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Eric Roth is one of the most successful Hollywood screenwriters of our time. His writing credits include “A Star Is Born," “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Good Shepherd,” “Munich,” “Ali,” “The Insider,” “The Horse Whisperer,” “The Postman,” and the film for which he won an Academy Award, "Forrest Gump."
He's also written two of the most highly-anticipated films coming later this year: the science-fiction drama "Dune," and the Martin Scorcese-Leonardo DiCaprio-Robert De Niro collaboration, "Killers of The Flower Moon."
His most recent film, MANK, is one that he produced, and it's up for an Academy Award for Best Picture (among several other nominations) at the Oscars later this month. Roth joins Michael Moore to discuss making MANK with his close collaborator and best friend, director David Fincher, how "Killers of The Flower Moon" may be "the last movie of its kind," what to expect from "Dune" when comes out, his screenwriting advice, and his guilt about making "House of Cards" which helped catapult streaming as the #1 way we watch movies now. They also share their thoughts on the importance of preserving the theatrical experience, the closing of the ArcLight Cinerama Dome, and the future of cinema.
Watch Oscar-Nominated MANK
https://www.netflix.com/title/81117189
Watch the other Oscar-nominated "Time"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08J7DDGJY/
Watch "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
https://bit.ly/3tk56cWMusic in the episode:
San Simeon Waltz - from MANK Original Score - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGq2plu-9xw&t=1931s
Shallow (From A Star Is Born/Live From The Oscars) - Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
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The COVID-19 vaccine is out of control in Michigan. Governor Whitmer is afraid to order a shut down of the state after months of threats and attacks from the right-wing and the business community. The federal government is refusing to provide Michigan with extra supply of vaccine. And the fear is that many of the new cases are the aggressive U.K. variant. This is all preventable and will have ramifications outside of the state.
Please call you Senators, House Members, the Michigan Governor and the White House! Tell them that Michigan businesses and schools must shut down! And more vaccine must be delivered to the state! Help us!
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Michigan is in the middle of the worst-in-the-nation COVID-19 surge. Other Upper Midwest states are seeing an uptick in cases, as well. While it seems like there is a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, we are at serious risk of causing more death and destruction and prolonging the lockdown due to a combination of stupidity, misinformation and poor leadership on many levels.
Michael seeks the counsel of Dr. Irwin Redlener on why this is happening and what we must do to crush this virus for good. Dr. Redlener co-founded the Children's Health Fund in 1987, and has been a scholar, an advocate, and a monumental figure in the fight for public health, children's health and disaster preparedness for several decades.
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Further Reading:
Virus Surge in Michigan Is a ‘Gut Punch’ to Hopes of Pandemic’s End
https://nyti.ms/2Q64lW8
Upper Midwest Covid-19 Surge May Signal Problems Ahead for U.S.
https://nyti.ms/3mv16Uc
Here’s why Michigan’s covid spike is so scary
https://wapo.st/3t1ZMec
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We appear to be entering a new political era in America where Reagan's lie that "government is the problem" and Clinton's declaration that "big government is over" is finally coming to an end. Good Riddance!
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After decades of cruel, inhumane and unjust economic policies that favored cutting government services, redistributing wealth upwards, and always prioritizing private, for-profit industry over the needs of the people, the political winds have shifted, and they are blowing heavily to the left. And Joe Biden, who has spent a political career on the wrong side of many of these issues, is now embracing the belief that big, good government that spends massive amounts of money to meet the needs of the people is how he wants to lead the country. After passing the $1.9 trillion American Recovery Bill, the next Biden initiative is a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plan. Michael is joined by David Dayen, Executive Editor of the American Prospect, to discuss this political realignment and detail what the infrastructure plan might do for America's roads, bridges, water pipes, broadband internet, railroads, along with the postal service. They also discuss how stimulus checks and vaccine shots are raising the belief that government can and should be a positive force for good in helping peoples' lives.
