Rights at Best of the Left

#1198.5 Decolonization, Reconciliation and The Sacred Mountain - Presenting: Offshore

Posted on Episodes by · July 27, 2018 6:00 PM · 1 reaction

Air Date: 7–27-2018

Today I do something a little different and present to you (with permission) the entire first episode of the second season of the outstanding podcast, Offshore. Offshore is produced by Honolulu Civil Beat, a nonprofit and non-partisan investigative news site in Hawaii and I especially think the BotL audience will appreciate their telling of the story of the mountain protectors of Mauna Kea, The Sacred Mountain, on the big island of Hawaii.

#1159 Voters need to pick their reps, not the other way around (Gerrymandering)

Posted on Episodes by · January 19, 2018 6:00 PM

Air Date: 1–19-2018

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Today we take a look at one of the most important and least understood problems with our broken democracy, gerrymandering, including some ideas to fix it

#1145 A government small enough to get inside your body (Reproductive Justice)

Posted on Episodes by · November 11, 2017 6:00 PM

Air Date: 11–11-2017

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Today we look at the many ways conservatives across the country are systematically chipping away at the rights of all people who require access to any kind of reproductive health services

#1124 Searching for a problem to implement a terrible solution (Voting Rights)

Posted on Episodes by · August 04, 2017 6:00 PM

Air Date: 8-4-2017

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Today we revisit the old idea that if voting mattered they wouldn’t let you do it and the fact that that is exactly what they’re trying to do. Between allowing the chaos and uncertainty caused by hackable and unverifiable voting machines and systematic voter suppression efforts it seems clear just how much they don’t want people to trust or participate in the system

#1118 A look in at the TERF wars (Feminism and Trans Rights)

Posted on Episodes by · July 07, 2017 6:00 PM · 1 reaction

Air Date: 7-7-2017

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Today we look at gender dysphoria, transitioning, de-transitioning and the various perspectives on these phenomena

#1106 If you can’t beat them, suppress them (Voting Rights)

Posted on Episodes by · May 23, 2017 6:00 PM

Air Date: 5-23-2017

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Today we look at the current state of voting rights and the full press efforts being made to expand voter suppression far and wide across the country

#1041 The other pro-choice movement (Death with Dignity)

Posted on Episodes by · September 06, 2016 7:00 PM

Air Date: 09-06-2016

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Today we take a look at matters of life, death and the right to choose when to move from one to the other

#1023 What drives hateful violence (Orlando Massacre)

Posted on Episodes by · June 21, 2016 7:00 PM · 4 reactions

Air Date: 06-21-2016

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Today we take a look at the myriad driving factors that can combine to drive a person to commit an act of violence such as the Orlando Massacre as well as a variety of reactions to the shooting

#1020 The damage we’re doing (Anti-Trans Legislation)

Posted on Episodes by · June 10, 2016 7:00 PM

Air Date: 06-10-2016

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Today we take a look at the ongoing struggle to secure civil rights equality for trans people in states that are determined to stoke bigotry based on ignorance and fear

#1004 Understanding the 2016 election conservative wedge issue (Trans Rights)

Posted on Episodes by · April 05, 2016 7:00 PM · 3 reactions

Air Date: 04-05-2016

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Today we take a look at the hate-mongering conservative fright fest issue du jour, trans people being allowed to use public restrooms without harassment. Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate and ignorance, fear and hatred lead to voting for Republicans. That’s been their strategy for decades: exploiting fear of black people, brown people, drugs, gay people and now trans people. They’re always wrong about what they fear but that’s never stopped them before and it isn’t stopping them now.

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