Progressive Commentary Hour

Progressive Commentary Hour - 07.03.18

CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MINDS

something on the Deep State

Danny Sheehan is one of our nation’s most important and influential Constitutional and public interest lawyers.  During the past 45 years he has handled such public interest cases as the Pentagon Papers, the Watergate Break In, Iran Contra and the Silkwood murder case.  He has represented victims of he Three Mile Island nuclear disaster and fought against the American Nazi Party on hate crimes. Danny is currently a leading attorney on behalf of the Native nations and Chase Iron Eyes -- the only person arrested for inciting a riot at Standing Rock against the North Dakota state government and the private corporations building the pipeline. He is the founder of the Christic Institute and the Romero Institute, the latter being a nonprofit public policy center in Santa Cruz California. Danny has his law degree from Harvard University and later returned to study at the Harvard Divinity School.. He is the author of “The People’s Advocate: The Life and Legal History of America’s Most Fearless Public Defence Lawyer,”   And his websites are DanielPSheehan.com   AND   RomeroInstitute.org

Progressive Commentary Hour - 06.27.18

CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MINDS

America's 4th estate -- federal agencies accountable to no one

Danny Sheehan is one of our nation’s most important and influential Constitutional and public interest lawyers.  During the past 45 years he has handled such public interest cases as the Pentagon Papers, the Watergate Break In, Iran Contra and the Silkwood murder case.  He has represented victims of he Three Mile Island nuclear disaster and fought against the American Nazi Party on hate crimes. Recently Danny was a leading attorney on behalf of the Native nations at Standing Rock. He is the founder of the Christic Institute and the Romero Institute, the latter being a nonprofit public policy center in Santa Cruz California. Danny has his law degree from Harvard University and later returned to study at the Harvard Divinity School.. He is the author of “The People’s Advocate: The Life and Legal History of America’s Most Fearless Public Defence Lawyer,”   And his websites are DanielPSheehan.com   AND   RomeroInstitute.org

Progressive Commentary Hour - 06.20.18

Former President Bill Clinton is named in a lawsuit against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted in 2008 for soliciting prostitution on his private island. Most well-known for hosting lavish parties with prostitutes he allegedly hired for his guests at his home—which Clinton reportedly visited multiple times--Epstein may have also kept at least one sex slave, according to the lawsuit.

 

Progressive Commentary Hour - 06.13.18

The future of work and employment -- getting by the growing pains of a new world of jobs

Dr. Gwynne Dyer is a UK-based Canadian journalist and columnist, author and world renown historian on international affairs. He holds a doctorate in Military and Middle Eastern History from Kings College in London and a past service record in the American, British and Canadian navies.  In the past, he has taught War Studies at the Royal Military Academy in the UK.  Dr. Dyer has been a syndicated columnist  for over 20 years, his writings appearing in over 175 newspapers and magazines in 45 countries.  He has written several important books including "Climate Wars" and his earlier book “War” was the basis for a television series aired on BBC and PBS.  Gwynne's most recent book is "Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy and Work" which outlines some of the greatest social and political threats in our globalized world that we facing in the future. His website is GwynneDyer.com 

 

Progressive Commentary Hour - 06.05.18

On the CIA, how it is changing under Trump. 

 

John Kiriakou is a former CIA analyst, counterterrorism operations officer, case office and was a senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  He was later John Kerry's intelligence adviser. After 911, John was chief of counterterrorist operations in Pakistan, later becoming the Executive Assistant to the CIA's Deputy Director of Operations. Later he turned whistleblower over the CIA's torture policy practiced against prisoners in custody, becoming the first government official to confirm the use of waterboarding on al-Qaeda inmates.  He was tried for passing on classified information that included the name of a fellow CIA official to a reporter and served two years in a federal correctional facility. The sixth indicted whistleblower by Obama under the Espionage Act.  Nevertheless, John had received 10 exceptional awards from the CIA and the State Department's Meritorious Honor Award. He has received the Joe Callaway Awaqrd for Civic Courage as a national security whistleblower, in 2013 the Peacemaker of the Year Award from the Justice Center, in 2016 the Sam Adams Award. among others. He has written several books, including "The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror," and more recently "Doing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison." His website is JohnKiriakou.com

Progressive Commentary Hour - 05.30.18

Failures of conventional medicine, iatrogenic deaths, the AMA, Skeptics and the professional medical establishment's assault on natural and alternative medicine

 

Dr. Glidden is a licensed Naturopathic physician who has been treating patients with botanical protocols and lifestyle changes for almost 30 years. In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Glidden is an author, radio host, and lectures around the world about the cult of rational science and conventional medical misconceptions that are driving our health into the ditch, while Big Pharma gets rich.  He is the most widely lecturing naturopathists in the US today and was responsible for getting three states to approve and license naturopathic doctors as primary care physicians.  Peter is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Youngevity International, which manufactures herbal products and natural foods. He is the author of several books including "Attempt to Cure with Wholistic Medicine" and "The MD Emperor Has No Clothes."  Dr. Glidden is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and received his doctorate in Naturopathy from Basytyr University of Naturopathic Medicine and his website is Glidden.healthcare and he hosts the weekday program "Fire Your MD Now" and "The Dr. Glidden Show".

Progressive Commentary Hour - 05.23.18

Empire Files: Israeli Army Vet’s Exposé - “I Was the Terrorist”

 

Two Jewish Voices Fiercely Debate Gaza Siege | Max Blumenthal vs. ZOA’s Morton Klein

Progressive Commentary Hour - 05.16.18

Why Does Google Want Your DNA?, Why incompetent people think they're amazing - David Dunning, Ray McGovern: The Inside Scoop on the Middle East & Israel

Progressive Commentary Hour - 05.08.18

International Journalist Tells The Truth About Syria Carla Ortiz Shocking Video From Syria Contradicts Corp. News Coverage

Progressive Commentary Hour - 05.02.18

Moves for a Grand Jury inquiry with the Department of Justice to reopen the investigation into the downing of the World Trade buildings on 911

 

Mick Harrison is the Executive Director for the Lawyers Committee for 911 Inquiry, a non profit organization that seeks transparency and accountability regarding events occurring on September 11, 2001. He is currently the lead attorney in the petition filed yesterday with the Department of Justice demanding Grand Jury investigation into collapse of Buildings 1, 2 and 7 at the World Trade Center. The petition includes evidence that explosives were used to bring down the towers and Building 7.  He has specialized in environmental and whistleblower cases for the Government Accountability Project. Among his cases were exposing US Army's knowingly issuing defective gas masks to troops during the Gulf War, the politicalization of science at the EPA, mishandling of funds for Supersite clean ups and illegal waste management, representing Greenpeace and native American tribes in federal lawsuits and much more. Mick holds degrees from Indiana University and received his Juris doctorate from the University of District of Columbia School of Law.  The Committee's website is  LawyersCommitteeFor9-11inquiry.org 

 

 

David Meiswinkle is a criminal defense attorney practicing in New Jersey and the current Secretary and Board member for the Lawyers Committee for 911 Inquiry, and President of New Jersey 911 Aware, an educational group trying to increase awareness of the scientific and forensic evidence behind 911. He is also the co-founder of Quantum Matrix Alternative Media and a host on Quantum Matrix Radio that discusses alternative healing, energy sciences, suppressed inventions and other cutting edge topics.   David is a retired police officer, army veteran. In 2009, he ran as an independent against Chris Christie for New Jersey's governorship and for Congress in 2010.