Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour

BREXIT & PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF AMERICAWe’re joined in Solartopia by the great ALAN MINSKY, Executive Director of PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA and a long-time force at the Pacifica Radio Network.A deeply committed expert on British politics, Alan dissects the tragic catastrophe of Britain’s Brexit vote and the devastating crash of the “Corbyn Campaign” within the British Labor movement.Deeply moved, Alan explains the complex forces that have reshaped British politics and portend extremely difficult times ahead.He also tells of the great work being done by PDA and the Sandernista movement for social democracy and ecological sanity here in the United States. PDA has some 50,000 affiliate activists to go with the 5 million affiliated with OUR REVOLUTION, the grassroots uprising ignited by Bernie Sanders.On the American scene today, there’s no one more knowledgeable, committed or effective than Alan Minsky.  Don’t miss this moving, deeply informative visit with him.

Medical Debt and Mass MurderWe talk first with the great Jerry Ashton about his astonishing campaign to wipe out the medical bills of those in collection.Abolishmedicaldebt.org has so far freed a half-million families from more than a billion dollars in financial liabilities.  Join us to find out how.We then hear from Jevin Lamar who was raised impoverished and unloved in Dayton, Ohio.  His amazing story is both heartbreaking and uplifting. So is the rap song he wrote and sings about his cousin, a father of four gunned down in Dayton’s horrific mass shooting last august.For pure pride and pathos don’t miss this show.

IMPEACHMENT, DEMOCRATS, DEATH PENALTY & NUKE POWERWe talk with the great anti-death penalty activist ROBERT “RENNY” CUSHING and the great safe energy activist KEVIN KAMPS about the impeachment hearings, the Democrats, the death penalty and nuke power.Renny has just won a major award for his stellar decades-long work to abolish the death penalty, a uniquely powerful activism that has helped save countless Americans from wrongful death at the hands of a barbarian state.Renny’s fascinating story starts with the murder of his own father, and his work to prevent the killer from being assassinated by the state.Now a long-time member and committee chairman in the New Hampshire Legislature, Renny is also a founder of the No Nukes movement, having marched against the nearby Seabrook reactor since the 1970s.With Kevin we discuss the current sorry state of atomic energy and the latest industry scam aimed at stuffing nuke waste into various places where people don’t want it, and where it’s bound to fail.After determining we all support the ever-evolving Bernie Sanders, this lovely talk with two spectacular activists is a pure joy.  Don’t miss it.

WILL VIOLENCE DECIDE THE 2020 ELECTION?We talk with the great activists BARBARA ARNWINE and JOEL SEGAL about the realities of the upcoming popular vote on the future of the human race.Violence has now entered the attempt to repeal a nuclear bailout in Ohio.  Code Pink activist Medea Benjamin has been assaulted at a public rally, and by police.When push comes to shove do we doubt that Donald Trump will call out the Storm Troopers to stay in the White House.We face these awful realities as none by activists of Barbara and Joel can do.We then hear from long-time activist LORNA SALZMAN about the rise of the environmental movement and its tortured march into the realities the present.In particular we hear about the challenges of beating nuclear power in the Age of Trump.  Don’t miss this show.

ELECTION THEFT & THUGGERY IN KY, OH & 2020We’re joined by leading election expert/activists JOHN BRAKEY and STEVE ROSENFELD to cover the theft-in-progress of the Kentucky governorship and the 2020 election.We confront the reality that Trumpist Republicans may try to overturn the will of the voters in ousting the incumbent GOP governor of Kentucky despite a 5,000-plus margin in the popular vote.We also face the reality that the GOP will do everything possible to steal the 2020 election for Donald Trump.And we learn that fascist physical violence has been used against legitimate signature gatherers to stop a referendum from overturning a nuke bailout in Ohio.This is what we can expect in 2020 as we try to send Donald Trump from the White House to the Big House, where he belongs.Hear it all with John, Steve & Harvey…..

Deadly Nukes Being Bailed OutThroughout the US old failed crumbling reactors are being bailed out to the tune of billions of dollars.This insane scam could doom us all.Renown experts Tim Judson and Paul Gunter tell us all about it. If you’re not terrified you’re not paying attention.

FASCIST PRO-NUKE ASSAULT GOING TO OHIO SUPREME COURTThe assault by violent pro-nuke thugs against anti-bailout signature gatherers in Ohio is now going to that state’s Supreme Court.We discuss this astonishing battle with long-time experts KEVIN KAMPS, DICK MUNSON and DAVE KRAFT, with Ohio Green Party activist JOE DEMARE.A federal judge has now rejected a request by opponents of a statewide nuclear bailout for more time to gather signatures for a referendum.The request was made necessary because Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State sat on the referendum application for 40 days, effectively reducing the signature gathering window from 90 days to 50.Signature gathering was also disrupted by widespread physical attacks by thugs who also circulated a fake petition designed to create confusion.In at least one case a repeal signature gatherer reported being offered $2500 to turn over legitimate signatures for obvious destruction.To get a vital update on this deadly, democracy-destroying situation, listen in to Dick, Dave, Kevin, Joe and Harvey dissect the damage.Our planet hangs in the balance…and the whole world is watching.

OUTRIGHT NUCLEAR FASCISM IN OHIO….BE VERY AFRAID

 

 

A violent, overtly fascist putsch against an anti-nuclear referendum in Ohio has taken the corporate assault on American democracy to a terrifying new level.

 

We talk with Attorney ROBERT FITRAKIS, Green activist JOE DEMARE and Beyond Nuclear’s KEVIN KAMPS about the brutal attacks being waged against signature gatherers for an anti-nuclear referendum.

 

In July the gerrymandered Ohio legislature passed AB6, a massive bailout for failing nuke and coal burners.  Pro-safety forces immediately filed to put on the ballot a referendum overturning the bailout.

 

Polls show Ohioans—including much of the conservative media—deeply opposed to the bailout, and supportive of the referendum.

 

But the nuclear industry is now using hired thugs to physically intimidate signature gatherers, putting in question whether the referendum will get on the ballot at all.  It’s a deep assault on democracy itself.

 

Don’t miss this riveting, horrifying discussion among experts deeply enmeshed in a fight that cuts to the core of American democracy.

WILL THE 2020 ELECTION BE STOLEN?We talk with superb experts JOHN BRAKEY and STEVE ROSENFELD about the state of the 2020 elections.Steve & John have been investigating and reporting on the status of electronic and other voting machines in key swing states throughout the country.The inventory is definitely mixed, as are the prospects for a free and fair election.  The prospects for a fair vote count are also definitely mixed.To get a grip on what we are now facing in 2020, you’d do well to listen to this powerful and penetrating discussion.

PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA!!!We’re joined by the truly great ALAN MINSKY to explore the work of Progressive Democrats of America in the Age of Impeachment.Alan has worked at Program Director of KPFK/Pacifica and now is a major national campaigner for a transcendence of the power of the corporations.We trace American democracy from the Indigenous to Bernie, whose amazing rise to prominence is due in part to Allen’s great work.A brilliant activist and analyst, Alan dissects the vital conflict between the corporate Democrats and the Sandernistas.Bound up in that critical conflict is the future of our species.  Nobody explains it better than Alan Minsky.