The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow

Cathy Kunkel is the Democratic Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in West Virginia's 2nd District

Merith Basey is the Executive Director of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines - North America

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Lisa Graves is Executive Director of True North Research

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The Rev. William H. Lamar IV is pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.

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Abigail Zapote is Executive Director of Latinos for a Secure Retirement

 

Prof. Richard Wolff discusses "How resilient is the system?"

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David Dayen is the Executive Editor for The American Prospect, and author of the new book "Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power"

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Thomas Frank is the author of Listen, LiberalPity the BillionaireThe Wrecking Crew, and What's the Matter with Kansas? A former columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Harper's, Frank is the founding editor of The Baffler and writes regularly for The Guardian

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Nancy Altman is President of Social Security Works and co-author of the forthcoming updated edition of "Social Security Works for Everyone"

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Prof. Wolff Cont'd 

RJ breaks down Trump's July 4 speech

Malaika Jabali re-aired interview

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Prof. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

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Nathan J. Robinson is an author, PhD student in Sociology & Social Policy and the editor of the magazine Current Affairs

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Jodi Dean is an American political theorist and professor in the Political Science department at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York state. She has also held the position of Erasmus Professor of the Humanities in the Faculty of Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her Latest book is: Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

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Harvey J Kaye is an American historian, sociologist & author.

Harvey J Kaye is currently the Director of the Center for History and Social Change at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. His latest book is “Take Hold of Our History: Make America Radical Again”

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Ben Norton is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He is the assistant editor of The Grayzone, and the producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast, which he co-hosts with editor Max Blumenthal. His website is BenNorton.com and he tweets at @BenjaminNorton.

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Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling Republican Gomorrah, Goliath, The Fifty One Day War, and The Management of Savagery. He has produced print articles for an array of publications, many video reports, and several documentaries, including Killing Gaza. Blumenthal founded The Grayzone in 2015 to shine a journalistic light on America's state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions.

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Co-Founder & Executive Director, Data for Progress

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Ben Norton is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He is the assistant editor of The Grayzone, and the producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast, which he co-hosts with editor Max Blumenthal. His website is BenNorton.com and he tweets at @BenjaminNorton.

 

Adam is a democracy policy expert, experienced political organizer, and the co-author of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want

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Prof. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

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Author, “The Deficit Myth” & American economist and academic. She is currently a professor at Stony Brook University and was formerly a professor University of Missouri–Kansas City. She also served as an advisor to Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign.

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Harvey J Kaye is an American historian, sociologist & author.

Harvey J Kaye is currently the Director of the Center for History and Social Change at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. His latest book is “Take Hold of Our History: Make America Radical Again”

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w/ Dr. MarkAlain Dery, Infectious disease specialist and founder WHIV 102.3fm in New Orleans

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David Dayen is Executive Editor of The American Prospect

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Kymone Freeman, Artist, Activist & Co-founder, We Act Radio

 

Arianna Evans, Student and Protester in D.C. 

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Matt Taibbi, author of the New York Times bestsellers Insane Clown President, The Divide, Griftopia, and The Great Derangement, is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and winner of the 2008 National Magazine Award for columns and commentary.

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Prof. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

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The Rev. William H. Lamar IV is pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. He previously served Turner Memorial AME Church in Maryland and three churches in Florida: Monticello, Orlando and Jacksonville. He is a former managing director at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Lamar is a graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and Duke Divinity School. He is the co-host of "Can These Bones," the Faith & Leadership podcast, and can be reached on Twitter @WilliamHLamarIV

Lyta Gold is the Amusements Editor and Managing Editor for Current Affairs magazine

 

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Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling Republican Gomorrah, Goliath, The Fifty One Day War, and The Management of Savagery. He has produced print articles for an array of publications, many video reports, and several documentaries, including Killing Gaza. Blumenthal founded The Grayzone in 2015 to shine a journalistic light on America's state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions.

