Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


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The Push Biden’s Going to Need
December 02, 2020

Ousting Trump is not enough. Getting back to the normalcy of tremendous economic injustice is not enough. With unprecedented wealth owned by a very few, close to 50% of Americans are at the edge of real poverty. Guest is Reverend

4 Day Work Week: Beneficial Effect of Covid?
December 01, 2020

With the pandemic throwing everything up in the air, there are new opportunities for us to shape the way it all lands. Going back to the old “normal” is not the only option. On this show Joe Ryle a leader

Thomas Frank’s New Book On Elitist Anti-Populism: “The People, NO”
November 24, 2020

The parties have flipped: It used to be that Republicans were for Wall Street, Democrats were for Main Street. Now the Democrats are seen as the party of the elitists, Republicans are for the common people. On this show Thomas

Treason: What Is It Really?
November 20, 2020

The word treason has been thrown around a lot lately. By Trump against his detractors and also leveled at Trump for seeking to stage a coup against America. On this show one of the nations leading authorities on the law

Ending the Drug War Got More Votes Than Biden or Trump
November 17, 2020

It was a momentous election. In blue states and red, voters overwhelmingly passed measures legalizing cannabis and, in Oregon, decriminalizing all drugs. So many people have been hurt, families have been separated, and the drug war has failed miserably to

After A Right Wing Coup, Social Democracy Makes a Comeback
November 13, 2020

As Americans were dancing in the streets with the ousting of Trump, so the people of Bolivia  celebrated the return of Evo Morales, first indigenous president after a coup forced him to flee. The new president is Luis Arce, former

We Beat Trump, Now the Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party
November 10, 2020

Former presidential candidate best selling author Marianne Williamson talks about why Trumpism arose, and what opportunities the Democratic Party now has. Will Biden be yet another neoliberal or will he listen to the very real causes of chronic despair...

What Are Right Wing Men Afraid Of?
November 06, 2020

Why the need for dominance and control? Why the huge draw of white working class men to Donald Trump? Does the appeal of violent police somehow make up for a sense of loss of male control over everybody else? On

The Day After: The War on Democracy Itself
November 04, 2020

Reagan kicked it off: the emotional manipulation of the word “freedom” obscures political realities. On this show, recorded the day after the vote, guest Ken Nanus analyses the data and concludes that, unlike actual conservatives,

Greek Fascist Party Convicted as a Criminal Gang
October 29, 2020

They went from a tiny group at the fringe to the third largest political party in Greece. In the birthplace of democracy, after a five year trial, the most significant anti-fascist trial since Nuremberg, the Golden Dawn has been convicted.