What you may have missed on PDR last week
Following is our end-of-the-week summary of all the topics covered on our Politics Done Right on KPFT 90.1 FM program, which is also streamed on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Twitter, and Twitch.
Monday November 20th, 2023
DEMOCRATS DO NOT DISREGARD: The most recent NBC poll tells a story I've validated in the field: I worry that Democratic leaders will disregard the latest NBC poll, convincing themselves that the current scenario is no different than the Obama or Clinton cycles. [More]
Michael Steele nails it on progressives protesting Israel's actions in Gaza. Don't blame TikTok: Young people are no longer buying the groupthink on Israel or neo-liberalism. They are not fooled by Israel's massacre in Gaza. And it is not history by TikTok with no context. It is reality. [More]
Intensified Israeli Airstrikes Push Gaza Death Toll Over 13,000: Israeli airstrikes on Gaza reportedly killed more than 100 Palestinians on Saturday—including upwards of 80 people in the hard-hit Jabalia refugee camp—bringing the Palestinian death toll in the 44-day war to over 13,000 as the Biden administration refuted reports of a breakthrough in cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. The Gaza Health Ministry said Saturday that a pair of Israeli airstrikes on the densely populated Jabalia camp—including on a United Nations school where thousands of people were sheltering from relentless bombardment—killed more than 80 people. Among the dead are reportedly 32 members of the Abu Habal family, including 19 children. [More]
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Tuesday November 21s, 2023
Right-Wing ‘Moms for Liberty’ Organizer Is a Convicted Sex Offender: Phillip Fisher Jr., who does faith-based outreach for the group in Philadelphia, abused a 14-year-old in 2011, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Monday [More]
Giving Thanks for Social Security and Staying Vigilant Against a GOP Death Panel: As long as Republicans control at least one chamber of Congress and refuse to fully fund the government for the entire year, Social Security and Medicare will be in danger. [More]
Are Political Labels a Farce? The Case of the (non-)Radical Left: Radical social change does not take place on its own, and surely not without viable solutions to the very problems confronting contemporary capitalist societies. [More]
‘Five-Alarm Fire’ as Global Temps Breach 2°C Threshold: While scientists were quick to point out that this was just a daily anomaly, not a permanent shift, it is a "canary in the coalmine" that "underscores the urgency of tackling greenhouse gas emissions." [More]
Wednesday November 22nd, 2023
Baltimore Becomes Latest US City to Officially Endorse Medicare for All: "Every Baltimore resident deserves healthcare whenever they need it," said one local pastor who backed the resolution. "It's time to join every other developed nation in making healthcare a guaranteed human right." [More]
Climate Group Warns World Must Not Fall for Hydrogen 'Hype': "Rather than betting on unproven and inefficient hydrogen technologies, we need rich countries to put their money towards a just energy transition," said a Friends of the Earth campaigner. [More]
Former Univision president calls Trump interview 'a real insult to the Hispanic community': MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow interviewed former Univision President Joaquin Blaya about the new centrist direction the Spanish-language network has taken in their interview with disgraced former president Donald Trump. Blaya took exception with the idea that the hour-long sit-down at Mar-a-Lago was indeed “an interview.” [More]
Thursday November 23rd, 2023
William Bronston Universal Healthcare Activist Author of Public Hostage Public Ransom: Dr. William Bronston founded the Student Health Organization in 1964, a nationwide graduate health science student movement dedicated to promoting universal health care as a human right, overcoming racism, sexism, war, poverty, and physician elitism in the health system as the greatest challenges facing society. He is the author of the book, “Public Hostage Public Ransom: Ending Institutional America Paperback.” [More]
MEDICARE SCAM: 7 questions to ask before it’s too late to protect you from Medicare Advantage scams: If you are in the market for Medicare, note that Medicare Advantage, aka Medicare Part C, is not Medicare. It is the same lousy private health insurance that profits from denying you coverage. {More]
Ayman Mohyeldin questions the veracity of Israel’s claim a Gaza hospital is a Hamas control center: Journalist Ayman Mohyeldin, who has been to the Al-Shifa hospital hundreds of times, was skeptical of Israel’s claim the hospital was a Hamas control center. [More]
Friday November 24th, 2023
Richard D. Wolff, a Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently presented a compelling critique of the American economic system, which deserves rigorous examination and debate. Although acknowledging incremental improvements under President Biden, Wolff paints a picture of an economy that is far from equitable or sustainable. He pierces through the mirage of American prosperity by highlighting some startling statistics. Over 12% of American households are food insecure, a disturbing fact, especially when juxtaposed with the billions of dollars the U.S. government is willing to allocate for wars and military interventions abroad. The question then arises: What kind of society are we living in where feeding its citizens becomes secondary to geopolitical power plays? [More]
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