Red, Republican, anti abortion, anti trans — Texas has certainly been a testing ground for backlash policies and politicians, and that could be what’s happening now, but could it also be a bellwether of a different sort? Why is the reactionary backlash and the resistance to it that’s happening in Texas vital for the rest of the country? Our guests today say that their state could be a predictor of how 21st century change happens, when people organize differently. What do people who don't live th...
Apr 11, 2022•29 min•Ep. 381
Civil society must demand peace and diplomacy over war and killing as a global community. The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. Flex your media muscles, become a monthly sustaining member for $3, $5, $12 at http://Patreon.com/theLFShow Independent Media! Advertising free! Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders-Executive Producer, Writer; Sabrina Artel-Supervising Producer; Jeremiah Cothren-Senior Producer; Veronica Delgado-Video Edi...
Apr 05, 2022•4 min
The latest peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war may lead to an eventual ceasefire but not before displacing millions and damaging the air, water and land of what was known as the bread basket for the world. This week, we’ve assembled a roundtable of human rights advocates from Ukraine, Russia & the United States to discuss the ongoing conflict and who highlight models of local resistance and support. Our guests have been working for democracy in Ukraine, Russia, and the US for years and par...
Apr 04, 2022•29 min•Ep. 380
Making the future while surviving a war. In humanity’s never ending war stories, combat makes the news, but the macho gaze misses the complex reality and tends to ignore the role of women in war. To switch things up, we refocus the lens, with two of the award winning film makers behind the hit series, Women War and Peace II, that aired on Public Television in March of 2019 and continues to serve in shifting the narrative around women and war. Guests: -Gini Reticker, Director, The Trials of Sprin...
Apr 01, 2022•28 min•Ep. 379
Laura reports from “He Sapa‘’, the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota where NDN Collective is reclaiming ancestral lands to address homelessness, addiction and violence against Native Americans. Catalyzed in 2020, by an action in which Land Defenders blocked former President Donald Trump’s road to Mount Rushmore, this Landback campaign is about reclaiming, along with stolen land, native ceremonies, spirituality and traditions of community care. In this special feature, Laura reports on Camp Mnil...
Mar 25, 2022•29 min•Ep. 378
Trans liberation is the latest frontline in the struggle for civil rights. In their new documentary, Disclosure, director Sam Feder and producer Amy Scholder use over a century’s worth of film to show that trans identities have long been at the center of our collective cultural history. They join four-time Emmy nominated actress and Emmy winning producer Laverne Cox in a groundbreaking conversation with Laura on how trans people are reclaiming their stories and transforming the power structures ...
Mar 18, 2022•29 min•Ep. 377
Here at The Laura Flanders Show we have a comprehensive Internship program where participants work hands-on gaining first hand knowledge about our independent movement media operation producing our TV, radio and podcast releases. Throughout the program our entire staff spends time with each intern sharing their expertise and knowledge from editing to scripting to promotions and technical skills, and more. We mentor our interns and guide them in producing their own media pieces. You are about to ...
Mar 17, 2022•5 min
"Stocks in renewables are out performing oil and gas right now. Tipping points tip and this could be one of those...." The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. Flex your media muscles, become a monthly sustaining member for $3, $5, $12 at http://Patreon.com/theLFShow Independent Media! Advertising free! Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders-Executive Producer, Writer; Sabrina Artel-Supervising Producer; Jeremiah Cothren-Senior Produce...
Mar 15, 2022•4 min
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v Wade, imperiling all women’s freedoms, and creating a new pipeline to prison for the vulnerable just as the world is learning how counterproductive most incarceration - solutions are. Today’s guests argue that things could have been very different. If the white dominated “choice” movement had paid closer attention to all women’s choices, or lack thereof; If anti-violence advocates had rejected criminalization and incarceration as a solution to...
Mar 11, 2022•29 min•Ep. 376
MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently made a splash by donating nearly $3 billion to more than 280 nonprofits working in historically underfunded sectors - her third such drop in a year. But while Scott has repeatedly made headlines, the media has largely overlooked the impact that women and feminists are making on philanthropy during a pandemic that has created a global crisis for women and girls. How does feminism change the field of philanthropy in general, and how d...
