Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael
Society & Culture
On this edition of Parallax VIews, Ross Benes, author of Rural Rebellion: How Nebraska Became a Republican Stronghold, joins us for a probing, sincere conversation on America's much discussed "rural-urban divide" and his experiences moving from a small-town in Nebraska to the cosmopolitan world of New York. Although Ross's book has a great deal of hard journalism and statistics regarding how the Republican Party has taken hold of Nebraska, we use the conversation to delve into the autobiographical and inter-personal elements of Rural Rebellion in this rousing discussion. Why is there such a divide between the America mid-west and the country's big cities? And can the divide be overcame? This conversation doesn't necessarily provide all the answers but it does raise important points to consider in regards to how we relate to each other in an increasingly atomizing society that is fraught with friction. This particular discussion seems particularly relevant in light of the pro-Trump elements, such as QAnon and the Stop the Steal movement, that caused much chaos on Capitol Hill on January 6th, 2021.
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Cuba: The 60 Year Embargo, the Pandemic Response, & Havana Syndrome w/ Dr. Mitchell Valdés Sosa/Foreign Interventions & Turmoil in Libya (+ Gulf Politics & Yemen) w/ Giorgio Cafiero
The Azov Battalion and U.S. Support of the Ukrainian Far-Right w/ Lev Golinkin
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Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire w/ Michael Hudson/The Failure of the British Left w/ James A. Smith
20 Years of Guantanamo Bay (+ Exclusive Syria News) w/ Letta Tayler/Countering Drug Policy and Addiction Misinformation w/ Maia Szavalitz
Afghanistan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Cold War Subterfuge w/ Paul Fitzgerald & Elizabeth Gould
U.S. Democracy Deficits, the Military-Industrial-Media Complex, and World Order w/ Alfred de Zayas
The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, & the American War Machine w/ Andrew Cockburn/U.S.-Russia Tensions, Ukraine, & Strategic Empathy w/ Nicolai Petro
The Steele Dossier & Private Spies w/ Barry Meier/The 1930s Coup Attempt Against FDR w/ Sally Denton/Russia and NATO w/ Paul Robinson
Samantha Power and the Cosmopolitan Crusaders w/ Christopher Mott
The Ukraine-Russia Crisis and NATO w/ Katrina vanden Heuvel/Vaccine Insubordination in the Military w/ Maj. Gen. Dennis Laich/Wars for Oil? w/ David R. Henderson
Free the Press: The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It w/ Brian Karem
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America’s Covert Empire and January 6th w/ Dan Feidt
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