Read The American Prospect:
https://prospect.org/
Read David's excellent books:
"Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power"
https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781620975411
"Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud"
https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781620973509
Watch the Oscar-nominated film Michael mentioned:
https://www.netflix.com/title/81045007
Music in the episode:
"The House That Jack Built" - Aretha Franklin
https://open.spotify.com/track/3uK6SqdNXutPBNi6vUenpt?si=346d9a33b68c48b6
"Wrecking Ball" - Miley Cyrus
https://open.spotify.com/track/4XmVobxVa6CeiWojbjCYxz?si=68a51288741047f0 -
Aaron Sorkin is one of our most celebrated and influential playwrights and screenwriters whose plays, films and television work include A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Sports Night, The Newsroom, The Social Network, Moneyball, and Steve Jobs. Before the pandemic, his stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, starring Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch, had turned into one of the the great Broadway shows of all time.
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His latest film, which he wrote and directed, is The Trial of the Chicago 7. It has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Sorkin’s fourth Best Screenwriter Oscar for the script. It is a powerful, timely, and entertaining film and it features an all-star cast.
Sorkin joins Michael Moore for a wide-ranging discussion including how the West Wing was almost not made, great career advice he received from The Social Network director David Fincher, plus advice he now gives to aspiring screenwriters. Also, his thoughts on patriotism, the lack of civics in American schools, and how Donald Trump got The Trial of the Chicago 7 made. They also discuss whether To Kill A Mockingbird will return after the pandemic and Sorkin issues a public challenge to fellow playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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April 2nd, 1921, is the 100th birthday of Michael's mother, Veronica Moore. If you've ever wondered how Michael Moore turned out to be, well, Michael Moore, start with her as he reveals (mostly) all.
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The trial of the former police officer who killed George Floyd has been taking place in Minneapolis this week. The horrific footage of the life being choked out of Floyd by Derek Chauvin has been played nonstop from several angles, and we've heard Floyd's cries for his mother over and over again. We're also hearing testimony from young witnesses who stood on the curb watching the murder taking place, not knowing what they could do to help, and in the case of teenager Darnella Frazier, carefully filming the killing so the world could soon bear witness. The trial has been devastating, and Michael Moore demands of white Americans: DON’T LOOK AWAY.
Watch the Oscar-nominated film Michael mentioned:
"Time"
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Music in the episode:
"In The Mood" - Glenn Miller
https://open.spotify.com/track/5sj197xVLlMuwxgSCXYEkU?si=c31cbbee3d5f4bc9
"Good Night, New York" - Nanci Griffith & Emmylou Harris
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On Thursday, March 25th, Ron Weiser, Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, described the 3 top elected women in Michigan - Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson - as “the three witches.” And when asked about how Republicans can remove from office the two Michigan Republican Congressmen who voted to impeach Trump, he stated that, other than defeating them in the primary, "assassination" was the only other option.
Weiser is one more example of the heightened risk we face of more political violence and assassinations. We hear a clip from Glenn Beck publicly wondering if he should kill Michael Moore and could he get away with it? Instead of waiting for right-wing crazies to commit more acts of violence against the Michigan “witches,” Michael Moore asks what must be done to stop this potential violence, and to save the lives of elected representatives targeted by the head of the Republican Party. Is it free speech to call for someone’s death? He is joined on this episode by Flint, Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee who survived the January 6th attack on the Capitol. They discuss the existence of Republican political violence in America, and whatever happened to the "9/11-style" Congressional commission that was supposed to investigate the January 6th insurrection.
Music in the episode:
"If I Ruled The World" - MILCK
https://youtu.be/NhHKRvv4JfU
Watch the Oscar Nominated Movie Michael mentioned
"Time"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08J7DDGJY
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On Tuesday, March 23rd, when a young American man went on a shooting rampage at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people, it marked the 7th mass shooting in America in the last 7 days. Maybe life is getting back to normal in the U.S.?
March 23rd was also the 18-year anniversary of Michael Moore winning the Academy Award for "Bowling For Columbine," a film exploring America's love affair with guns, its history of racism and its culture of fear. He took the stage and denounced the Bush administration's illegal and immoral war in Iraq which had been launched days earlier.
