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Speaking Truth to Empire w/Dan Yaseen (February 2020 Edition)

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https://soundcloud.com/ speaking-truth-to-empire/ 200219-speaking-truth-to- empire-miko-peled On “Speaking Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Miko Peled an Israeli-American peace activist and author. He grew up in a Zionist family, his grandfather was a signer on the Israeli Declaration of Independence and his father was a general in the Israeli Army. Miko has dedicated his life to writing, speaking and activism focused on transforming the racist Zionist regime in Palestine into one democratic state with equal rights for both Israelis and Palestinians. Topic of discussion includes the so called ‘deal of the century’ announced by Trump and Netanyahu. He blogs

"Respect the Office?" Absurd! (SOAPBOX PODCAST w/ Guest Margaret Kimberley)

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February 19, 2020 Guest: Margaret Kimberley Topic: Black America and the U.S. Presidents This week, Cindy chats with writer Margaret Kimberley about her latest book: Prejudential, Black America and the Presidents about the tragic legacy of U.S. presidents and their relationships to blacks. From slavery to Jim Crow, to the "New" Jim Crow of the prison industrial complex, not one president has a positive record on this question. Cindy and Margaret also discuss the bizarre reverence and preoccupation the people in the US have with the Rogue's Gallery of racists and murderers that have infested the Oval Office and reject the claim that "even if you don't like the current president, you have to 'respect the office.'" B.S.! CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION OF MARGARET'S GREAT OFFERING TO TRUTH AND THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC “This book is an effort to shed light on the truth. . . . To the

Socialism in Brief by Cindy Sheehan

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Socialism for the Ill-informed by Cindy Sheehan " I've stayed away from calling myself a socialist because I didn't want to spend half my life explaining that I didn't believe in the Soviet Union or concentration camps." Bernie Sanders, Boston Globe, 1981 Capitalism has triumphed all over the world, but this triumph is only the prelude to the triumph of labour over capital. V.I. Lenin, The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism (1913)   I do not shy away from calling myself a socialist but, I came by my avowed socialism organically. When I ran against Nancy Pelosi in 2008 with a platform of ending US Empire and using the freed-up budget to fund programs like free education, healthcare, and housing, etc, I realized that if my platform were implemented, our country would be heading towards a social democracy. Gradually, though, I realized that mere reforms (even though mostly positive) would be near impossible within

Weird Week in Review (SOAPBOX PODCAST FEBRUARY 9, 2020)

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  February 9, 2020 Guest: Don DeBar Topic: Political analysis of Weird U.S. Politricks This week, Cindy chats with alternative media host and producer, Don DeBar about the past week that was jam-packed with political weirdness. From the cluster-fudge in Iowa to the debacle of impeachment with the sandwich filling of the State of the Union, it appears that both major political parties connected to war and Wall Street are out of control. Please listen to Cindy and Don's analysis of this Circus of the Absurd. **************