Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael

02:00:19

Let’s Agree to Disagree w/ Mickey Huff & Nolan...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/06/13

On this edition of Parallax Views, Project Censored's Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon return to the program to discuss their new book, available now from Routledge, Let’s Agree to Disagree A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy. This was recorded around the time that Mia Janowicz and the Department of Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board was in the news so we also delve into issues related to censorship and corporate media bias. In

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01:18:29

Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic w/ William...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/06/11

On this edition of Parallax Views, sociologist William I. Robinson returns to the program to discuss his new book Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic. Picking up where his last book, Global Police State, left off, Global Civil War explores the growing global discontent in the age of transnational capitalism and the 21st century's emergent, high-tech surveillance society in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. Among the topics discussed on this edition of the show. - The digital revolution,

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18:41

Failed State Update PREVIEW - Operation Northwoods:...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/06/10

This is a preview for the latest Failed State Update, a podcast I co-host with Joseph Flatley. LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE AT: https://roundtable.io/failed-state-update/podcasts/operation-northwoods-false-flags-in-the-pentagon-transcript SYNOPSIS BELOW: Douglas Horne on the JFK assassination and the planned invasion of Cuba This is what happened when I Googled 'Bay of Pigs' Douglas P. Horne is a former staffer for the Assassination Records Review Board and the author of several

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01:08:57

American Tourism in the Soviet Union & What It Can...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/06/08

On this edition of Parallax Views, the SRB Podcast's Sean Guillory returns to discuss his new documentary podcast series Teddy Goes to the USSR. This new series chronicles American tourism to the USSR during the Cold War through the story of Teddy Roe's visit to the Soviet Union. In doing so the series offers a window into how people from different cultures view each other in light of Otherizing and getting a better understanding of the lived experiences of everyday people in the USSR. Among the

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01:05:17

That’s Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/06/06

On this edition of Parallax Views, Nick Marx returns to the program to discuss his new book, co-authored with Matt Sienkiewicz, entitled That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them about what could be called the emerging right-wing comedy complex. Marx and Sienkiewicz argue that a niche has emerged for right-wing comedy that's proving useful for the pursuing the political agenda of the American right. In this conversation we discuss: - The "paleo-comedy" of figures like Tim Allen and

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01:06:06

Scorpion’s Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/06/04

On this edition of Parallax Views, journalist Jefferson Morley returns to the show to discuss his new book Scorpion's Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate, which details the dual lives and "clandestine collaborative relationship" between CIA director Richard Helms and President Richard Nixon culminating in the Watergate break-in. Among the topics discussed: - The contrasting backgrounds of Richard Nixon, a man from a humble background who hated the Eastern Establishment, and Richard

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01:15:08

Mitch McConnell, Republican Senators, & the Betrayal...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/06/01

On this edition of Parallax Views, Ira Shapiro, former Ambassador and author of such books as The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis and Broken: Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country?, joins the show to discuss his book The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America. We begin by discussing Newt Gingrinch and his "politics of destruction", the declining faith in the Senate as an instituinon, and the polarization of the United States

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01:44:28

The Inslaw Affair, PROMIS, and Robert Maxwell w/...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/31

On this edition of Parallax Views, freelance journalist Albert Lanier makes his long-awaited return to Parallax Views to discuss a scandal known as the Inslaw Affair involving the Department of Justice, a software known as PROMIS, a conspiracy dubbed "The Octopus by the late journalist Danny Casolaro, spying and espionage, and media mogul Robert Maxwell (yes, the father of Jeffrey Epstein's partner-in-crime Ghislaine Maxwell). It takes us into the world of the "Catacombs", as Lanier refers to it,

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01:44:05

On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/26

On this edition of Parallax Views, longtime community and union organizer Daisy Pitkin, who is now playing a role Starbucks Union wave as part an offshoot of the union UNITE, joins the program to discuss her new memoir On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women's Epic Fight to Build a Union. She tells the story of her attempts to help organize for workers at industrial laundry factories with dangerous working conditions in Phoenix, Arizona. In doing so she shows that labor organizing

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01:41:59

Newly Declassified FBI Report on Saudi Arabia & 9/11...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/25

On this edition of Parallax Views, Dan Christensen of the Florida Bulldog returns to the show to discuss the latest on the recently declassified FBI report on Saudi Arabia and the support networks for the perpetators of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. Dan has been covering this issue alongside Anthony Summers and Robynn Swan, authors of The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden, for a number of years now and his latest Florida Bulldog piece on the subject is entitled

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01:03:42

The IDF, Shireen Abu Akleh, Israel’s Far-Right, & the...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/23