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Zachary D. Carter is a senior reporter at HuffPost, where he covers Congress, the White House, and economic policy. He is a frequent guest on cable news and news radio, and his written work has also appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, and The American Prospect, among other outlets. 

His new book is “The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes”

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Norman Solomon is National Director for RootsAction.org

U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 1st congressional district, serving since 1999. The district is based in the state capital, Hartford. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Larson is the former chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

 

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Alexander Zaitchik is a freelance journalist and the author of The Gilded Rage: A Wild Ride Through Donald Trump’s America.

 

Mark Dimondstein is President, American Postal Workers Union

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Anya Parampil is a journalist based in Washington, DC. She has produced and reported several documentaries, including on-the-ground reports from the Korean peninsula, Palestine, Venezuela, and Honduras.

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Prof. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info 

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Nathan J. Robinson is an author, PhD student in Sociology & Social Policy and the editor of the magazine Current Affairs

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Prof. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

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Stephen Smith is a Democratic gubernatorial candidate with the WV Can’t Wait Campaign.

Jackie Fielder is a California State Senate Candidate in CA's 11th District

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Cole Stangler is an independent journalist based in Paris, France. 


Bob Bland is co-founder and principal of Masks for America www.masks4america.org

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Robert Johnson is the Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking 

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David Dayen is an author and Executive Editor of The American Prospect

 

Nancy Altman is President, Social Security Works

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Sonali Kolhatkar is a journalist and the founder, host and executive producer of "Rising Up With Sonali," 

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David Sirota is a journalist and former speechwriter for the Bernie Sanders campaign

Libby Watson is a staff writer at The New Republic

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Politics Reporter, HuffPost

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A cultural theorist who studies the intersection of culture and economics, she is Contributing Editor at AlterNet, where she received the Bill Moyers/Schumann Foundation fellowship in journalism for 2012. She is also a frequent contributor to Reuters, Al Jazeera, Salon, Huffington Post, and other outlets

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Prof. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

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Micah Uetricht is the managing editor of Jacobin and host of Jacobin Radio's The Vast Majority. He is the author of Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity and coauthor of the forthcoming “Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism.”

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Maria L. Svart is an American activist and National Director of Democratic Socialists of America, the largest socialist organization in the United States. She has been National Director since June 2011.

 

John Nichols is Nat’l Affairs Correspondent, The Nation and author of many books including The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace's Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics

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Harvey J. Kaye is the Ben & Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies. Author and editor of numerous works, including "The American Radical, Are We Good Citizens?" "Thomas Paine and the Promise of America", and "The Fight For The Four Freedoms: What Made FDR And The Greatest Generation Truly Great". Kaye teaches courses on American history, politics, and society.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a Public Health Doctor. Epidemiologist. Former City Health Director. Progressive. Author, http://healingpoliticsbook.com. Host #AmericaDissected.

Janos Marton is a lawyer and criminal justice reformer who has spent his career fighting against powerful interests and standing up for New York communities. He is a candidate in the 2021 Democratic Primary for Manhattan District Attorney, taking place on June 22, 2021.

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Rebecca Cokley is the director of the Disability Justice Initiative at American Progress, where her work focuses on disability policy.

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Prof. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

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Professor Kelton has worked in both academia and politics. She served as chief economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee (Democratic staff) in 2015 and as a senior economic adviser to Bernie Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns. She currently works as a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Stony Brook University, and she holds Visiting Professorships at The New School for Social Research, the University of Ljubljana, and the University of Adelaide. She is a member of the TopWonks network of the nation’s best thinkers and one of POLITICO’s 50 Most Influential Thinkers (2016). She was previously Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Her forthcoming book, The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and Creating an Economy for the People (summer 2020), shows how to break free of the flawed thinking that has hamstrung policymakers around the world.



Dr. MarkAlain Dery is an infectious diseases doctor & focus on negative impacts of poverty on health. He founded 102.3 WHIV FM, radio dedicated to human rights & social justice.

