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Laura Flanders & Friends
Laura Flanders & Friends
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Fighting Autocracy from Hungary to No Kings: Ezra Levin & Laszlo UporSunday, December 14
9:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1If you care about resisting autocracy and building democracy, the U.S. has much to learn from Hungary. While Donald Trump rails against Europe, he and Hungary's strongman leader, Viktor Orban, have praised each other for years. Anti-democratic, anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-queer -- Orban and Trump came to power on parallel tracks with similar values. In their first interview together, Ezra Levin, the co-founder of Indivisible (the group behind No Kings!) and Laszlo Upor, a leader in one of Hungary's most creative and visible resistance efforts, share their experiences of resisting authoritarianism. Upor is former Vice Rector and Acting Rector of the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest - the one university that fought back when the Orban administration began taking control of Hungary's universities. Levin is the co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible, the grassroots movement behind such historic protests as the historic Hands Off and No Kings rallies. From the principles of their organizing to frog suits and caution tape, today's episode is a masterclass in creative resistance. Plus a commentary from Laura. "Our enemy in this isn't Trump, it's not the Republicans. It's not the broader regime. Our enemy is this sense of cynicism or fatalism or nihilism . . . I do think a core principle in our communication philosophy is convincing people, you have power, you just gotta use it. The best way to use it is in concert with a lot of other people in your community." - Ezra Levin. "You have to laugh at them, not be afraid of them . . . They don't understand mirth. They don't understand the derision. They think they are invincible. And when we don't give in, they don't understand what's going on." - Laszlo Upor. Guests: Ezra Levin: Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, Indivisible; Laszlo Upor: Former Vice Rector & Acting Rector, University of Theatre and Film Arts (SzFE), Budapest, Hungary. -
Doxxed, Stalked & Swatted: When The Far Right Goes After JournalistsSunday, December 7
9:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1Today's guests have paid a price for their reporting on far Right extremists. But if journalists don't do this critical work, then who will? The Trump administration is deprioritizing domestic terrorism to serve a political agenda, scaling back investigations of far-Right extremism while redirecting DHS agents to immigration crackdowns. As programs tracking domestic extremism are dismantled and January 6 rioters are recast as "patriots," journalists find themselves on the frontlines -- and their attackers are now people in power. Jordan Green is an investigative reporter for Raw Story whose coverage on far-Right extremism has spanned from Charlottesville to January 6. He is currently working on a book about militant accelerationism. Green also reported on a story we've covered extensively on the show: the attack on two power stations in Moore County, North Carolina. A correspondent for the Texas Observer, investigative journalist Steven Monacelli has been tracking extremism, disinformation, social movements, and the influence of dark money in politics. He received the The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award for revealing the identities of far-Right extremists, including government employees. Freelance journalist Amanda Moore embedded with the far Right in 2020 and has faced backlash from far-Right groups for her reporting. Her reporting at present focuses on ICE and Border Control, and her work has appeared in the Nation, Politico, and the Intercept. Join us for this chilling conversation on threats against journalists and the implications for democracy, plus a commentary from Laura. "I don't think we should hide the fact that there is a toll, that neo-Nazis in particular and authoritarians more generally want to silence journalists. We as a society need to be aware of that. We need to speak up as journalists who've experienced this so our peers don't feel alone when they face similar challenges." - Jordan Green. "Mainstream institutions often ignore these issues until it's maybe too late or they are fully developed. There's not a lot of interest right now in developing stories. Maybe one of the histories that will be told is of the sort of independent muckraker types that we heard all about a hundred years ago, stepping into a role that larger institutions were unwilling to fill." - Steven Monacelli. "The people who are backlashing against me have changed. It's no longer a livestreamer like Nick Fuentes ranting about me for five minutes straight. It's the former campaign manager for Trump 2024, calling me and threatening me with a lawsuit. It's worse because the people are more powerful." - Amanda Moore. Guests: Jordan Green: Investigative Journalist, Raw Story; Steven Monacelli: Freelance Investigative Journalist; Correspondent, The Texas Observer; Amanda Moore: Freelance Investigative Journalist. -
AFA-CWA Union Leader Sara Nelson on Labor Solidarity: 'If One Group Is Under Attack, We're Next'Sunday, November 30
9:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1Sara Nelson knows how to leverage worker power -- and so do the 55, Sara Nelson knows how to leverage worker power -- and so do the 55, 000 flight attendants she represents. A union member since 1996, 000 flight attendants she represents. A union member since 1996, she's been the International President of the Association of Flight she's been the International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO since 2014. You may remember her integral Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO since 2014. You may remember her integral role in threatening a strike, which helped pressure the Trump role in threatening a strike, which helped pressure the Trump administration to end the 2019 government shutdown. But under the administration to end the 2019 government shutdown. But under the second Trump term, the administration plans to gut many government second Trump term, the administration plans to gut many government agencies and has canceled one million contracts for federal workers agencies and has canceled one million contracts for federal workers so far. "We have to understand that if one group is under attack, so far. "We have to understand that if one group is under attack, we're next," she tells Laura Flanders in this exclusive interview. we're next," she tells Laura Flanders in this exclusive interview. "So we have to rush to each other's sides." In this episode, Nelson "So we have to rush to each other's sides." In this episode, Nelson and Flanders explore labor movement tactics and strategies, wins and and Flanders explore labor movement tactics and strategies, wins and losses, and why general strikes and cross-industry worker solidarity losses, and why general strikes and cross-industry worker solidarity are critical in this moment. What is her message and her mission for are critical in this moment. What is her message and her mission for 2025? All that, plus a commentary from Laura on floods and profits. 2025? All that, plus a commentary from Laura on floods and profits. "We have to understand that if one group is under attack, we're next. "We have to understand that if one group is under attack, we're next. So we have to rush to each other's sides. But we can also turn this So we have to rush to each other's sides. But we can also turn this around and not just be on defense. . . We are in a crisis. Yeah. Our around and not just be on defense. . . We are in a crisis. Yeah. Our world is burning. We can actually set the agenda and make things world is burning. We can actually set the agenda and make things better." Guest: Sara Nelson: International President of the better." Guest: Sara Nelson: International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (representing 55,000 Flight Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (representing 55,000 Flight Attendants at 20 airlines). Attendants at 20 airlines). -
From Pain to Poetry: Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's 'Girl Warrior' GuideSunday, November 23
9:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1We are in what today's guest calls a dark night of our national soul. Many of us are feeling hopeless, uncomfortable and stuck, but it is possible to make it through the darkness. Generations before us survived the unthinkable; if the past has a story to tell, what's today's? This notion of coming into ourselves and embracing our stories is what Joy Harjo, the internationally renowned poet, performer, writer and activist of the Muscogee Creek Nation takes up in her long-spanning career. Harjo is just out with "Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age", a guide, dedicated especially to Indigenous girls, for people trying to find their way in a time of transformation. She is the author of two American Book Awards winners: "In Mad Love and War" and "Crazy Brave", and was executive editor of the groundbreaking "When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry". She was the first Indigenous Poet Lau-re-ate and served three terms from 2019 to 2022. Join Harjo and Flanders for this illuminating conversation on finding courage this winter, plus a commentary from Laura on releasing the files on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls. "We have to stand for what's right. You can't stand and watch a neighbor starving. We have to realize that ultimately we were created by a creator who loves diversity . . . The universal law is diversity. Universal law is love and connection. We're all connected. " - Joy Harjo. "The bone and the muscle of being human is stories. That's what we do. I remember years ago, thinking about what use are human beings to the ecosystem. I really couldn't find a reason that we were here, except that we make stories. It's important we express gratitude and that we're helpful to the other beings who live here." - Joy Harjo. Guest: Joy Harjo (Mvskoke): Poet, Performer & Writer; Author, Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age. -
The 'Politivist' Moment: Cori Bush and Kat Abughazaleh on Winning Without Selling OutSunday, November 16
9:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1What do the results of this past Election Day signal for politician-activists running for office and the future of the Democratic Party? "Politivists" Cori Bush and Kat Abughazaleh say the tides are changing. In what was widely viewed as a rebuke of the Trump administration's policies, Democrats won races at every level in blue and red states on November 4, including Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayor's race. Today's guests know firsthand how challenging and costly it can be to run for office as a progressive -- especially when megadonors and backdoor deals are the name of the game in our political system. Cori Bush is fighting to retake the seat she won in 2021, Missouri's First District, which covers the city of St. Louis. She'll be up against incumbent Wesley Bell, whose successful campaign against her in 2024 was heavily funded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, a zionist political action committee. Kat Abughazaleh is a 26-year old Palestinian-American, former journalist and political commentator who is currently facing a federal indictment related to her protests outside an ICE facility in Western Chicago. She's making waves in a crowded Democratic field to represent Illinois' Ninth District, covering the Chicago-area. How can modern progressives keep up this political momentum? And where does the Democratic Party go from here? Join us for that conversation, plus a commentary from Laura on making Congress less classist. "I've been in Congress and I know the change that can happen when someone not only works for their district, but fights for the district . . . I have heard from my community, their frustrations with the lack of leadership. I've heard their despair as it relates to what happens tomorrow, because this manufactured chaos coming down from the Trump administration is not being dealt with . . . We are saying, 'Wait till 2026 because things will get better.' People are living it right now." - Cori Bush. "A lot of people have lost faith in our political system, from every political stripe, because politicians are about words and not actions. We are using our resources to not only reach voters, but materially improve their lives. We do backpack drives, food drives, our campaign office doubles as a mutual aid hub . . . We are genuinely making a change on the ground and win or lose, this campaign is a net benefit to this community." - Kat Abughazaleh. Guests: Kat Abughazaleh: Congressional Candidate (D-IL-09); Cori Bush: Former Congresswoman (D-MO-01); Current Congressional Candidate (D-MO-01) . -
How to Break The 'Cycle' of Police Killing? Listen to SurvivorsSunday, November 9
9:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1Would we know from our media that over 1,000 people are killed by police every year in the U.S.? The stories of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are exceptions, but for the victims we don't hear about, there's CYCLE. The newly-released investigative feature documentary from LionArt Media focuses on the 2019 killing of Ty'rese West, an 18-year-old Black teenager from Racine, Wisconsin who was shot to death after being pulled over by a Mount Pleasant police officer for riding a bicycle with no headlights. No videos were taken, the details of West's death were withheld from the community and the subsequent police report. Made in close collaboration with West's mother, Monique West, the film follows the story of Ty'rese's death and the lawsuit that ensued. CYCLE is an invitation, ". . . to interrupt the silence that follows so many cases that never go viral -- cases where there's no footage, no public pressure, and no accountability," say director Laura Dyan Kezman and co-director William Howell, both Racine natives. Dyan Kezman is an award-winning director, DP, and editor, and the founder of LionArt Media committed to telling bold, socially driven stories that examine justice, culture, and civic engagement. Howell is a cinematographer, editor, and director based in Milwaukee. He was the cinematographer of 'The Rise and Fall of Coo Coo Cal' and the director of the 2020 film 'You Don't Know Me'. Join the CYCLE directors and Laura Flanders for this powerful conversation on police accountability and community action, plus a commentary on the media quiet about Trump's massive military build-up in the Caribbean.". . . We started this film in 2019 with the intention of not making an angry film, but we didn't quite know what the film needed to be yet. Then COVID hit, Ahmaud Arbery was killed, and then Breonna Taylor was killed, and then George Floyd was killed . . . We felt it then, that this was something so much bigger than us in terms of us telling Tyrese's story in that moment." - Laura Dyan Kezman."The call to action, that's when I see, more than anything, that we achieved our goal. People are not leaving these theaters angry . . . They're leaving and saying, what can we do? What can I do? What can we do together as people to help create this change?" - William Howell.Guests:William Howell: Co-Director & Producer, CYCLE;Laura Dyan Kezman: Director, Editor & Producer, CYCLE. -
Congresswoman Jayapal & Marine Veteran Goldbeck: Standing Together Against the Administration's War on CiviliansSunday, November 2
9:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1The U.S. military is sworn to serve the Constitution, but that's getting complicated under Donald Trump. The President has deployed National Guard troops to half a dozen U.S. cities against the wishes of local officials and ICE agents are roaming around communities acting under unclear rules. Now the President is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act. What difference would that make? Laura's guests are U.S. House Representative Pramila Jayapal and Marine veteran Janessa Goldbeck, who say it's time to reject authoritarianism and uphold the Constitution. Congresswoman Jayapal is the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement and represents Washington State's 7th Congressional District. She has been at the forefront of congressional oversight and opposition to the Trump administration's immigration policies. Captain Goldbeck is CEO of Vet Voice, a national nonprofit that mobilizes veterans and military families to shape American democracy and defend the values they swore to protect. What can Congress, veterans and the general public do to stop the militarization of our cities? Join us for this powerful conversation, plus a commentary on the other times that the U.S. government has turned its military inward. "What we're seeing now is the president attempting to reshape the U.S. military into a tool of his own domestic political control . . . And then to deploy uniformed service members and the National Guard across the country against the wishes of local elected leaders . . . I feel a lot of sadness and frustration on behalf of those who are serving in uniform today who are being put into this very partisan political position by the United States president." - Janessa Goldbeck. "What law enforcement should be doing -- of any kind, whether it's ICE, National Guard, whoever -- is trying to deescalate. What we clearly see this set of military actors doing is escalate, right? When you crack down brutally, when you shoot a rubber bullet at a faith leader in Chicago, or when you violently push someone down to the ground, who by the way happens to be the father of three U.S. Marines . . . I think that is really an attempt to suppress any kind of dissent." - Rep. Pramila Jayapal. Guests: Captain Janessa Goldbeck: Marine Corps Veteran; CEO, Vet Voice Foundation; Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal: D-WA, 7th Congressional District.