Whether the US Elections or Imperialism vs Iran, It's Not the Lesser of Two Evils - They're Both Evil and Outmoded!
Bob Avakian, Chairman of Revolutionary Communist Party: In an excerpt from his talk "Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy" Avakian discusses what does - and does not - happen through elections...and what is - and is not - meaningful political activity.
“Gimme Some Truth: Obama and Torture, the National Epidemic of Police Brutality and Blowing the Whistle on Stop and Frisk”
Marjorie Cohn, author and Professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, examines the record of the Obama administration on Torture and concludes that the Obama regime has not only continued the Bush program, but taken it to whole new levels of barbarity. War crimes are being committed.
Dave Lindorff, journalist, talks about the national epidemic of police brutality and what's behind it.
“A Story of Pain, Treachery and Deceit: Rape, More Rape and Pillaging the Future”
Andrea Strong of End Pornography and Patriarchy: the Enslavement & Degradation of Women, talks about her article "Rape is NEVER the Victim's Fault, and digs into the culture of rape in the U.S. and the fight against it and to change the world.
“Repression & the Criminalization of Dissent, Fighting the Power and Revolution and Secrets Revealed in the South African Karoo”
This is my interview with Prof. Francis A. Boyle, who was part of the prosecution team for the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal. On May 12, 2012, the tribunal found Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and 5 lawyers guilty of torture and other war crimes. Though this judgment was issued by a tribunal of conscience without enforcement powers, it is the first time these defendants have been found guilty anywhere in the world.
Henry Giroux, author/professor, one of the founding theorists of
critical pedagogy in the U.S and the Global TV Network Chair in
English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Ontario,
Canada, talks about the impact and consequences of the permanent
warfare state in the U.S. on the society, especially on youth and
others viewed troublesome elements.
Lili Haydn, musician, debuts a new song and talks about where it
came from.
Andy Worthington, Journalist, digs into the history of the Guantanamo torture chamber and the torture and abuse of political prisoners who remain caged at Guantanamo. Worthington reveals how the US imperialists have maneuvered to prevent the release of any prisoners, including those already cleared for release, and effectively prevent the closure of the prison.
Adesola Osakalumi, one of the two actors who portray the Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti in a play celebrating the revolutionary and butt shaking music and art of Fela.
"The Importance of Using Facts to the Truth & the Stigma of Abortion, Chain of Torture Chambers across the US and Update on the Hunger Strike in the SHU at Pelican Bay State Prison in California"
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check, talks about the importance of using facts to take on and expose the extremism of the anti-abortion movement.
Lance Tapley, Journalist and Author, talks about the nature of the Super-Max prisons that the torture inside their walls.
Marjorie Cohn, Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Past President of National Lawyers Guild and editor of The United States and Torture, digs into the issue of torture in the US and carried out by the US around the world. She presents an enraging picture including laying bare the brutal nature of torture, the American lies and cover-ups and how the Obama regime is not just continuing the Bush Torture Plan but is taking it even further than Bush ever dreamed.