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Max Blumenthal is the Senior Editor of the Grayzone Project, now at GrayzoneProject.com, and Author of several books, including "The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza" “Republican Gomorrah”, and “Goliath”. He is also co-host of the Podcast, “Moderate Rebels”

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Nathan J. Robinson is a PhD student in Sociology & Social Policy and the editor of the magazine Current Affairs. He is author of several books including, Trump: Anatomy of a Monstrosity and Super Predator: Bill Clinton’s Use and Abuse of Black America.

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Matthew Hoh is a Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy

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Prof. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info 

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Dr. MarkAlain Dery is an infectious diseases doctor & focus on negative impacts of poverty on health. He founded 102.3 WHIV FM, radio dedicated to human rights & social justice.

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center Executive Director Liz Watson discusses the cruelty behind Trump's proposed budget; Mckayla Wilkes joins to discuss why she's challenging the establishment Steny Hoyer


Liz Watson is the executive director of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center.

Mckayla Wilkes is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 5th Congressional District.

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Prof. James Kwak on his new book, "Take Back Our Party: Restoring the Democratic Legacy" available in paperback and ebook from Strong Arm Press now https://strongarmpress.com/catalog/take-back-our-party/

James Kwak is a professor at the UConn School of Law and the chair of the board of the Southern Center for Human Rights. He is the author or co-author of three previous books: 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown (with Simon Johnson), White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters To You (with Simon Johnson), and Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality.

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Dr. MarkAlain Dery is an infectious diseases doctor & focus on negative impacts of poverty on health. He founded 102.3 WHIV FM, radio dedicated to human rights & social justice.

Jen Perelman is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 23rd Congressional District. The primary is August 18, 2020
Jen was born in North Miami, Florida. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1992, a master's degree from Northwestern University in 1994, and a J.D. from St. Mary's University in 2000. Perelman's professional experience includes working as an attorney.She has been associated with the Juvenile Justice Committee, the League of Women Voters Broward, the Democratic Women's Club of West Broward, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, the Broward County Bar Association, the Sunrise Movement of South Florida, and the Mobile School Pantry.

 

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 Aisling McCrea is podmistress/editor/writer @curaffairs

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Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host. Talkers Magazine named him America's #1 most important progressive host and the host of one of the top 10 talk radio shows in the country every year for over a decade. A four-time recipient of the Project Censored Award, Hartmann is also a New York Times bestselling author of thirty-two books, translated into multiple languages.

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Nomiki Konst is an advocate, writer and political communications strategist regularly appearing on national media outlets discussing politics. She's Founder & former Executive Director of The Accountability Project, an investigative news start-up centered on political corruption. She hosted The Accountability Podcast, which focuses on political corruption.

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Rebecca Cokley is the Director, Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress, 

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Steve Way is a 29 year old substitute teacher by day and stand up comedian by night. He was born with Muscular Dystrophy and is an advocate for disability ...

Will Fischer is a U.S. Marine veteran and the Principal at Port Side Strategies

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Director, Racial Politics Project, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law

Author, "Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America"

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Mohammed Missouri is the Executive Director of Jetpac

Nancy Altman is the Executive Director of Social Security Works

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Prof. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

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Daniel Marans is a political reporter for HuffPost

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center Executive Director Liz Watson discusses the cruelty behind Trump's proposed budget; Mckayla Wilkes joins to discuss why she's challenging the establishment Steny Hoyer


Liz Watson is the executive director of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center.

Mckayla Wilkes is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 5th Congressional District.


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Prof. James Kwak on his new book, "Take Back Our Party: Restoring the Democratic Legacy" available in paperback and ebook from Strong Arm Press now https://strongarmpress.com/catalog/take-back-our-party/

James Kwak is a professor at the UConn School of Law and the chair of the board of the Southern Center for Human Rights. He is the author or co-author of three previous books: 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown (with Simon Johnson), White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters To You (with Simon Johnson), and Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality.

