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The Democratic primary process has foregrounded far more “radical” ideas—and public receptivity to them—than corporate elites are comfortable with. Also on the show: Decriminalizing Survival, a new policy memo explaining why sex work needs to be decriminalized, is gaining wide support.

Ralph Nader: Progressives, Moderates in Presidential Primary Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party; Karla Tait: Indigenous Nations Mobilize to Stop Construction of Canada’s Coastal GasLink Pipeline; Margaret Poydock: Landmark Pro-Worker Legislation Wins Passage in House; Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary.

McGovern explains why the "RussiaGate" story was carefully crafted fiction. Questions: who crafted it and why? Now, just over a year later, there is renewed attention on election interference, the role of Russia, the working of the DNC in choosing the democratic candidate – and maybe most importantly of all – the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and that of former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. ...

You may think that today’s political and cultural divide today is wide, but it’s nothing compared to the ‘70s and early ‘80s. Imagine what the country would be like today if almost every day there were bombings by domestic terrorists? If there were attacks that assassinated police at point-blank range, and groups like the Black Liberation Army took credit? All of this actually happened — and at the time there was not even a major sense of panic about it. It was business as usual. It makes Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his “revolution” look like child’s play.

It is said that converts are the best evangelists. In the case of Israeli author and activist, Miko Peled, that certainly is true. Born to a prominent Israeli military family, his father was a General who was a major figure in both wars against Palestine, in 1948 and 1967, but later in life became a critic of the Israeli state as it slipped into rampant Zionism and apartheid. His son, Miko, has gone further, and has become a sharp critic of, and major spokesman against Zionist injustice. This morning we feature "the general’s son" (Miko) doing his thing by speaking out at a Sabeel conference.

A wasted half-hour from RC's 1997 archive, regrettably substituting for Takes On The World, which wouldn't play today. Starting with Gulf War of 1991, 25 million Kurdish people live homeless and stateless in the Zagros Mountains. They are subject to frequent attacks from the Turks and the Iraqis. Bob Blincoe, a Presbyterian minister, lived and worked as a community organizer among the Kurds in the Zagros Mountains for five and one-half years until the Fall of 1996.

This article reports the rampant NYC police racism that continues in force notwithstanding the supposed reversal of Mayor Bloomberg's racist "Broken Windows" policy. When relevant courts were observed, the huge majority of criminal cases were clearly frivolous arrests by police of Blacks and Latinos. The article gives examples.The Catholic Worker, in operation for 87 years, is now published 7 times a year by the Catholic Worker Movement, 36 East First Street, NYC. Its price remains 1¢ per issue. Its pages are usually loaded with thought-provoking antiwar and social justice articles by minor and major activists.

Morley discusses Trump's reckless decision to assassinate the respected Iranian Commander, Qassem Soleiman, fulfilling one of Israel's major wet dreams while horrifying the rest of the world. Morley is founder and editor of The Deep State, a news blog about secret intelligence agencies which averages 8,500 readers a month. See http://deepstateblog.org.

"More than 50 campuses — including Harvard, Boston College, Boston University, Tufts, MIT, Brandeis, Clark, and Worcester Polytechnic — will participate in Fossil Fuel Divestment Day." The article goes on to report that these institutions' current fossil fuel holdings exceed $14,000,000,000. That's 14 TRILLION dollars. (Note: If the Globe demands money to see this article, try to find a different computer that hasn't used up the Globe's stingy access quota.)