Interview with Eric LeCompte, executive director of the Jubilee USA Network, United Nations finance expert, and advisor to the Vatican and Catholic Bishops on debt and economic issues, conducted by Scott Harris. Eric LeCompte discusses Pope Francis’ call for debt cancellation for developing nations, reforming the international finance system to protect the poor and the urgent need to address the global climate crisis.
Jan 02, 2025•14 min•Ep. 75
Interview with Michel S. Moushabeck is a writer, editor, publisher and the founder of Interlink Publishing, conducted by Scott Harris. Michel Moushabeck discusses his article, “Palestinians Endure Another Christmas of Genocide and Displacement,” and issues related to U.S. Middle East policy under President Biden and the future under Donald Trump. He is also founder of Interlink Publishing, a 32-year-old independent publishing house. Moushabeck is recipient of the American Arab Anti-Discriminatio...
Jan 02, 2025•18 min•Ep. 74
Interview with Kate Kelly, senior director of the Women's Initiative at the Center for American Progress, conducted by Scott Harris. Kate Kelly talks about the new national alliance that’s now urging President Biden to instruct the national archivist to certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which has been approved by two-thirds of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the states, yet remains unpublished due to disagreement regarding the seven-year time l...
Jan 02, 2025•14 min•Ep. 73
Interview with Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and past president of the National Lawyers Guild, conducted by Scott Harris. Marjorie Cohn discusses her recent article, “Trump Is Using ‘Unitary Executive’ Theory in His Bid to Amass Supreme Power,” issues related to Trump and co-president billionaire Elon Musk and “Project 2025’s” blueprint to impose an authoritarian state replacing democratic institutions.
Jan 02, 2025•26 min•Ep. 72
Interview with Jasmine Rivera, executive director of the Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition, conducted by Scott Harris. Jasmine Rivera discusses her group’s Dec. 18 protest action on Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Bridge, demanding President Biden issue directives to protect immigrants from Trump’s mass deportation plan before he leaves office and the nationwide activism that will be necessary to effectively challenge Trump’s anti-immigrant policies over the next four years.
Dec 27, 2024•18 min•Ep. 71
Interview with Parker Molloy, media critic and publisher of the Present Age newsletter, conducted by Scott Harris. Parker Molloy talks about her recent article, “One Day in Anti-Trans America,” with a focus on Trump and the GOP’s demonization of the trans community, the Democrat’s non-response, and the failure of corporate media’s coverage of right-wing extremists’ dangerous scapegoating, which leads to violence.
Dec 27, 2024•17 min•Ep. 70
Interview with Rachel Carroll Rivas, interim director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project, conducted by Scott Harris. Rachel Rivas discusses her work tracking hate groups and white supremacists engaged in violence – and concerns that these groups and individuals could pose a threat to civil society as Donald Trump takes office and encourages political violence targeting immigrants and his perceived political enemies.
Dec 27, 2024•28 min•Ep. 69
Interview with Kathy Kelly, board president of the group World Beyond War, conducted by Scott Harris. Kathy Kelly discusses her recent article, “When Will the UN General Assembly Suspend Israel?” and issues related to Israel’s ongoing savage war in Gaza, the West Bank (and earlier in Lebanon,) U.S. Middle East policy under the incoming Trump regime and the devolution of international law. Kelly also works with the international network Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine....
Dec 27, 2024•16 min•Ep. 68
The Organic Farm Stand, Dec. 19, 2024: --Hot Topics --Small Farms Report --CT Northeast Organic Farming Association reports on the upcoming Winter Conference and the legislative agenda --CT Sierra Club's Samantha Dynowski discusses the organization agenda to push for a non-toxic renewable environment in Connecticut. Hosted by Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella
Dec 25, 2024•45 min•Ep. 67
Interview with Heather Digby Parton, Salon columnist, conducted by Scott Harris. Heather Parton discusses Trump’s Cabinet nominees, many of whom smell strongly of oligarchy, corruption and retribution, and the national fight over the future of social security and Medicare we’ll see next year. Parton has been a Hullabaloo blogger since the early 2000s, Salon.com columnist since 2014 and won the 2014 Hillman Prize for opinion and analysis journalism.
