The Erickson Report is BACK! After a nearly six-month hiatus, we are back and expect to resume our regular schedule of a new show every two weeks. This time we take a look at the re-emergence of race into the national consciousness, open what will be on-going coverage of voter suppression, and the return of Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages.
The Erickson Report is BACK! After a nearly six-month hiatus, we are back and expect to resume our regular schedule of a new show every two weeks. This time we take a look at the re-emergence of race into the national consciousness, open what will be on-going coverage of voter suppression, and the return of Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages.
The Erickson Report looks at the ''vision'' for peace between Israel and the Palestinians presented by Trump and Netanyahu and shows it to be a fraud.
The Erickson Report for January 29 to February 11 shows how raw unemployment and job numbers fail to show the real state of the economy, offers up a plateful of Clowns and Outrages in Two Weeks of Stupid, and reminds us that We Are Not Alone with news from India, Iraq, the horn of Africa, and Turkey. Written, presented, and produced by long-time political activist Larry Erickson, The Erickson Report is news and commentary from the perspective of the radical nonviolent American left. It is...
Back to the grind after our Thanksgiving and Christmas-New Year's episodes, The Erickson Report for January 15-28 looks at media coverage of the Iran crisis and the White House lies before running though some interesting items Noted in Passing and, of course, Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages. The Erickson Report is advocacy journalism, arguing for progressive programming through news and commentary without denying it has a perspective.
The Erickson Report for December 11 - January 2 is a special holiday episode, devoted to just two questions which doubtless burn in your mind every year at this time: Why is Christmas on December 25? And why does New Year's Day come on January 1?
The Erickson Report for November 27 to December 10 is a special one that I do almost every year. It's the based-on-historical-accounts story of ''the First Thanksgiving,'' the much-mythologized and much-misdescribed feast that took place in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts in the fall of 1621. Almost every year I think ''Maybe I'll skip it this year'' only to come across another account that bungles the history through either incompetence, ignorance, or ideology. And I decide to do it...
The Erickson Report for November 13 to 26 takes a different tack: It's all international news. Drawn from our conviction that Americans are too parochial and don't know enough about what's going on in the wider world, we here offer a report on some event or issue from each of ten different countries: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, New Zealand, Panama, and a Somalia-Kenya border dispute.
This Time on The Erickson Report, we have Five Things Noted in Passing, a report on the failure of a suit against the No-fly list, Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages, and a bunch more!
The Erickson Report for October 16-29 includes several items Noted in Passing along with Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages and A Longer Look at the US and the Kurds. (Spoiler: This is not the first time the US has abandoned the Kurds.) The Erickson Report is news and commentary from the perspective of the radical nonviolent American left. It is advocacy journalism, dealing in facts and logic but never denying that it has a point of view and hopes to spur ethical action on the topics it...
The Erickson Report, fresh off a two-week vacation, is back with some perspectives on impeachment, a set of lesser-known items deserving of some attention, and the ever-popular Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages. The Erickson Report is news and commentary from the radical nonviolent American left. Comments and reactions are welcome either here or via my personal email of whoviating@aol.com.
Some Follow-ups, lots of Clowns, and two Outrages leading to A Longer Look at our criminal law system: That's the Erickson Report for Sept. 4 to 17.
This edition of The Erickson Report covers topics from a hero of the Russian protests to the White House hiding the impact on children of a proposed policy change along with A Longer Look at the issue of the BDS movement and Israel as well as the usual Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages.
The Erickson Report for July 24 to August 6 includes a new feature you'll see from time to time (''Five Things Noted in Passing'') along with ''Heroes and Villains'' and the popular ''Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages.'' The Erickson Report looks at the world through the eyes of a member of the radical nonviolent US left and hopes to inspire ethical action to make that world a little better than it was before. It is advocacy journalism, dealing in facts and logic but making no bones...
The Erickson Report for July 10-23 includes a farewell to Mad magazine; the usual Two Weeks of Stupid: Clowns and Outrages, offering up items from the infantile to the infuriating; and A Longer Look at the idea of open borders as a solution to the issue of immigration. The Erickson Report is news and commentary from the perspective of the radical nonviolent American left, striving to put facts and events into an ethical context. It is advocacy journalism, dealing in data and logic but making...
The Erickson Report is news and commentary from the perspective of the radical nonviolent American left, striving to put facts and events into an ethical context. It is advocacy journalism, dealing in data and logic but making no bones about having a point of view.
The second edition of The Erickson Report, the bi-weekly journal of radical progressive commentary on news you need to know. This week: Following Up on last show's report on the war on reproductive rights, noting that not all the news is bad; an overview of Two Weeks of Stupid, populated by clowns and outrages; and A Longer Look at immigration.