One of the most memorable voices in "Bowling For Columbine" was Tom Mauser, father of 15 year-old Daniel Mauser, one of the 12 students killed at Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999. Mauser raised an idea that became the key question in the film: while other countries have violent histories, violent video games, violent movies, and profane music, and while some also have plenty of guns, why is it only in America that we shoot and kill each other so much?
Twenty years later, Tom Mauser joins Michael on Rumble to discuss the same exact question.
Watch Michael Moore's Academy Award-Winning, "Bowling For Columbine"
https://youtu.be/wScIMiWT_dw
Michael Moore Oscar Speech on the Fifth Night of the Iraq War
https://youtu.be/M7Is43K6lrg
Daniel Mauser Tribute Video
https://youtu.be/SIz0ixdLFA0"What A Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong
https://open.spotify.com/track/29U7stRjqHU6rMiS8BfaI9?si=512240d3e8104bbb
"Happiness Is A Warm Gun" - The Beatles
https://open.spotify.com/track/71LsKf3xISiOlY1mj7FFPP?si=fa418a544f30449f
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In 1987, Michael Moore exclusively interviewed Ronald Ebens, the former Chrysler autoworker who, along with his laid-off autoworker stepson, brutally beat a Chinese-American man named Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat in Detroit 5 years earlier. A witness heard Ebens tell Chin and his Asian-American friend that they "were the reason we're all getting laid off" -- a reference to the scapegoating of the Japanese for the American auto industry cutting jobs (again, Chin was Chinese, but that made no difference to his killer). The killing of Chin and the fact that Ebens spent no time in jail and only paid a small fine set off a wave of new Asian-American civil rights activism.
In this special episode of Rumble, Michael recounts his 2 hour meeting with the defiant killer of Vincent Chin and notes the all-too-familiar "white-guy-as-victim syndrome" that Ebens exhibited due to his legal and media ordeal after he killed Chin. Michael is joined by an Asian-American public school teacher, storyteller, activist, and the cousin of the late Vincent Chin, Annie Tan, who explains the importance of Vincent Chin's legacy and discusses the proactive, positive work that is being done to confront anti-Asian racism and violence.
Finally, March 23rd, 2021 is Michael Moore's Liberation Day. After 379 days in a self-imposed quarantine and one month after receiving his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, he's finally leaving the house and he ponders all the places he will go.
'The Man Who Killed Vincent Chin' by Michael Moore
This article appeared in the Detroit Free Press Sunday Magazine on August 30, 1987.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120627010544/https://michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/man-who-killed-vincent-chin-michael-moore
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Here are the links to the groups Annie mentioned that support Asian Americans:
NAPAWF: National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum: https://www.napawf.org/
Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/
CAAAV Organizing Asian American Tenants: https://caaav.org/
Red Canary Song: https://www.redcanarysong.net/
SWOP Brooklyn: https://www.swopbrooklyn.org/
DRUM NYC: https://www.drumnyc.org/
Flushing Workers Center: Twitter @FlushingWorkers: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NAX7TUH6UPSFE
Welcome to Chinatown: https://www.welcometochinatown.com/
Send Chinatown Love: https://www.sendchinatownlove.com/
CACF Coalition of Asian Children and Families: https://www.cacf.org/
18 Million Rising: https://18millionrising.org/
Articles Annie mentioned:
Annie Tan, "Remembering Vincent," The Moth
https://themoth.org/stories/remembering-vincent
Nina Sharma, "Not Dead" in Asian American Writers Workshop:
https://aaww.org/not-dead/
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"If I Ruled The World" - MILCK
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One of the most important pieces of legislation in recent American history is in front of the U.S. Senate right now. It may determine whether we are able to maintain and strengthen voting rights in America, or whether Republicans will continue their path to minority rule, where more Americans will continue to vote for Democrats, but the Republican party will continue to hold power due to voter suppression, gerrymandering, the electoral college and other regressive factors.
