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Only 5 months ago the ascendancy of Pedro Castillo from primary school teacher to president of Peru was seen as a victory for the poor and working class and a sign of a new rising Pink Tide in Latin America. Less than a year in office Castillo is facing challenges from the far-right opposition party calling for his impeachment, as well turmoil from within Castillo’s own Peru Libre socialist party that until the last minute was in support of Castillo’s ouster from office.

 

Peru, a country that has seen 4 presidents in the last 3 years has a long sordid history of corrupt leaders and congressional governments. In less than six months Castillo’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest point yet at a mere 25%. However, while many are unhappy with the young administration of Castillo, there is still a large contingent that want to see Castillo make good on his campaign promises and avoid giving power to what the majority of Peruvian citizens feel is a far more corrupt congress.

 

Will the reign of Pedro Castillo end like his predecessors in scandal and impeachment? Is the far right and oligarchic class too powerful for Castillo and the Peru Libre socialist party of overcome? Is there validity in Castillo’s claims that his poor lower-class campesino background is the impetus for his attempted ouster? We’ll ask these questions and more. This is Revolution.

 

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Forrest Miller of Movie Night Extravaganza talks to Protonic Reversal's Conan Neutron and Parallax Views J.G, Michael about the Sidney Lumet/Paddy Chayefsky masterpiece Network (1976) that has often been hailed as prophetic.

Network (1976) is a dark comedy that satirizes the ratings-based News Industry.

Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is a news anchor who gets fired for low ratings and realizes his life is meaningless. His mental state and on-air ranting is exploited by the News Corporation including Diana played by Faye Dunaway.

 

Listen to Conan Neutron on Protonic Reversal Here:

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Kuba talks with Elise Herrala about art in the Soviet and post-Soviet world. How did Soviet art develop and change over time? Who collects it? Why do they collect it? And how does the market function?

 

Elise Herrala

Dr. Elise Herrala is affiliated to the Department of Sociology, Haverford College. Dr. Elise Herrala is currently providing services as Visiting Assistant Professor. Dr. Elise Herrala has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed scientific papers and presented works at many national and international conferences. Dr. Elise Herrala contributions have acclaimed recognition from honorable subject experts around the world. Dr. Elise Herrala is actively associated with different societies and academies. Dr. Elise Herrala academic career is decorated with several reputed awards and funding. Dr. Elise Herrala research interests include Sociology, art history, and cultural studies. She is the author of Art of Transition: The Field of Art in Post-Soviet Russia.

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Transition-Field.../dp/0367086859

 

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It is Independence Day! Haitian Independence Day of course! Pascal talks to Paul Mocombe about the Haitian Revolution, its origins, its development, and its legacy.

 

Paul C. Mocombe is a Haitian philosopher and sociologist. A former Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Sociology at Bethune Cookman University, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Sociology at West Virginia State University, and the President/CEO of The Mocombeian Foundation, Inc., he is interested in the application of his theories of phenomenological structuralism and consciousness field theory to contemporary issues such as the constitution of consciousness, race, class, and capitalism (globalization).

 

Dr. Mocombe, who for ten years argued for the newly found fifth force of nature, which he posits is associated with consciousness in the multiverse, is the author of, among many others, The Theory of Phenomenological Structuralism; Haitian Epistemology; Identity and Ideology in Haiti; Jesus and the Streets; Race and Class Distinctions Within Black Communities; Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Societies; A labor Approach to the Development of the Self or Modern Personality: The Case of Public Education, Education in Globalization; Mocombe’s Reading Room Series; and The Mocombeian Strategy: The Reason for, and Answer to Black Failure in Capitalist Education.

 

Dr. Mocombe currently lives in Lauderhill, Florida with his wife, Tiara S. Mocombe.

www.paulcmocombe.info

www.readingroomcurriculum.com

www.mocombeian.com

 

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As the Boomer generation hits retirement age, we're looking at a 68 trillion dollar transfer of wealth to the younger generation.

THE GUARDIANS is a revealing investigative documentary set in Las Vegas, Nevada that exposes allegations of corruption within the Nevada Guardianship and Family Court systems involving the legal kidnapping of elderly people. The film shines a light on a lucrative business that drains seniors’ life savings and robs them of their freedoms.

Victims and their families are caught in a scheme that has allowed corrupt court-appointed guardians to take total control over their healthcare and financial decisions. Armed with court orders obtained under dubious circumstances, guardians are able to forcibly remove elderly wards from their homes, isolate them from their families and systematically empty their bank accounts.

In an unfolding saga that reaches the top level of government, a growing number of Las Vegas victims come together to seek justice, restitution, and freedom. Through their fight, the film exposes the scope of the systemic abuse of some of the most vulnerable members of our society.

As our aging population is about to record the largest transfer of wealth in history, we must protect them and their families from those that have been using a broken system to take advantage.

For 40 years nothing and no one has stood in their way. Until now.

 

About Filmmaker Billie Mintz:

BILLIE MINTZ is an award winning filmmaker who has produced and directed feature length documentaries and narrative short films. He is currently a correspondent on the recently rebooted National Geographic show “Explorer”. Billie has dedicated his career to social justice, raising public consciousness, and advocating for those who have no voice. His belief in the power of story to inspire policy change is a driving force in his life as a filmmaker. His first feature, Surviving The Treatment (60 min, 2008) has been a successful tool in helping young cancer survivors, and their families, return to life after the treatment. His second documentary, The Ponzi Scheme (70 min, 2010) is an investigation into victims of personal financial fraud. His latest feature documentary, Jesus Town USA (80min, 2014,) executive produced by SKY ATLANTIC, had its world premiere at AMDOCS (The American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs) and international premiere at Hot Docs. It aired on Showtime, CBC, and Netflix.

 

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Political scientist Norman Finkelstein has been an active critique of how the Holocaust is used to protect the abuses of the state of Israel. His work and advocacy have made him perhaps one of the most cancelled intellectuals in recent American history. Finklestein in fact is currently writing a book on the cancel culture phenomenon. We will ask Finkelstein about how criticism of Israel gets one cancelled in America and how the nature of ruling class discourse helps facilitate that

About Mr. Finkelstein (from http://normanfinkelstein.com/)

Norman G Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1988. He is the author of ten books that have been translated into 50 foreign editions, including THE HOLOCAUST INDUSTRY: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering and, most recently, GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom.​ GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom (University of California: 2018)​; Method and Madness: the hidden story of Israel’s assaults on Gaza (OR Books: 2014); Old Wine, Broken Bottle: Ari Shavit’s Promised Land (OR Books: 2014); Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish romance with Israel is coming to an end (OR Books: 2012); What Gandhi Says, About Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage (OR BOOKS: 2012); “This Time We Went Too Far”: Truth and consequences of the Gaza invasion(OR Books, 2010; expanded paperback version, 2011); Beyond Chutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history (University of California Press, 2005; expanded paperback edition, 2008); The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering (Verso, 2000; expanded paperback edition, 2003); Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso, 1995; expanded paperback edition, 2003); A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and historical truth (with Ruth Bettina Birn) (Henry Holt, 1998); The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A personal account of the intifada years (University of Minnesota, 1996).

Finkelstein has also published several pamphlets, most recently, Goldstone Recants: Richard Goldstone renews Israel’s license to kill (OR Books, 2011).

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Djene and Stefan talk to Datsan Jasim, Lana Askari, and Abdulla Hawez about the ongoing protests in Iraqi Kurdistan and the broader social, political, and economic history of the region.

 

Dastan Jasim

Doctoral Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies in Hamburg and Doctoral Candidate at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. She works on the political culture of Kurds in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey and has been a conflict researcher for the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research, focusing on the Kurdish conflict in Syria and the war against ISIS since 2017.

 

Lana Askari

Lana Askari has a PhD in Social Anthropology with Visual Media from the University of Manchester. Her PhD research focused on how people in Iraqi Kurdistan imagine and plan their future in times of crisis, for which she produced the films “Bridge to Kobane” (2016) and “Future Factory” (2018). She currently works for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs and as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Amsterdam.

 

Abdulla Hawez

Abdulla Hawez is a researcher with a private consultancy firm in London, focusing on Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. He has worked with the BBC World Service and The Daily Beast as a journalist. He was also co-founded Yalla news organization in 2014.

 

 

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Is Happiness a science? Is there a trick to being happy? Why should we be happy? Jason talks to Ashley Frawley about her book Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical Beginnings of a Public Problem.

Ashley Frawley

Ashley Frawley is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at Swansea University and the author of Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical Beginnings of a Public Problem. She is also a member of Diet Soap Media.

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Reading

Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical beginnings of a public problem

https://www.amazon.com/Semiotics-Happiness-Rhetorical-beginnings-Bloomsbury/dp/1472523717

 

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Djene and Varn talk to Jason Myles about the nature of online left media and discuss Jason’s recent Medium piece, Left Influencers: THIS IS NOT A GRIFT.

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Reading

https://jasonmyles.medium.com/left-influencers-this-is-not-a-grift-5630ee792c25

The Crüe discusses Pascal's latest piece in Newsweek as well as has a bit of year end retrospection.

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Readings:

https://www.newsweek.com/obsession-black-white-wealth-gap-protects-elites-opinion-1661910