Dec 19, 2024•17 min•Ep. 66
Interview with John Stoehr, editor of the daily politics newsletter, The Editorial Board, senior editor at Raw Story, and a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly, conducted by Scott Harris. John Stoehr discusses his recent article, “Kamala Harris Wasted Money on Campaign Ads, not Beyoncé,” issues related to America’s dangerous media landscape and the corrosive political impact of widespread disinformation disguised as “news!” Stoehr is also a fellow at Yale’s Ezra Stiles College and a c...
Dec 19, 2024•19 min•Ep. 65
Interview with Dr. Phil Brewer, Connecticut emergency physician active with Physicians for a National Health Program, conducted by Scott Harris. Dr. Phil Brewer discusses his views on the recent wave of public anger and frustration regarding our nation’s failing health insurance industry set off by the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and Physicians for a National Health Program’s ongoing campaign for the implementation of a universal, single-payer healthcare system in the U.S., wh...
Dec 19, 2024•15 min•Ep. 64
Interview with Ralph Nader, America's best known and most effective public interest lawyer, conducted by Scott Harris. Ralph Nader, whose latest book is titled, “Let’s Start the Revolution: Tools for Displacing the Corporate State and Building a Country that Works for the People,” talks about his effort to convince U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, to take an ethical land-moral stand against Israel’s mass slaughter of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Nader also comments on what we can e...
Dec 19, 2024•30 min•Ep. 63
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. 62
Interview with Po Murray, co-founder and chairwoman of the Newtown Action Alliance and the Newtown Action Alliance Foundation, conducted by Scott Harris. Po Murray will talk about the 12th year of remembrance for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting — the National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 11, and her group’s ongoing work to end gun violence across the U.S.
Dec 17, 2024•16 min•Ep. 61
Interview with Jeff Hauser, executive director of the Revolving Door Project, conducted by Scott Harris. Jeff Hauser discusses his project’s concern about the history of corruption during Trump’s first four years in the White House, and the corruption the nation is likely to witness under the incoming Trump administration, as well as the consequences of that corruption on government programs and services.
Dec 17, 2024•18 min•Ep. 60
Interview with John Carl Baker, Ph.D., deputy director of Programs with Ploughshares, conducted by Scott Harris. John Carl Baker talks about the issues examined in his recent Nation magazine article, “South Korean Protesters Thwarted More Than Just a Coup Attempt,” and the future of U.S. relations with both South and North Korea.
Dec 17, 2024•15 min•Ep. 59
Interview with Phyllis Bennis, director of the Institute for Policy Studies' New Internationalism Project, conducted by Scott Harris. Phyllis Bennis talks about the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria by rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, along with an umbrella group of Turkish-backed Syrian militias called the Syrian National Army. She also assesses the Lebanon ceasefire, Israel’s ongoing catastrophic war in Gaza and what we can expect from Trump et al. on Middle East policy...
Dec 17, 2024•29 min•Ep. 58
The Monthly Labor Report's first broadcast after the Nov. 5 election: Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, discusses the role labor must play in the resistance to the fascist anti-worker agenda of the incoming Trump administration. Prof. Zweig performs a post mortem on Kamala Harris' loss; and analyzes the effect of a possible mass deportation immigrants and of sweeping tariffs on the working class. Zweig states: "The best organizer is the boss," referring to the push-back from working ...
Dec 06, 2024•30 min•Ep. 57
Interview with John Lugo, community organizing director with Unidad Latina en Accion, and Carolina Bortoletto, co-founder of CT Students for a Dream, conducted by Scott Harris. John and Carolina discuss President-elect Trump’s demonization of migrants and preparations local organizations are making to defend the state’s immigrant residents in the face of Trump’s campaign pledge to conduct the largest mass deportation of undocumented immigrants in U.S. history. They also address what Connecticut ...
Dec 06, 2024•15 min•Ep. 56
Interview with Will Rice, a consultant with Americans for Tax Fairness, conducted by Scott Harris. Will Rice discusses the group’s work raising the alarm about what Trump and the Republicans have planned to make the U.S. tax system even more unfair for working families, with deeper tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and corporations — as they build a government captured by right-wing billionaires and oligarchs. In this term, Trump and cronies are likely to make deep tax cuts for the ultra-wea...
