Free Press Election Reporting
We start with our Laureate MIMI GERMAN’s usual brilliant poetry.
We hear from the dis-incarnated Jeffrey Epstein about his money laundering with Donald Trump & V. Putin.
We further discuss the nitty gritty of the Second Amendment and the perils of gun ownership with the great DOROTHY REIK.
We here from former Mormon BRENT MILLER.
Our co-convenor MIKE HERSH introduces the great JENNIE GAGE and her post-Mormon Denim Revolution.
From Jennie we hear a fascinating account of how she broke away from her fundamentalist past.
We later hear from JONATHAN BEARD about the idea of progressives moving to Red States to organize & shift the Electoral College.
From Green Party Presidential candidate HOWIE HAWKINS who discusses the Trump-Putin alliance.
Howie then introduces SVITLANA ROMANKO who explains from Ukraine the hellish conditions in which green activists are trying to shift the nation from fossil/nulear fuel addiction to clean, green wind and solar.
From MICKEY LEADER we get questions about geothermal energy & its possible role in rebuilding Ukraine.
We begin GREEP Zoom #237 with the latest heart-felt poem from our Laureate, MIMI GERMAN.
With a clarion call for action activist/professor CHUCK PENACCIO warns us that “fascism is here” & demands our mass movement for democracy & peace.
Radio broadcaster LYNNE FEINERMAN mourns the murder of Yitzhak Rabin & the rise of fascism in Israel.
Co-Convenor MIKE HERSH updates us on the history of the West’s mixed relationship with fascism, including the rise of Spain’s dictator Franco.
Diving deep into the horrors of “Christian Fascism” is ANDRA WATKINS, who grew up in an extreme right-wing anti-empathy home.
From ALEX WILLIAMS we get a warning that the concept of “God” continues to be used to unite angry people around very “UnChristian” fascism.
The State unifying with Religion is illustrated by DONALD SMITH is portrayed through the grim visage of Stephen Miller, a “fascist Jew.”
Jesus was a man of empathy, says CARRIE LARSON, meaning the “Christian Nationalist” movement has little to do with Christ.
For GREEP Zoom #236, our beloved Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN opens with her usual brilliant verse from “Where Grasses Bend."
We commemorate the passing of the great RICHARD LEE who founded Oaksterdam University, devoted to the cultivation of cannabis / marijuana & its immeasurable power.
We then get updated by "America’s Mayor” HEIDI LAMPERT about the battle for democracy in Waldport, Oregon, the Mayberry of the deep west coast.
Long-time activist MICKI LEADER shares her concerns about whether the 2026 election will be cancelled.
From radio host LYNN FEINERMAN we hear charges about so-called “Christians” who so deeply love to trash the preachings of the actual Christ.
Grassroots campaigner DOROTHY REIK warns that people with no human feelings are taking over the world with the view that the non-rich are a “burden.”
Legendary journalist DAVID SALTMAN tells of a network cohort who received a kidney from an anonymous donor whom he then honored with a legendary poem.
Our esteemed Laureate MIMI GERMAN opens proceedings with another of her great poems.
We follow with the high-road low-down from America’s Mayor, HEIDI LAMPERT, of Waldport, Oregon’s raging no-MAGA battlefield.
We are reminded that while in Alaska, DONALD TRUMP was told by VLADIMIR PUTIN to get rid of mailed-in ballots—& thus democracy---which Trump immediately began to demand.
Lifetime activist DIANE CAMERON celebrates a 10:1 victory over Maryland’s Highway From Hell in a monumental triumph from the hard-core grassroots.
From Long Island the legendary KARL GROSSMAN tells us how safe energy activists defeated up to ten insane atomic reactors, a victory for the ages.
Co-convenor MYLA RESON reminds us that NY politician Andrew Cuomo has direct investments in Nano-Nuclear’s latest multi-million-dollar doomed-to-fail scam operation.
From engineer STEVE CARUSO we get a warning that the Russians control at least 25% of the world’s uranium resources, right up Trump’s radioactive alley.
From the great VINNIE DE STEFANO we get the latest down-under news from the freed (but not pardoned) and still very active Julian Assange.
We start with MIMI GERMAN and her laureate poem, as always.
Then we hear from “America’s Mayor” HEIDI LAMPERT of the latest miasma from Waldport, Oregon.
Legendary democracy activist JOHN BRAKEY tells us of his anti-democracy arrest in Las Vegas.
Former Arizona state Senate president & Secretary of State KEN BENNETT gives us the 5-point program to guarantee American rights.
Gerrymandering expert MIKE HERSH gives us a report on the latest assault on our right to representative government.
Legendary activist MARION EDEY chimes in with support from John & Ken, and a call for a memorial service for the late great BOB ALVAREZ.
We then turn to the legendary nuclear guru ARNIE GUNDERSEN who fills us in on the sorry state of collusion at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
From western Michigan we get deep reportage from the great ROGER RAPOPORT on the insane attempt to re-start the Palisades reactor.
From southern Ohio VINA COLLEY gives us the latest nightmare at the Piketon uranium nightmare.
From GRETA MALAISE we hear of the gutting of New York’s farmer’s markets.
