TJDS: “Glenn Greenwald – The Complete Interview!”

24 Tue Nov 2020

Posted by ztnh in Anti-Fascism, Anti-Totalitarianism, Brazil, Civic Engagement (Activism), Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Presidential Election 2020

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Dr. Glenn Greenwald (b. 1967), The Jimmy Dore Show

LUMPENPROLETARIAT—Oh, dang. Two men, who pull no punches. One brings a legal background, the other a comedic background. This is gonna be good. Let’s listen, learn, critique, discuss. Please leave your comments below. Cheers.

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Featured video: “Glenn Greenwald: The Complete Interview!” by The Jimmy Dore Show, posted 23 NOV 2020, accessed 24 NOV 2020

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NOTES:

One of the first topics discussed was censorship of media and alternative perspectives. Liberals, argued Greenwald and Dore, pick on easy right-wing targets, like Alex Jones, for censorship. But those liberals fail to realize the institutional abuse of power never stops there. Eventually, everyone is censored, if we allow censorship to begin.

Holy shit. Glenn Greenwald seemed to confirm what Alexa O’ Brien said to me during the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations: “The culture wars are over. Everyone lost.” It’s just taking some of us longer to realize this, to perceive this fact. The capitalist rulers not only hate the left, they hate the right, too. All opposition to the elite rule is being targeted for censorship.

Glenn Greenwald pointed out that a big contributing factor to Biden’s presidential win is the fact that many Republicans drifted over to the Democrat Party, having recognized that the Democrat Party is now, without a doubt, the party of corporate power. If we are Democrats disappointed in corruption in the Democrat Party, we just can’t forget the Republican Party is also a corrupt handmaiden to corporate power, too. The answer isn’t to swing pendulum-like between two sides of a two-party dictatorship, it’s to expand party politics. Jimmy Dore talked about his past efforts to help build a third party movement. Many of us go back to the years of Ralph Nader, or further. At some point, we have to admit this dictatorship we live under is antidemocratic and does not allow any competition a chance to grow.

(c. 24:23) Jimmy Dore asks Glenn Greenwald about the longstanding problem with the misguided belief that progressive reformers within the Democrat Party will be able to capture the party from the left, which has never worked in the USA since the Second Red Scare and McCarthyism vilified, criminalized, and witch-hunted leftists after WWII. And, worse, as Jimmy Dore points out, having ostensibly leftist reformers within the Democrat Party, such as the Squad, creates a false sense of opposition among Democrats. Yet, the evidence proves that the Democrat Party is not a sincere opposition party to the Republican Party.

(c. 37:15)

(c. 39:05) On Greenwald’s resignation from The Intercept over censorship issues. (Cf. “The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald Resigns Over Censorship Issues”, 31 OCT 2020)

(c. 1:01:49) On Greenwald’s abandoned friendships with Rachel Maddow, Chris Hays, and the topic of “cognitive capture”

[notes will be expanded as time constraints allow… cheers…]

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Línea Abierta On Radio Bilingüe Network: State-Sanctioned Mass Graves In México?

20 Mon Jun 2016

Posted by ztnh in Anti-Fascism, Latin America, México, Police State, Political Science

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Expresión Libre, KMPO, Línea Abierta, mass graves, Morelos, police terrorism, Radio Bilingüe, Radio Bilingüe Radio Network

LUMPENPROLETARIAT—Are you bilingual? Are you a polyglot? Is Spanish one of the languages you speak, or are interested in learning? If so, then Radio Bilingüe, a free speech bilingual radio network broadcast across California, the American Southwest, and beyond, may be beneficial and/or of interest to you. As a Chicano who grew up on lowrider oldies, many of us appreciate the oldies show. Then there is some nice mariachi and other traditional classics in the morning commute. Plus, there is also some nice talk shows, including in the Spanish language. For example, since Democracy Now! has begun producing a Spanish language version of their broadcasts, Radio Bilingüe airs Democracy Now! en español. Another talk show is Línea Abierta, which is the first—and only—national live talk and call-in programme in public broadcasting interconnecting Spanish-speaking audiences and newsmakers throughout the USA and Mexico. [1]

Today’s broadcast of Línea Abierta investigated wanton killings of civilians by México’s local, state, and federal police. Mass graves have been found, including in the Mexican state of Morelos; and experts are arguing that state complicity goes up to the highest ranks of government. Listen (and/or download) here. [2]

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LÍNEA ABIERTA—[20 JUN 2016] State-Sanctioned Mass Grave?

