The “No Kings” rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 18, 2025 (Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty)
EA-Times Radio Special: Facing Trump from Ukraine to “No Kings” Marches
In a 90-minute special, I join Tim El-Sheikh of the CEO Retort VideoCast to search for a positive politics in 2025.
Tim takes me back to a sentiment I expressed more than 20 years ago, in Betrayal of Dissent:
We are beyond “Right” and “Left”. We are beyond the obsolete labels. We are beyond the equation of a Right for America and a Left against it.
When I wrote that conclusion, I did not anticipate the Trump era. Yet I feel that amid his discord, wannabe authoritarianism, and destruction of the legal, the responsible, and the decent, the approach is needed more than ever.
So here we go….
00:00:00: Preview
00:04:01: Are the left-right political divisions relevant in modern politics?
00:11:57: How we were distracted from core issues by a false “populism”
00:21:43: How the system failed to protect itself from demagogue politicians and authoritarian wannabes
00:36:07: How did Trump and the architects of Brexit and Project 2025 achieve their aims? Can we survive them?
00:49:18: Why a focus on positive politics at local level can bring positive change for the nation
00:54:54: Should voters be held responsible for electing authoritarians and the consequences of far-right movements?
01:22:07: Will the political environment open the door for younger political leaders, such as Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
