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Nignorance from across the diaspora. We discuss politics and pop culture from a left perspective. Enjoy and tell a friend.
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Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Jason and Marcus of the Left Flank Vets talk sports from a left a perspective. This show will air live every other Monday, and every other Tuesday for the audio only.
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Pascal discusses MLK's legacy and asks whether the political tactics and strategies he pursued were the correct ones for his time.
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
From Ethiopia to Haiti, international minefields have shown up extensively during the first year of the Biden administration. What does it mean to be a journalist with revolutionary politics trying to get the facts straight, while trying to keep your political integrity covering these stories? Is it possible to focus so much on the role of America that various regional power struggles can become obscured? How does a revolutionary journalist balance these things out? Jason and Pascal speak with journalist and revolutionary Eugene Puryear.
Eugene Puryear
Eugene Puryear is a longtime journalist and community organizer currently based in New York City. As a high school student in Charlottesville, Va, Eugene organized a walkout when the war in Iraq began in 2003, and helped to organize a number of the large-scale demonstrations that took place against the continuing U.S. war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. He was a key leader In the struggle to free the Jena Six in 2007, was a founder of the anti-gentrification group Justice First as well as the Jobs Not Jails coalition, DC Ferguson Movement and Stop Police Terror Project-D.C. Puryear is the author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, and worked for four years as the lead host of “By Any Means Necessary” a public affairs radio program in Washington D.C. Currently he is the lead host of the News on BreakThrough, a social justice media project based in New York.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Jason, Pascal, and Kuba tackle some of the important news stories of the week.
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
While the nation falls deeper into a state of COVID apathy, yet another variant rears it’s highly infectious head to spread the virus for what could be another wave of lockdowns. With trust in institutions at an all time low and vaccines and mask wearing becoming even more partisan, will we ever see our way out of this pandemic? With both major political parties captured by big Pharma and the healthcare industry, how can we forge a pathway to Medicare for All? Could the proposed measure for single payer in California be a catalyst for the rest of the Nation? We’ll ask these questions and more.
Victoria Dooley, MD
Dr. Victoria Dooley, MD is a board-certified Family Medicine physician who trained at Wayne State University School of Medicine. She is tenacious in her pursuit of helping families of all ages, from toddlers through geriatrics, attain health in all areas of life-mind, body and spirit. As a practicing Family Medicine physician, she has expertise in numerous areas of medicine and performs several procedures, including skin procedures, stitches, splints, etc. in her office. Dr. Dooley's dynamic personality and commanding stage presence make her sought after as an on-air health expert on numerous live radio and TV broadcasts. For over two years, she was a weekly contributing medical expert on ABC WXYZ-TV news. She also displays her passion for health education in print. She has published op-eds in The New York Times, Huffington Post, and many other publications.
Website:
www.DrDooleyMD. com
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022