The program opens  with an update on the general strike of February 17, with organizer Michelle Rodino-Colocino (the program was recorded that day). A summary of recent underreported stories follows, then Caitlin Remmel speaks  about Brand New Congress, a campaign intended to field  citizen-responsive candidates in every House district in 2018.  Next, the legendary organizer Charlotte Hill O'Neill ("Mama C") joins the program, and speaks about her work,  from her Black Panther days to the present. Finally, we hear an excerpt from next week's program,  with  author Alexander Reed Ross speaking about his new book "Resisting the Fascist Creep." 

The program opens  with an update on the general strike of February 17, with organizer Michelle Rodino-Colocino 

(the program was recorded that day). A summary of recent underreported stories follows, then Caitlin Remmel speaks 

about Brand New Congress, a campaign intended to field  citizen-responsive candidates in every House district in 2018. 

Next, the legendary organizer Charlotte Hill O'Neill ("Mama C") joins the program, and speaks about her work, 

from her Black Panther days to the present. Finally, we hear an excerpt from next week's program, 

with  author Alexander Reed Ross speaking about his new book "Resisting the Fascist Creep." 

 

Three veteran journalists and media critics share their thoughts about the state of the "free" press in 2017; 

among the topics they address are the election-hacking allegations against Russia, President Trump's attacks 

on the press, the "fake news" label, and the close ties between "new media" and the military/security branches 

of government.

Recently, University of California Berkeley officials cancelled a planned speech by right-wing writer 

Milo Yiannopoulos following vigorous protests, prompting President Trump to suggest withdrawing 

federal funds from the campus. In light of Trump's connections to the ultra-right, what will be 

the nature of political protest in the Trump years? Author and columnist David Talbot examines this issue. 

Then Arif Humayun summarizes the principles of Islam, and explains why the advocacy of terror 

has no basis in authentic Islamic doctrine. 

 

David Talbot has authored books on US political history, and writes a column at the San Francisco Chronicle. 

Arif Humayan is a cofounder of the multifaith organization Circle of Peace.

Guest co-hosts Nolan Higdon and Desiree McSwain, and senior correspondent Michael Levitin, 

open the program with a discussion about several recent under-reported stories. Then the talk turns to "fake news," 

as Chase Palmieri and Jared Fesler explain their web site -- Tribeworthy.com -- where readers can collectively evaluate 

the validity of news stories. Finally, Quinton Sankofa of Movement Generation explains the connections between 

environmental concerns and racial justice. 

Recorded on Inauguration Day, this edition includes interviews with three organizers 

of opposition or resistance to the new Trump regime. Also on the program, the hosts 

discuss recent important stories not reported -- or misreported -- by corporate media. 

 

Nolan Higdon and Desiree McSwain are guest co-hosts on this week's program; they're joined by 

senior correspondent Michael Levitin. Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips will return in two weeks.

 

Web site mentioned on the program:

www.indivisibleguide.com

Peter and Mickey spend the hour with journalist and media scholar Brian Covert, 

discussing the too-close relationship between the CIA and U.S. media, as well as other issues, 

including the Obama Administration "pivot" toward Asia. 

Brian Covert is an independent journalist, and a lecturer at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.

His chapter on the CIA and the media, "Played by the Mighty Wurlitzer," appears in the Censored 2017 yearbook.

For the first half of the program, Peter and Mickey speak with sociologist William Carroll, 

about his latest research into the "transnational corporate class" -- top corporate board members 

and executives -- who wield vast influence over public policy.

 

Then Sunsara Taylor and Rafael Caderas make the case for "stopping the Trump regime before it starts;" 

they advocate mass protests on the scale of the anti-Mubarak uprising in Egypt. Their web site is www.refusefascism.org.

Peter and Mickey spend the hour in conversation with author Carol Anderson. 

Her latest book, "White Rage," chronicles the history of white resistance 

and obstruction to African-American equality, from Reconstruction to modern times.

Carol Anderson is Professor of African-American Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. 

Her previous works include "Eyes Off the Prize" and "Bourgeois Radicals."  

For the first half of the program, Peter and Mickey discuss the conflict in Syria; their guest is independent journalist Eva Bartlett, 

who recently returned from Aleppo and is now on a U.S. speaking tour. She explains why most corporate media coverage of Syria 

doesn't depict the actual situation there. In the second half of the program, the guest is Joey Johnson, whose burning of a flag 

in 1984 became a U.S. Supreme Court free-speech case. Johnson is facing charges again over the burning of a flag outside 

the 2016 Republican National Convention. 

 

Web sites mentioned on the program:

www.ingaza.wordpress.com

www.syriasolidaritymovement.org

www.handsoffsyriacoalition.net

www.refusefacism.org