Resistance Roundtable

Resistance Roundtable: Iran's Asymmetric Warfare; Taking The U.S. Political Temperature

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

Trump Targets Cuba; CT Immigrants Brace for Worse to Come

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' Forensics on the Big Bulls**t Bill

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

Can the Resistance Halt the Slide Into the Abyss?

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 on The Fight to Save Free Speech

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