Dec 06, 2024•20 min•Ep. 55
Interview with Wajahat Ali, author of “Go Back to Where You Came From,” and creator of The Left Hook Substack page, conducted by Scott Harris. Wajahat Ali discusses his timely, incisive column, “When Will Trump Voters Be Asked to Reach Out and Understand the Rest of Us?” – and other issues related to the danger to U.S. democracy posed by Trump regime 2.0.
Dec 06, 2024•17 min•Ep. 54
Interview with David Pepper, former chair of the Ohio Democratic party, publisher of the Pepperspectives substack newsletter and author of "2025," conducted by Scott Harris. David Pepper discusses his post-election column, “Resolve: 8 Reasons That Keep Me Going,” that considers what effective resistance could look like. Pepper is the author of “Saving Democracy” and “Laboratories of Autocracy.”
Dec 06, 2024•27 min•Ep. 53
Interview with Robert Jereski, a lawyer and activist who serves as the volunteer coordinator of Codepink's World Court Campaign, conducted by Scott Harris. Robert Jereski discusses the horrific ongoing war in Gaza and the significance of the International Criminal Court issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense chief Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masr for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. He’ll also talk about his work at ...
Nov 28, 2024•16 min•Ep. 52
Interview with Natasha Lennard, a columnist for The Intercept and author of the book, Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life," conducted by Scott Harris. Natasha Lennard discusses her recent article, “The Answer to Trump Victory Is Radical Action,” and her views on the urgent need to mobilize in advance of Donald Trump taking power in Washington on January 20, 2024) Women’s March Organizing January 18th Trump Protest.
Nov 28, 2024•20 min•Ep. 51
Interview with Tamika Middleton, managing director of Women's March, conducted by Scott Harris. Tamika Middleton discusses the nationwide organizing she and others are doing in advance of the massive Jan. 18 People’s March in Washington, D.C. and other locations around the U.S. to build community and power ahead of a second Trump presidency that threatens reproductive rights, civil rights, gender equality and democracy itself.
Nov 28, 2024•17 min•Ep. 50
Interview with Amy Littlefield, The Nation magazine abortion access correspondent and a journalist who focuses on reproductive rights, healthcare, and religion, whose forthcoming book "American Crusaders," examines the history of the anti-abortion movement over the last fifty years, conducted by Scott Harris. Amy Littlefield assesses the outcome of the 2024 election, and Donald Trump and the GOP’s ongoing threat, to step-by-step further erode reproductive rights when Trump and the new GOP Congre...
Nov 28, 2024•28 min•Ep. 49
Interview with Cody Bloomfield, Communications Director with the group Defending Rights and Dissent, conducted by Scott Harris. Cody Bloomfield discusses the recent House defeat of The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, and the likelihood this legislation that would permit the Treasury Dept. to revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofits deemed to be supporting “terrorism,” or something like it, will be voted on again, which if passed and signed into law would give ...
Nov 21, 2024•15 min•Ep. 48
Interview with Coleen Rowley, a retired FBI agent who was named one of TIME magazine’s Persons of the Year in 2002 for exposing and sharing some of the FBI's 9/11 intelligence failures, and a member of Veterans for Peace, conducted by Scott Harris. Coleen Rowley discusses Donald Trump’s picks for various cabinet positions thus far, i.e. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for Sec. of State, Pete Hegseth for Sec. of Defense, John Ratcliffe as CIA Director, Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence...
Nov 21, 2024•19 min•Ep. 47
Interview with Rachel Bitecofer, is a political scientist, election forecaster, political strategist and author of the book, "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game," conducted by Scott Harris." Rachel Bitecofer discusses her analysis on how/why Trump won the election, the Democrats’ misunderstanding of Trump’s strategy of demonizing immigrants and trans kids, the enormous influence of the right-wing social media, and the urgent need for progressiv...
Nov 21, 2024•24 min•Ep. 46