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Linda Benesch on austerity in election 2020; Max Blumenthal on the shadowy app in the middle of the Iowa caucus debacle 


Linda Benesch is the Communications Director for Social Security Works

Max Blumenthal is an author and editor of The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com) 

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Dr. MarkAlain Dery is an infectious diseases doctor & focus on negative impacts of poverty on health. He founded 102.3 WHIV FM, radio dedicated to human rights & social justice.

Jen Perelman  is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 23rd Congressional District. The primary is August 18, 2020
Jen was born in North Miami, Florida. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1992, a master's degree from Northwestern University in 1994, and a J.D. from St. Mary's University in 2000. Perelman's professional experience includes working as an attorney.She has been associated with the Juvenile Justice Committee, the League of Women Voters Broward, the Democratic Women's Club of West Broward, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, the Broward County Bar Association, the Sunrise Movement of South Florida, and the Mobile School Pantry.

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Wendell Potter is an American advocate for health insurance payment reform, New York Times bestselling author and a former health insurance industry communications director.

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Prof. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

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Podmaster general, editor & writer, Current Affairs Magazine

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Find out more about The Hidden History of the War on Voting & buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-History-War-Voting-Stole/dp/1523087781/

Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host. Talkers Magazine named him America's #1 most important progressive host and the host of one of the top 10 talk radio shows in the country every year for over a decade. A four-time recipient of the Project Censored Award, Hartmann is also a New York Times bestselling author of thirty-two books, translated into multiple languages..

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"Intersectional Feminist. Challenging status quo. Host: The Nomiki Show / Alum:
@theyoungturks

@siriusxm

@CBSNlive
surrogate
@berniesanders
. / It's "No-me-KEY"

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Jodi Dean is an American political theorist and professor in the Political Science department at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York state. She has also held the position of Erasmus Professor of the Humanities in the Faculty of Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her Latest book is: Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

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Ryan Grim is the Washington Bureau Chief to The Intercept, a contributor to The Young Turks, and author of “We’ve Got People:

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Krystal Ball  is an American journalist, politician, and news talk anchor on Rising with the Hill's Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti, a news program hosted by The Hill. She is also a businesswoman and has previously been a certified public accountant. Ball has made multiple appearances as a political commentator and Democratic strategist on television news channels, including Fox News, CNN, and CNBC.
Her new book with Saagar Enjeti is The Populist's Guide to 2020: A New Right and New Left are Rising from Strong Arm Press - out on February 8th and available for pre-order now: https://strongarmpress.com/catalog/the-populists-guide-to-2020-a-new-right-and-new-left-are-rising/

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Marianne Williamson is an author, teacher, thinker, and former presidential candidate

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Helaine Olen is an author and opinion writer for the Washington Post

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Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

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Linda Benesch is the Communications Director at Social Security Works in Washington, D.C. where she advocates to expand Social Security, improve Medicare, and lower prescription drug prices. Her portfolio includes media relations, writing communications materials, and social media outreach. She is also an associate producer of SSW’s sponsored radio show, The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow.

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Cole Stangler is a Paris-based journalist. With work published in outlets like The Guardian, The Nation, Jacobin, The Atlantic and elsewhere.

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Danny Sjursen is a retired US Army officer and regular contributor to Antiwar.com. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Nation, Huff Post, The Hill, Salon, Truthdig, Tom Dispatch, among other publications. He served combat tours with reconnaissance units in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at his alma mater, West Point. He is the author of a memoir and critical analysis of the Iraq War, Ghostriders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge. Follow him on Twitter at @SkepticalVet.

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Maj. Danny Sjursen is a US Army strategist and former history instructor at West Point. He served tours with reconnaissance units in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has written a memoir and critical analysis of the Iraq War, Ghostriders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge.

Originally Aired: January 5, 2019

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Sarah Jaffe is a Nation Institute fellow and an independent journalist covering labor, economic justice, social movements, politics, gender, and pop culture. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Salon, the Week, the American Prospect, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and many other publications. She is the co-host, with Michelle Chen, of Dissent magazine’s Belabored podcast, as well as an editorial board member at Dissent and a columnist at New Labor Forum. "Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt" is her first book.

