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FFR #34 - Anything Goes Nuclear!
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 03:44
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www.filterfreeradio.com Filter Free Radio #34 - Anything Goes Nuclear - Jacob Dean and Skeptical Scott are back and discuss Obama and marriage equality (it's about actions, not speeches.) Plus Scott breaks down the latest Chris Hedges article from www.Truthdig.com - and explains why we can't afford the 'American Empire.' Finally, we take your calls, SnorkY2k educates us on the real seriousness of the Fukushima nuclear diaster and why it matters now! Recorded live on 5/14/2012 in Washington, DC
FFR #33 - Saul Alinsky - Rules For Radicals
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 03:41
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www.filterfreeradio.com Filter Free Radio #33 - Saul Alinsky - Jacob Dean and Skeptical Scott take an in-depth look at the amazing Saul Alinsky. Jacob covers Rules For Radicals, Alinsky's guide to organizing people power, it's purpose for the have-nots, a realistic vs. rhetorical radical, the importance of humor, starting with reality, breaking the cycle, ends and means, power in people power, communicating within experiences, what makes an organizer, why we want the establishment to attack the organizer, and more! Jacob Dean STRONGLY recommends actually reading Rules For Radicals by Saul Alinsky for yourself, as he did. The tactics, methods, ideas, and examples in the book are perfect for today's hungry activist and need to be thoroughly/repeatedly read. Recorded live on 4/23/2012 in Washington, DC
(0:00) Intro
(4:00) Who is Saul Alinsky?
(9:15) Rules For Radicals Book Preview/Breakdown
(13:00) Saul Alinsky audio interview with Studs Terkel Pt. 1
(27:07) Bill Moyers - Moyers & Company - Saul Alinsky vs. Newt Gingrich
(37:25) Have-Nots vs. Haves
(39:40) Organize the Middle Class
(40:25) Organizers must Empower the People
(42:34) Get the Establishment to React
(43:45) Alinsky Audio Pt. 2
(46:16) Believe in the People or else...
(48:50) The Tea Party uses Alinsky's Rules for Radicals as a training guide
(50:11) The Do-Nothings
(51:50) 99% vs. 1% - Alinsky on Inequality predicts OWS?
(53:15) All Issues must be completely polarized 100%
(1:04:30) Radio Or Not Chatroom shout outs
(1:06:40) What do organizers do?
(1:08:35) Organization is Power
(1:09:00) POWER
(1:10:14) Step One - Start with Reality
(1:13:38) You have the power
(1:14:00) Action is in their Reaction
(1:15:18) Break the Cycle - Anticipate the counter revolution
(1:18:17) All revolutions come from the middle class
(1:20:25) Communicate within the People's experiences...
(1:24:14) Change means movement, movement means friction, friction means heat
(1:34:00) What makes an organizer?
(1:42:00) Tactics and examples
(1:43:22) Farts work too
(1:52:00) People Power!
(1:53:00) The Way Ahead...
Please read Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky if you think we need change
FFR #32 - Six Starts A Revolution
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 04:42
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www.filterfreeradio.com - Filter Free Radio #32 - Six Starts A Revolution - Jacob Dean and Skeptical Scott are back! The conversation starts with Sara Robinson's piece on www.Alternet.org The Six People You Need To Start A Revolution- Plus Malcolm Gladwell on income inequality, a young progressive Barack Obama on activism in 1993, OxFam's A Guide to Social Activism, working inside the system and outside the system, Julian Assange coming to a tv near you, and more! Recorded live on 4/16/2012 in Washington, DC
(3:00) U.S. Senate rejects "Buffett Rule"
(9:50) 6 People You Need To Start A Revolution by Sara Robinson - www.Alternet.org
(40:25) Scott & Malcolm Gladwell on Income Inequality
(46:50) FDR on Taxes from 10-21-1936
(1:08:25) A young Barack Obama on progressive politics, activism - from 1993
(1:15:00) A Guide To Social Activism from OxFam
(1:55:00) Julian Assange coming to a tv near you!
Noam Chomsky: Elections Today – Uninformed People Making Irrational Decisions
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- Published on Thursday, 15 March 2012 02:36
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MIT Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Noam Chomsky explains the electoral process in America.
Chris Hedges: If Occupy Fails, We Are Doomed!
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- Published on Friday, 09 March 2012 18:41
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Filmed 2/7/12. A talk by Chris Hedges tying together the collapse of the liberal establishment (free press, church, unions, public education, culture) with the rise of the corporate state, and the Occupy Movement; Q+A follows. In regards to occupy wall street, Hedges reiterates his point that for Occupy to remain "mainstream" and non-threatening and welcoming to main street America, the movement has to remain smart, organized, disciplined, and above all, nonviolent.
00:00 Chris Hedges - The Death of the Liberal Class
35:54 Chris Hedges - Occupy Wall St is a mainstream movement.
46:45 Q&A
54:24 Q&A on the importance of George Orwell.
Michael Moore & Cornel West on OWS & the Progressive Discontent Obama Faces
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- Published on Tuesday, 25 October 2011 17:49
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