This is the Audio Podcast interview with David Fair, Deputy Chief at TP4C, regarding his part on the HBO documentary series “Eyes On The Prize,” which is a continuation of the 1980's PBS film; the award-winning documentary series telling the stories of the civil rights movement in the US. The first two series were broadcast in the 80s and covered up to 1985, and the new series will be released next year and pick up from there.

The episode begins with an excerpt from the opening sounds of the original Eyes on the Prize series by PBS. I then share a song that I sung to transition into the discussions entitled: “You’re My Brother, you’re my Sister,” as David embodied this need to demonstrate love that does not include color. Here’s a white gay man in the 1980’s who was defying his community! The interview was extremely informative and powerful. He discusses why he was interviewed for the new documentary by the HBO crew recently and talked about his work as a Union Leader and then Spearheading the setting up of funding programs to combat HIV/AIDS IN THE 1980S. We explored how the epidemic speaks to the issue of race & inequality as there were racism within the white gay community towards black gays which didn’t have any agency of such & lack funds to get treatment or access education about HIV/AIDS. He explored how it wasn’t until 1987 that city government in Philadelphia provided funding as most of the available funds were within the white gay community (private funding); Blacks were poor. The interview is available in audio (and video only on the Spotify platform). It was one hour long & we even touched briefly on other topics such as Child Youth & Family in Philadelphia, homelessness & the efficacy of documentary films in purporting truth.

In the interview, David said he uses his white privilege to create or effect change in a positive way by working to advance the lives of black and brown people affected by HIV/AIDS in the 1980s when he went from a union leader/organizer to pressing for help to support these vulnerable group to eventually becoming one of the person instrumental and the mastermind behind the setting up of funds and created organizations that are funded to support poor black community that includes those affected by HIV/Aids; and these agencies still exists today.

The podcast is free and does not require any subscription to access, but you’re welcome to subscribe for free, Https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support, as we celebrate One year July 17th and so as to get updates on our newest shows. The interview will be available on #Anchor #Podvine #RadioPublic #googlepodcasts #AmazonMusic #applepodcasts #Spotify, the #alexa and at renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com. The Neoliberal Corporation serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. The Neoliberal is a not who we are, instead it’s a strategy in society that we study along with other strategies of power.

Note from the Interview: Today 1 out of every 7 young black and brown males are affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. And it wasn’t until 1987 that black and brown gay people got any agency to deal with HIV/AIDS, thanks to #philadelphia’s #firstblackmayor. Moreover, Reagan wasn’t providing federal funding to assist black and brown people to fight the disease. And black and brown peoples living with HIV/AIDS were poor and stigmatized more heavily than their white counterparts who were also discriminated against but was said to be racist towards black gay people. The white gay community had money, so that they never needed federal funding but did not care much for black gay people and did not share their funds with black gay people who were poor. This attitude is what defied these vulnerable groups. They are all subjugated and discriminated against but weren’t as united as they still practiced a form of racism and discrimination themselves. We explored these in the interview with David Fair on #theneoliberalround podcast season 3, episode 19

This is the Video Podcast interview with David Fair, Deputy Chief at TP4C, regarding his part on the HBO documentary series “Eyes On The Prize,” which is a continuation of the 1980's PBS film; the award-winning documentary series telling the stories of the civil rights movement in the US. The first two series were broadcast in the 80s and covered up to 1985, and the new series will be released next year and pick up from there.

The interview was extremely informative and powerful. He discusses why he was interviewed for the new documentary by the HBO crew recently and talked about his work as a Union Leader and then Spearheading the setting up of funding programs to combat HIV/AIDS IN THE 1980S. We explored how the epidemic speaks to the issue of race & inequality as there were racism within the white gay community towards black gays which didn’t have any agency of such & lack funds to get treatment or access education about HIV/AIDS. He explored how it wasn’t until 1987 that city government in Philadelphia provided funding as most of the available funds were within the white gay community (private funding); Blacks were poor. The interview will be available in audio (and video on the Spotify platform). It was one hour long & we even touched briefly on other topics such as Child Youth & Family in Philadelphia, homelessness & the efficacy of documentary films in purporting truth. 

