The first promise of the newly-minted Obama administration back in 2008 was to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison. Today, dozens have spent many years there without charges, let alone trial, and have been “cleared” for release, but haven’t been. …
11 Years of Guantanamo Prison – Shut it Down! Read more »
Stephen Durham, presidential candidate of the Freedom Socialist Party, and the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob Schwartz discuss LGBT people, the Chicago teachers’ strike and the 2012 elections. Durham is a unionist, openly gay, and a socialist feminist. They discuss why …
LGBT People, the Teachers’ Strike, & the 2012 Elections Read more »
While left activists have mobilized to protest the Republican National Convention in Florida, most left organizations have gone out of their way to avoid directly opposing the Democrats when they meet at their convention in North Carolina. Whether it’s escalating …
Opposing the Conventions of the 1% Read more »
President Obama has persecuted whistleblowers with a vengeance not seen since the Nixon administration. Chief among his victims is gay, alleged wikileaker Chelsea Manning. In this episode of the Gay Liberation Network on CAN TV, the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob …
Defending Chelsea Manning Read more »
Openly bigoted Republicans have frequently used anti-gay hate as a “wedge issue” in election after election. Now the Democrats are using LGBT equal rights as a political football – cynically promising things to their LGBT core voters while doing nothing …
Gay Marriage: More Broken Promises, More Money For the Democrats Read more »
In this show the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob Schwartz and Andy Thayer discuss the significance and real politic that went into Illinois’s new civil unions legislation. On a related note, they discuss the Obama administration’s cynical, go-slow approach to dismantling …
Combating “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and Winning Civil Unions Read more »
The Gay Liberation Network’s Brent Holman-Gomez and Andy Thayer discuss how the Democrats got the drubbing they richly deserved. In betraying their promises of “change” to their supporters in the Black, Latino, LGBT, and anti-war activist communities, they got walloped …
The 2010 Drubbing of the Democrats Read more »
For three decades, national gay rights groups have acted as little better than wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Democratic Party, and have gotten precious little in return. In fact, Bill Clinton ran ads on Christian right radio stations bragging about signing …
Declaring Independence from the Democrats (& Republicans) Read more »
From sit-ins to directly confronting President Obama at his fundraisers, direct actions seemed to be coming back into favor as more and more progressives soured on the Democrats. In this episode the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob Schwartz and Brent Holman-Gomez …
Using Direct Action Tactics to Promote Real Change Read more »
State Representative Greg Harris joins the Gay Liberation Network’s Andy Thayer to discuss the prospects for winning the equal rights for same-sex couples in Illinois. Harris is the lead sponsor of a bill for civil unions, a lesser form of …
Equal Marriage Rights in Illinois Read more »