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The real power is in the US, not Europe, right? Not necessarily so. Give a listen: click bit.ly/3YBi4US for a good discussion. (I normally post on Monday, but a cardiac catheterizion is coming up tomorrow so I thought I'd get the jump on it.)
Europe Fighting Back Against President Trump - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
He’s only president of the United States, not the European Union, right? Unlike the US, there’s a longstanding bipartisan commitment to social democracy on the continent. Yet Trumpism is having a seri...
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December 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's happening all over the country. Is it New Hampshires turn? Click bit.ly/4pEbgBL to hear from the progressive choice for US Senate.
Yet Another Courageous New Democrat: Now From NH - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
It’s a historical fact that Democrats win when there is a movement beneath the electoral process. Karishma Manzur is running for US Senate having risen from the leading base of such a movement. On thi...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Eisenhower did it and we had widespread prosperity because of it: A wealth tax is today needed to strengthen both our economy and democracy itself. Click bit.ly/4axTjjC then continue to destination to listen to how it would (must!) work.
A Wealth Tax: Boost the Economy and Democracy - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
It’s a long term necessity, but tragically, short term policy-makers put off a solution essential to a strong economy and restoration of our republican form of government. As of today, both the econom...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Eisenhower did it and we had widespread prosperity because of it: A wealth tax is today needed to strengthen both our economy and democracy itself. Click bit.ly/4axTjjC then continue to destination to listen to how it would (must!) work.
A Wealth Tax: Boost the Economy and Democracy - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
It’s a long term necessity, but tragically, short term policy-makers put off a solution essential to a strong economy and restoration of our republican form of government. As of today, both the econom...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We seem to be marching steadily to war against Venezuela. Our guest says it's part of a larger, worldwide plan. Click bit.ly/49KNLlx to get the gist of what Rubio is up to and what he and Trump are up against.
What's Happening in "Our Backyard?" Sovereignty Is Happening. - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
We’re in Monroe Doctrine 2.0. Our guest on today’s show Terie Matson is in Mexico City, the other side of Rubio’s multipolar scheme for division of the world. Trumps random attack on Venezuelan vessel...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trying kids as adults, then disappearing them into adult prisons. Remember the "superpredator" days? As it turns out, getting tough on kids doesn't work. It often backfires. Letting them grow up ,with help, does. Click bit.ly/4p2iejM then the forward arrow to learn about this positive development.
Freer Kids and Safer Streets - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
After decades of having to look “Tough on Crime”by jailing teenagers, notably people of color, at last we’re seeing the end of  adult prisons housing kids. Forty four states have dialed back the seque...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Well Mr. Franklin, we've kept it a republic for 250 years. That was pretty long for the experiment. Are we in end stages? Click bit.ly/3LIqLto then the forward arrow for an important discussion with a uniquely expert historian.
Is America on an Irreversible Path to Decline and Fall? - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
At the nearly two hundred fifty year mark, we’ve already lasted longer than most great nations. As with others which declined and fell, a loss of confidence led to anxiety and the impulse for a strong...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's a long ugly border, with a wall costing 24million a mile. Click bit.ly/4nPhtcy to learn of a dent that's being made to the injustice along the US/Mexico corridor.
Immigration Justice: Is it Even Possible? - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
What we’re seeing today is a far cry from justice. Today’s policy of cruelty toward immigrants is an abject failure, yet it’s impractical to have a totally open border with Mexico. As with most soluti...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Think you know what America's founders intended? Are they still the principles you believe in? Click bit.ly/47DNIFg then the forward arrow to listen to an eye opening, disturbing analysis.
Do We Really Want to Get Back to America's Founding Ideals? - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
This book actually changed my view of US History. The author says the Confederates and the January 6th assault are the inheritors of the original intent! He argues that the standard story is not the t...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Have We Become What We Most Feared?

Why is There So Much Fear in the Strongest Country in the World?

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Why is There So Much Fear in the Strongest Country in the World? - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
Fear of the other. Fear of woke, of LGBTQ+, of Black liberation, and of course the old big fear: Communism. In the age of the Cold War, right after WWII, Americans believed the Soviet Union was bankro...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
What drives the hyper rich and what actual harm do they do? Click bit.ly/492Z8ol to hear what Chuck Collins has to say.
