August 12
GUEST: Dr. Larry Wittner, early civil rights and anti-apartheid activist, author of several books, and Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany, talks about his new article in Counterpunch, "Nationalism on the Decline."
Nationalism on the Decline
We have had Dr. Larry Wittner on Activist Radio before. This time we talk about nationalism and about why it is suddenly in decline after seemingly peaking in the Trump era. Larry points to the failure of authoritarians to solve the major problems of the day from climate collapse to COVID. In essence, he outlines the futility of using race hatred and violence to solve national crises. Eventually people want relief rather than scapegoats.
What we do need in the US is a conversation about how fascism arises in the first place. Obama can't be ignored, that huckster of hope and change we can believe in. The Democrats have been lying to the public for decades, promising our citizens so much, only to be rob them again and again. Trump's new way of thinking appealed to so many who have finally figured out this two party scam of the American public.
Obama will have all his billionaire friends at his 6,892-square-foot Martha's Vineyard mansion this weekend. He has served them well, and like the grifter Clintons, he can now wallow in all his unjust rewards.
One of those rewards is fascism, a time when ordinary people decide that they will try anything to get rid of the current cleptocracy. I hope that instead of fascism, we try socialism next time. Perhaps one of the first things that the 99% will do is to offer Obama's 11 million dollar mansion to all the homeless people he helped create.
