This talk caused a controversy in the media when it was first aired on

the 30th anniversary of the JFK assassination. Parenti saw not just the

violent death of an individual but said: If the truth were known it

would call into question the entire state system and the social order it

represents. And that troubling implication is probably the reason why

the mainstream press has suppressed the work of those who researched the

circumstances of Kennedys death. In his investigation Parenti focused

on the troubling contradictions In Lee Harvey Oswalds life to add to

the proof that Oswald was at best a patsy.

Michael Parenti, since retired, was one of the nations leading

progressive political analysts. He has taught at colleges and

universities in the US and abroad. With roots in a working class Italian

district in New York City and a PhD in political science from Yale,

Parenti was an internationally known lecturer and author. An extended

text of this talk can be found in Parentis book: Dirty Truths,

published by City Lights in 1996.

Parenti criticizes the lone assassin theory, goes over details of the murder and addresses the bitter question that haunts so many, whether government agencies of a democratic country participated in the assassination of an elected President. This is one of Parentis most highly acclaimed talks, ending with a standing ovation. He spoke on the 30th anniversary of the assassination in Berkeley, CA.

When Oliver Stones movie JFK opened in December 1991 a huge PR campaign was mobilized against the film. Even progressives spoke out. Noam Chomsky wrote in support of the Warren Commissions lone assassin findings. In contrast Michael Parenti supported Stone and began by examining what he calls the gangster nature of the state.

An extended text of this talk can be found in Parenti'ss book: Dirty Truths, published by City Lights in 1996.

Michael Parenti, now retired, was one of the nations leading progressive political analysts. He has taught at colleges and universities in the US and abroad. With roots in a working class Italian district in New York City and a PhD in political science from Yale, Parenti remains an internationally known lecturer and author.

Marilyn Waring was only 22 when she was first elected to the New Zealand Parliament. She was shocked and dismayed when she learned that all countries that are members of the UN are forced to keep their books and design their budgets under the system of National Income Accounting. The international trade in arms is the biggest growth industry of all. Killing people, or preparing to kill them, is considered very valuable in the international economic system. The death, homelessness, injury, poverty and starvation caused by the use of these weapons is not even registered as a deficit.

This segment opens with war. Under the GDP accounting system war is the biggest growth industry of all. A segment recorded in the Philippines shows that the labor of women feeding their children with subsistence agriculture is of no value, while sexual slavery that brings tourists to the country is counted as valuable in the GDP. Waring ends by proposing a time based accounting system and recommends that women take over the political process by demanding gender parity.

Credit:Marilyn Waring, Terre Nash and the National Film Board of Canada

Location: New Zealand, Canada, US, Africa

Marilyn Warings work and inspiring life are described in a documentary film by Terre Nash. Im bringing back the soundtrack of this film to support a debate on the unquestioned need for economic growth at all cost and on what course to take to end the wars.

At age 22 (in 1974) Marilyn Waring became the youngest member of the New Zealand Parliament. She chaired the prestigious Public Expenditures Committee and became familiar with the Gross Domestic Product system and decided to disclose its pathologies in a film, her teachings at AUT University in Auckland and really her life as a feminist economist. The film, Whos Counting traces her quest to explore how the fate of women and of the earth are irrevocably tied up with the deadly pursuit of economic growth.

Marilyn Waring was shocked and dismayed when she learned that all countries that are members of the UN are forced to keep their books and design their budgets under the system of National Income Accounting. This GDP system counts only cash transactions in the market and recognizes no value other than money. This means there is no value to peace and to the preservation of the environment.

Judge Andrew Napolitano welcomes former British diplomat and geopolitical analyst Alastair Crooke to discuss Russias response to the recent, June 1,2025, NATO-backed drone attacks on strategic Russian airfields.

But before going to Alastair Crooke, here is a brief comment on the same topic by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs. Sachs has worked as an economic adviser to governments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University.

Before he retired Alastair Crooke was a ranking figure in both British Intelligence with MI6 and European Union diplomacy. Judge Andrew Napolitano served as Superior Court judge from 1987 to 1995 and became a legal and political analyst for Fox News. He now runs a very popular podcast channel under the title Judging Freedom

Judge Napolitano interviewed Alastair Crooke on June 9, 2025. You can watch the video of the conversation for free on YouTube under the title: Alastair Crooke: Moscow's Silence/Moscow's Threats

DATE: June 4 and 9, 2025

CREDIT: Judge Andrew Napolitano Judging Freedom

LOCATION: INTERNET

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich says: Trump's tariffs are in turmoil, his big beautiful bill is buckling, and the Muskrat has left his sinking ship. Is this the beginning of the end for Trump 2.0? Heather and I discuss it all on today's Coffee Klatch.