On this edition of Parallax Views, returning guest and occassional Mondoweiss contributor Yossi Gurvitz joins us from Israel to discuss the latest events around Israel/Palestine with a focus on events in East Jerusalem and the West Bank (particularly the Jenin refugee camp), the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the violence that erupted at her funeral, and the news that Hamas has announced it will retaliated if the Israeli nationalist far-right holds it's "Flag March" in East

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01:08:06

Criminology on Trump w/ Gregg Barak

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/21

On this edition of Parallax Views, former President Donald Trump has had an image, sometimes leaned into by the man himself, as being akin to a mob boss. The image of Trump-as-mob-boss is even evoked, arguably, in the way that Trump is sometimes referred to as "The Donald". But beyond the image of pop culture image of Trump-as-mobster lies a portal to understanding white-collar crime and the corruption of democracy, argues Gregg Barak, author of Chronicles of a Radical Criminologist: Working the

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01:13:39

BrexLit: The Problem of Englishness in Pre- and...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/19

On this edition of Parallax Views, Dulcie Everitt joins us to discuss her new book BrexLit: The Problem of Englishness in Pre- and Post-Brexit Referendum Literature (Zer0 Books; 2022). Dulcie's book delves into the idea of the sub-nationalist English identity (as opposed to British identity; English identity would be different from Welsh, Scottish, or Irish identity) in literature before and after the Brexit referendum that saw the UK leave the EU. It is important to note in this regard that

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01:41:48

The Universe is On Our Side: Restoring Faith in...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/18

On this edition of Parallax Views, the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously declared "God is Dead". In doing so Nietzsche not necessarily celebrating the triumph of atheism, but rather raising the question of what comes next for society once religion is replaced by secularism. How do we make sense of things and find meaning in a secular world? In his new book The Universe Is On Our Side: Restoring Faith in American Public Life, Bruce Ledewitz, Professor of Law at Duquesne University Law School,

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01:38:44

The Stock Market, Inflation & the Crypto Crash w/...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/12

On this edition of Parallax Views, Michael Swanson of Wall Street Window returns to the program for a segment covering the bear market (declining market), the crypto currency crash, and inflation. We also tackle the RobinHood app, cult-like hucksters in the stock market world, crazy speculation and risky behavior in the stock market, the impact on both regular people engaging in small-trading and professional investors, the potentially explosive violent social phenomena that can arise from crashes,

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01:24:04

The Atlantic Realists: Empire and International...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/11

On this edition of Parallax Views, we dive back into the realm of foreign policy and international relations. This time historian Matthew Specter joins us to discuss his new book The Atlantic Realists: Empire and International Political Thought Between Germany and the United States w/ Matthew Specter and offers a critique of the realist school of thought in international relations. In this conversation we discuss the realist thinker Hans Morgenthau, the German legalist theorist Carl Schmitt,

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01:11:45

Wall Street, the Supermob, and the CIA w/ Jonathan...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/09

On this edition of Parallax Views, Jonathan Marshal, author of Dark Quadrant: Organized Crime, Big Business, and the Corruption of American Democracy and (with Peter Dale Scott) Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America, joins me to discuss his Lobster Magazine piece "Wall Street, the Supermob, and the CIA" examining the strange web of connections between organize crime, tax-exempt foundations, Hollywood, and U.S. intelligence in the 20th century. Among the topics discussed: -

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26:11

PREVIEW: Failed State Update - Gabriel of Urantia...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/09

Gabriel (left) and a GCCA church service This is a preview of the latest episode of the show I co-host, Failed State Update. Listen to the full episode here In Tumacácori, Arizona, a stone’s throw from the U.S. border with Mexico, roughly 85 “destiny reservists” await their fate. They are the followers of Gabriel of Urantia. Born Anthony J. Delevin in Pittsburgh in 1946, Gabriel’s life work is a community known as the Global Community Communications Alliance (GCCA). They live in a compound

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01:43:26

The Supreme Court, Abortion, & ”Deeply-Rooted...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/07

On this edition of Parallax Views, William Hogeland of Hogeland's Bad History on Substack (and author of such rip-snorting histories as The Autumn of the Black Snake and The Whiskey Rebellion) joins me to discuss the Supreme Court draft opinion that seeks to overturn the Roe Vs. Wade decision on abortion. Hogeland wrote about this matter in a Substack entry entitled "'Deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition' The Bad History in Alito’s Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade". What does the

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01:44:57

Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2022/05/06

On this edition of Parallax Views, Carl Rhodes, Dean of UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, joins us to discuss his new book Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy. Unlike most criticisms of "woke capitalism" emanating from the right-wing and "post-left", Rhodes criticisms of "woke capitalism", for lack of a better term, come firmly from a progressive, even left-wing perspective. In this conversation we'll discuss what Rhodes sees as the limits of "woke

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