And you thought corporate personhood was bad enough! Lacey Kohlmoos, Senior Field Organizer, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, tells us that the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) will create corporate nationhood by empowering corporations to sue and overrule real nations, as well as incentivizing the offshoring of jobs, hurting food safety, damaging environmental protections, enriching drug companies at the expense of human health, banning some generic drugs, further deregulating banks, forbidding the breaking up of too-big-to-fail financial firms, and creating SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) despite its failure in Congress as a result of strong public opposition.
Total run time: 29:00
Host: David Swanson. Producer: David Swanson. Music by Duke Ellington.
The high cost of low prices... connections between our consumerism and consumption, labor practices around the world, and the destruction of the planet.
Fresh from the Church of Stop Shopping's "Revolt of the Golden Toads Tour," we speak to Reverend Billy Talen about his new book "The End of the World" and how consumption drives our destruction of the Earth. The Church of Stop Shopping uses theatrical performances to critique power: art as a way to open eyes. Wild, beautiful, funny, and poignant, Rev. Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir have sung and sobbed in many of the world's biggest banks - expressing emotion in a public space! - to bind us together with the planet. Check out his webpage: http://www.revbilly.com/
We'll also talk about May Day / International Workers Day actions, and how consumerism and labor interact. Are we partly responsible for the collapse of the building that housed five garment factories in Bangladesh? What is the "Fight for $15" living wage campaign in Chicago?
The inaugural episode of a new series here at Mic Check Radio that focuses on the political, social and educational value of different films from throughout the 100+ years of the medium. This episode focuses on THE political propaganda film of all time (so far) and the contradictions it causes by watching the film within today's political environment.
This week on Occupy Radio, I spoke with Ben Manski, former campaign manager for Jill Stein and founder of the Liberty Tree Foundation. We also spoke with one of our favorite guests, Tangerine Bolen of Revolution Truth. Both Ben and Tangerine represent sites on the internet that are focused on cultivating gressroots movements. Ben talks about his experiences on the streets at WTO, and the FTAA protest in Miami in '03. Tangerine tells us about the work of Revolution Truth, as well as her experience being one of the co-plaintiffs on Hedges -v- Obama.
Jerry, of Air Occupy, supplies his "Two Minute Teach-In." This week, the topic is foreclosures.
Talk Nation Radio: Pentagon Professor Says the U.S. Military Overpowers Civilian Rule and Should Be Demilitarized
Gregory D. Foster is Professor of Political Science at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Washington, D.C., where he previously has served as George C. Marshall Professor and J. Carlton Ward Distinguished Professor and Director of Research. Foster says the United States no longer has civilian control of the military, and that the military should be "demilitarized."
Total run time: 29:00
Host: David Swanson. Producer: David Swanson. Music by Duke Ellington.
On Air Occupy this week, we talk with Mattea Kramer, Director of Research withNational Priorities Project, about the budget.
In order to change the way Washington spends, we first have to understand the process. What is it? Who writes it? How come we end up with crazy things like the Monsanto Protection Act in the Continuing Resolution? Where does all the money go?
We are thrilled to have Mattea help us understand. She covers topics such as the federal budget process, federal spending and tax policy, federal health care programs, Social Security, military and homeland security funding, and debt and deficit. Mattea is the lead author of NPP’s book "A People’s Guide to the Federal Budget," and she serves as a regular commentator for media outlets across the country. Her writing has been published in outlets such as the Washington Post, the Nation, the Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, Al Jazeera, and CBS News. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics from Amherst College and a Masters Degree in Public Policy from Harvard.
If Corporations are people, then what kind of a person are they? On this episode we take a look at the Exxon Mobile Pipeline 'Pegasus' that burst in Arkansas at the end of March. How did this "person" know as Exxon Mobile deal with the situation
Michael Perelman teaches economics at Cal State Chico, and is the author of 18 books including. His latest is "The Invisible Handcuffs of Capitalism." Michael joined me in my search for a villian in today's economy. He wasn't in any hurry to jump to conclusions with me.
Michael uses history to point out that the business culture has always been out for itself. This was true long before corporations were even viable. Corporations are the tool, perhaps, not the problem.
And you thought corporate personhood was bad enough! 
Gregory D. Foster is Professor of Political Science at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Washington, D.C., where he previously has served as George C. Marshall Professor and J. Carlton Ward Distinguished Professor and Director of Research. Foster says the United States no longer has civilian control of the military, and that the military should be "demilitarized."
