Nicole talks with @teachersabrina (Sabrina Joy Stevens) who crashed an ALEC meeting on education reform and Progressive Congress' Beth Becker who participated in yesterday's protest against Fix the Debt. Plus She's History's Amy Simon and Crooks & Liars' John Amato
Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120522_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_Not_Dead_Yet.mp3{/play} Podcast: Play in new window As I read Chris Hedges latest, "A Victory for Us All" aloud on the show this morning, I was reminded -yet again- of the classic "I'm not dead yet" scene from Monty Python & The Holy Grail. (For a brief moment, I even regretted ripping up a pocket copy of the US Constitution on my show this morning, after recounting the story about activist being arrested in Chicago and the distinct possibility that they may have been set up and charged as domestic terrorists.) As Hedges so beautifully explains, [...]
I know, two disparate topics today, but sometimes you must veer out of the political into the real world... We always try to do both. After a brief discussion of the Super Tuesday results (no big surprises on the presidential front; Dennis Kucinich and Mary Jo Kilroy lose :( , Mean Jean Schmidt loses!, and Joe the Plumber squeezes by an unknown...) we moved on to other issues of great importance. Anthony Badami joined me from the Daily Agenda, where he has been one of the few, lonely voices to write about the truly heinous HR 347 that passed the [...]
I do a lot of talking every day, but I'd never ask my listeners to do anything I wouldn't do myself. For a few months, I've been spreading the word about the October 2011 movement. And recently I've been telling you about the Take Back the American Dream conference, organized by the Campaign for America's Future, Van Jones' American Dream movement, and MoveOn.org. I'll be attending both next week, as I head to Washington DC. In my absence, Shane-O of the Funked in the Head show will be filling in for me, and [...]
We're setting sail To the place on the map from which no one has ever returned Torn by the promise of the joker and the fool By the light of the crosses that burn Torn by the promise of the women and the lace And the gold and the cotton and pearls It's the place where they keep all the darkness you meet You sail away from the light of the world Listen baby - you will pay tomorrow You're gonna pay tomorrow You will pay tomorrow Save me, save me from tomorrow I don't want to sail with this [...]
I sent out an email yesterday with more details on my arrest last month. Most of the responses were from people who understood what's at stake when you can be forcefully ejected from an event billed as a "Town Hall Meeting" with YOUR congressman for daring to ask a question or openly disagreeing with said congressman. I did get one response from someone who considers himself a "progressive independent" yet apparently doesn't believe in our rights of free speech: It sounds like you went there looking for a fight…and you got one. If you expected treatment of a different manner, [...]