THE JIMMY DORE SHOW—The Maui town of Lahaina and surrounding areas have been absolutely devastated by wildfires, with horrifying scenes of charred out buildings and cars as well as video of residents escaping the flames by entering the ocean circulating online. The cause of the fires remains unknown, with varying blame being attributed to climate change, a nearby hurricane and arson. Guest host Craig “Pasta” Jardula, along with Jimmy Dore and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss this catastrophic disaster and its likely impact on the people of Hawaii.
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MAX BLUMENTHAL—According to Kennedy, “everybody [in Jenin] is involved in bomb making” – there are no civilians there at all, therefore all are legitimate targets. He did not seem to know that the Palestinian campaign of suicide bombing ended well over 15 years ago, or that Israel’s primary concern in Jenin was with the proliferation of armed militias defending their territory from settler and military incursions.
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BRUCE LERRO—In the 1763 snapshot, the core countries are Great Britain and France, with the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal slipping into minor core status. The semi-periphery then consisted of the North Italian city-states and Prussia. Thanks to colonialization by the British, the United States and West Africa were now on the periphery of the world system. Poland and Russia were now in the periphery. China and India were still outside the world system.
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BOB BONNER—Foster was so feared by the capitalists that he was twice seized and kidnapped by them, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1919 and Denver, Colorado 1922 to keep him away from the striking steelworkers and railroad workers he was supporting. He was shot at, beaten, arrested numerous times, smeared, condemned from the floor of the House of Representatives. He served two prison terms and was indicted under the Smith Act.
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EDITOR—The Salvadoran military dictatorship was the period of time in Salvadoran history where the Salvadoran Armed Forces governed the country for almost 48 years from 2 December 1931 until 15 October 1979. The regime, whose brutal army was complemented by thousands of “irregulars”— death squads and other types of paramilitaries—was supported by the US. The long reign of oppression spawned a guerrilla force whose activities created the conditions for an actual state of civil war in many parts of that nation.
