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>3283cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/economist-prof-richard-wolff-explains-capitalism--66424880Richard D. Wolff is a professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, in New York. Wolff’s weekly show, “Economic Update,” is syndicated by more than 100 radio stations and goes to millions via several TV networks and YouTube. He has authored several books, including Democracy at Work . Rick Wolff believes that we can do better than capitalism. You can find his books, podcasts, videos, and more at https://www.democracyatwork.info/shows


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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>3609cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/millions-spent-on-netanyahu-s-trip-to-washington-dc--66424920The U.S. Congress invited the war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress on July 24, thereby solidifying the complicity of the Executive and Legislative branches of the U.S. government in the genocide of Gaza.
Incredibly, the security arrangements for one person, Benjamin Netanyahu, surpass those implemented for 32 heads of state during the recent NATO anniversary in Washington, D.C.
While the NATO meetings involved high fences around the Washington Convention Center, the security for Netanyahu's visit includes fencing off the entire U.S. Capitol complex, placing barricades in front of the House of Representatives and Senate buildings and around the Watergate complex where he stayed.


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Incredibly, the security arrangements for one person, Benjamin Netanyahu, surpass those implemented for 32 heads of state during the recent NATO anniversary in Washington, D.C.
While the NATO meetings involved high fences around the Washington Convention Center, the security for Netanyahu's visit includes fencing off the entire U.S. Capitol complex, placing barricades in front of the House of Representatives and Senate buildings and around the Watergate complex where he stayed.


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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>1384cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/white-men-clinging-to-power-more-than-a-biden-problem--66424888Joe Biden did the right thing. Finally. But it took Nancy Pelosi's hammer and tongs—and the eventual capitulation of his consiglieri, Ricchetti and Donilon, to get him to do it.
Biden is hardly alone. A 78-year-old egomaniacal Donald Trump can't get out of the way, either. Bernie Sanders turns 83 next month. Chuck Grassley turns 91 in September. The entire U.S. Senate amounts to a mostly male geriatric society. When powerful women (e.g., Dianne Feinstein) hold on for too long, I always think that for these women, it's a kind of revenge for having had to dwell in the patriarchal wilderness for far too many of their prime career years.
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>4487d349-ca25-4454-9686-49f733f17fd7Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:44:03 +0000LA ProgressiveWhat is it about white men, especially older white men, finding it so hard to surrender the spotlight, pass the torch, and stand down? Joe Biden did the right thing. Finally. But it took Nancy Pelosi's hammer and tongs—and the eventual capitulation of...Joe Biden did the right thing. Finally. But it took Nancy Pelosi's hammer and tongs—and the eventual capitulation of his consiglieri, Ricchetti and Donilon, to get him to do it.
Biden is hardly alone. A 78-year-old egomaniacal Donald Trump can't get out of the way, either. Bernie Sanders turns 83 next month. Chuck Grassley turns 91 in September. The entire U.S. Senate amounts to a mostly male geriatric society. When powerful women (e.g., Dianne Feinstein) hold on for too long, I always think that for these women, it's a kind of revenge for having had to dwell in the patriarchal wilderness for far too many of their prime career years.
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>1906cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-ballet-theatre-and-dei--66424919 ABT said, "As we come to the end of Pride Month, we want to pay tribute to a member of our community who made way for a more inclusive world in ballet and beyond.
A legend, a light, a trailblazer—✨Leopold Allen✨, ABT’s first resident Hair and Makeup Supervisor, was a fixture in the Company for over 10 years, working closely with many ABT icons including Susan Jaffe, Alessandra Ferri, and Mikhail Baryshnikov. An artist of the highest caliber, Leopold always filled the room with laughter and made everyone in his chair feel ready to take the stage. In 1989, Leopold sadly lost his life to AIDS.



Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>e8ab6e69-f7d2-45f7-a2a9-0077798e0fddFri, 02 Aug 2024 15:31:58 +0000LA ProgressiveThe American Ballet Theatre (ABT) honored my uncle, Leopold Allen at two events in New York City. ABT said, "As we come to the end of Pride Month, we want to pay tribute to a member of our community who made way for a more inclusive world in ballet... ABT said, "As we come to the end of Pride Month, we want to pay tribute to a member of our community who made way for a more inclusive world in ballet and beyond.
A legend, a light, a trailblazer—✨Leopold Allen✨, ABT’s first resident Hair and Makeup Supervisor, was a fixture in the Company for over 10 years, working closely with many ABT icons including Susan Jaffe, Alessandra Ferri, and Mikhail Baryshnikov. An artist of the highest caliber, Leopold always filled the room with laughter and made everyone in his chair feel ready to take the stage. In 1989, Leopold sadly lost his life to AIDS.



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Almost immediately upon hearing the news, close to 45,000 Black women participated in a call that helped raise a record $81 million for the Harris campaign in less than 24 hours. All of this new energy could attract a bunch of new voters.

Every year, approximately 4 million Americans reach the voting age. This means that approximately 16 million people will have the opportunity to vote in the presidential election for the first time in November.

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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>703d1b40-f2c9-48fe-91c0-9a065ab1a8efTue, 23 Jul 2024 15:10:22 +0000LA ProgressiveNow that President Biden has voluntarily chosen to drop out of the presidential race and has also endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. The game has changed. Almost immediately upon hearing the news, close to 45,000 Black women participated in a...
Almost immediately upon hearing the news, close to 45,000 Black women participated in a call that helped raise a record $81 million for the Harris campaign in less than 24 hours. All of this new energy could attract a bunch of new voters.

Every year, approximately 4 million Americans reach the voting age. This means that approximately 16 million people will have the opportunity to vote in the presidential election for the first time in November.

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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>407cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daria-roithmayr-explains-intractable-racism--66424922To read the entire article, go to:
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In a piece written by Mazzarino and published by the LA Progressive, Mazzarino makes the case that war-induced hunger and insufficient medical care indirectly kills more civilians than direct violence. She says that many war stories end with hunger wreaking havoc on large portions of a population causing significant loss of life.
Andrea Mazzarino, the co-editor of the book War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, makes that case that armed conflict disrupts food supplies as warring factions divert resources to arms production and their militaries while destroying the kinds of infrastructure that enable societies to feed themselves. Governments, too, sometimes use starvation as a weapon of war. 
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>397d0fb8-c8a4-4832-8f01-eb852a855a30Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:27:31 +0000LA ProgressiveThe LA Progressive chats with Andrea Mazzarino, co-founder of Brown University's https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/. In a piece written by Mazzarino and published by the LA Progressive, Mazzarino makes the case that war-induced hunger and...Costs of War Project.
In a piece written by Mazzarino and published by the LA Progressive, Mazzarino makes the case that war-induced hunger and insufficient medical care indirectly kills more civilians than direct violence. She says that many war stories end with hunger wreaking havoc on large portions of a population causing significant loss of life.
Andrea Mazzarino, the co-editor of the book War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, makes that case that armed conflict disrupts food supplies as warring factions divert resources to arms production and their militaries while destroying the kinds of infrastructure that enable societies to feed themselves. Governments, too, sometimes use starvation as a weapon of war. 
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Roberts’ opinion will have more dire consequences, as it “invents an atextual, ahistorical, and unjustifiable immunity that puts the President above the law.”





Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>c5c9d42f-28c7-4812-8f2d-6288c928362fFri, 12 Jul 2024 04:37:29 +0000LA ProgressiveThe Supreme Court chief justice’s decision on Trump’s immunity puts the myth of his institutionalism out of its misery, once and for all. Roberts’ opinion will have more dire consequences, as it “invents an atextual, ahistorical, and unjustifiable...
Roberts’ opinion will have more dire consequences, as it “invents an atextual, ahistorical, and unjustifiable immunity that puts the President above the law.”





