Between The Lines - Aug. 19, 2020

08/19/20 • 29 min

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast

Gaslit Nation's Sarah Kendzior: Democrats Must Go Beyond Letters of Complaint to Overcome Trump's Sabotage of Post Office and Election

Author & activist: Kevin Alexander Gray: A Grand Coalition Must Come Together to Defeat Trump, and Push for Progressive Change

Energy & environmental security strategist Joel Gordes: With Increasingly Destructive Storms Government & Utilities Must Make Electric Grid More Resilient

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
- Belarus' Lukashenko, last dictator of Europe?
- Colombia’s ex-president Uribe under house arrest
- Sierra Club's white elitist history

Gaslit Nation's Sarah Kendzior: Democrats Must Go Beyond Letters of Complaint to Overcome Trump's Sabotage of Post Office and Election

Author & activist: Kevin Alexander Gray: A Grand Coalition Must Come Together to Defeat Trump, and Push for Progressive Change

Energy & environmental security strategist Joel Gordes: With Increasingly Destructive Storms Government & Utilities Must Make Electric Grid More Resilient

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
- Belarus' Lukashenko, last dictator of Europe?
- Colombia’s ex-president Uribe under house arrest
- Sierra Club's white elitist history

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Between The Lines - Aug. 12, 2020

• Author and activist Hadas Thier: Congress Fights Over Pandemic Rescue Package, Federal Reserve Spends Trillions No Questions Asked
• Peace Action's Kevin Martin: Congress Fails to Pass Amendment Cutting Pentagon Budget to Meet Human Need

• Grand Canyon Trust's Roger Clark: Navajo Nation & Environmental Groups Oppose Dam Project In Little Colorado River Gorge
• Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Dictator who brutalized Darfur is in jail, but the killing goes on
- China wields its security law to crush Hong Kong dissent
- Unemployment aid expires, urban activists mobilize for renters

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Between The Lines - Aug. 26, 2020

• Economic Update's Richard D. Wolff: COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Multiple U.S. Economic System Failures
• 350 Action's Jenny Marienau Zimmer: Biden & Harris' Climate Policy Positions Represent Progress, But Activists Must Maintain Pressure

• Movement for a People's Party's Nick Brana: Sanders' Supporters Take Steps to Build a New Progressive People's Party
• Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

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