Here is a 27 minute excerpt of Robert Reichs weekly podcast, recorded on May 31st, 2025. He is a professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator and worked in the administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter; and as Secretary of Labor for President Clinton. His co-host, Heather Lofthouse, is Executive Director of Inequality Media Civic Action.

The full version of this program is 38 minutes long and you can find it for free on YouTube under he title: Muskrat Abandons Ship | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

DATE: May 31, 2025

LOCATION: Coffee Klatch studio and INTERNET

The United Nations are commemorating the violent expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948 to make room for the state of Israel.

Noura Erakat is a Palestinian human rights lawyer and Rutgers University professor. In her address she focused on the ongoing campaign of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. As trained lawyer Erakat confronts the narrative that frames this as, quote, War. This is not a legal controversy, she says, there is no question that this is genocide; it is a political controversy. And she urged the nations who filled the auditorium to break their silence.

Before presenting her remarks at the United Nations, here is a clip from a recent interview on Democracy Now, where Noura Erakat is a frequent guest. Amy Goodman asked her about her diagnosis that the U.S. backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home, right here - inside the U.S. with a boomerang effect.

You can find the video of Noura Erakats address at the United Nations on YouTube under the title: Today is day 585 of genocide. Prof. Noura Erakat's Urgent Plea at the UN

DATE: 2025-03-11 and 2025-05-15

LOCATION: INTERNET

Why did Donald Trump visit the Gulf in May 2025? What does it reveal about shifting US"Israel"Gulf relations? Ambassador Chas Freeman is a veteran U.S. diplomat and Middle East expert. He is being interviewed by Jyotishman Mudiar, a PhD research scholar at the University of Chicago and cofounder of the YouTube channel India and Global Left.

From Saudi Arabia and the UAE to Israel and Iran, Chas Freeman analyzes the power plays, diplomatic deals, and regional tensions shaping todays geopolitics.

The interview took place on May 15, 2025 and lasted over an hour. You can watch their inspired conversation on YouTube under the title: Trumps Gulf Visit: Chas Freeman Explains the US"Israel"Gulf Shift - Deep Dive into Middle East.

DATE: May 15, 2025

LOCATION: INTERNET

This is the replay of a special, Live, May-Day talk by Professor Richard Wolff on President Trumps economic policies. Wolff had been invited by Women Building Up in Brooklyn, NY.(WBU). In spite of the serious topic, his presentation was also entertaining and full of surprises.

Richard Wolff is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor in the graduate program in international affairs of the New School.

Prof. Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update.Among his many works are Understanding Capitalism; The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself; and - by Haymarket Books - Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism.

I urge you to look up the full-length 70 minute video that is the source for this radio program. Its easy to find on YouTube under the title: Global Capitalism: On This May Day, posted on May 8, 2025. Again, look for the title: Global Capitalism: On This May Day - by Professor Richard Wolff.

DATE: 2025-05-07

CREDIT: Democracy at Work

LOCATION: Women Building Up, (WBU) Brooklyn, NY

The shocking status of U.S. military power has been exposed by Yemen forcing an F-18 to sink off the USS Harry Truman to the bottom of the Red Sea. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and former Chief of Staff Col. Lawrence Wilkerson call this the crisis facing America's waning empire - and here are their comments - recorded on April 30.

Only four days later their discussion another incident confirmed their analysis: The NY Times reported on May 4 that a ballistic missile launched from Yemen struck near the main terminal of Israels international Ben Gurion Airport close to Tel Aviv, after the military failed to intercept the projectile.

These strikes on shipping and occasional hits inside Israel come in response to the most recent daily bombings of Yemen by the U.S., Israel and Britain that began on March 15, 2025.

The host Danny Haiphong is an activist, writer, and political analyst. He produces videos on geopolitics that are posted on YouTube. His articles have appeared in Black Agenda Report, MintPressNews and Counterpunch. He is best known for his podcasts on geopolitics. You can watch the full 96 minute video on YouTube. Look for the title: Trump in PANIC: Yemen SINKS US Jet

DATE: April 30, 2025