In the interview, David said he uses his white privilege to create or effect change in a positive way by working to advance the lives of black and brown people affected by HIV/AIDS in the 1980s when he went from a union leader/organizer to pressing for help to support these vulnerable group to eventually becoming one of the person instrumental and the mastermind behind the setting up of funds and created organizations that are funded to support poor black community that includes those affected by HIV/Aids; and these agencies still exists today.

The podcast is free and does not require any subscription to access, but you’re welcome to subscribe for free, Https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support, as we celebrate One year July 17th and so as to get updates on our newest shows.  The interview will be available on #Anchor #Podvine #RadioPublic #googlepodcasts #AmazonMusic #applepodcasts #Spotify, the #alexa and at renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com. The Neoliberal Corporation serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. The Neoliberal is a not who we are, instead it’s a strategy in society that we study along with other strategies of power.

Note from the Interview: Today 1 out of every 7 young black and brown males are affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. And it wasn’t until 1987 that black and brown gay people got any agency to deal with HIV/AIDS, thanks to #philadelphia’s #firstblackmayor. Moreover, Reagan wasn’t providing federal funding to assist black and brown people to fight the disease. And black and brown peoples living with HIV/AIDS were poor and stigmatized more heavily than their white counterparts who were also discriminated against but was said to be racist towards black gay people. The white gay community had money, so that they never needed federal funding but did not care much for black gay people and did not share their funds with black gay people who were poor. This attitude is what defied these vulnerable groups. They are all subjugated and discriminated against but weren’t as united as they still practiced a form of racism and discrimination themselves. We explored these in the interview with David Fair on #theneoliberalround podcast season 3, episode 19.

The Neoliberal Round Podcast is one year old This month! It was July 17th, 2021 that we did our first podcast episode on the anchor.fm platform. Today we have about 70 episodes and 3 seasons. We have grown over the weeks and months and have provided cutting edge content as we stay true to our goal of facilitating diversity but critical thinking and information through our news commentary and research that serves the world today to solve tomorrows challenges. We are ranking high as a top news commentary podcast all over that streams all over the world on six major streams including: Anchor.fm, spotify, apple podcast, radio public, Podvine, Google podcast, stitcher and now Amazon music and the Alexa app. We started out as an audio podcast but have added video which is available on some podcast episodes on Spotify. We have provided breaking news and had guests on the show from professors and academics to business professionals, politicians, musicians, a presidential candidate, artists, religious leaders and locals from every walk of life. We covered programs and shed light on issues, provided resources and talked about the issues that matter to you and society. We covered breaking news, the Ukraine invasion by Russia and provided information on opportunities and causes. We have been provocative and controversial but informative and interesting but never disrespectful. Continue to support us by subscribing for free and donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support. Today’s episode is entitled: We Are One Year Old: Moore Threatens To Give Up US Citizenship Over Roe & “It’s Crazy What’s Happening in Philadelphia; Everybody is Dropping The Ball on their jobs!” We present these as two segments. But first we do another “Breaking The Ice” Segment with Donte Nelson as a warm up excercise that you can participate in. We then go into Segment one entitled: And there are those like Michael Moore who can afford to give up their US citizenship but most are not as privileged to do so. The New York Post said that Michael Moore “vows to give up his ‘privileges’ of US citizenship…” (@nypost via Twitter — see the NY Post article here https://nypost.com/2022/07/05/michael-moore-pens-woke-independence-day-declaration/). I responded: This is Nonesense! Doesn’t he still have his #whiteprivilege after he gives up his so-called privilege of #uscitizenship? That trumps all privileges. And maybe he should instead use the power that comes with his US citizenship privilege to undo the practice of (white) privilege. ‬In order to help fight to end slavery, the abolitionists did not abandon their fealty or esteemed positions, but used it cleverly to support the emancipation of slavery—A practice that was ambivalent to their declared independence that all men are made equal, free and have the rights to life, self government, independence pursuit of happiness and rights to life. But for Moore, his rant and threats to give up his us citizenship stems from his anger surrounding the conservative values that are imposing on liberal values, and to add insult to injury, the Supreme Court overturned Roe and seem to be teetering towards more injunctions that may overturn more liberal values. You can read the rest of this in my blog at renaldocmckenzie.Blogspot.com or listen to the episode. In the second segment entitled: “It’s crazy what’s going on in Philadelphia, everybody is dropping the ball,” I explore the reason behind the statement and other issues surrounding and leading from this. I then conclude the episode. Thank you for listening and reading. The Neoliberal is a production the The Neoliberal Corporation, https://theneoliberal.com, https://renaldocmckenzie.com. We are: “Serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges.”

