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FLORIDA FASCISM; DIABLO NUKE SHOWDOWN; LEONARD PELTIER’S LAST CHANCE; PACIFICA ELECTIONS; THE PEOPLE’S GUIDEWe begin GREEP Zoom #181 with a terrifying report from WENDI LEDERMAN on the declining state of democracy in Ron DeSantis’s Floridastan.The great former California Public Utilities Commission Chair LORETTA LYNCH gives us a deep dive into the brutal battle over the Diablo Canyon nukes and the additional $400 million the once-green Governor Gavin Newsom wants to hand his pals at Pacific Gas & Electric.MYLA RESON, TATANKA BRICCA, PAUL NEWMAN, RON LEONARD, LINDA SEELEY and STEVE CARUSO jump into this truly electrifying mega-theft being perpetrated on the people of California.We then hear from KEN STERN on the dark, dire history of the trials of LEONARD PELTIER and the reality of his last parole hearing. As we explore the horrific 50-year injustice done to this beloved AIM activist, JAMES STARKEWOLF reminds us of the early travesties accompanying this horrible persecution.We hear further about the possibility of having Congress appoint a new member to the Parole Board that might restore Leonard’s freedom.MYLA RESON then fills us in on the vital upcoming election at the Pacifica Radio Network. VINNIE DESTEFANO gives us a quick update on the case of JULIAN ASSANGE.Finally, CAMILLA REES fills us in on the latest developments with THE PEOPLE’S GUIDE TO GRASSROOTS ELECTION ORGANIZING, a definitive document we hope will help us save American democracy.

We start GREEP #179 with JOHN STEINER and LEAH GREENBERG, co-founder of the great grassroots juggernaut Indivisible.
Leah is joined by ANDREA MILLER of the Center for Common Ground, RAY MCCLENDON of Communities United, MAYA VAN ROSSUM of the Green Amendments campaign, and HOLLY MOSHER of Why Do You Vote, who shows us a wonderful video of folks explain to us why, in fact, they vote.
KENNY BRUNO chimes in with cogent questions about the impacts of Gaza and other key issues in the upcoming election.
DENNIS BERNSTEIN, renowned host of KPFA/Pacifica’s Flashpoints, tells us about the great LARRY BENSKY. Emmy-winning DAVID SALTMAN adds to the eulogy, as does KPFK Chair Tatanka Bricca, who also underscores the need to become a voting member of the Pacifica Radio Network.
VINNIE DE STEFANO updates us on the Julian Assange case.
WENDI LEDERMAN urges us to think about Gaza and how it might affect the upcoming election.
RICK GOODWELL urges us to make sure we and our neighbors are, in fact, registered to vote.
RAY LUTZ updates us on the crisis in our voting machines.
PAUL NEWMAN, MIKE HERSCH and MYLA RESON get into the struggle of a southern high school and statue-defenders intent on being named for Confederate traitors.
LYNN FEINERMAN conjures “the furies” of great and powerful females and their “boiling rage” against Trump and the usurpation of the rights of women.
Georgia voter PATRICK THOMPSON reports from the corrupt killing fields of Georgia now dropped into the depths of dead nuclear age.
WILLIAM GRAVES ends with the insanity of what Myla has called FELONIUS TRUMP and the terrifying future he promises us all.
Next week, in GREEP #180, we will move deeper into the art and science of successfully fighting back…See you in Solartopia!!!





























 








 

 GOOD NEWS FOR JULIAN ASSANGE; DAVID SWANSON’S BEYOND WAR; SAVING WMASS FROM BAD BATTERIES; WHO & THE COVID>>>> Our astoundingly dense GREEP Zoom #178 starts with VINNIE DESTEFANO giving us some rare but important good news on JULIAN ASSANGE & his ridiculous victimization by the US government.>> In this case a British court has ruled that the US cannot guarantee him a fair trial, and that he therefore has the right to appeal against extradition.  Hopefully he’ll soon be free!!!>> We follow with the great peace activist DAVID SWANSON and his illustrious cohort DAVID HARTSOUGH.>> David Swanson tells us about his magnificent BEYOND WAR campaigns against the senseless militarism that plagues our species.>> David Hartsough narrates some of his fantastic stories of peace activism, including an amazing moment when seven sailors jumped off a warship rather than deliver weapons to destroy Vietnam.>> DAVID SALTMAN informs us that AMAL CLOONEY has had a helping hand in issuing the indictments to Netanyahu and Sinwar.>> MYLA RESON and TATANKA BRICCA join PAUL NEWMAN in raising important questions about the war in Ukraine.>> ANNA GYORGY, CORT DORSEY and BILL STUBBLEFIELD give us the low-down on a brutal grassroots fight against a lithium battery field criminally mis-sited in the rural Massachusetts town of Wendell.>> This classic bottom-up battle shows how the coming of Solartopia must be done with eco-sanity.>> Finally, CAMILLA REES introduces a stellar session on the World Health Organization, vaccines and COVID.>> DR. MERYL NASS and MARY HOLLAND give us the devastating detail on the WHO attempt to install a global program on vaccination.>> WENDI LEDERMAN, MIKE HERSH & DR. NANCY NIPARKO offer differing points of view of this critically important crisis.>> Next week being Memorial Day we’ll take the time off and SEE YOU AGAIN IN 2 WEEKS.>> No Nukes…shut Diablo Canyon!!!

