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Eleanor Goldfield speaks with Chip Gibbons, who details the acquiescence of academia and corporate media to the Trump administration and Israel and sets these in the historical context of prior federal attacks on First Amendment rights.
Next, Gene Bruskin explains the connection between the militarized U.S. economy and the daily pocketbook issues that confront American workers.
GUESTS:
Chip Gibbons is Policy Director at Defending Rights and Dissent (www.rightsanddissent.org), a free-speech-advocacy organization. His book on the history of the FBI is scheduled for release in 2026. He has a recent article in Jacobin magazine.
Gene Bruskin is a 50-year labor activist, and the cofounder of
The post Long history of attacks on free speech / How the militarized economy makes us poorer appeared first on KPFA.
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Eleanor Goldfield speaks with Chip Gibbons, who details the acquiescence of academia and corporate media to the Trump administration and Israel and sets these in the historical context of prior federal attacks on First Amendment rights.
Next, Gene Bruskin explains the connection between the militarized U.S. economy and the daily pocketbook issues that confront American workers.
GUESTS:
Chip Gibbons is Policy Director at Defending Rights and Dissent (www.rightsanddissent.org), a free-speech-advocacy organization. His book on the history of the FBI is scheduled for release in 2026. He has a recent article in Jacobin magazine.
Gene Bruskin is a 50-year labor activist, and the cofounder of
The post Long history of attacks on free speech / How the militarized economy makes us poorer appeared first on KPFA.

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