Global Stuff: Jimmy Durchslag with Norman Solomon on “The Blue Road to Trump Hell”

On this podcast of Global Stuff, host Jimmy Durchslag talks with Norman Solomon, an author, activist and political strategist. Norman returns to discuss how we got to the current state of affairs in our nation and our government. His latest book, THE BLUE ROAD TO TRUMP HELL: How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy is a compilation of articles written over the last 10 years that traces the path to the elections of Donald Trump and how the Democrats have enabled this eventuality by failing to support Bernie Sanders and other progressive leaders within their own party who promote policies that will improve the lives of most Americans, not just the wealthy elite.

Norman Solomon is IPA’s executive director (accuracy.org). He is the author of twelve books, including War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine and War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death, and with Reese Ehrlich, Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn’t Tell You. Norman is also the co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org. and a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and many other newspapers. A frequent guest on television and radio, he was featured in Bill Moyers’ recent documentary Buying the War and a full-length film adaptation of War Made Easy produced by the Media Education Foundation. Solomon is a recipient of the George Orwell Award, which honors distinguished contributions to honesty and clarity in public language.

Jimmy Durchslag has been the host of “Global Stuff”, a monthly guest driven talk show for over 25 years. He has a long experience as a manager of several for profit and non-profit organizations. He is one of the founders of Redwood Community Radio, the parent organization for KMUD. He recently served as the Director of the Mainstream Media Project, a nonprofit organization that scheduled expert guests for interviews on talk shows both nationally and internationally.