The Century Long PR Campaign Linking Capitalism to Democracy

Guest: Naomi Oreskes is professor of the history of science at Harvard University.  Her books include, The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming, and her latest with historian of science and technology Erik Conway, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market. The post The Century Long PR Campaign Linking Capitalism to Democracy appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: George Monbiot is an author, journalist, and environmental campaigner. His books include Feral, Heat, Regenesis, and his latest,  Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism co-authored with Peter Hutchison. George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison also co-produced the film Invisible Doctrine. The post George Monbiot on The Secret History of Neoliberalism appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET) and a Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.  He is the author of several books including Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire,   ...and forgive them their debts,  and The Collapse of Antiquity. The post The Fall of Roman Societies appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Andrew Delbanco author of The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War. The post The Fugitive Slave Act appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist who focuses on social justice and environmental movements, and attacks on civil liberties post-9/11.  He is the author of Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege and his latest, Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable.     The post The Power of Agricultural Industry appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Laura Spinney is a science journalist and the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World and most recently, Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global.   The post The Proto-Indo-Europeans appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Yaacov Yadgar is the Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies at the University of Oxford and the author of several books including Israel’s Jewish Identity Crisis: State and Politics in the Middle East, and his latest To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism.     The post What it Means for Israel To Be a Jewish State appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Mary Beard is a renown classist and the author of the best-selling The Fires of Vesuvius, SPQR, and most lately, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World.   The post The Nature of Imperial Power with Mary Beard appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich brings live analysis about the voting procedures of the megabill in the House of Representatives while Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delivers a marathonic speech that stalled the final vote for more than 8 hours claiming that allotting only one hour of debate on the content of a 900 pages bill was not enough.  He decided to take his “sweet time” to compensate the lack of discussion on the bill. Photo by Sogand Gh on Unsplash The post Analysis: Megabill Final Vote in the House of Representatives & Hakeem Jeffries Marathonic Speech appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: John Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. He is the author of several books including his latest co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.”  His latest article in the Nation is: Thom Tillis Figured Out How to Tell the Truth in Trump’s GOP Cult: Quit.   Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash The post Analysis of the Latest Version of Trump’s Megabill appeared first on KPFA.