Author: Laura Flanders

Hamid Khan: The Surveillance-Industrial Complex – Laura Flanders Show

Hamid Khan: The Surveillance-Industrial Complex – Laura Flanders Show

Posted by | Nov 17, 2015 | , , |

The “surveillance-industrial complex” has profound, but poorly understood impacts on our political, structural, economic, and cultural lives, says Hamid Khan, director of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, board member of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Political Research Associates, and Youth Justice Coalition. Also in this episode, we meet the students that forced Columbia University to divest from private prisons. And Laura on US government spying on Black Lives Matter movement – Laura Flanders...

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Can Etsy Change the World?: Donna Schaper and Matthew Stinchcomb – Laura Flanders Show

Can Etsy Change the World?: Donna Schaper and Matthew Stinchcomb – Laura Flanders Show

Posted by | Nov 10, 2015 | , , |

Can one of the founders of the craft website Etsy.com – valued in the billions of dollars – lead a change in the way we do business? Matthew Stinchcomb, the Vice President of Values and Impact for Etsy.com, and the founder of Etsy.org; and Donna Schaper, Senior Minister for Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village and author of several books, including the upcoming The Time Famine, as well as a collaborator on Etsy.org. Also in this episode: The WORX Printing Cooperative gives a short history of unjust trade, and Laura discusses New Economy Week. – Laura Flanders...

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Laurie Anderson & Mohammed el Gharani: Habeas Corpus – Laura Flanders Show

Laurie Anderson & Mohammed el Gharani: Habeas Corpus – Laura Flanders Show

Posted by | Nov 3, 2015 | , , |

Like all men held at Guantanamo Bay, Mohammed el Gharani, who was imprisoned at the age of 14, is barred from entering the USA. But American artist Laurie Anderson found a way to bring him to the states, via telepresence. This week: an interview with Laurie Anderson and words from el Gharani. All that and an F Word from Laura on a long, 40 second delay. – Laura Flanders...

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“The S Word”: John Nichols on Socialism – Laura Flanders Show

“The S Word”: John Nichols on Socialism – Laura Flanders Show

Posted by | Oct 28, 2015 | , , |

Socialism has a long and storied history in U.S. politics, not as taboo as some may think. Nation columnist John Nichols’ many books include The “S” Word: A Short History of an American Tradition…Socialism, and, most recently, Dollarocracy: How the Money-and-Media-Election Complex is Destroying America. – Laura Flanders...

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