Resistance Roundtable

WPKN, Richard Hill

The Resistance Roundtable with host Richard Hill and panelists Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner, & Guest/s. Following the 2017 Presidential Election, The Resistance Round Table, in the Armageddon Report, looks at issues raised by Donald Trump’s Presidency. Particularly on issues of concern to the WPKN Community— issues that receive little, or no, mainstream media coverage.

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Episodes

Dr. Jack Rasmus' Forensics on the Big Bulls**t Bill

Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor emeritus at St. Mary's College and author of The Scourge of Neoliberalism--US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump, looks under the hood of the recently-passed MAGA tax and spending cut bill, and finds more of the putrefaction associated with neoliberalism and late-stage capitalism. Interview by Richard Hill

Jul 20, 2025•41 min•Ep. 7

Can the Resistance Halt the Slide Into the Abyss?

John Nichols, national correspondent for The Nation Magazine, shares his view on the grass roots fightback being waged against the nakedly authoritarian moves by the Trump regime. Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill

Jul 20, 2025•43 min•Ep. 6

Dr. Isaac Kamola on The Fight to Save Free Speech

Dr. Isaac Kamola, Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom withthe AAUP, discusses the Trump regime's juggernaut attacks on free speech at colleges and universities; and the budding collaboration with Labor to create a united front against this assault. And Briam Timko, communications and voluteer coordinator with Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), talks about the demonstration and boycotts directed at Avelo Airlines (New Haven, CT) which just signed a contract to fly deportation f...

Apr 14, 2025•50 min•Ep. 5

Resistance Begins Now! Zweig and Nichols Chart Our Course

Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, and John Nichols, National thAffairs Correspondent with the Nation Magazine, discuss the very fraught road ahead in age of governement by oligarch, but point toward strategies for push back and potential victories, both local and national. Panel: Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner

Jan 15, 2025•51 min•Ep. 4

Resistance Roundtable: How the Dems Lost the Working Class--and the Election

Dr. Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology at NYU, presents a class analysis of the November 5 election, noting that the Democratic Party had long ago severed its ties to working people and adopted a neoliberal agenda beholden to corporate interests. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

Dec 17, 2024•51 min•Ep. 3

Post-Election Perspectives: What We Need to Know

Four commentaries on the post-election landscape: -Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, talks about the role Labor should play in an anti-fascist front. -Kica Matos, director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), warns about the coming attacks on immigrants. -Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, discusses the ramifications of a second Trump regime on US foreign policy. -Chris Vials, professor of English at UCONN-Storrs, discusses the phenomenon of fascism and its implications for o...

Nov 30, 2024•35 min•Ep. 2

Election post-mortem with John Nichols and Norman Solomon

The Resistance Roundtable interviews Nation Magazine correspondent John Nichols, and Roots Action co-director Norman Solomon about the decisive issues in the Harris/Walz defeat in the 2024 election. They also address strategies for resistance in the coming extreme right wing political landscape. Also: an interview with Chunjang Bruynder, a college student who volunteers with Bridgeport Generation Now, a multi-generational group which promotes civic engatement. Hosted by Scott Harris, Richard Hil...

Nov 15, 2024•52 min•Ep. 1

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