The Katie Halper Show

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Doug Henwood: in defense of recriminations & not moving on

In this really, really good ep, if I do say so myself, Doug Henwood and go over the refusal of the DNC & the Clinton campaign to acknowledge or learn from their mistakes, even when their mistakes helped bring us Trump. Henwood points out that if you care about the people who will most suffer under Trump, you can't shield Clinton or the DNC. You have to actually look at what happened so it doesn't happen again. We also look at why the same liberals who loudly insist that all Trump voters are ...

Jan 07, 2017•1 hr 1 min

All professor George Ciccariello-Maher wants for Christmas is white genocide

Drexel professor George Ciccariello-Maher caused quite the controversy and white supremacist melt down when he tweeted on Christmas Eve, "all I want for Christmas is White Genocide," a satirical reference to a concept that Ciccariello-Maher describes as a "figment of the racist imagination." To clarify, to white supremacists, white genocide consists of things like interracial dating and biracial families. Ciccariello-Maher was responding to to the white supremacists backlash against an All State...

Dec 30, 2016•58 min

Suzi Weissman & Robert Brenner on the lack of evidence behind Russian government hacking elections

For the full extended interview, join our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-why-didnt-7564559 We talk to award winning journalist Suzi Weissman and historian Robert Brenner, the Beyonce & Jay Z of the left, about Hillary Clinton running against herself, why Bernie Sanders is the story of the century and why the media is so out of touch, it blames Trump's victory on the fight for the $15 minimum wage. Plus Suzi, a Sovietologist, sheds lights on the ridiculous claims about the Russi...

Dec 23, 2016•53 min

Drinking tea with bigots & reading Baldwin to Trump: Zaid Jilani, Kazembe Balagun, Karina Moreno

In this live show show we talk to Zaid Jilani (The Intercept), Karina Moreno (LIU, Brooklyn), and Kazembe Balagun (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung NYC) about how neoliberal centrists hide behind identity politics to push their awful agenda which, of course, hurts the very marginalized people they claim to be concerned with. Make sure you sign up as a patreon member so you can hear the full discussion and the Q&A, which features questions from former guests Brendan James & Freddie DeBoer. https:/...

Dec 16, 2016•47 min

Lucy Flores on Emily's List's not so pro-choice choices, Keith Ellison, and being a troll warrior

Outspoken pro-choice advocate Lucy Flores, who still faces death threats for revealing having had an abortion at the age of 16, was backed by the influential pro-choice PAC "Emily's List," the two times she ran for Nevada State Assembly. But when Flores ran for Congress this year, they decided to back her primary opponent. Why? Spoiler alert/ hint: she didn't back Clinton & isn't a millionaire. Speaking of the political establishment, Flores talks about why she's been tempted to leave the De...

Dec 12, 2016•55 min

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