Today’s episode is a long episode as we report on a Breaking News and also continue the Conversations surrounding the overturning of Roe (Part 2). This episode will feature two guests: Mr. John Anthony Castro, a US 2024 Presidential Candidate and Dr. Nolan Fontaine, Social Scientist and a brother from Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. The episode has several segments: the first is the breaking news: John A Castro a Republican vying for the Presidency in 2024 will be in Washington D.C. in July 25th 2022, to file a federal lawsuit in Federal Court against the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to declare Former President Donald Trump an ineligible candidates d to have him regulated as such. The complaint will bring into question Donald Trump’s constitutional eligibility under section 3 of the 14th amendment to even be in the ballot or to be a candidate. Following the filing, Mr. Castro will have a press conference in D.C on that same day to discuss the filing and next steps. Mr. Castro has already filed a federal complaint against Mr. Trump and July 23rd will mark the 120th day since he filed the complaint against Mr. Trump and because he is a registered Republican candidate he has the green light to file the Complaint to file this federal lawsuit against the FEC on Trump’s candidacy. Mr. Castro submitted several comments on this issue and also explored issues surrounding the January 6 hearings that’s underway and responded to questions we had about the overturning of Roe. In other segments of the episode, I presented other arguments about the overturning of Roe and the issue of population change and population control and how the issue of abortion and life must also be situated within population strategy and the preservation of the status quo wept with the prediction that the majority will form the minority between 2020-2025 from studies conducted by SRBI. Dr. Fontaine joined the show to discuss these and to provide other comments on important issues in the news, such as the carjackings in Philadelphia that continues to be a sore issue. In fact, while traveling to our studios to do the podcast, Dr. Fontaine’s car was stolen but he managed to get it back. Part of the problem of rising crime and theft stems from rising poverty and falling median incomes. We commented that we need to deal with social issues and poverty in these communities such as Philadelphia where poverty is spiraling out of control. But another problem is that the District Attorneys office has not been following through on cases and dropped the ball. We discuss how the DA’s office in Philadelphia is slow to act and has allowed cases to be dismissed due to a lack of competent workers who follow up with witnesses and victims. This episode will be available as an article in renaldocmckenzie.com, theneoliberal.com and my LinkedIn News Commentary feed via LinkedIn on the Neoliberal Commentary. This podcast is brought to you by the Neoliberal Corporation serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. Renaldo is the host and producer and is author of Neoliberalism, Globalization Income Inequality Poverty And Resistance available worldwide. The Neoliberal Round podcast is a podcast from Anchor by Spotify and is available on major podcast streams and now on Amazon Music. Donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support.

Is abortion a Woman's Right? What Rights does the man have and what about higher order ethics? 

This was supposed to be a Podcast discussion with John Castro regarding the supreme court's decision to overturn Roe. But he was unable to join us and will do so later in the week. So we have turned this Audio/Video Podcast episode into the beginning or introduction of a series on Roe Vs. Wade where we will lay out some opening arguments and pose some questions. We will have Mr. Castro to respond or comment on these later this week on part 2 and we will also have Ms. Outland, Right’s Activist and Women’s Advocate to comment and respond in Part 3 of the series. We will then conclude with final thoughts in part 4 of the series later next week.

The Supreme Court recently overturned Roe vs Wade, thereby negating women a right that has been on the books for over 50 years. For many, Liberals and pro-abortion and rights activists, this is conservatives taking away women's rights; so, of course I’m looking forward to actually delving into this, and asking my guests about this. The fact is that the justices’ decision to overturn Roe has affected a lot of people on various levels, and it will have implications—financial implications as well—for those who depend heavily on funding that is attached to the former Law or Right in which the Federal Government was assisting with subsiding abortion and reproductive health programs, such as Planned Parenthood.

But one may ask; why should the federal government allot federal funds from taxes for a woman to execute their individual rights to abort a fetus? This question stems from the argument that if it is their individual right to abort a fetus, then that should not be subsidized.

Furthermore, the overturning of Roe for many is significant because it is a right that has been on the books for over 50 years and for many liberals and pro-abortion and rights activists, this is conservatives taking away women's rights and liberties. But Is the right to abortion an inalienable right of every American? Is it a right that is shared by all Americans? Is this right rooted in tradition, history and culture? The answer is what helped to shape today’s decision of the Supreme Court to overturn Roe Vs. Wade. We all have a right to life and we must also protect the right to life not just for self but the right of others to live. But when that right to life clashes with the right to choose then we must ask what is the highest ethic? Is it not the right to life? But is abortion of a fetus tantamount to killing a person? Well, it all depends on your value as a conservative or a liberal and this is the sticking point. But if truth be told, the fetus is part of the continuation of life itself. So then one may argue that the fetus’ life must be protected as in doing so one is protecting life itself and its continued existence.

My Pastor the Reverend Michael Caine of the Old First United church of C Christ in Old City Philadelphia said that “many were in tears over the reversal, but I was pissed,” arguing that the Supreme Court was essentially taking away woman's guarantee of self-determination which he asserted was half the public and the population rights to decide what happens with their bodies, which is now “no longer protected by the US Constitution And lurching and lurching toward states’ rights never bodes well for justice or democratic nation,” Rev. Michael Caine of the Old First UCC Church, Philadelphia. Mr. Castro said that "Men can walk away from a pregnancy. Women cannot. This biological difference creates inherent inequality that can only be remedied by granting women the equal right to walk away from an unwanted pregnancy. This is about individual liberty, personal responsibility, and equality." President Biden stated that, "The cruel truth is that overturning Roe will hit poor women and girls the hardest." We will make comments exploring these in this episode.

Question: “you throw an egg against a wall it doesn’t break it doesn’t fall,” how so? This episode begins with this breaking the ice exercise and we are joined by a new Co-Host Donte Nelson. This episode is informative and has some humor. This is actually the final episode in the 4 part series on Towards Developing A Caribbean, Diaspora, Pan Africa Perspectives. But first we break the ice and made some comments about the Supreme Court’s Ruling to end Roe and issues surrounding gun violence and the recent killings in American cities. We also provide some update on a breaking news concerning the killing of two men in Germantown Philadelphia. We obtained information that these young men were killed by a perpetrator who was paid to execute these young men. In fact the killing was done execution style and we understand that it is a revenge killing associated with a woman in North Philadelphia. The two men died but another woman who was also shot survived and is in the hospital. Further we share news about the Philly Phase program and the problem of funding as some Philly residents who do not need the service defraud the program by accessing funds. We were informed that several tenants applied for and obtained funds even though they were not owing rent while today needy families are unable to access these funds because the program has run out of money. The question is why is the program disbursing payments to the tenants and not the landlord? Why isn’t there greater scrutiny? We contend with these and then get into the final part of Caribbean, diaspora and Pan African Thought. Thank you for your support and donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support. The Podcast is produced by Renaldo McKenzie, Author of Neoliberalism, Globalization Income Inequality Poverty And Resistance. He is also a Doctoral Candidate at Georgetown and graduated from University of Pennsylvania.