Mar 04, 2022•29 min•Ep. 375
We are independent media. Your partnership as a monthly supporter for as little as $3 a month is what makes our reporting possible. Join us at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow Here at The Laura Flanders Show we have a comprehensive Internship program where participants work hands-on gaining first hand knowledge about our independent movement media operation producing our TV, radio and podcast releases. Throughout the program our entire staff spends time with each intern sharing their expertise and ...
Mar 03, 2022•20 min
"Prison abolitionist Mariam Kaba says of struggle, “We do this 'til we free us.” Likewise, it seems to me, war is 'til we stop it. We need to stop it." The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. Flex your media muscles, become a monthly sustaining member for $3, $5, $12 at http://Patreon.com/theLFShow Independent Media! Advertising free! Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders-Executive Producer, Writer; Sabrina Artel-Supervising Producer...
Mar 01, 2022•3 min
More than 20 Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) received bomb threats at the start of Black History Month — including a threat on Valentine’s Day at Howard University. While the FBI is calling it a high priority investigation and threats are spreading to high schools, there is comparatively little media coverage of this assault on civil rights and education. On this month’s “Meet the BIPOC Press” with URL Media, our guests explore the unequal media treatment of domestic terro...
Feb 25, 2022•29 min•Ep. 374
Download the full uncut conversation featuring Majora Carter, Urban Revitalization Strategist, Real Estate Developer, Author *‘ Reclaiming Your Community: You Don’t Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One’ (*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.) Description: Real estate development conjures ...
Feb 24, 2022•42 min
Redistricting has the power to shape elections, and this year, it’s more controversial than ever. After a contentious 2020 census, the development of advanced mapping technologies, and a 2019 Supreme Court decision that put partisan gerrymandering outside the scope of federal courts, voting rights advocates contend that racial gerrymandering is rampant—in the south and beyond. In this episode, Laura speaks with redistricting experts from Colorado, Michigan, Texas, and New York who are working to...
Feb 18, 2022•29 min•Ep. 373
Listen/download the full uncut conversation featuring Imani Perry, Author and Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate in Law and Public Affairs, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jazz Studies. Her most recent book is "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation" published by Ecco Press, a division of Harper Collins. Watch / Listen, Download and Subscribe to the Podcast Description: As goes the Sou...
Feb 17, 2022•35 min
Related episode to check out- "Your Neighborhood in your Hands: A Model from the South Bronx" "Carter, who has gone from fighting developers in the Bronx to becoming one herself, lost her family's home after her parents died when her siblings couldn't see the value in their property beyond the pittance they could get from speculators. She lost the home place, but determined to stay in the neighborhood space, and became what she became "an urban revitalization specialist." The F-Word is released ...
Feb 15, 2022•4 min
Real estate development conjures up images of gentrification with sleek buildings and polished store fronts often built under the guise of urban revitalization. Far too often, these projects displace long-standing residents and communities of color. What would it look like if real estate development were led by the people who already live in the neighborhood? In this episode, Laura interviews South Bronx native Majora Carter who decided to stay where she grew up and rewrite the playbook for neig...
Feb 11, 2022•29 min•Ep. 372
Laura Flanders' full uncut conversation with Black abolitionist feminist Beth Richie and Queer southern feminist Suzanne Pharr where they discuss their work as organizers spanning 40 years fighting for an inclusive women's movement. In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v Wade, imperiling all women’s freedoms, and creating a new pipeline to prison for the vulnerable just as the world is learning how counterproductive most incarceration - solutions are. Today’s guests argue that thin...
Feb 07, 2022•58 min
As goes the South, so goes the nation. It may be a cliché but according to this week’s guest it’s true. In South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, author and scholar Imani Perry makes the compelling argument that Americans need to stop dismissing the South if they’re ever going to build an equitable future for the entire United States. She takes us on a trip through the region, delving into the complex realities that exist beneath the stereotypes. In...
