"The Laura Flanders Show" (25 minutes)
Political voices Kate Aronoff and Jonah Birch discuss the future of the Left: were the
election results a testament to the decline of the Left, or is this a moment
for a new left movement? When 13 million people in America cast a vote for a
self described Democratic Socialist, is there hope to be found in a political
movement propelled by the swamp in the White House? Our guests this week
discuss how we got to Trump, and where we -- as progressives -- are going.
"Trump’s Election and the Power of Fear" (6.5 minutes)
Years of fear mongering, paranoia, and conspiracy theories on Fox News and talk radio
paved the way for a Trump presidency. It’s up to journalists to stop that fear
from continuing to hijack American politics.
"Preventing Gun Violence – An International Perspective" (55.5 minutes)
On October 25, 2015, the Joint Annual Dinner of the Sacramento Chapters of
Physicians for Social Responsibility and the United Nations Association
featured keynote speaker Rebecca Peters, the founding director of the International
Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). Following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre
in Australia, Ms. Peters led a grass roots gun control campaign that led to
prompt action by the Australian government to ban all assault weapons in their
country. For her work on gun violence prevention, she received the Australian Human
Rights Medal, the Australian equivalent of the U.S. Presidential Medal of
Freedom.
During her keynote address, Ms. Peters described how she and her Australian colleagues were able to get the nationwide ban on assault weapons passed. She noted that following the ban, over a million firearms were removed from circulation,
overall rates of firearm related deaths and injuries, already much lower than
in the United States, declined even further, and there hasn't been a single
additional mass shooting.
Ms. Peters challenged Americans to take similar action to stop the epidemic of gun
violence in our country.
"Trump's Infrastructure Scam" (2 minutes)
Donald Trump says he has an infrastructure plan. Robert Reich shows how it’s
really an infrastructure scam.
"We Are Not Strangers To This Land: Untold Stories of DREAMERS" (26 minutes)
The documentary "We Are Not Strangers To This Land: Untold Stories of
DREAMERS" was filmed and produced by immigrant rights activists who are
part of Alianza, a coalition at Sacramento City College. This impactful documentary
shares the stories of local Dreamers in order to humanize the ongoing struggle
of navigating their lives in the United States while undocumented.