Feb 4, 2021
Friend of the show and seasoned
political observer, John Schoonover, PhD., (https://www.laprogressive.com/time-for-a-second-party/)
joins us to talk about the very real possibility of new parties and
ideas. Trump’s out. Now what? Nap time? Clearly, over the duopoly,
many people are tired of holding their noses to vote for the “least
worst.” No one wins but oligarchs. What’s next? John Schoonover, is
a social critic and geopolitical analyst whose essays are published
in leading progressive sites, including Socialist Planning Beyond
Capitalism, The Greanville Post and others. Schoonover cut his
activist teeth in the Civil Rights and Anti-Vietnam War movements.
The latter earned him 9 years of exile in Canada evading both the
draft and an indictment. Freed of these burdens during the late
seventies, he returned to the US and continued as a socialist
organizer. His PhD in nuclear physics and his socialist outlook led
him to advocate the expanded use of nuclear energy, despite the
growing propaganda war against it. After several decades in France
pursuing a career in computer security, Schoonover returned to the
US, where he is actively organizing for a socialist solution to the
current crisis.