What Can we Do About it. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. Did you Erasure of Civil Society around the world to what extent is it happening and how does it affect us we see the erosion of governmental and non-governmental institutions Civil Society eroding […]
What will Trump Do when He’s Reelected (View from the North)
You Won’t like it at all. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Ken Rogers helps us examine what Trump will do when he’s elected (truly or by trick) next November. This examination includes the following categories of presidential action: (a) appoint a new and completely loyal cabinet, (b) […]
Civil Liberties Remain Alive in Conflict (Cooper UNion)
Ukraine NGO Breaks Impunity Cycle. The host for this show is Joshua Cooper. The guest is Oleksandra Matviychuk. The Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine demands accountability and action against perpetrators of war crimes and human rights violations. The Center for Civil Liberties recognizes the cycle of impunity from previous Russian aggression in Chechnya, Georgia, […]
John Lee, Pro-Beijing Hardliner in Hong Kong (Global Connections)
Another Troubling Inflection Point. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Professor Michael Davis, who spent many years living in Hong Kong and teaching at Hong Kong University, helps us understand the implications and effects of the ‘election’ of John Lee, pro-Beijing hardliner, as the new chief executive of […]
Update on Civil Liberties in Hong Kong (Global Connections)
It’s Getting Worse all the Time. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Michael Davis helps us understand three major developments in Hong Kong: (1) the “election” of John Lee, (2) the cancellation of the Human Rights Press awards, and (3) the arrests of 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund Trustees […]
Overturning Roe will Not End Abortion (Life In The Law)
It’s Time to Push Back Against the Repeal. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Sharline Chiang. Sharline Chiang is part of the team at Democracy in Color, a political media organization that focuses on politics with a race-conscious lens. The organization was founded by NY Times bestselling author of Brown […]
Hong Kong: How Beijing Perfected Repression (Global Connections)
Where Can Hong Kong Go Now. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Beijing has brutally advanced the 2047 return of Hong Kong to China, and it has changed the open character of the city to full-tilt repression in the space of only a few years. Civil liberties and […]
Revelations about the Pegasus Software (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
Privacy has gotten much more difficult. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Attila Seress. Attila Seress helps us understand revelations about the NSO Group Pegasus Software; privacy has gotten much more difficult. We discuss the development of the software, to whom it has been licensed and what […]
The International Drift to Authoritarianism (Global Connections)
More and more countries are going right. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Carlos Juarez. Carlos Juarez helps us understand The International Drift to Authoritarianism; more and more countries and going right. We discuss the reasons, the process, the dictators and the result in daily life in […]
The Jones Act in Puerto Rico – Mike Hansen
Mike Hansen discusses the Legislature in Puerto Rico via skype with Sen. Rosanna Lopez