Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

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  • This is the Best Analysis of the Coming Election
    Thinking with history; on this show political broadcast veteran John Kosinski demonstrates how so many people running just want to be showmen on TeeVee. He explains why so many are drawn to Trumpism: a desire to be heard and respected. Democrats often miss that. Included are many remarkable audio samples from the past illustrating the key points. Racism today is more overt than ever. Can we ever restore our founders vision of the common good?
    1 hr
  • Why Do They Fear Curiosity?
    The pressure to prevent active curiosity is a curious thing in a democracy. Our guests today are authors Perry Zurin and Dani Bassett whose new book is Curious Minds, The Power of Connection. As they say, acquiring information is insufficient, real knowledge is a network of interconnections. The Trumpist right is actively repressing curiosity which makes us human and enables growth and connection. But there is reason for optimism. Give a listen.
    58 min
  • Wake Up Now Democrats! Do What History Shows Works!
    America today is not the America of the past. But in his new book What it Took to Win, author and history professor  Michael Kazin, it’s clear what has and still works.  Today’s right plays on a sense that it works for “those people,” not “us.” This fear of insecurity has fed the right wing’s culture war. Americans are against corporate greed, the cause of today’s inflation; so why are today’s politicians afraid to say that? Kazin says what connects and inspires is the prospect of  Moral Capitalism. Give a listen!
    59 min
  • Are Alternatives to War Really Realistic?
    Like all bad habits, war is a tough one to break. On this show, Professor Emeritus Lawrence Wittner explains that respecting, listening, and helping people in other countries is a lot more economically conservative and accomplishes security much more effectively. Reforming the UN Security Council and democratization of decision making are available, perhaps inevitable, alternatives to the wars of today.
    1 hr
  • Should Democrats Be Worried? View from a Pro
    We’ve won the abortion debate, and had the vote been a few weeks ago… But it’s not until November 8th. Neil Oxman is co-founder of The Campaign Group and on this show he shares his uniquely valuable vantage point. Oxman offers some surprises. Assuming you care about democracy, you’ll want to give a listen
    59 min
  • American Midnight: Trumpism Before Trump
    Authoritarianism. Anti-Immigrant. White men fearful of losing control.   Books banned, free press shut down. Widespread domestic spying. Dissent criminalized and many jailed tortured and killed. In his new book, American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis, acclaimed author Adam Hochschild says it was the Trumpiest period of American history before Trump. Amazing stories, villains and some heroes.
    59 min
  • Do Democrats Want to Win? Ignoring Voiceless Rural People Is a Sure Way to Lose.
    We can’t do it by talking down to middle Americans. If Democrats don’t get that rural Americans have fear that what little they have may be taken away, we stand to lose yet again. Victory comes when we listen, respect and connect with people where they are.  On this show author Beverly Gologorsky talks about how passion, listening to noise from the streets, is essential. Her new book: Can You See the Wind? is about actually accomplishing real change.
     
    1 hr
  • Border Crisis? How About A Right to Stay Home
    The right wing depends on fear and hatred of others. As we approach elections, their TV ads seek to scare us about a surge at the border. Why don’t they stay home? What if they were white? Today’s guest Avi Chomsky asks if Central Americans really have a choice?  Long subjugated to the “security and prosperity” of the few at the top, now the severe effects of climate change in Central America have destroyed the ability to keep living there. The exploitation and extraction economy replaced their natural farming with cattle, cotton, and sugar, destroying their land. Chomsky argues not just Trump’s but Biden’s border policies also ignore a real solution.
    1 hr
  • The Beloved Queen is Gone, Now the Class War Resumes
    It took a mere ten days before the UK’s new prime minister blew it big time. Liz Truss’s budget was instantly panned; pretending to be trickle down, it gushes money upwards to those who need it least. On this show Professor Kenneth Surin reveals to Americans that homelessness and hunger are rife in the UK, and that economists were blindsided by the ideologically driven budget. Though handed an easy tool, the Labour Party merely sits on the fence.  Sound familiar?
    1 hr
  • How Democrats Can Win Back Working People from the GOP
    Elitists in Democratic Party bring avoidable disasters. From northern Iowa, Professor Wallace Hettle sees how the power of big money over the Democratic Party pushes away working people, farmers, and others in the hollowed-out heartland. Terry McAullife’s loss in Virginia came from projecting elitism. Enough. The answer is right in front of us: listen and respect, don’t talk down. Hettle sees hope in the rise of unions, a movement much stronger than merely looking for votes eight weeks before an election. When Democrats have courageously connected with movements, we win. And when we remind voters that “saving democracy” means taking power back from the moneyed interests, that also connects with now-alienated working people.
    1 hr

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