Resistance Roundtable

The Roundtable speaks with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Ret.) about Iran's asymmetric military assets which he says are giving it the ability to stalemate the combined massive military power of the US and Israel.
And John Nichols, executive editor-in-chief of The Nation Magazine, assesses the American political zeitgeist and declares the nation ready for a major change.
Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

Resistance Roundtable interviews:
  1. Sandra Levinson, executive director of the Center For Cuban Studies, about Trump's recent threat to crush Cuba in the wake of the invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro (www.centerforcubanstudies.org);
   2. Costanza Segovia, director of CT For All (www.connecticutforall.org), an immigrant rights group, discusses the increased threats to Connecticut immigrants with the massive surge in new minimally trained ICE personal.

Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor emeritus at St. Mary's College and author of The Scourge of Neoliberalism--US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump, looks under the hood of the recently-passed MAGA tax and spending cut bill, and finds more of the putrefaction associated with neoliberalism and late-stage capitalism.
Interview by Richard Hill 

John Nichols, national correspondent for The Nation Magazine, shares his view on the grass roots fightback being waged against the nakedly authoritarian moves by the Trump regime.
Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill

Dr. Isaac Kamola, Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom withthe AAUP, discusses the Trump regime's juggernaut attacks on free speech at colleges and universities; and the budding collaboration with Labor to create a united front against this assault.
And Briam Timko, communications and voluteer coordinator with Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), talks about the demonstration and boycotts directed at Avelo Airlines (New Haven, CT) which just signed a contract to fly deportation flights for the Department of Homeland Security.
Panel: Scott Harris, Ruth Anne Baumgartner, and Richard Hill

Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, and John Nichols, National thAffairs Correspondent with the Nation Magazine, discuss the very fraught road ahead in age of governement by oligarch, but point toward strategies for push back and potential victories, both local and national.
Panel:  Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner

Dr. Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology at NYU, presents a class analysis of the November 5 election, noting that the Democratic Party had long ago severed its ties to working people and adopted a neoliberal agenda beholden to corporate interests.
Panel:  Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

Four commentaries on the post-election landscape:
   -Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, talks about the role Labor should play in an anti-fascist front.
   -Kica Matos, director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), warns about the coming attacks on immigrants.
   -Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, discusses the ramifications of a second Trump regime on US foreign policy.
   -Chris Vials, professor of English at UCONN-Storrs, discusses the phenomenon of fascism and its implications for our nation.
Hosted by Richard Hill, Prue Cullen and Scott Harris

The Resistance Roundtable interviews Nation Magazine correspondent John Nichols, and Roots Action co-director Norman Solomon about the decisive issues in the Harris/Walz defeat in the 2024 election.  They also address strategies for resistance in the coming extreme right wing political landscape.
   Also: an interview with Chunjang Bruynder, a college student who volunteers with Bridgeport Generation Now, a multi-generational group which promotes civic engatement.
Hosted by Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner