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Tony Kushner: Hollywood and Socialism
Episode 44
Can a socialist choose Hillary over Bernie? Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner discusses Socialism, Zionism, Hollywood, and the 2016 elections.…
10 years, 4 months ago
Viggo Mortensen: Empires and Justice in the Middle East
Episode 43
This week Laura and Viggo Mortensen discuss heroes, outlaws, empires and justice in the Middle East. Academy Award-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen h…
10 years, 4 months ago
Zillah Eisenstein and Damayan: Race, Gender and Socialism
Episode 42
Laura, discusses race, gender, feminism, and socialism with author Zillah Eisenstein. And an exclusive report from the Damayan Cleaning Cooperative, …
10 years, 5 months ago
Molly Crabapple: Drawing Blood
Episode 41
From sex workers in the US to prisoners in Guantanamo, artist and journalist Molly Crabapple has been there. Her bold and powerful work has also take…
10 years, 5 months ago
Antony Loewenstein and M. Jacqui Alexander: Disaster Capitalism and Spiritual Feminism
Episode 40
Six years ago this month, Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake. Billions of dollars in aid were pledged but little made it to the people in need…
10 years, 5 months ago
Naomi Murakawa & #BlackLivesMatter: Liberals, Guns and the Roots of the U.S. Prison Explosion
Episode 39
Today on The Laura Flanders Show: Naomi Murakawa indicts liberals for growing the system of mass incarceration, and we take a look back at our covera…
10 years, 6 months ago
Race, Gender, and Work: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas with Domestic Workers United:
Episode 38
The Laura Flanders Show in in Los Angeles talking about women and work. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas shares about her work with the Black Workers Center, an…
10 years, 6 months ago
Connecting the Grassroots and the Global: Eric Mann and Pedro Páez
Episode 37
Eric Mann from The Los Angeles Bus Riders Union talks about why working people from LA are attending the climate talks in Paris. And Ecuador's former…
10 years, 6 months ago
Jalal Sabur & Raymond Figueroa, Jr: Food, Land, and Freedom
Episode 36
Land and food has been used as a weapon to keep people of color in second class status, in this episode Laura looks at the ways it can be used as a t…
10 years, 6 months ago
The Surveillance-Industrial Complex and Columbia Prison Divestment
Episode 35
The “surveillance-industrial complex” has profound, but poorly understood impacts on our political, structural, economic, and cultural lives, says Ha…
10 years, 7 months ago