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While alternative media are up in arms about the Supreme Court’s ruling, corporate news media don’t seem to think there’s much to see there.

The term “civil liberties” may connote different associations, depending on where you fall on the political spectrum. While some connect the term with the struggle for racial justice or reproductive freedom, for others it may evoke a belief in their right to bear arms. This week’s guest on Sea Change Radio is John Stoehr, the founder and publisher of The Editorial Board. In the wake of the latest horrific rounds of gun violence in this country, Stoehr reflects on how America’s lack of gun regulations reveals deeper societal flaws. ...

Interview with Kshama Sawant, Socialist City Council Member, Seattle, WA Imagine a woman running and winning in 2013 as socialist for City Council in a town that is dominated by some of the world’s largest corporations. Seattle Washington is home to Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, and seven more Fortune 500s. Kshama Sawant helped lead the fight, in 2014, that made Seattle the first major American city to mandate a $15 an hour minimum wage. She and her allies took on Jeff Bezos and pushed through a business tax ...

Levy is a respected award-winning Israeli journalist and author. In this address, he laments the hypocrisy of those who claim Israeli values relating to Ukraine -- versus those in Palestine. Israel claims to be "special" and therefore not bound by others' rules of war or human rights. So among the millions who are fleeing Ukraine, Israel welcomes only the Jewish. Others must pay a fee of $3000 and may stay only 30 days. So Israelis applaud the youth of Ukraine who throw so-called Molotov cocktails at Russian troops, while Palestinian miscreants who make a Molotov cocktail or even possess one are brutally beaten, horrifically imprisoned, or killed instantly. Levy goes on from there. (This episode is a repeat from 3/13/2022.)