Mexican authorities began exhuming more than 100 bodies found in an illegal mass grave in Morelos, a state that’s among the hardest hit by drug-related violence. The dumping site was under the supervision of the state attorney general office. Advocates of the victims call this a state crime.

Guests: Javier Sicilia, Writer, Peace Activist, Cuernavaca, MX; Juan Villoro, Writer, Journalist, Cuernavaca, MX; Dr. Jesús Alejandro Vera, President, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos; María Concepción Hernández Hernández, mother of Oliver Wenceslao Navarrete Hernández, case that triggered the exhumations; Guillermina Sotelo Castañeda, Mother of César Iván González, who disappeared in Guerrero.

Photo: expresionlibre.org

For more information about Linea Abierta click here

To visit Linea Abierta audio archives go to archivosderb.org

Learn more at LÍNEA ABIERTA.

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[1] Línea Abierta is the first — and only — national live talk and call-in program in public broadcasting interconnecting Spanish-speaking audiences and newsmakers throughout the United States and Mexico. Each weekday, Línea Abierta offers an hour of news, analysis, features, interviews, round-tables, special series and listener call-ins on current events, health, jobs, politics, the environment, education, the arts and culture, race relations and immigrant rights, and more. Diverse guests and audience members exchange views and crucial information, as our experienced hosts lead the dialogue. Radio Bilingüe launched Línea Abierta in 1995 to meet the void of intelligent, thoughtful Spanish language and Latino-oriented public affairs programming in public and commercial media — and it is still unmatched today, carried by 75 stations across the nation. Available free to stations via satellite, content deport and radiobilingue.org.

[2] Terrestrial radio transmission, 88.7 FM (KMPO, Modesto-Stockton, CA), with online simulcast and digital archiving: Línea Abierta, program #7808, Monday, 20 JUN 2016, 21:00 PDT, originally broadcast 12:00 PDT.

Also see “Las fosas clandestinas de la Fiscalía de Morelos”, Expresión Libre, 6 NOV 2015.

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Activist and Indigenous Leader Nelson García Assassinated

16 Wed Mar 2016

Posted by ztnh in Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Imperialism, Civic Engagement (Activism), Environmental Activism, Indigenous Rights, Latin America, Mindfulness, Neoliberalism, Presidential Election 2016

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Berta Cáceres (c. 1973-2016), Beverly Bell, contemporary proletarianisation, Flashpoints, Global Witness, Hillary Rodham Clinton, KPFA, Obama administration, Pacifica Radio Network, President Obama, The Guardian, transcript

caceres_murder_honduras.jpg_1718483346-370x210 LUMPENPROLETARIAT Another Honduran citizen and indigenous rights leader has been assassinated, apparently, by USA-backed neoliberal Honduran death squads, including the poison pens of Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration, determined to proletarianise, to push indigenous Hondurans off their lands, where they’re self-sufficient, and push them onto the mercy of a capitalist mode of production and exploitation, where they face poverty and dependency.

The internationally renowned environmental and indigenous rights leader Berta Cáceres (c. 1973-2016) was not the first and, outrageously, Nelson García will likely not be the last indigenous leader to be assassinated by the forces of transnational capital and neoliberalism. Twelve environmental defenders were killed in Honduras in 2014, according to research by Global Witness, which makes it the most dangerous country in the world, relative to its size, for activists protecting forests and rivers.

And, now, indigenous rights leader Nelson García was assassinated yesterday, 15 MAR 2016, “shot dead in the face by unidentified gunmen as he returned to his family home in Río Lindo, north-west Honduras – about 100 miles south of La Esperanza where Cáceres was murdered at home on 3 March.” Honduras is a very different place since President Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton helped overthrow the Central American nation’s democratically-elected center-left president Manuel Zelaya in 2009. Listen to (or download) breaking coverage here. [1]

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[Partial transcript of actual radio broadcast by Messina for Lumpenproletariat and Flashpoints]

FLASHPOINTS—[16 MAR 2016] “Today, on Flashpoints, the brutal assassination of Nelson García, an indigenous rights leader in Honduras and a member of the same rights group as slain activist Berta Cáceres. Also, an in-depth follow-up report on the continuing dangers the world faces at Fukushima, Japan. And we’ll feature our regular on-air presentation of Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows-Friedman. I’m Dennis Bernstein. All this, straight ahead on Flashpoints. Stay tuned.” (c. 0:50)

[brief intro theme music break]

DENNIS BERNSTEIN: “And you’re listening to Flashpoints on Pacifica Radio. I just want to urge you to stay tuned. Later on in the broadcast, we will be joined by Beverly Bell for the latest in the tragedies of Honduras and the killing of indigenous leaders there. A second murder and many lives are now hanging in the balance. That’s coming up later on in the broadcast.

