On today’s show, host Esty Dinur speaks with Bill Fletcher Jr about the Trump presidency, independent media, and settler colonialism. He says that the Trump Administration’s actions have been predictable, and we know this because his advisors are taking pages out of Viktor Orbán’s playbook. 
Fletcher and Dinur talk about Elon Musk’s shift to the political right after 2020, ecofascism, Trump’s admiration of President McKinley, and the plans to turn the Gaza strip into a US development. In response to criticisms of “wokeness,” Fletcher says “it’s better to be awake than asleep.” 
Fletcher reflects on the erosion of the press, as in what’s happening right now at the Washington Post where billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, is changing the publication’s policies on opinion pieces. He says “we’re in an asymmetric battle with right-wing media,” and he urges listeners to show their support of stations like WORT that provide reliable information daily. 

Bill Fletcher Jr is a longtime trade unionist, international solidarity activist, and writer of fiction and nonfiction. He is the former president of TransAfrica Forum; a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies; and in the leadership of several other projects. Fletcher is the author of numerous books and is a syndicated columnist and a regular media commentator on television, radio and online.
Featured image of a protest sign from the “Not My President’s Day” march at the Wisconsin capital courtesy of Eliot Hughes / WORT News.
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