People and the Planet: Burned By Billionaires - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
Think billionaires have no impact on your life? Think again. We never blame billionaires for our day to day problems even though they deserve it. For example billionaires buy up housing projects then ...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The State of Israel chose Hebrew and to not use the more universal Yiddish. There's a reason; click bit.ly/4nDMb9e to listen to an explanation
Justice and Peace: What Teaching Yiddish Literature to Kids Offers - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
Under Trump 2.0, we adults are taught to fear The Other, we must become a monolinguistic culture: English over all. But during this week of Jewish high holy days, we ask what is this ancient language ...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
What's a good response to terrorism; what works and what doesn't? Click bit.ly/3WbUrB1 to listen to what's revealed on this podcast/radio show.
Are High Tech Weapons The Answer to Low Budget Terrorism? - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
We all know what terrorism is. We’ve seen it on the ground in Israel. That’s terrorism on the cheap. Is the answer the most modern ultra high tech bombers to decimate the enemy? For centuries, a key m...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The leader we need, or should we all be leaders? Newsom in 28? Click bit.ly/4nNLoCh then the forward arrow to listen to this weekly discussion on keepingdemocracyalive.com
Gavin Newsom: Democrats Savior '28? - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
The far right got a major boost with the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk.  What used to be the Republican party is no more. The young man’s appeal to other young men is a major hurdle for traditional patrio...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In the 1930s it was free for everyone. So the right wing smashed it: Public Theater. Click bit.ly/3KlQQh0 then the forward arrow to listen to this week's keepingdemocracyalive.com Subscriptions are free.
Public Theater: A Way to Measure Democracy - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
When America was indeed great, the federal government brought theater to all people. Free. In a mirror opposite of Trump 2.0, under FDR there was the Federal Theater project in which one quarter of th...
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September 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Those goofy red caps are not about America's actual greatness. Here's what is; America's real history and aspirations of which patriots can be proud. Click bit.ly/46t4KXm then the forward arrow to be inspired by our past and possible future.
This week's keepingemocracyalive.com
Historian Michael Kazin on America's Enduring Actual Greatness - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
There is in fact a lush garden of American greatness and it is not MAGA. Though less well known, there is a proud history of successful dissent which does make America great. Military power and straig...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
As the fascist right rises, so does the pro-democracy left; here in the US and in the UK. Click bit.ly/4g4pYy7 then the forward arrow to listen to a very revealing, and dare I say hopeful, discussion.
Rising in the UK and the US: A Democratic Left - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
England’s Labour Party is a lot like America’s Democratic Party: all over the map. Both used to be the party of laboring people. The UK’s current PM Kier Starmer won claiming to be of the left. Now he...
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September 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
As the fascist right rises, so does the pro-democracy left; here in the US and in the UK. Click bit.ly/4g4pYy7 then the forward arrow to listen to a very revealing, and dare I say hopeful, discussion.
Rising in the UK and the US: A Democratic Left - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
England’s Labour Party is a lot like America’s Democratic Party: all over the map. Both used to be the party of laboring people. The UK’s current PM Kier Starmer won claiming to be of the left. Now he...
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September 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Trump Era and the Psychology of Moral Courage
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The Trump Era and the Psychology of Moral Courage - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
Researchers are beginning to understand why some of us demonstrate what is called “moral courage” and others do not. In fact, most of us actually have a warped sense of our own moral courage. We like ...
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August 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tune in to Keepingdemocracyalive.com for a discussion of The
Psychology of Moral Courage in the Trump Era. Get yourself prepared to act in the face of fascism..
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August 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Democratic Party establishment is all in a dither. This guy is surging and he actually may win (unlike their recent candidates) Click bit.ly/4mNyP9m then the forward arrow to learn about why democratic socialists connect and inspire.
Why Mamdani May Revitalize the Democratic Party: 1911 CA Precedent - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
From the Queens Ledger
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August 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I used to think a one state solution was impossible. Now it seems inevitable. This is a very worthy blueprint for peace and justice. Click bit.ly/45s3jql then click forward arrow to listen to this important discussion.
A Blueprint for A Future Israel/Palestine - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
Innumerable people have tried over many years to stop the  forever wars between Israel and Palestine. With the world now horrified by the use of starvation as a weapon, the urgency of a resolution has...
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August 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trump called out the military against Americans. And they're starting to resist illegal orders. Click bit.ly/4ljNjNn to listen to this hot topic.
"Just Following Orders"? - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show
American military service members certainly did not sign up to fight the American people. Yet with the massive deployment of national guard and marines to stop protests in Los Angeles, that was indeed...
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July 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM