George interviews Greg Palast about his new book, Vultures Picnic:In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High Finance Carnivores. Greg fills in the details on BP’s role in oil spills from the Exxon Valdez in Alaska to blowouts in the Caspian Sea.
Archive for the ‘Class war’ Category
Greg Palast on vulture capitalism
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Class war comes to higher education
Thursday, April 7th, 2011John and George discuss the alternative to the budget cuts in Texas of raising taxes on the wealthiest 20% to half the level of the pporest 2o%, which would balance the budget, and the effects of proposed changes on higher education.
Unions, solidarity and the struggle for the heart of America
Thursday, March 10th, 2011John describes his experience as both a union and non-union worker in Wisconsin. George and John discuss the role of unions in forging our present reality and the possibility inherent in the uprisings in Wisconsin and elsewhere.
The Wind from Wisconsin
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011George and John interview Frank Emspak, executive producer of Workers International News Service about the events in Madison as tens of thousands of people protest the attempt by the owning class, in the person of the Governor and his fellow republicans, to strip basic collective bargaining rights from the public workers in Wisconsin.
Constitution for a Socialist America
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011An interview with Carl Dix, co-founder and spokesperson of the Revolutionary Communist Party. George discusses with Carl the functioning of the society outlined in the RCP proposed Constitution for a New Socialist Republic in North America
