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The LA Progressive team believes the media not only informs the public, but it can also spur public debate, shape public opinion, and shift the Overton Window. The LA Progressive embraces the idea of civic journalism and rejects the notion that objective reporting is even possible.We Cover: california politics, california progressive politics, campaigns, city council, death penalty, elected officials, election season, elections, independent news, judges, la progressive, left leaning politics, liberal politics, los angeles, politics, progressive, progressive era politics, progressive politics laprogressive.substack.com

LA Progressive is a news podcast hosted by laprogressive1, with 50 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  Moral Rot at the Heart of Our Country

  Mar 10, 202627 minS0

  <p>Predatory lending, predatory treatment of low-wage workers, predatory destruction of small businesses through private equity vehicles, predatory violation of young girls and boys: it's all part of the same lawless romp for these high-flying folks.</p><p>Dick Price and Sharon Kyle of the LA Progressive have a conversation with Peter Laarman, a retired minister who formerly led Progressive Christians Uniting in Los Angeles. Peter says, “When I studied my Bible as a kid in Wisconsin, I was always puzzled and even a bit disturbed by the way in which those prophets would almost invariably shmoosh together what seemed to...

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  How Charlie Kirk Echoes Horst Wessel

  Sep 23, 202535 minS0

  <p>Trump friend-turned-foe Conway has enraged the MAGA right by charging on X, “They may not want to hear it, and it may incense them, but the parallels between what the Nazis did then [with Wessel], and what Trump and MAGA are doing today [with Kirk], are striking, chilling – and as any expert on authoritarianism will tell you, straight out of the same toxic, but dog-eared, playbook.”</p><p>In a conversation with Dick Price and Sharon Kyle of the LA Progressive, emeritus professor of history at the West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah, KY, Berry Craig explains why th...

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  Collateral Damage: The Global Health Crisis War Leaves Behind

  Jul 16, 202515 minS0

  <p>Andrea Mazzarino, the co-founder of Brown University’s Costs of War Project joins Dick and Sharon to discuss the consequences of war rarely discussed. While conventional casualty figures focus on battlefield deaths, Andrea Mazzarino asserts that the indirect toll—the number who die or suffer due to illness, malnutrition, disrupted infrastructure, lack of healthcare, mental trauma, and disability is significantly higher. Shockingly, of over one million lives lost, at least 800,000 are traced to these secondary effects. Mazzarino, who is also an activist and social worker, is the co-editor of the new book War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the...

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  White Christian Nationalism - Trump's Most Loyal Base

  Jul 9, 202525 minS0

  <p>The rapid rise of a pugilistic and politicized white evangelicalism occurred in direct tandem with the virulent reaction to the advances of the midcentury civil rights movement. Peter Laarman a retired minister who formerly led Progressive Christians Uniting in Los Angeles joins Dick and Sharon of the LA Progressive to discuss how white christian nationalism was sparked by the same elements that promote predatory capitalism.</p><p>To read the full article that launched this conversation, click here:</p><p>https://www.laprogressive.com/science-and-religion/dangerous-white-christians</p><p>If you appreciate the discussions here, please like, share and subscribe:<...

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  Jeff Mackler: A Revolutionary Voice from the Margins

  Jul 2, 202527 minS0

  <p>In a political landscape increasingly defined by polarization and corporate influence, Jeff Mackler stands as a principled voice for revolutionary socialism. As the national secretary of Socialist Action, a Trotskyist political organization, Mackler has spent decades fighting capitalism, imperialism, and environmental destruction—often from far outside the mainstream. His is a politics rooted not in triangulation or compromise, but in unwavering commitment to justice, equality, and the working class.</p><p>Jeff Macker joins Sharon Kyle and Dick Price of the LA Progressive as they discuss his political activism and the future of the United States as it turns de...

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