Episodes
Friday Feb 10, 2023
“Strongmen: From Mussolini to Present ” with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. She is an MSNBC Opinion Columnist and commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and other media outlets about authoritarianism, Fascism, and threats to democracy around the world.. Her latest book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, looks at how illiberal leaders use propaganda, corruption, violence, and machismo - and how they can be defeated.
The book:
Strongmen- Mussolini To The Present
https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9780393868418
Substack:
#RuthBenGhiat#RuthBen-Ghiat#Strongmen#MussolinitoPresent# authoritarianism #Factism#Facist#propaganda#machismo#Trump#illiberal#Putin#Lucid#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast
Friday Jan 27, 2023
“The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas” with Tom R. Hulst
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Tom Hulst was a policy advisor to Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans, an administrator in the State Office of Public Instruction, superintendent of Peninsula School District, and college political science teacher. His book “The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas” is a remarkable tribute to Douglas, hiking, place, and family.
Tom’s book:
The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas: A Legacy of Place
https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9780595330409
Greg's ZZs Blog:
#TomHulst#TomRHulstl# TheFootpathsofJustice#WilliamODouglas#ALegacyofPlace#Originalist#Yakima#Hiking#PacificNW#FreeSpeech#FreeSpeech#Environmentalism#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Jan 6, Big Lie, and American Myths with Anthony Conwright
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Anthony Conwright is a writer and educator based in New York City. He contributes to Mother Jones, The Nation, Huffington Post, New Republic, and others. He is a remarkable journalist, always with a refreshingly unique perspective on our modern political economy. Follow his works on:
https://www.motherjones.com/author/anthony-conwright/
https://www.thenation.com/authors/anthony-conwright/
https://www.huffpost.com/author/aconwright-628
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
ERRATA 20:13 Michael Brown was the young man killed in Ferguson, MO (2014), not Freddie Gray
#AnthonyConwright#MotherJonesl#TheNation#HuffingtonPost#Jan6#BigLie#Facism#Journalsit#Commitee10#RobertPape#LostCause#AdamHochshild#Fergeson#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
“Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes” with Tariq Ali
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tariq Ali is a writer, activist, and longtime public intellectual. He has authored many books and is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review. He contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books.
His most recent book is a critical review that exposes Churchill’s leadership in the context of forgotten Imperial crimes.
Book:
“Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes” with Tariq Ali
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3971-winston-churchill
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#TariqAlil#WinstonChurchill#Empireft#Colonialism#WWII#WarCrimes#ChurchillWarCriminal#TimesHis Crimes#BritishEmpire#BengalFamine#CarolineElkins
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
“Behind the Decline of the U.S. Left” with Stansfield Smith
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Stansfield Smith is a member of Chicago ALBA Solidarity, formerly the Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5. Stansfield is a long-time anti-war activist and opposed U.S. interference over the years in Latin America. He is a prolific writer, and his works have appeared in publications such as CounterPunch, Dissident Voice, MLToday, Black Agenda, CovertAction Magazine, and MultiPolarisia.
Links:
Part 1: National Security State Censoring of Anti-Imperialist Voices the Latest Phase of their Long-Term Strategy to Divide and Control the Left (Jun 23, 2022)
Part 2: Behind the Decline of the US Left (Nov 28, 2022):
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#StanSmithl#StansfieldSmith#Behindthedeclineoftheusleft#Leftpolitics#ChicagoALBASolidarity#ChicagoCommiteetoFreeCuban5#Cuban5#LatinAmerica#PinkTide#mediacensorship#Anti-imperialism#DivideLeft#compatibleleft#twitterfiles#matttiabbi#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
“We Are Proud Boys” with Andy Campbell
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Andy Campbell, the Senior Editor of Huffington Post, joined us today to discuss his book, “We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism .” Andy is considered an expert on American extremism, having covered the modern rise of the far-right at the ground level, including the neo-Nazi rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017.
Links:
“We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism” by Andy Campbell:
https://www.amazon.com/Are-Proud-Boys-Right-Wing-Extremism/dp/0306827468
Andy Campbell articles in Huff Post:
https://www.huffpost.com/author/andy-campbell
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#AndyCampbell#WeAreProudBoys#ProudBoys#GavinMcInness#Extemist#Jan6#EnruqyeTarrio#VICE#HuffingtontPost#HuffPost#JoeRogan#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Thank You For Your Service” with Bill Ehrhart
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Today’s guest is an American poet, writer, scholar, and Vietnam veteran. Bill (W.D.) Ehrhart has been called "the dean of Vietnam war poetry." His activism in the form of his prolific literary work has been featured in numerous articles, books, periodicals, and even Ken Burns’ documentary, The Vietnam War.
Links:
W.D. Ehrhart’s books from McFarland Publishing:
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/?s=W.+D.+Ehrhart&search_id=product&post_type=product
W.D. Ehrhart Articles in the LA Progressive |Jun 2014 to Nov 2022:
https://www.laprogressive.com/author/w-d-ehrhart
Webpage:
https://wdehrhart.com/index.html
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#BillEhrhart#WDEhahart#Poet#ThankYouForYourService#KenBurns#Vietnam#Veteran##GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
“American Midnight” with Adam Hochschild
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Our guest today is an award-winning New York Times best-selling historian Adam Hochschild to discuss his book, “American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.” Adam Hochschild is a prominent historian, author of eleven books, and a co-founder, editor, and writer at Mother Jones magazine.
Links:
“American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.”
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/american-midnight-adam-hochschild?variant=40001056014370
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
AdamHochschild#AmericanMidnight #WoodrowWilson#JEdgarHoover#Debs#Facism#WW1#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast
Friday Oct 28, 2022
“Socialism Betrayed” with Joe Jamison and Roger Keeran
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Our guests today are Joe Jamison (pen name: Thomas Kenny) and Roger Keeran, authors of “Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union.” Although written two decades ago, it remains the definitive expose of what led to the overthrow of the Soviet Union. With the recent death of Mikhail Gorbachev, their book is especially relevant, providing a clear and insightful analysis of this historic event.
Links:
“Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union”:
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
JoeJamsion#ThomasKenny#RogerKeeran#SocialismBetrayed#CollapseSovietUnion# Mikhail Gorbachev#Ukraine#SecondEconomy#CarlosMartinez#MidwesternMarxist#JeffreySommers#CollapseUSSR#RiseChina#NATOExpansion#Marx#Communism# GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeft Field#Podcast
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Salon Investigates “The War on Public Schools” with Kathryn Joyce
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Our guest today is Kathryn Joyce, an investigative reporter at Salon. She recently authored a three-part series: ‘The war on public schools is being fought from Hillsdale College,” which focuses on a private Christian school playing an outsized role in nearly all our current fights about education.
Hillsdale is a “feeder school” for the Trump administration, its leadership directed Trump’s “patriotic education” 1776 Commission. Their lecture series and related magazine are the place where right-wing politicians and thinkers go to pilot their most ambitious ideas.
Links:
“The war on public schools is being fought from Hillsdale College”:
https://www.salon.com/2022/03/16/salon-investigates-the-on-public-schools-is-being-fought-from-hillsdale-college/
Kathryn Joyce website (articles and books):
http://kathrynjoyce.com/
Political Research Associates Articles – Ben Lorber Research Analyst: https://politicalresearch.org/bio/ben-lorber
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
KathrynJoyce#WarPublicSchools#Education#Christian#HillsdaleCollege#CriticalRaceTheory#CRT#ChristopherRufo#RightWingCollegeLies#Salon#PeninsulaSchoolDistrict#InformedParentsofWashington#Imprimis#charterschools#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeft Field#Podcast