Originally Aired: January 5, 2019

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Professor Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.
Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

David Dayen is a fellow for In These Times and a contributor to The Intercept. His first book, “Chain of Title,” about three ordinary Americans who uncover Wall Street’s foreclosure fraud, was released in May 2016. The book was the winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize. With Rebecca Burns, Dayen recently co-authored the new book, “Fat Cat: The Steve Mnuchin Story”

Originally Aired; January 5, 2019

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Stacy is co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs its initiative to decentralize economic power and level the playing field for independent businesses. She has produced many influential reports and articles, designed local and federal policies, and collaborated to build effective coalitions and campaigns.

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Clifton Garmon is the Chief of Staff at VOCAL-NY, having previously served as the organization’s Senior Policy Analyst for over 3 years.

Before joining the VOCAL team, Clifton worked for the Ali Forney Center, where he focused on campaigns and policies advocating for LGBT homeless youth. Clifton has dedicated both his academic and professional careers to social justice advocacy. Clifton holds Bachelor degrees in Sociology and Political Science from Lenoir-Rhyne University, and a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University.

Christian is a senior member of Amazon Watch's team. Having coordinated the Brazil Program since 2009, Christian also led the organization's efforts to encourage a shift toward non-hydro energy alternatives in Brazil's electricity matrix. While managing Amazon Watch's Paris office, he partnered with European NGOs on Corporate Social Responsibility campaigns. He has over sixteen years experience in the fields of international development and advocacy focusing on environmental, agrarian, and social justice issues. Prior to joining Amazon Watch, Christian assisted Brazil's Landless Workers Movement and managed rural development and micro enterprise projects in West Africa. He is fluent in English, Portuguese, French, and Spanish.

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Bob Kincaid is a Progressive Broadcaster in the Head-On Radio Network (HeadOn.live) and activist with Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW.net). He’s a co-founder if CRMW’s Appalachian Communities Health Emergency (ACHE) Campaign, which originated the bill of the same name. As a broadcaster, Bob has devoted more time to informing people about the scourge of Mountaintop Removal’s impact in Appalachia than any other broadcaster on the planet.

 

Yeva Nersisyan is a Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and an Associate Professor of economics at Franklin and Marshall College. She is a macroeconomist working in the Post Keynesian and Institutionalist traditions. Her research interests include monetary theory, financial instability and regulation and macroeconomic policy. Yeva has published a number of papers on the topics of shadow banking, fiscal policy, government deficits and debt, financial fragility and instability, financial reform and retirement policy. She teaches Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Women in the Economy, Macroeconomic Stability and other courses at Franklin and Marshall College.

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Ihssane Leckey is a Democratic Congressional Candidate running for Massachusetts 4th District 

Stephen Smith is a WV Can't Wait-pledged candidate for governor in West Virginia

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Ryan Grim is Washington Bureau Chief at The Intercept and author of "We've Got People"

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Nathan J. Robinson is an author and editor of Current Affairs Magazine. 

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Max Blumenthal is a Author, Journalist & Senior Editor, The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)

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Rebecca Vallas is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress & Host of Off Kilter on We Act Radio

Lori Wallach is the director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch program

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Prof. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.

Professor Wolff is also Host of the program “Economic Update” on Free Speech TV, which airs Tuesdays from 8 to 9pmET, and Founder of DemocracyAtWork.info

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Malaika Jabali is a Brooklyn-based public policy attorney, writer, and activist. Her writing has appeared in Glamour, Essence, The Root, and more.

Ben Westhoff is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes about culture, drugs, and poverty. His books are taught around the country and have been translated into languages all over the world.
His new book Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic is the highly-acclaimed, first book about fentanyl, which is causing the worst drug crisis in American history. Westhoff was interviewed about the book for Fresh Air and Joe Rogan, and published an excerpt in The Atlantic. Since the book’s publication, Westhoff has advised top government officials on the fentanyl crisis, including from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and the U.S. State Department.

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Lynn Parramore is a cultural theorist who studies the intersection of culture and economics,

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