Resistance Roundtable Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/resistance-roundtable The Resistance Roundtable with host Richard Hill and panelists Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner, & Guest/s. Following the 2017 Presidential Election, The Resistance Round Table, in the Armageddon Report, looks at issues raised by Donald Trump’s Presidency. Particularly on issues of concern to the WPKN Community— issues that receive little, or no, mainstream media coverage. © 2026 WPKN, Richard Hill cc223b90-40fc-56c8-91b9-5fd893708811 yes en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:07:31 -0700 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:08:13 -0700 https://img.transistorcdn.com/nGTC3UXoFotzssz1eLhG4VZxE56zroyZM945seYSVlw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMjMy/OTNhZTZmOTkxZTZm/ODRmNzhmNTUxMGFh/ZTkxZi5wbmc.jpg Resistance Roundtable episodic WPKN, Richard Hill The Resistance Roundtable with host Richard Hill and panelists Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner, & Guest/s. Following the 2017 Presidential Election, The Resistance Round Table, in the Armageddon Report, looks at issues raised by Donald Trump’s Presidency. Particularly on issues of concern to the WPKN Community— issues that receive little, or no, mainstream media coverage. The Resistance Roundtable with host Richard Hill and panelists Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner, & Guest/s. WPKN, Richard Hill No No Resistance Roundtable: Iran's Asymmetric Warfare; Taking The U.S. Political Temperature 9 9 Resistance Roundtable: Iran's Asymmetric Warfare; Taking The U.S. Political Temperature full 2a9babf1-2ee7-4e65-8141-9cafa25e1797 https://share.transistor.fm/s/412b521e The Roundtable speaks with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Ret.) about Iran's asymmetric military assets which he says are giving it the ability to stalemate the combined massive military power of the US and Israel.
And John Nichols, executive editor-in-chief of The Nation Magazine, assesses the American political zeitgeist and declares the nation ready for a major change.
Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

]]> The Roundtable speaks with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Ret.) about Iran's asymmetric military assets which he says are giving it the ability to stalemate the combined massive military power of the US and Israel.
And John Nichols, executive editor-in-chief of The Nation Magazine, assesses the American political zeitgeist and declares the nation ready for a major change.
Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:06:28 -0700 WPKN, Richard Hill WPKN, Richard Hill 2831 The Roundtable speaks with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Ret.) about Iran's asymmetric military assets which he says are giving it the ability to stalemate the combined massive military power of the US and Israel.
And John Nichols, executive editor-in-chief of The Nation Magazine, assesses the American political zeitgeist and declares the nation ready for a major change.
Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

]]> war in Iran, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, John Nichols, The Nation Magazine, WPKN, Richard Hill, Scott Harris, asymmetric warfare, drones, Israel, zionism, Lebanon, genocide No Trump Targets Cuba; CT Immigrants Brace for Worse to Come 8 8 Trump Targets Cuba; CT Immigrants Brace for Worse to Come full 85022eed-c3df-4036-8a88-2df9da550d0f https://share.transistor.fm/s/bfd0b45d Resistance Roundtable interviews:
  1. Sandra Levinson, executive director of the Center For Cuban Studies, about Trump's recent threat to crush Cuba in the wake of the invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro (www.centerforcubanstudies.org);
   2. Costanza Segovia, director of CT For All (www.connecticutforall.org), an immigrant rights group, discusses the increased threats to Connecticut immigrants with the massive surge in new minimally trained ICE personal.

Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

]]> Resistance Roundtable interviews:
  1. Sandra Levinson, executive director of the Center For Cuban Studies, about Trump's recent threat to crush Cuba in the wake of the invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro (www.centerforcubanstudies.org);
   2. Costanza Segovia, director of CT For All (www.connecticutforall.org), an immigrant rights group, discusses the increased threats to Connecticut immigrants with the massive surge in new minimally trained ICE personal.

Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:55:36 -0800 WPKN, Richard Hill WPKN, Richard Hill 3600 Resistance Roundtable interviews:
  1. Sandra Levinson, executive director of the Center For Cuban Studies, about Trump's recent threat to crush Cuba in the wake of the invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro (www.centerforcubanstudies.org);
   2. Costanza Segovia, director of CT For All (www.connecticutforall.org), an immigrant rights group, discusses the increased threats to Connecticut immigrants with the massive surge in new minimally trained ICE personal.

Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

]]> imperialism, Cuba, Venezuela, invasion of Cuba, international law, blockade on Cuba No Dr. Jack Rasmus' Forensics on the Big Bulls**t Bill 7 7 Dr. Jack Rasmus' Forensics on the Big Bulls**t Bill full 64d772b9-7122-4f5a-8fd7-6e3f8c2ac52f https://share.transistor.fm/s/41f5121a Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor emeritus at St. Mary's College and author of The Scourge of Neoliberalism--US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump, looks under the hood of the recently-passed MAGA tax and spending cut bill, and finds more of the putrefaction associated with neoliberalism and late-stage capitalism.
Interview by Richard Hill 

]]> Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor emeritus at St. Mary's College and author of The Scourge of Neoliberalism--US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump, looks under the hood of the recently-passed MAGA tax and spending cut bill, and finds more of the putrefaction associated with neoliberalism and late-stage capitalism.
Interview by Richard Hill 

]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2025 22:36:44 -0700 WPKN, Richard Hill WPKN, Richard Hill 2433 Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor emeritus at St. Mary's College and author of The Scourge of Neoliberalism--US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump, looks under the hood of the recently-passed MAGA tax and spending cut bill, and finds more of the putrefaction associated with neoliberalism and late-stage capitalism.
Interview by Richard Hill 

]]> neoliberalism, late-stage capitalism, tax and spending cut bill, maga, bernie sanders, jack rasmus, richard hill No Can the Resistance Halt the Slide Into the Abyss? 6 6 Can the Resistance Halt the Slide Into the Abyss? full ed5bfb9d-56db-428e-9f25-029887c20ed1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/892bdcb0 John Nichols, national correspondent for The Nation Magazine, shares his view on the grass roots fightback being waged against the nakedly authoritarian moves by the Trump regime.
Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill

]]> John Nichols, national correspondent for The Nation Magazine, shares his view on the grass roots fightback being waged against the nakedly authoritarian moves by the Trump regime.
Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill

]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2025 19:08:06 -0700 WPKN, Richard Hill WPKN, Richard Hill 2602 John Nichols, national correspondent for The Nation Magazine, shares his view on the grass roots fightback being waged against the nakedly authoritarian moves by the Trump regime.
Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill

]]> trump regime, authoritarian, fascism, john nichols, the nation magazine, scott harris, richard hill No Dr. Isaac Kamola on The Fight to Save Free Speech 5 5 Dr. Isaac Kamola on The Fight to Save Free Speech full 12931eae-8f01-471b-9967-aaef24493ac6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/113250ef Dr. Isaac Kamola, Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom withthe AAUP, discusses the Trump regime's juggernaut attacks on free speech at colleges and universities; and the budding collaboration with Labor to create a united front against this assault.
And Briam Timko, communications and voluteer coordinator with Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), talks about the demonstration and boycotts directed at Avelo Airlines (New Haven, CT) which just signed a contract to fly deportation flights for the Department of Homeland Security.
Panel: Scott Harris, Ruth Anne Baumgartner, and Richard Hill

]]> Dr. Isaac Kamola, Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom withthe AAUP, discusses the Trump regime's juggernaut attacks on free speech at colleges and universities; and the budding collaboration with Labor to create a united front against this assault.
And Briam Timko, communications and voluteer coordinator with Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), talks about the demonstration and boycotts directed at Avelo Airlines (New Haven, CT) which just signed a contract to fly deportation flights for the Department of Homeland Security.
Panel: Scott Harris, Ruth Anne Baumgartner, and Richard Hill

]]> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 17:52:03 -0700 WPKN, Richard Hill WPKN, Richard Hill 3023 Dr. Isaac Kamola, Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom withthe AAUP, discusses the Trump regime's juggernaut attacks on free speech at colleges and universities; and the budding collaboration with Labor to create a united front against this assault.
And Briam Timko, communications and voluteer coordinator with Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), talks about the demonstration and boycotts directed at Avelo Airlines (New Haven, CT) which just signed a contract to fly deportation flights for the Department of Homeland Security.
Panel: Scott Harris, Ruth Anne Baumgartner, and Richard Hill

]]> academic freedom, free speech, first amendment, AAUP, Isaac Kamola, scott harris, richard Hill, ruthanne baumgartner, resistance, fascism, authoritarianism No Resistance Begins Now! Zweig and Nichols Chart Our Course 4 4 Resistance Begins Now! Zweig and Nichols Chart Our Course full a8aad0fc-7a02-4135-958c-44d97a0f28eb https://share.transistor.fm/s/79daf2de Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, and John Nichols, National thAffairs Correspondent with the Nation Magazine, discuss the very fraught road ahead in age of governement by oligarch, but point toward strategies for push back and potential victories, both local and national.
Panel:  Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner

]]> Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, and John Nichols, National thAffairs Correspondent with the Nation Magazine, discuss the very fraught road ahead in age of governement by oligarch, but point toward strategies for push back and potential victories, both local and national.
Panel:  Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner

]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:35:40 -0800 WPKN, Richard Hill WPKN, Richard Hill 3037 Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, and John Nichols, National thAffairs Correspondent with the Nation Magazine, discuss the very fraught road ahead in age of governement by oligarch, but point toward strategies for push back and potential victories, both local and national.
Panel:  Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner

]]> oligarchy, corporate media, alternative media, trump, musk, resistance No Resistance Roundtable: How the Dems Lost the Working Class--and the Election 3 3 Resistance Roundtable: How the Dems Lost the Working Class--and the Election full 24285300-0d3f-4d35-b386-23bbb9fa6b27 https://share.transistor.fm/s/16acd6f4 Dr. Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology at NYU, presents a class analysis of the November 5 election, noting that the Democratic Party had long ago severed its ties to working people and adopted a neoliberal agenda beholden to corporate interests.
Panel:  Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

]]> Dr. Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology at NYU, presents a class analysis of the November 5 election, noting that the Democratic Party had long ago severed its ties to working people and adopted a neoliberal agenda beholden to corporate interests.
Panel:  Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:01:50 -0800 WPKN, Richard Hill WPKN, Richard Hill 3039 Dr. Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology at NYU, presents a class analysis of the November 5 election, noting that the Democratic Party had long ago severed its ties to working people and adopted a neoliberal agenda beholden to corporate interests.
Panel:  Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

]]> capitalism, socialism, tariffs, Democratic Party, Trump, fascism, corporate power, election, working class, elites No Post-Election Perspectives: What We Need to Know 2 2 Post-Election Perspectives: What We Need to Know full 13dd8bd2-f42b-4c98-9ddf-e525cbd4e29c https://share.transistor.fm/s/521221bf Four commentaries on the post-election landscape:
   -Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, talks about the role Labor should play in an anti-fascist front.
   -Kica Matos, director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), warns about the coming attacks on immigrants.
   -Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, discusses the ramifications of a second Trump regime on US foreign policy.
   -Chris Vials, professor of English at UCONN-Storrs, discusses the phenomenon of fascism and its implications for our nation.
Hosted by Richard Hill, Prue Cullen and Scott Harris

]]> Four commentaries on the post-election landscape:
   -Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, talks about the role Labor should play in an anti-fascist front.
   -Kica Matos, director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), warns about the coming attacks on immigrants.
   -Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, discusses the ramifications of a second Trump regime on US foreign policy.
   -Chris Vials, professor of English at UCONN-Storrs, discusses the phenomenon of fascism and its implications for our nation.
Hosted by Richard Hill, Prue Cullen and Scott Harris

]]> Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:46:57 -0800 WPKN, Richard Hill WPKN, Richard Hill 2078 Four commentaries on the post-election landscape:
   -Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, talks about the role Labor should play in an anti-fascist front.
   -Kica Matos, director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), warns about the coming attacks on immigrants.
   -Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, discusses the ramifications of a second Trump regime on US foreign policy.
   -Chris Vials, professor of English at UCONN-Storrs, discusses the phenomenon of fascism and its implications for our nation.
Hosted by Richard Hill, Prue Cullen and Scott Harris

]]> fascism, immigration, foreign policy, war and peace, labor No Election post-mortem with John Nichols and Norman Solomon 1 1 Election post-mortem with John Nichols and Norman Solomon full e1e51db6-ece2-498e-aedb-7bf7de18ec43 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cf9c840f The Resistance Roundtable interviews Nation Magazine correspondent John Nichols, and Roots Action co-director Norman Solomon about the decisive issues in the Harris/Walz defeat in the 2024 election.  They also address strategies for resistance in the coming extreme right wing political landscape.
   Also: an interview with Chunjang Bruynder, a college student who volunteers with Bridgeport Generation Now, a multi-generational group which promotes civic engatement.
Hosted by Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner

]]> The Resistance Roundtable interviews Nation Magazine correspondent John Nichols, and Roots Action co-director Norman Solomon about the decisive issues in the Harris/Walz defeat in the 2024 election.  They also address strategies for resistance in the coming extreme right wing political landscape.
   Also: an interview with Chunjang Bruynder, a college student who volunteers with Bridgeport Generation Now, a multi-generational group which promotes civic engatement.
Hosted by Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner

]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:43:08 -0800 WPKN, Richard Hill WPKN, Richard Hill 3129 The Resistance Roundtable interviews Nation Magazine correspondent John Nichols, and Roots Action co-director Norman Solomon about the decisive issues in the Harris/Walz defeat in the 2024 election.  They also address strategies for resistance in the coming extreme right wing political landscape.
   Also: an interview with Chunjang Bruynder, a college student who volunteers with Bridgeport Generation Now, a multi-generational group which promotes civic engatement.
Hosted by Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner

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