What the Watchmen can teach Democrats

Allison and Jamie discuss how the new film, Watchmen, can teach Democrats to grow spines.

 

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Arr, Me Hearties! Part 2 of Drunken Politics interview with Johann Hari

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Part 2 of Drunken Politics interview with Johann Hari!

Glorious topics of conversation include:

** Mother “I Lied About Everything” Theresa
** Coca-Cola
** PIRATES
** Homophobia
** Super AIDS

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Our first guest with a fatwa on his head…Johann Hari!

Johann Hari

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Johann Hari is an award-winning journalist who writes twice-weekly for the Independent, one of Britain’s leading newspapers, and the Huffington Post.

In 2008 he became the youngest person ever to be awarded the George Orwell Prize, which the Observer newspaper calls “Britain’s pre-eminent award for political writing”. In 2007 he was named Newspaper Journalist of the Year by Amnesty International for his reporting on the war in Congo. The judges called his reports ‘outstanding’, ‘beautifully written’ and ‘brave’. 

‘Prince’ Turki Al-Faisal, the Saudi Ambassador to Britain, has accused Johann of “waging a private jihad against the House of Saud”. (He’s right). Johann has been called ‘Maoist‘ by Nick Cohen, “Stalinist” by Noam Chomsky, ‘Horrible Hari’ by Niall Ferguson, “an uppity little queer” by Bruce Anderson, ‘a drug addict‘ by George Galloway and “fat” by the Dalai Lama

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Keith Farnan, comic and lawyer, discusses the death penalty

Keith Farnan talks shop with Drunken Politics: comedy, the law, and the death penalty.

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Paul Rieckhoff, head of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Paul Rieckhoff

Allison and Jamie interview Paul Rieckhoff about the wars, and how Bush screwed civilians and the military.

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Paul Rieckhoff founded and is Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). A non-partisan non-profit founded in 2004 with tens of thousands of members in all 50 US states, IAVA is America’s first and largest Iraq and Afghanistan veterans’ group

Honored by Esquire as one of “America’s Best and Brightest” in 2004, Rieckhoff has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs. He appears every Tuesday evening on The Rachel Maddow Show on Air America Radio.

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Palestinian poet and activist, Remi Kanazi

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Remi Kanazi

Join Allison and Jamie as they interview Palestinian poet and activist, Remi Kanazi.This may be the only show that seeks out the other side of the story in Gaza — the Palestinian side.

Born in Western Massachusetts, Remi Kanazi is a Palestinian American poet and writer living in New York City. Much of his writing and poetry focuses on Palestinian life and politics.

Remi is the co-founder and primary writer for the political website www.PoeticInjustice.net and the editor of the forthcoming book of poetry, Poets for Palestine. 

Poets For Palestine was published to unite a diverse range of poets, spoken word artists, and hip-hop artists who have used their words to elevate the consciousness of humanity. Sixty years after the dispossession of the Palestinian people, this anthology presents forty-eight poems alongside original works by Palestinian artists. All proceeds from the sale of this collection will go toward funding future cultural projects that highlight Arab artistry in the United States.

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Director and author Eugene Jarecki

Allison and Jamie sit down with award-winning director Eugene Jarecki and discuss president-elect Barack Obama, the need for citizen engagement, the bloated U.S. military, and all things evil in Washington. Eugene Jarecki’s documentary Why We Fight won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and he has a new book out, The American Way of War.

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Matt Gonzalez, Ralph Nader’s running mate, chats with Drunken Politics

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