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Friday Nov 27, 2015
Friday Nov 27, 2015
It’s Time. Free Your Mind.
It’s “Free Your Mind Friday” on Leid Stories, an open forum for the exchange of information, opinions and ideas. Listeners share their thoughts about the issues of the day—or any subject worthy of further discussion or debate.
Wednesday Nov 25, 2015
Wednesday Nov 25, 2015
Protests Over Police Killing in Chicago Met with Platitudes
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A police cruiser’s dashcam videotape that showed the brutal killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by former Chicago Police Department cop Jason Van Dyke on Oct. 20 last year touched off a new round of protest yesterday after its court-ordered release. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy were quick to call for calm and order, but local activists are demanding accountability and long-overdue justice in the case.
Leid Stories proposes a way that everyone can contribute to the cause of justice in our society: Hold on to your cash this holiday season.
Tuesday Nov 24, 2015
Tuesday Nov 24, 2015
In Chicago, A Year to File Charges Against Killer Cop
Feeling the Bern? Sanders’ ‘Political Revolution’ (Part 2)
A year to the day that St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCullough announced that a grand jury found no reason to charge then-Officer Darren Wilson with any crimes related to his killing of Michael Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Missouri, Officer Jason Van Dyke is expected to be formally charged with the first-degree murder of Laquan McDonald, 17, in a similar case in Chicago.
Picking up from where we left off yesterday, listeners continue to dissect “democratic socialism,” the political philosophy extolled by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
Monday Nov 23, 2015
Monday Nov 23, 2015
Auto Workers Approve New Four-Year Contract with the Big Three
Feeling the Bern? Rating Bernie Sanders’ ‘Political Revolution’
Late Friday, workers at Ford Motor Company voted to approve a new four-year contract, bringing to a close a tense round of negotiations between the Big Three (including General Motors and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) and the United Auto Workers union, which represents more than 141,000 workers in the industry. Alex Wassel, a member of UAW’s Local 869, discusses key aspects of the new contract.
What’s this “democratic socialism” that presidential candidate Bernie Sanders keeps talking about? Leid Stories takes on Sanders’ own definition of the term.
Friday Nov 20, 2015
Friday Nov 20, 2015
Talk It Up, Talk It Out, Talk It Through! It’s ‘Free Your Mind’ Friday!
It’s “Free Your Mind Friday” on Leid Stories. Listeners take charge of the net waves, voicing their views on issues and events of the day or about matters warranting further discussion and debate.
Add your own unique flavor to this full-bodied intellectual soup. Call 888-874-4888 to free your mind!
Thursday Nov 19, 2015
Thursday Nov 19, 2015
Across the U.S., Police-Killing Cases Extremely Slow to Justice
Six 'Debates,' But Are They Talking About What Really Matters?
Developments in several cases involving police killings point to a historic problem and pattern—the inordinately long time such cases take to investigate and prosecute, and the unusually high failure rate in securing indictments and convictions.
The Republicans have had four of them; the Democrats, two. But are the superhyped Q&A sessions (Leid Stories refuses to call them "debates"), hosted by various media entities, really educating the public about what's at stake in the 2016 presidential election? Listeners cast their votes on the issue.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
Terror, Terrorism, Terrorists: The State and Race-Based Psychological Warfare
Election 2016: Six 'Debates' and What Do We Know About What Really Matters?
It is indisputable, and universally agreed, that last Friday's multi-location attacks in Paris that left more than 130 people dead and hundreds of others wounded was an act of terror. It is also indisputable, however, that not all acts of terror are classified as such, and yet we seem to "know" what a terrorist is and what qualifies as an act of terrorism. How is this done? Leid Stories explains.
The Republicans have had four of them; the Democrats, two. But are the superhyped Q&A sessions (Leid Stories refuses to call them "debates"), hosted by various media entities, really educating the public about what's at stake in the 2016 presidential election? Listeners cast their votes on the issue.
Tuesday Nov 17, 2015
Tuesday Nov 17, 2015
Backlash: Terrorist Attacks in Paris Unleash Islamophobia in U.S.
Tariq Ali: A Prescient Lecture on What We Can Learn from Terrorists
It didn’t take long. Just four days after the terrorist attacks in Paris, and anti-Muslim sentiment has taken hold in the United States, with high-profile politicians leading the backlash.
Activist, polemicist and author Tariq Ali offers a prescient overview of terrorism and what we can learn from it.
Monday Nov 16, 2015
Monday Nov 16, 2015
Terrorist Attacks in Paris and the Rise of the Orwellian State;
Democratic 2016 Candidates Go Blank on Foreign Policy and Rise of ISIS
French journalist Gilbert Mercier, cofounder and editor in chief of the independent online magazine News Junkie Post, says that Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris that claimed the lives of more than 130 people will be used by France and other global powers to justify unprecedented authoritarian rule. Mercier recently published The Orwellian Empire.
The second Q&A session (not “debate”) with Democratic presidential hopefuls Saturday—featuring former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley—astutely avoided making any connection between U.S. foreign policy and the rise of ISIS.
Friday Nov 13, 2015
Friday Nov 13, 2015
Fight the Power! Frustrate the System! Free Your Mind!
Welcome to the best peer-education program on the planet—Leid Stories’ “Free Your Mind Friday.” It’s an open forum for the exchange of information, opinions and ideas; analytical thinking is the star of the show.
Share your intellectual wealth. Call in (888-874-4888) and help us all fight the power and frustrate the system by freeing our minds!