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(2016/11/18) Hatred Unleashed (Trump’s America)
Edition #1059 Today we look at the wave of white-supremacist hatred that was unleashed on election day and Trump’s pick of a white nationalist, anti-semite to work in the White House Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Listen to the first episode of Wait Wait Don’t Kill Me here: smarturl.it/sca Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Trump Victory Inspires Acts Of Hate Against Minorities - @RingOfFireRadio - Air Date 11-11-16 Ch. 3: Song 1: Shut It Down - MxPx Ch. 4: Act 2: Feelin' Alt-Right (Act 1, Part 2) - Full Frontal with Samantha Bee - Air Date: 10-31-16 Ch. 5: Song 2: A Dose of White Supremacy - Neffe Odom Kragh-Muller Ch. 6: Act 3: A White Nationalist & Anti-Semite in the Oval Office- Trump Taps Breitbart's Bannon as Top Aide - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 11-14-16 Ch. 7: Song 3: Second Class Citizen - Area-7 Ch. 8: Act 4: Racists Emboldened By Trump Victory - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date 11-10-16 Ch. 9: Song 4: Love Your Neighbor - Todd Agnew Ch. 10: Act 5: A White Nationalist Will Be Advising Trump's Administration - @RingOfFireRadio - Air Date 11-14-16 Ch. 11: Song 5: What A Beautiful Morning! - Drunken Logic Ch. 12: Act 6: Former KKK Leader Loves Trump Adviser Who Didn't Want Kids in School with Jews - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date 11-15-16 Ch. 13: Song 6: Parade - Kimya Dawson Ch. 14: Act 7: "White Supremacist, Anti-Semitic, Islamophobe" Stephen Bannon as Trump's Chief Strategist - @TheRealNews - Air Date 11-15-16 Ch. 15: Song 7: Let's Work Together - Canned Heat Ch. 16: Act 8: You Will Not Believe This Insane Antisemitic Email - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date 11-14-16 Ch. 17: Song 8: Violent Days - RTZ Ch. 18: Act 9: Get Trained for the Resistance via @ShowUp4RJ - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 19: Song 9: Right to Complain - Trombone Shorty & Marc Broussard Ch. 20: Act 10: Just Like After Reconstruction, Trump Vote Highlights White Backlash to Recent Racial Progress - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 11-9-16 Voicemails Ch. 21: Standing up for the oppressed - Justin from Indiana Ch. 22: It's not just Trump, it's congress too - Jessica from Las Vegas, NV Ch. 23: Explaining why Democrats lost - Nick from California Ch. 24: Explaining Democrats disdain for working class - Roy in Texas Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 25: Final comments on the false equivalency between pro-Trump and anti-Trump violence Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone TAKE ACTION Find a SURJ chapter near you (or start one) Sign up for SURJ national training conference calls Get resources from SURJ Sign up to volunteer with SURJ Find a SURJ action near you or post your own EDUCATE YOURSELF White People Elected Trump. Now What? Finding Common Ground with Trump Supporters in Buffalo Written by BOTL social media/activism director Amanda Hoffman Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!