Mar 5, 2015
Journalist and political analyst Paul Rosenberg is the guest on
this week's episode of The
Chauncey DeVega Show.
Paul is a contributing writer to news outlets and websites such
as Salon.com, Alternet,
and Al Jazeera.
He is also the senior editor of Random
Length News.
Mr. Rosenberg also runs the website Merge Left.
Paul is a sharp and amazingly insightful observer of American (and
global) politics. He is also very patient as he sits down with
Chauncey DeVega under the learning tree.
In this episode of The
Chauncey DeVega Show,
Paul and Chauncey discuss how to keep hope alive in an era of
broken politics, neoliberalism, and austerity. Paul also explains
to Chauncey how "principled non-voting" is not an effective
strategy and actually works in the interest of the plutocrats and
the 1 percent.
Paul and Chauncey also talk about how blogging and social media
have changed journalism, why Obama is so malleable and weak in the
face of Republican racism and obstructionism, and why the Democrats
lost the midterm elections and are impotent in the face of the
GOP's "drown the government baby in the bathtub" thuggery and
irresponsible politics.
Chauncey DeVega also offers some reflections and thoughts on the
passing of the one and only Mr. Leonard Nimoy.