Our fabulous Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN gives us her usual transcendent poem.
Singaporean native HEDY TRIPP talks of her father suffering through Japan’s Gulag & her decades of powerful No Nukes work ever since.
Noted film reviewer ED RAMPELL tells us of the powerful documentary “Atomic People” and its devastating impact on our view of the nuclear Bombings.
Radio host LYNN FEINERMAN questions the military calculations behind dropping those Bombs at all.
Network maven DAVID SALTMAN chimes in on the shocking availability of radioactive materials…& does a deep dive on the state of the modern news media.
All the above is followed by “America’s Mayor” HEIDI LAMPERT updates her battles for democracy in Waldport, Oregon.
Legendary co-host MIKE HERSH warns of the toxic power of the Big/Dark Money warping our elections.
Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO sticks it to both Columbia University & CBS for their lack of spine in standing up to dictatorship.
From Columbus, Ohio, we hear SANDY BOLZENIUS say she’s actually optimistic about the power of the people to fight back for democracy!
We start with “America’s Mayor,” HEIDI LAMPERT of Waldport, Oregon.
We then meet the dastardly Jeffrey Epstein as presented by the great DR. BOB FITRAKIS, who broke the first stories about Epstein's financial roots in Central Ohio.
Long-time activist JOHN STEINER raises the specter of gerrymandering and how we must fight it.
KPFA mainstay DON GOLDMACHER raises the issue of re-districting California to match the gerrymandering in Texas and other warped “rotten boroughs.".
“Policy is the answer” says HEIDI V as she conjures a movement to defeat fascism.
From Texas we hear ALICE EMBREE fill in many of the blanks the Lone Star fight over the manipulation of who will control the US House.
Long-time writer/activist THORNE DREYER founder of “The Rag” in Houston & Austin’s best left radio station shows us his great new “Notes from the Underground.”
Energy expert KEVIN KAMPS confirms that the South Texas Nuke Plant did freeze in the big Lodestar Storm, resulting in dozens of deaths.
We open GREEP Zoom #230 with another wonderful poem from our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN.
Waldport, Oregon Mayor HEIDE LAMPERT then fills us in with the latest on the fascist assault on democracy itself.
Monumental, we honor the legendary DR. BOB FITRAKIS, who broke the ORIGINAL stories about Jeffrey Epstein.
In his presence, we take a deep dive into the miasma that is the Epstein hurricane.
Radio hero LYNN FEINERMAN explores some of the conspiratorial aspects of Epstein’s alleged Mossad contacts.
KPFK board member MYLA RESON connects Epstein with former Governor Bill Richardson….and worse.
Questions about MAGA’s mysterious revulsion to the Epstein nightmare are raised by DONALD SMITH.
Likewise co-convenor MIKE HERSH wonders about why Trump’s ties to Epstein are coming to anyone as a “surprise."
Longtime GREEP supporter John Steiner asks "how we can get more of this investigation out where it needs to go?”
Indeed, how does this Epstein affair turn into Trump’s downfall asks MURTAZA MOGRI.
“At the end of the day they’re all fascists,” adds ALEX WILLIAMS. “At the end of the day they’ll find someone else.”
US REP JAMIE RASKIN & THE ATTACK ON US DEMOCRACY & ECOLOGY
We begin GREEP Zoom #229 with citations for “The Choreography of War” by our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN, whose latest poem is compacted into a brilliant three lines.
Green Party Presidential nominee HOWIE HAWKINS discusses the nitty-gritties of Ranked Choice Voting & instant runoff.
The great MARIANNE WILLIAMSON gives us a brief hello & a promise to come visit us again soon.
Beyond Nuclear’s KEVIN KAMPS reminds us about how powerful is the rise of renewables worldwide along with the demise of nuke power.
Co-host MIKE HERSH gives us a stellar introduction for US REP JAMIE RASKIN.
Rep. Raskin provides a brief excursion into the dire damage being done to our electoral system through the widespread assault on the Voting Rights Act, emphasizing the powerful impact of the No Kings Day marches..
The great RAY MCCLENDON of the Georgia-based Communities United for Justice connects with Rep. Raskin, sharing concerns about the mass disenfranchisement being imposed on the national electorate.
Then the legendary RAY MCCLENDON gets us up to date with the mass disenfranchisement Vigilante strategy for stealing the upcoming elections in Georgia.
Alabama native RUTH STRAUSS affirms the need to protect the vote in the upcoming 2026 elections.
Long-time activist DIANE CAMERON raises the issue of working with labor unions, especially amidst growing discussion of a general strike.
From BOB BABCOCK we get an exhortation to take over the Democratic Party.
Repeat speaker ALEX WILLIAMS discusses the need for grassroots organizing.
Co-host MIKE HERSH alerts us to major grassroots victories in Arizona.
From NICK CRAYNE we hear of the need for a “shame primary” for right-wing Democrats.
From Arizona’s LEE STANFIELD we get a reminder that the Democrats sabotaged Bernie’s campaign without denying it, and that the Party is a privately-owned entity that always attacks the Greens on every possible level.
From MAGGIE BOYD we get an earful about “General Strike US” and the need to get 3.5% of the general population in support of such an action, which would be 11 million citizens.