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GREEP Zoom #258 opens with a report from HEDY TRIPP on the ICE attacks in MN.
She’s followed by JONATHAN KENT’s report on Sunday’s demonstration for freedom at the Whipple Center in Minneapolis.
We hear MYLA RESON’s report on the tragic de facto murder of the Rohinga refugee Neuril Amin Hashem Raham in Buffalo.
From the great HEATHER BOOTH we hear inspirational calls to organized actions moving from “protest to power” through the Battleground Alliance and “Know Your Neighbor.”
We’re also joined by the legendary writer/activist FRANCIS FOX PIVEN.
And by LA-based SUSIE SHANNON, hero of the homeless throughout America.
And MAYOR HEIDI of Waldport, Oregon, reinstate & now facing recall from the MAGA right.
From MIKE HERSH we hear kudos for our great guests and his powerhouse role at PDA.
From DR. RUTH STRAUSS we’re warned about Trump using troops to crush the 2026 election.
Congressional candidate HARTZELL GRAY gets us energized to protect our democracy.
Election Protection expert RAY LUTZ warns about Trump confiscating ballots & much more, urging incremental backups for all ballots.
For our media discussion we start with Roots Action’s JEFF COHEN warning that we’re in “the stratosphere” of mega-media corporate consolidation, which we must fight with the Clayton Anti-Trust Act and much more.
From alternate media expert KEN WACHSBERGER we conjure our great history of the Underground Press/Liberation News Service and other Earth-shaking radical journalists who must re-emerge through the internet.
From legendary media veteran DAVID SALTMAN starts with the departure of Mary Walsh from CBS News and carries us through the disaster of Trump’s Orwellian attack on global media.
From western Michigan, investigative reporter ROGER RAPOPORT breaks the story of the dangerously defective Palisades nuke reactor as reported in the Detroit Free Press with massive global impact.
From DIANE D’ARRIGO of the Nuclear Information & Resource Service warns us that Three Mile Island and Duane Arnold in Iowa are also being primed for re-starts, which will never happen.
NO NUKES....SEE YOU IN SOLARTOPIA....Trump Attacks Minnesota, the Media, Iran, 2026 Elections With the Future at Stake