RETIRE MEDICAL DEBT; SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZINGWe start GREEP zoom #177 with the great JERRY ASHTON and the amazing campaign to free the American public from medical debt.Jerry announces the inauguration of his game-changing campaign which is taking on the debt of veterans while saving them from PTSD, suicide, poverty and more.Among other things, Jerry tells us that his RIP Medical Debt campaign has retired more than $11 BILLION in life-destroying arrears lifted from more than 8 MILLION American citizens.Don’t miss his descriptions of his astonishingly effective UNDUE operation that YOU can help.Our second hour features RAY MCCLENDON with a terrifying description of voter suppression bills being forced through the Georgia Legislature to deny the right to vote.The bills (of course) target mostly the communities of color, and have spread throughout the United States.The anti-democracy campaign comes with violent MAGA terror against citizens who may want to work at the polls to guarantee a democratic proceeding.Journalist STEVE ROSENFELD joins us from Arizona to amplify the national perspective on this fascist horror show.We further hear from STEVE CARUSO, MIKE HERSH, WENDI LEDERMAN, LYNNE FEINERMAN and JOHN BRAKEY on this unprecedented crisis.Unless we all get active, we will lose both our democracy and our planet. We know what to do…we have no choice but to win.

ANTI-TRANS ATTACKS; JULIAN ASSANGE; LABOR RISING; CAMPUS UPHEAVALS; SAVING DEMOCRACY IN AZ

We open with BRYNN TANNEHILL’s powerful report on escalating attacks against trans people throughout the US, but with an astounding victory in Kansas (!).
 
VINNIE DESTEFANO’S information on Julian Assange includes a way YOU can help by calling your Senators & Representatives to get him FREE!
 
MYLA RESON, DAVID GURAN and WENDI LEDERMAN chime into the amazing battle to save the right to practice journalism anywhere on Earth.
 
RUTH STRAUSS talks to us about “Outside Agitators” and Joe Biden.
 
From Georgia's RAY MCCLENDON we hear the latest on the Trump prosecutions and also on the arrival of the Vogtle nuclear plant already devastating the Peach State economy.
 
Republican Arizona state Senator KEN BENNETT explains the 4-point program for guaranteeing safe, fair, digitally scanned paper ballots that produce accurate outcomes in public elections.
 
With legendary election protection pioneer JOHN BRAKEY we conduct an astonishing excursion into the workings of the AZ legislature’s progress into the world of actual democracy.
 
Will this publicly verifiable method of conducting the vote counting and auditing process become a national model? Let’s hope so.
 
Globally infamous “magician” DAVID SALTMAN jumps in to doubt the ability of run a fair and accurate vote count when professional slights of hand are lurking.
 
An Emmy-winning investigative reporter, Saltman challenges Sen. Bennett and Brakey to prove that they can produce a vote count without error.
 
DONALD SMITH warns of violence at the polls.
 
Myla Reson then challenges Senator Bennett to do face the realities of the horrendous Palo Verde nuclear plant. No Nukes!!!
 
In four weeks (on June 3) we will stage a national zoom gathering on how to conduct fair, reliable, verifiable elections this fall….

NUKE ATTACK ON SOLARTOPIA; UNCOMMITTED; RESHAPING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGEWe start GREEP zoom #175 with the great LINDA SEELEY from the Mothers for Peace of San Luis Obispo explaining the latest hearing on shutting the Diablo Canyon nukes.Linda explains that the extreme heat, pressure and radiation inside a nuclear reactor have embrittled Reactor Pressure Vessels, robbing nukes everywhere of their braking systems…rendering them all vulnerable to the next apocalyptic explosion.As Linda says, we have far more battery storage in California than Diablo produces….so who needs nukes?  Answer:  NOBODY!!MIKE THALLER of Progressive Democrats of America tells his personal horror show of what the San Diego utility has done to his electric bill (hint: it’s not pretty).Ohio’s CONNIE KLINE tells us about the gargantuan pro-nuke bribery fire still melting the Buckeye State.Green power pioneer RON LEONARD gets us to the solar nitty-gritty.MAYA VAN ROSSUM tells us how Green Amendments can help shut the nuke industry.STEVEN SONDHEIM offers his wisdom on saving the planet.VINA COLLEY of southern Ohio warns us against the dangers of reviving the Piketon enrichment facility, which has “killed so many people in the community.”VINNIE DE STEFANO gives us an update JULIAN ASSANGE just as Joe Biden has extolled freedom of the press at the National Correspondents Dinner.The abortion issue is dissected by WENDI LEDERMAN, including an on-the-ground report of “baby killer” accusations all over.MIKE HERSH explains the “Uncommitted” movement to get Biden’s attention on war and democracy.LYNN FEINERMAN demands that the political mainstream pay more attention to the young and the marginalized.RUTH STRAUSS and MYLA RESON bring reason and balance to the discussion of a nation in upheaval.From Ann Arbor, we hear from BRIAN STERNBERG on Michigan's confused but vital debate over what happens to electoral delegates.We conclude with the debate over reshaping the Electoral College and its devastating impact on real democracy.