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Every four years, the airwaves across the United States are bombarded with election lingo. We're flooded with a language that disappears the day after the general election. Words like primary election, ballot box, electoral college, instant runoff, caucus, Super Tuesday, superdelegate, precinct, and dozens more roll off the tongues of pundits as if everybody is fluent in this language. The truth is, most of us aren't as familiar with the lingo as perhaps we ought to be.
So, the LA Progressive is going to provide a regular column, defining and explaining many of these terms. This piece will focus on the national presidential election and these terms: primary election; caucus; democratic convention; delegate; and superdelegate.
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>b78e373e-0f0a-4ae8-bce9-1bc7ce74c606Tue, 09 Jul 2024 04:39:58 +0000LA ProgressiveIs undecipherable political language and a complicated electoral process destroying democracy? Some might argue that these complexities are unavoidable, but the more cynical among us suspect this is by design. Every four years, the airwaves across...
Every four years, the airwaves across the United States are bombarded with election lingo. We're flooded with a language that disappears the day after the general election. Words like primary election, ballot box, electoral college, instant runoff, caucus, Super Tuesday, superdelegate, precinct, and dozens more roll off the tongues of pundits as if everybody is fluent in this language. The truth is, most of us aren't as familiar with the lingo as perhaps we ought to be.
So, the LA Progressive is going to provide a regular column, defining and explaining many of these terms. This piece will focus on the national presidential election and these terms: primary election; caucus; democratic convention; delegate; and superdelegate.
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>891cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guantanamo-bay-still-holds-9-11-prisoners--66424932The former UN Special Rapporteur, Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, sat down with me to talk about something most of us had no idea was still an issue: there are still prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay, even though more than half of them have been told that they can leave.
Fionnuala concluded her term as UN Special Rapporteur last year. In that role, she had the unenviable responsibility of observing the operations at Guantanamo Bay prison. Her final official duty as the United Nations Special Rapporteur was to generate a report of her findings. 
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>a8fa7335-ed79-4f72-a503-72c920d0b6e1Fri, 05 Jul 2024 17:06:01 +0000LA ProgressiveGuantanamo Bay prison is still operational. And YES, the United States is still imprisoning post-9/11 suspects who have been there for decades. The former UN Special Rapporteur, Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, sat down with me to talk about something...The former UN Special Rapporteur, Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, sat down with me to talk about something most of us had no idea was still an issue: there are still prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay, even though more than half of them have been told that they can leave.
Fionnuala concluded her term as UN Special Rapporteur last year. In that role, she had the unenviable responsibility of observing the operations at Guantanamo Bay prison. Her final official duty as the United Nations Special Rapporteur was to generate a report of her findings. 
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Mike has devoted his life to overturning the death penalty.
While not the founder, Mike has been the president of Death Penalty Focus since the early 1990s. According to Farrell, the organization was founded simply because, at the time, California was in a situation where the United States Supreme Court had ruled that the death penalty violated the 8th Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>99677b38-f90c-4eb4-816b-61613c4a34d3Thu, 04 Jul 2024 23:13:07 +0000LA ProgressiveActor and human rights advocate Mike Farrell spent time with the LA Progressive discussing the death penalty. Mike has devoted his life to overturning the death penalty. While not the founder, Mike has been the president of Death Penalty Focus...

Mike has devoted his life to overturning the death penalty.
While not the founder, Mike has been the president of Death Penalty Focus since the early 1990s. According to Farrell, the organization was founded simply because, at the time, California was in a situation where the United States Supreme Court had ruled that the death penalty violated the 8th Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
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Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>1816cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-are-black-men-supporting-donald-trump--66424929Black Democratic politicians who flip parties after they are elected by Democrats and later join the MAGA Republicans are betraying their voters in a cynical, power-hungry and hazardous game of bait-and-switch. These dangerous political games come at an equally hazardous time for Black people, precisely when the Republican Party is the most racist and hostile it has ever been to Black lives and aspirations.



Get full access to LA Progressive at laprogressive.substack.com/subscribe]]>3c6e01c6-e9fa-44ee-b15e-ff6b05be49baSun, 02 Jun 2024 19:10:36 +0000LA Progressive Black Democratic politicians who flip parties after they are elected by Democrats and later join the MAGA Republicans are betraying their voters in a cynical, power-hungry and hazardous game of bait-and-switch. These dangerous political games come at...Black Democratic politicians who flip parties after they are elected by Democrats and later join the MAGA Republicans are betraying their voters in a cynical, power-hungry and hazardous game of bait-and-switch. These dangerous political games come at an equally hazardous time for Black people, precisely when the Republican Party is the most racist and hostile it has ever been to Black lives and aspirations.



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