Category Archives: Domestic Extremism

MacLean Interview – Podcast July 13, 2020

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Gary LaMaster

Exposing The Radical Right’s Toxic Plan For America. Nancy MacLean returns to talk more about her book, Democracy In Chains. The book, which was meticulously researched and documented, has deeply angered the Koch-backed Libertarians who have taken over the Republican … Continue reading →

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Under The Cover Of COVID – Podcast May 18, 2020

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Gary LaMaster

How Trump Is Changing America While We Focus on the Pandemic. Democratic Perspective co-hosts, Steve Williamson, Mike Cosentino and Klaus von Stutterheim, discuss the environmental deregulation and coverups taking place while the nation is necessarily focusing on the pandemic. For … Continue reading →

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MacClean Replay – Podcast April 27, 2020

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Gary LaMaster

Democratic Perspective revisits one of its most revealing and important interviews with Nancy MacClean, professor of history and public policy at Duke University and author of Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America. … Continue reading →

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Podcast – August 5, 2019

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Gary LaMaster

Democratic Presidential Candidates Versus The Party Of Racism. Democratic Perspective co-hosts Steve Williamson and Mike Cosentino welcome long-time contributor Gary LaMaster to discuss the Democratic debates. But the show begins with a discussion of the mass shootings in El Paso, … Continue reading →

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Podcast – March 18, 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Gary LaMaster

Addressing The Rise Of White Nationalism. Following the mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand, Democratic Perspective co-hosts Steve Williamson and Mike Cosentino, along with regular contributors Klaus von Stutterheim and Gary LaMaster, discuss the wave of Islamaphobia and … Continue reading →

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Podcast – February 18, 2019

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Gary LaMaster

The Next Bold Step Toward Fascism?  On President’s Day, the Democratic Perspective hosts and contributors examine Trump’s attempted power grab and effort to usurp the fiduciary responsibility of Congress by declaring a national emergency to build a wall on our southern … Continue reading →

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Podcast – February 11, 2019

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Gary LaMaster

The Hidden Damage of the Trump Administration. Democratic Perspective hosts Steve Williamson, Mike Cosentino and Klaus von Stutterheim discuss some of the Trump administration’s actions that have gone relatively unnoticed – actions that been hidden by the smokescreen of scandalous … Continue reading →

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Buying Sedona’s Government – Podcast August 13, 2018

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Gary LaMaster

The Wide-Ranging Influence of the Koch Brothers. Democratic Perspective co-host Steve Williamson and contributor Gary LaMaster discuss the battle for a city’s self-government and the impact of dirty money. Steve begins by documenting the ugly battle for home rule in … Continue reading →

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Nancy MacLean Interview — Podcast October 23, 2017

Posted on October 25, 2017 by William Timberman

The Leninist Libertarian: James McGill Buchanan and the Subversion of Representative Democracy.  Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, talks with Democratic Perspective’s Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson about the origin and methodology of her new … Continue reading →

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2016: Democratic Perspective’s Year In Review — Podcast January 2, 2017

Posted on January 3, 2017 by William Timberman

Things Fall Apart; The Centre Cannot Hold: Democratic Perspective’s 2016 in Review. The Democratic Perspective crew contemplates a year that has changed everything, albeit not in the way that we’d hoped for when we went to the polls on November 8th. Those of us who still hold to the … Continue reading →

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