Journalist Ari Berman has been ferociously studying and educating us about the all-out attack on voting rights and what we need to do about it. He joins Michael to discuss the Senate legislation and House legislation we must get passed and how this will all come down to abolishing the filibuster.
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The House Passes a Major Voting Rights Bill—and Creates a Helluva Battle in the Senate
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/the-house-is-poised-to-pass-a-major-voting-rights-bill-and-create-a-helluva-battle-in-the-senate/
Read Ari's book, "Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America"
https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781250094728
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1) The Senate must pass S.1!
2) The Senate must eliminate the filibuster!
Music in the episode:
"Turntables" - Janele Monae
https://open.spotify.com/track/1K6s5g4URy2UfS4HNBPhGY?si=b9932cf25bd245cf&nd=1
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The political winds have shifted in America over the past few years, and it is blowing in a very progressive direction. The moderate, centrist Joe Biden is not an ideologue who came into office to lead America left -- but he is following the will of the people, and the people want a government that is responsive to their needs, ends this pandemic, and ensures jobs, health care, good schools and safety.
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This shift in our country has recently manifested itself with the $1.9 trillion Recovery Act the Democrats succeeded in passing, which will do us a lot of good. This is something we must acknowledge, be proud of, and keep pushing for more of! Michael addresses these shifting political winds and what it means for us all.
But first, thousands of Catholic children (often referred to as "migrants," "illegal migrants," "illegal aliens," "unaccompanied migrants," or "unaccompanied children," among other phrases) are being held in detention centers along the border. How long will this inhumane process and dehumanizing debate about it last? Mike challenges the Catholic Church to step up and advocate for these children, their safety and their humanity.
Flashback:
Episode 130: Trump Hates Catholics
https://rumble.media/episode/ep-130-trumphatescatholics/
Music in the episode:
"Peace On Earth" - U2
https://open.spotify.com/track/4vQZzwQq2jPCGgCbfdGv5p?si=c236c8e44e074b33
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In our final installment from the Rumble 25 million download live special, Michael is joined by comedian and podcaster Katie Halper to expose the concept of "Woke-washing," the press letting its guard down during the Biden administration, and the centrist Democrats' weaponization of identity politics and civility politics. Next, Mike and Katie are joined by "Bad Faith" podcast host and former Bernie Sanders National Press Secretary to discuss the toxic only culture of moderate Democrats, coping with the pandemic and Andrew Cuomo.
Finally, Michael is joined by an old friend from Flint, radio host and political activist Sam Riddle, to discuss getting the vaccine ("despite Tuskegee"), how the fear that members of Congress felt on January 6th is a fear felt everyday by Black Detroiters, and how emerging, young leadership must be nurtured.
Listen to Briahna Joy Gray's podcast with Virgil Texas "Bad Faith"
https://www.patreon.com/badfaithpodcast
Listen to Katie's podcast "The Katie Halper Show"
https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow
...and her podcast with Matt Taibbi "Useful Idiots"
https://usefulidiots.substack.com/
Follow Sam Riddle on Twitter:
@samriddle
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Watch the films Michael mentioned:
Mank
https://www.netflix.com/title/81117189
The Trial of the Chicago 7
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Anand Giridharadas is one of the world’s most thoughtful and persuasive writers and thinkers and was one of our favorite guests when this podcast first started in the final days of 2019. He joined us last week during our celebration of Rumble surpassing 25 million downloads. He and Michael discuss the first several weeks of the Biden administration, the difference between "Scranton Joe" and "Delaware Joe," how Trumpism is a "revolt against the future," and looking ahead to how America will become a "superpower of color."
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Subscribe and Read to Anand's The Ink:
https://the.ink/
Read Anand's "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World"
https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781101972670
Listen to Anand's first appearance on Rumble:
Episode 9: Please Let Me Rob You, I’m Woke (Featuring Anand Giridharadas)
https://rumble.media/episode/ep-9-please-let-me-rob-you-im-woke-feat-anand-giridharadas/
Watch the two movies Michael mentioned:
"All In: The Fight for Democracy"
https://www.amazon.com/All-Fight-Democracy-Stacey-Abrams/dp/B08FRQQKD5
"Time"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08J7DDGJY -
On Monday, March 1st, the "Rumble with Michael Moore" podcast surpassed 25 million downloads. To celebrate, we recorded a special livestream episode of Rumble on YouTube with some of our favorite guests from the first 14 months, which we are sharing in multiple parts. In this episode, Michael is first joined by Emmy Award-winning actor, Michigander, and new fashion icon Jeff Daniels. They discuss his viral moment at the Golden Globes, the first days of the Biden administration and getting vaccinated and getting back to work. Next, Michael is joined by Pentagon Papers whistleblower and peace activist, Daniel Ellsberg. They discuss how we handle this era of mass delusion with so many of our fellow Americans living in a different universe than us, the perils of climate change and nuclear weapons, balancing optimism over despair and Mike Tyson.
Listen to our previous episode with Ellsberg:Episode 2: We Are The Wrong Side (Featuring Daniel Ellsberg)
https://rumble.media/episode/ep-2/Listen to our previous episode with Daniels:
Episode 123: “A Modern Day D-Day On November 3rd” (Featuring Jeff Daniels)
https://rumble.media/episode/123-a-modern-day-d-day-on-november-3rd-featuring-jeff-daniels/
Watch the two movies Michael mentioned:
"All In: The Fight for Democracy"https://www.amazon.com/All-Fight-Democracy-Stacey-Abrams/dp/B08FRQQKD5
"Time"https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08J7DDGJY
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On Monday, March 1st, the Rumble with Michael Moore podcast surpassed 25 million downloads. To celebrate, we recorded a special livestream episode of Rumble on YouTube with some of our favorite guests from the first 14 months which we will now share here in 4 parts. Up first: Roger Waters and Rep. Rashida Tlaib!
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In this episode, Michael kicks off the event with rock music legend and Pink Floyd co-founder and creative force, Roger Waters. He first joined Rumble in May of 2020, and it turned out to be one of our most powerful and thoughtful conversations. You can listen to it here:
Episode 80: We Are Many And They Are Few (Featuring Roger Waters)
https://rumble.media/episode/episode-80-we-are-many-and-they-are-few-featuring-roger-waters/
Next, Michael was joined by Detroit Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who took some time in between House votes to discuss the proposed minimum wage increase, immigration reform and Palestine. She also got a chance to meet Roger Waters for the first time. You can listen to her previous appearance on Rumble here:
Episode 82: Liberate Michigan…From Trump (Featuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib)
https://rumble.media/episode/episode-82-liberate-michigan-from-trump-featuring-rep-rashida-tlaib/
Over the course of the next few days, we will publish all the conversations from our livestream episode, including with Jeff Daniels, Daniel Ellsberg, Anand Giridharadas, Katie Halper, Briahna Joy Gray and Sam Riddle.
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Rumble with Michael Moore is about to surpass 25 million downloads! To celebrate we will be doing a livestream episode of Rumble on YouTube on Monday, March 1st at 8pm ET. Subscribe to Michael Moore's YouTube Page & set a reminder to join Monday's livestream!
https://youtu.be/vmvLtXtu7tA
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Michael Moore received his second dose of the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine this week. He discusses his yearlong lockdown during the pandemic, why he decided to get vaccinated now, and why we should all get vaccinated when our number is called. He also shares the benefits of all the solitary time in his 353-day quarantine, his "liberation day" list of things to do once the vaccine has taken effect, the racial and socioeconomic disparities in vaccinations, and why we must all continue to be vigilant until Covid is gone for good.
Finally, Michael warns of the three major problems with the Biden administration this week: bombing Syria, going soft on the minimum wage increase and giving Saudi Crown Prince MBS a free pass after ordering the killing of a Washington Post journalist.
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The violent, insurrectionist, January 6th mob attempting to overturn the election results are part of a long line of a reactionary and white supremacist elements within American politics who will resort to violence or chicanery when they don't get their way electorally. They are now at the center of the Republican party and we will have to deal with their undemocratic impulses and threats of violence as a regular feature of our politics unless we do something about it now. Historian Rick Perlstein has brilliantly documented the modern conservative movement, and he joins Michael to discuss January 6th and its aftermath, positive early moves by the Biden administration, and the ugly legacy of Rush Limbaugh that contributed to today's violent, undemocratic and dangerous Republican party.
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This Is Us: Why the Trump Era Ended in Violence
By Rick Perlstein
https://newrepublic.com/article/160975/trump-era-always-going-end-violence
From Limbaugh to Trump: Rick Perlstein explains Rush’s real legacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/17/rick-perlstein-rush-limbaugh-death-legacy/?
Check out Rick Perlstein's books in the Rumble bookshop!
https://bookshop.org/lists/books-by-rumble-guests
Music in the episode:
"My City Was Gone" - The Pretenders
https://open.spotify.com/track/2tcQzupbw4uSw7efYw0xkQ?si=db963daf32954aa9
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Between the stupid disaster occurring in Texas to the continuing stupid rampage of Covid-19 to the death of S. Rush Limbaugh, it's been a banner week for enforced ignorance and prideful stupidity in America. Michael Moore makes the connection between the unique strain of American idiocy, the never-ending addiction to the myths about the "free market" and privatization, and one of the loudest and most destructive voices in the country with his legacy of ignorance, hate, fear and violence he leaves behind. Finally, Michael reflects on the passing of Jim Ridgeway, an investigative journalist who left an indelible mark in journalism, on the left, and in Michael's life and career.
James Ridgeway, Hard-Hitting Investigative Journalist, Dies at 84
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/obituaries/james-ridgeway-dead.html
Music in episode:
"American Idiot" - Green Day
https://open.spotify.com/track/6nTiIhLmQ3FWhvrGafw2zj?si=db0f230bd8394412
"Idiot Wind" - Bob Dylan
https://open.spotify.com/track/1nbGN4N63uCQq0pCIs3kIf?si=b2598ef832be4472
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Watch the film Michael mentioned, "Welcome To Chechnya"
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Charles Blow is a columnist at the New York Times, and commentator on CNN and the author of a new book, "The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto." His voice is like no other in the media. He joins Michael to discuss the problem with lumping together "people of color," why political attempts at "unity" have often been at the expense of and to the detriment of Black Americans and minority groups, and his radical geographic plan for how to increase the political and economic power of Black American as he's detailed in his new manifesto. How does 14 Black Senators sound?
Read Charles' new book ,"The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto"
https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9780062914668Check out more books from Rumble guests:
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Music in the episode:
"Going Back Home" - Nina Simone
https://open.spotify.com/track/6wuYm5DYdjhye8WGm5WCiL?si=3b27e3d4ed94459c
"Midnight Train To Georgia" - Gladys Knight & The Pips
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Michael is joined by the director and co-writer of "Judas and the Black Messiah" Shaka King , a long with Fred Hampton Jr., to discuss the U.S. government assassination of Black Panther Party leaders Fred Ham p ton and Mark Clark in 1969, how much (or little) progress has been made by Black Americans since then, why Fred Hampton was seen as a threat by J. Edgar Hoover, and how this provocative film about the FBI infiltrating and murdering American citizens came into existence. Later, Michael is joined by the sister of Black Panther Party Defense Captain Mark Clark, Gloria Jackson Clark, who was living with her mother in Flint, Michigan when they found out on TV that Mark Clark had been killed alongside Fred Hampton. She reflects on her brother’s life and legacy.
Judas and the Black Messiah
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https://www.judasandtheblackmessiah.com/
Read more about the FBI's COINTELPRO
https://www.aclu.org/other/more-about-fbi-spying
Read Gloria's book "Mark Clark: Soul of a Black Panther"
https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9798657311402
Mark Clark
https://activistmarkclark.org/ - Show more
