Author: Farron Cousins

This week’s Ring of Fire, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and David Bender:   Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern This week on Ring of Fire, former skinhead-turned activist Frank Meeink will be joining us to tell us about his journey from being one of most prominent voices of the racist skinheads in America to helping youth accept and understand that all races are equal.  Author James Carroll will be here to tell us why the current problems with the Catholic Church are the result of decades of suppression occurring at almost every level in the Church. We’ll take a deeper look at the oil spill that is now threatening the Gulf of Mexico with attorney Brian Barr who is working on the case. And as always, we’ll be looking at all the news that the corporate-controlled media refuses to cover.  This week, our good friend comedian Matt Filipowicz will be here to help us run through the biggest stories of the week. You can now SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST by clicking on the “Podcast” tab at the top of the Ring of Fire blog.  Please help support progressive radio by signing up! And don’t forget to join us on Facebook.  Just click on the Facebook icon on the left side of our blog! Contact Rep. Jeff Miller and tell...

This week’s Ring of Fire, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and David Bender: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern   This week on Ring of Fire, America’s favorite populist Jim Hightower will be joining us to talk about the growing racist tones that are taking over politics in Texas, as well as the rampant racism in the tea party movement.    Former Mother Jones publisher Jay Harris will stop by to tell us what’s gone wrong with the American media, and where we can turn to still get rational, meaningful news.    Seth Shostak, Chief astronomer from the SETI institute, will be here to tell us about the ongoing search for extraterrestrial intelligence in the universe, and you might be surprised by what he’s found…   Congressman Chris Van Hollen will be here to tell us how he and Senator Chuck Schumer are working to undo the devastating effects of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United case, which allows corporations to pour as much money into political campaigns as they would like.    Attorney Aaron Watson will be here to tell us about the dangers of supposedly non-lethal Taser stun guns, and we’ll take a look at the police officers who are abusing them.   And as always, we’ll be looking at all the news that the corporate-controlled...

For those of you who can’t get enough Jim Hightower (he’ll be on Ring of Fire this weekend), and happen to be in the area, we encourage you to attend: Exhibit reception, lively panel discussions, great Texas music, local food, and other populist-related festivities—plus Jim Hightower speaks—on May 1, 2010. (Exhibition on view in San Marcos, TX at Texas State University’s Wittliff Collections now through the end of July 2010). Jim Hightower will be the featured speaker for a day of festivities celebrating his archive. Former American-Statesman cartoonist Ben Sargent will sit on a panel with Fred Harris, Linda Chavez-Thompson, and Alan Pogue discussing Texas’s progressive past and future. Look for the all-important live music, food. The event is free, but space is limited. To secure admission, RSVP to (512) 245-2313 Jim Hightower is considered America’s #1 populist, a man admired as a radio commentator, syndicated columnist, best-selling author, and sought-after public speaker. Hightower believes the true political spectrum is not right-to-left, but top-to-bottom. He is dedicated to battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the “Powers That Ought To Be”: working families, farmers, consumers, environmentalists, small business owners, and “just plain folks.” In December 2008, Hightower named the Wittliff Collections as the official repository for his archival legacy, and now his papers are the focus of the next exhibition from the Southwestern Writers Collection at the Alkek...