Chief Charles A. McClellan retired Houston Police Chief and Neill Franklin former Dir of LEAP join Rev Becker to discuss the advance of Fascism, and the continual diminishment of our rights and freedoms under Trumps war on Reality.
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Cultural Baggage is DTN's longest running broadcast program with 18 years as of October 2019. We are proud to have more than three dozen affiliate stations in the US and Canada broadcasting our 29 minutes of unvarnished truth about the failure and futility of this eternal prohibition of drugs. Produced by former cop Dean Becker at KPFT, Houston, one of the 5 Pacifica "sister" stations. |
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Anti Fascist: Eric Sterling served as counsel to the US House Jurisprudence committee for ten years. Atty James Gierach served as a Chicago prosecutor for decades..
Powerful guests including former Sheriff of Seattle John Urquhart, Lt. Diane Goldstein Dir of Law Enforcement Action Partnership and Atty Omar Figuroa. Topics include Trumps war on our rights, attack on Wash D.C. and other US cities, arming US troops to "protect" us, pending attack on Mexican cartels, Tony Serra's recent retirement, much more.
Attack on D.C. and the Constitution. Featuring Sanho Tree of Institute for Policy Studies & Phil Smith reporter for DrugSense.
Feeble pulse of America. Joshua and Anna Marie James join Rev Becker to discuss the rapid advance of Fascism in America.
Celebrating the life of Richard Lee founder of Oaksterdam Cannabis University. Three guests, Richards brother Donald, Current Chancelor of Oaksterdam Dale Skye Jones and former professor and Deputy Director of NORML Paul Armentano. Richard showed us for decades the kind of courage we will need in order to stop the Fascist fanatics from destroying the US.
John Baucum served as the Treasurer of the Houston Young Republicans and was a founding member and former Treasurer of the Houston Republican Liberty Caucus. He is also the current Political Director for Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition (RAMP).
Will Foster sent to prison for exercising his constitutional right of Freedom of Choice. Convicted for cultivation of marijuana and sentenced to serve 93 years on your tax dollars. Will served 10 years behind bars but now owns one of the largest cannabis farms in Oklahoma.
Major Neill Franklin of LEAP, with more than 30 years of law enforcement experience joins us for the half hour. Topics: growing Fascism is US, corruption of law enforcement, the lies and distortions of the Trump administration, ongoing destruction of rights and freedoms.
Discussion on Fascism of Drug War and Trumps war on truth and reality. Stephen Downing, former Deputy Police Chief of LA. Prodigious screenwriter. Since retirement, he has been an outspoken advocate to end both the militarization of police and the war on drugs. Column available at https://stephendowning.substack.com/
Nurse Ken Wolski is the executive director of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana who ran for senate in 2012, stating: "I will campaign to end the influence of corporate money on elected officials, to end the destructive and ineffective War on Drugs, and to ensure free and universal health care for all Americans". PLUS Dr. Richard Andrews a conscientious objector to the drug war, working to save the lives of drug users. He is board certified in Family Practice and specializes in hepatitis and addiction medicine, he is DEA-waivered to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder.
