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"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.

Details
Episode Number: 
617
Duration: 
1 hour 58 min
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Category: 
DCTV - Sponsored Programs
Disposition: 
DCTV Digital Library
Format: 
MPEG2 - MP4