Progressive Commentary Hour

Dr. Michel Chossudovsky is a professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa in Ontario and has been an economic advisor to many developing countries.  He is the founder of the Center for Research on Globalization at the University of Montreal and founding editor of Global Research.ca.  Prof. Chossudovsky is one of our leading visionaries in economic trends associated with free market globalization, having identified over the decades many of the problems in global neoliberal economics that now appear in the headlines:  austerity, economic shock therapy, the association between rising poverty, the pillaging of developing nations due to the structural adjustment policies of the US led World Bank, IMF and WTO, and the criminalization of our banking system. Global Research is now one of the highly recommended sites to find excellent independent articles and analyses of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Michel has written a series of books focused on larger global issues. His most recent publication is an eBook entitled "The 2020-2021 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'Etat and the Great Reset" and can found for free viewing at GlobalResearch.ca

The forgotten brilliance of the Serbian-American scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla

Richard Munson is the non-fiction author of "Tesla: Inventor of the Modern", an in-depth authoritative biography about the life and genius of the inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla. Professionally, Dick has worked on clean energy and environmental issues for non-profits, the private sector and on Capitol Hill. He is a former director of the Environmental Health Fund and was a senior Vice President of Recycled Energy Development, a company committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by capturing waste energy. He has coordinated Congressional and Senate coalitions and bipartisan caucuses on legislation addressing brownfields redevelopment, energy, environmental, water quality, and manufacturing issues. Among Dick's other books are a history of energy -- "From Edison to Enron,"  and "The Cardinals of Capitol Hill" -- an insider's look at the lawmakers who control government spending.  His current book "Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimaging Food" will be released in September.  His website is RichardMunson.com

This week we hear from Carroll Quigley and G. Edward Griffin about a secret society created by Rhodes to spread the British Empire around the world…which is still at work, attempting to set up a world government administered by bankers.

Derrick Jensen has become one of the nation’s leading voices of cultural and environmental dissent, who writes about civilization's devastating impact upon the environment and the natural world, and our society’s denial of that fact. Utne Reader listed Derrick among the 50 visionaries changing the world. In sharp contrast to environmental optimists who believe working within the corporate system will offset the tenuous planetary balance threatened by climate change, for many years Derrick has advocated for “dismantling of civilization” which can include radical dissent as well as imparting wisdom to our children.  Derrick has written many influential books. His recently released “Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It” is perhaps the most important publication to date the exposes the shortcomings, fallacies, and self deceit among the leading green voices and organizations who dominate the public lectern preaching about climate change and placing faith in technological solutions and new habits of green consumerism. A new documentary film with the same title and based upon Derrick's and his co-authors' book will premier on Earth Day - April 22. Derrick also hosts a weekly radio program, Resistance Radio, on the Progressive Radio Network every Sunday evening at 6:00 pm Eastern time.   He holds a degree in mineral engineering physics from the Colorado School of Mines and a masters in creative writing from Eastern Washington University. Derrick's websites are DerrickJensen.org and BrightGreenLies.com

Legal challenges against covid vaccine mandates, death statistics and testing and an ongoing state of emergency

Ana Garner is an attorney who has been practicing law in New Mexico for 40 years.  She holds a degree in biology from the University of New Mexico and received a law JD from the University of Mexico's Law School. Later her experience in medical litigation earned her a position at the university's law school. She is now leading the state's Stand Up mission to challenge the government's overreaching programs that have been depriving Americans of their liberties and contributing to untold physical, mental and economic hardships.  Following graduation Ana pursued a law practice in medical malpractice and injuries. Last December, she and three other attorneys filed a case against New Mexico's governor and state public health officials on the handling of Covid pandemic. She is also party for a similar lawsuit filed in Ohio that includes the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services for misreporting deaths as Covid.  Her group's website is NMStandsUp.org

Bright Green Environmental Lies - How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way

Derrick Jensen has become one of the nation’s leading voices of cultural and environmental dissent, who writes about civilization's devastating impact upon the environment and the natural world, and our society’s denial of that fact. Utne Reader listed Derrick among the 50 visionaries changing the world. In sharp contrast to environmental optimists who believe working within the corporate system will offset the tenuous planetary balance threatened by climate change, for many years Derrick has advocated for “dismantling of civilization” which can include radical dissent as well as imparting wisdom to our children.  Derrick has written many influential books. His recently released “Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It” is perhaps the most important publication to date the exposes the shortcomings, fallacies, and self deceit among the leading green voices and organizations who dominate the public lectern preaching about climate change and placing faith in technological solutions and new habits of green consumerism. A new documentary film with the same title and based upon Derrick's and his co-authors' book will premier on Earth Day - April 22. Derrick also hosts a weekly radio program, Resistance Radio, on the Progressive Radio Network every Sunday evening at 6:00 pm Eastern time.   He holds a degree in mineral engineering physics from the Colorado School of Mines and a masters in creative writing from Eastern Washington University. Derrick's websites are DerrickJensen.org and BrightGreenLies.com