“But first I wanted to continue our dialogue on Fukushima, remind people exactly how dangerous it is, see if we can get some more information about what’s going on with the people closest have faced. (c. 1:45) [SNIP]

DENNIS BERNSTEIN: [SNIP] (c. 42:05)

“You are listening to Flashpoints on Pacifica Radio. And, uh, I don’t know how to say this. We now turn our attention to another terrible assassination, the assassination of Nelson García.

“Now, this is a member of the same indigenous rights group, as murdered activist Berta Cáceres. This is in Honduras. This is a very lethal situation. And the danger is only getting worse and more widespread.

“Joining us to talk about it is Beverly Bell. Beverly welcome back to Flashpoints. And tell us what happened here. This is, this is just two weeks after the late night [i.e., early morning] murder of Berta.” (c. 43:01)

BEVERLY BELL: “Yes. Hi, Dennis. We’ve gotta stop meeting like this.”

DENNIS BERNSTEIN: “I’m sorry.”

BEVERLY BELL: “The news in Honduras keeps getting worse.”

DENNIS BERNSTEIN: “I’m sorry.”

BEVERLY BELL: “Yeah. What happened yesterday was that the Honduran government declared its second stage of war. (c. 43:19) [SNIP]

[SNIP] (c. 59:59)

Learn more at FLASHPOINTS.

[This transcript will be expanded as time constraints, and/or demand or resources, allow.]

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THE GUARDIAN—[16 MAR 2016] Another indigenous activist has been murdered in Honduras amid an escalating wave of repression against the relatives and colleagues of renowned campaigner Berta Cáceres, who was murdered less than two weeks ago.

Nelson García, 38, an active member of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organisations of Honduras (Copinh) was killed on Tuesday after a violent eviction carried out by Honduran security forces in a nearby Lenca indigenous community.

García was shot dead in the face by unidentified gunmen as he returned to his family home in Río Lindo, north-west Honduras – about 100 miles south of La Esperanza where Cáceres was murdered at home on 3 March.

García spent the morning with the Río Chiquito community where more than one hundred police and military officers helped evict dozens of families from land which local politicians claim doesn’t belong to them. Their simple timber houses and crops were destroyed using heavy machinery yesterday morning, according to Copinh.

Cáceres co-founded Copinh 22 years ago amid growing threats to Lenca territory from loggers, farmers and state-sponsored projects.

Last year, the activist won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her opposition to one of the region’s biggest hydroelectric projects, a cascade of four dams in the Gualcarque river basin, including the Agua Zarca dam. The river is sacred to the Lenca people and the proposed dam would cut-off food and medicine supplies to nearby communities.

Cáceres was shot dead at her home after suffering years of intimidation and threats against her life linked to her activism.

Since then, there has been growing fears for the safety of her colleagues and family members who have been subject to harassment and intimidation by the authorities.

Learn more at THE GUARDIAN.

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Also see related Lumpenproletariat articles, relevant to the USA’s 2015-2016 presidential campaigns, such as:

“The Green Party’s Dr. Jill Stein on Democracy and Ranked Choice Voting“, 21 MAR 2016
“Activist and Indigenous Leader Nelson García Assassinated“, 16 MAR 2016
“Activist Berta Cáceres Assassinated“, 3 MAR 2016
“Hillary Clinton, US/NATO, & the Lynching of Gaddafi“, 3 MAR 2016
“Historical Archive: Third Party Challenge to Unconstitutional Prop 14“, 2 MAR 2016
“Black Agenda Report: On the USA’s Black Electorate, Circa 2016“, 1 MAR 2016
“Hillary Clinton for USA Presidency: Pros and Cons“, 13 APR 2015
“My Turn: Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency (2015) by Doug Henwood“, 29 FEB 2016

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[1] Terrestrial radio transmission, 94.1 FM (KPFA, Berkeley, CA) with online simulcast and digital archiving: Flashpoints, hosted by Dennis Bernstein, for Wednesday, 16 MAR 2016, 17:00 PDT.

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