Feb 04, 2022•29 min•Ep. 371
"Justice Breyer has announced his resignation from the Supreme Court and a Biden/Harris pick is expected to win confirmation. The Democrats’ choice is unlikely to shift the court’s balance, we’re told, but the media’s milquetoast reassurance misses the point that when it comes to balance it’s not just the court, it’s also the public debate that’s shfted dramatically to the right. And nomination fights have a nasty habit of playing a big role in that...." Related episode to check out- " Freedom f...
Feb 01, 2022•4 min
Even as the nation celebrated the birthday and legacy of voting rights advocate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the right to vote for which King fought so hard remains a matter of hot dispute. States across the country are introducing laws restricting the right to vote for certain Americans, and as recently as this month, a majority of US Senators opposed changing the filibuster rules to pass a voting rights law named for King’s ally John Lewis. In this episode of the monthly series we call “Meet the...
Jan 28, 2022•29 min•Ep. 370
Laura Flanders' full uncut interview with Arundhati Roy where in they discussed surveillance and data mining in the age of Covid, the realities of India's pharmaceutical industry and Roy's take on trans politics where she says more about osmotic identities. Arundhati Roy, Novelist, Writer & Political Activist, Author, Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction., My Seditious Heart & Numerous Other Essays Description: Two years ago this month, the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in the United...
Jan 27, 2022•41 min
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v Wade, imperiling all women’s freedoms, and creating a new pipeline to prison for the vulnerable just as the world is learning how counterproductive most incarceration - solutions are. Today’s guests argue that things could have been very different. If the white dominated “choice” movement had paid closer attention to all women’s choices, or lack thereof; If anti-violence advocates had rejected criminalization and incarceration as a solution to...
Jan 21, 2022•29 min•Ep. 369
Another World is Possible. Fascism Too, Is Breathing: Listening to Arundhati Roy. Related episode to check out- Arundhati Roy: Freedom, Fascism, Fiction and the Pandemic Portal The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. Flex your media muscles, become a monthly sustaining member for $3, $5, $12 at http://Patreon.com/theLFShow Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders-Executive Producer, Writer; Sabrina Artel-Supervising Producer; Jeremiah C...
Jan 18, 2022•4 min
Two years ago this month, the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in the United States. “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew,” wrote acclaimed author and activist Arundhati Roy just weeks into the shutdown. So have we? Two years on, what’s changed and what hasn’t in the US, India, and globally in a world that often seems to be teetering on the brink. If our goal is a better society, a world that is sustainable, just, and free, how are ...
Jan 14, 2022•31 min•Ep. 368
“Had the government stepped in and done its job, had they not advocated against vaccines and mask mandates, we wouldn't have been frantically gathering our children to cut up bedsheets to make masks for medical workers and everyone else.” That’s Kristina Wong, performance artist, comedian, and writer. This week, Wong tells the story of how she created a network of “aunties,” who were primarily Asian American, in a mutual aid project that ended up making and distributing over 500 thousand masks d...
Jan 07, 2022•30 min•Ep. 367
Year End Donations Matched 3:1!!! We are independent media, dependent on your generous support https://LauraFlanders.org/donate The last US soldier to leave Afghanistan returned home this August, but private security personnel long outnumbered US troops in that war, and the for-profit business of training guns-for-hire is booming -- literally -- in the backyards of many rural Americans. In this special episode, The Laura Flanders Show travels to the tiny town of Hoffman in Richmond County, NC, w...
Dec 31, 2021•30 min•Ep. 366
Year End Donations Matched 3:1, we are independent media, dependent on your generous support https://LauraFlanders.org/donate What if judges could know a person more completely before sentencing them to prison? An organization called Complete Picture uses the power of film and storytelling to give judges an in-depth, humanizing look at the lives of defendants facing prison for non-violent crimes. All of Complete Picture’s films have resulted in a sentence reduction and half of their clients rece...
Dec 24, 2021•30 min•Ep. 365
The following audio exclusive features the entire uncut interview with Pia Mancini, Co-Founder & CEO of Open Collective. Excerpts of this interview were included in our recent episode "This New Cooperative Business Model Could Change Everything ". Exploring the question 'Why must new and innovative ideas come to market through old and undemocratic platforms?' What if rather than selling out, successful businesses became community assets that put ownership and governance in the hands of worke...
Dec 17, 2021•27 min