This episode is broken up in two segments and each explores two major issues in the news and are breaking news: 1. Supreme Court Overturns Roe Vs. Wade & 2. The U.S. Senate passes Safer Communities Act. In Segment one we ask-Is the right to abortion an inalienable right of every American? Is it a right that is shared by all Americans? Is this right rooted in tradition, history and culture? The answer is what helped to shape today’s decision of the Supreme Court to overturn Roe Vs. Wade. We all have a right to life and we must also protect the right to life not just for self but the right of others to live. But when that right to life clashes with the right to choose then we must ask what is the highest ethic? Is it not the right to life. But is abortion of a fetus tantamount to killing a person? Well, it all depends on your value as a conservative or a liberal and this is the sticking point. But if truth be told, the fetus is part of the continuation of life itself. So then one may argue that the fetus’ life must be protected as in doing so one is protecting life itself and it’s continued existence.

Segment two: News Alert: Senate Passes Bipartisan Safer Community Act: And the senate passed a Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to begin tackling gun violence which expands background checks and close gun loopholes. But will this actually curb the gun violence plaguing communities like Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Uvalde Texas, Buffalo NY, etc? We are yet to find out but what we know is that guns don’t kill people, people kill people and with the rise of extremism, poverty, declining median incomes and the challenge of parenting and socialization where the young are being primarily socialized by media that devalues the individual. So then then solution must be multifaceted, and does this bill provide a multifaceted and comprehensive approach to curbing gun violence?

Further with the recent ruling of the Supreme Court that strikes down NY gun law there is now the question of what can this act do to come up with any gun policy that does not violate or is interpreted to violate a person’s right to carry a firearm. The 6-3 ruling, with the conservative justices in the majority and liberal justices in dissent, struck down New York state's limits on carrying concealed handguns outside the home. The court found that the law, enacted in 1913, violated a person's right to "keep and bear arms" under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment. We will take these up when we invite Ms. Outland an expert on women’s rights and a civil and rights advocate and activist. The Neoliberal Round is created by Rev. Renaldo McKenzie, author of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty And Resistance. Renaldo is a doctoral candidate at Georgetown University and graduated from The University of Pennsylvania. You can donate to this show to keep it going and so as to provide our content free so that all can access irrespective of their economic position: https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support.

This is part 3 of a 4 part series on Caribbean, Diaspora and Pan African Thought. The episode begins with some comments on the news: 1. The Supreme Court strikes down a New York gun law making it easier for Americans to carry guns; 2. Joe Biden’s Administration cancels another 6 billion debt in student loan and 3. An 18 year old massacred 19 children and 2 teachers in Uvalde Texas. We then break for ads and then get into the series where we continue from last week. This was a lecture I was giving to students in a class I taught at the Jamaica Theological Seminary where I taught Caribbean Thought. The lecture continues looking at the question of who we are and what we are. In the lecture I briefly outline the history that Caribbean thought contends with and ask the question: is the Caribbean (and it’s Diaspora) an invention of the 21st century, and if it is, must it now be reinterpreted and transcended? And how can we do that? By recapturing our own and capitalizing on opportunities that is revolutionary and make for competition. We further make the point that the Caribbean must be seen as a collective. Yet, the Caribbean’s unity is haphazard, not strategically targeting and effective. The Caribbean is an interdependent set of people who need to now recapture and reinterpret themselves by revisiting their history and being objective about it so as to then produce that which us unique to them. What is quite true is that the Caribbean’s inability to chart their own course since decolonization and realize real political independence and economic prosperity. What voice do you have as a Caribbean thinker and what are the threats to that voice? Are Caribbean countries truly free of the external and this illusion of freedom comes within competing worldviews. What of the issue of bias? We utilize Kenneth Clark’s “Dark Ghetto, Dilemmas of social power” to help us distill some of the concepts and explore the questions and our thoughts. We also referred ti my book “Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty And Resistance” to discuss these ideas. We delved into the issue of how identity presents an issue, by looking at how things are viewed, because of determinations based in analysis influenced by a brand that then lead to a branded perspective. We explored the problem of study and the issue of position and hierarchy within studies especially between the subject and the observer. We then begin to look at the issue of the “ghetto” but will take that up at the conclusion next episode. Thanks for all your support and send us a feedback, share our show with your friends and donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support. Renaldo McKenzie is the creator of The Neoliberal Round brought to you by The Neoliberal Corporation, serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. Visit us at https://theneoliberal.com or renaldocmckenzie.com.

Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in America. However it has not always been commemorated as a major celebration like that of July 4th. But marking the end of the subjugation of a people is major. But we’re making it a bigger thing that it is. There are small gatherings here and there, nevertheless, it’s not major and collective. In fact, today I was speaking with an African American Young man who works at FedEx. I asked him if he knew that today was a federal holiday, and he replied, “no, I should have taken off then….” I then said yea, it’s Juneteenth. He responded saying “what’s that?” A lot of people don’t know the significance of today. I say to you, the reason for all this diluted celebration stems from a clash: marking the end of slavery in commemoration that is national and public would satisfy and vilify black people but clashed with those who are still harboring guilt feelings from their ancestors participation in slavery. Further, we make reference to the recent killing of 10 black people in Buffalo by an 18-year old while man who the New York Times described as being “entranced by white supremacist replacement theory ideology and this comes on the heels of Juneteenth. And I have said that we will never be able to deal with the issue of gun violence from bad logic or bad analysis. We start from a bad presumes assuming they guns kill people. But guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Guns are tools that people use to carry out their wildest or greatest intentions. We must take the right approach. People kill people and life is about people and how they relate. So the issue is therefore one of human nature. We must therefore take a multi-faceted approach. Example Jamaica has one of the most restrictive gun policy yet they have one of the highest crime rate. In fact they have a byproduct of their gun policy: gun-for-drug-trade with Haiti sometime ago where the criminals trade drugs for guns from Haiti. They have an underground market. The solution to dealing with gun crime is dealing with poverty and extremism which correlates with rising gun crime. Further, the social decay from the devaluing of people or their other from the way people are being socialized; the music and media sensationalize disrespect, theft, violence and the negative side of people. We become suspicious of the other. We discuss these and more in the episode. Thank you for supporting The Neoliberal Round. Share this show with your friends and follow us. Donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support. The Neoliberal Round is brought to you by The Neoliberal Corporation theneoliberal.com, serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. Renaldo C McKenzie is the creator and host of the podcast and is the author of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty And Resistance and is a doctoral Candidate at Georgetown University. Renaldo graduated from the university of Pennsylvania and is currently working on his second and third book.

This episode continues the series on Caribbean Perspectives: Towards Developing A Caribbean, Diaspora and Pan African Journal: Identity Part 2. We had introduced the podcast series on a previous podcast and discussed the issue of Literature as being a credible record of God’s with man. The podcast is recording of a lecture from a class I taught at the Jamaica Theological Seminary on Caribbean Thought. Today we continue the episode looking at Identity exploring the issue of Jesus the Jew and American Exceptionalism and Caribbean and Diaspora identity. The topics seems far fetched but is explored together within this lecture for a particular purpose. I explain the purpose as I present to the lecture to the class. Part 3 of this series will conclude on Sunday. Continue to support the podcast, subscribe and share it with your friends. Send us a feedback and you may be able to be a guest or a host by emailing us here. You may donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support. Next on the episode we interview a chemist Dr. Andre K. Isaacs, Associate Professor at Holy Cross University in Massachusetts.