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Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Twenty Dollars and Change

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2016

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Ralph welcomes retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson to discuss the ongoing dispute over Ukraine. Plus, Professor Clarence Lusane joins the program to enlighten us about the legacy of Harriett Tubman and the campaign to replace Andrew Jackson with her image on our most common paper currency, the twenty-dollar bill.

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0:00.0

I'm Tom Morello and you're listening to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

0:03.2

Stand up, stand up.

0:05.4

You've been sitting way too long.

0:09.2

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrove Analog with my co-host David

0:16.1

David. Hello David. Hello, we've got a great show. Indeed we do and one of the things that makes it great is the man of the hour Ralph Nader.

0:24.3

Hello everybody.

0:26.3

We're going to start today's show with our continuing analysis of the Ukraine crisis.

0:31.7

Our first guest will be Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. He joined us last September to walk us through the United States illegal war in Afghanistan, our war crimes, corruption, and disastrous withdrawal.

0:42.8

Rather than enjoying peace for the first time in 20 years,

0:45.6

are we about to spend trillions of dollars on another criminal war?

0:49.0

Events are moving quickly as we record this,

0:50.9

but we'll ask Colonel Wilkerson to shed some light.

0:53.7

Our second guest will be Howard University Professor Clarence Lucein.

0:57.4

For more than four decades, Professor Lucein has studied human rights, anti-racism,

1:02.1

politics, and black social movements.

1:05.0

He is consulted on Capitol Hill, and as a scholar, researcher, policy advocate,

1:09.4

and activist, he has traveled to over 70 nations. In his new book, $20 in change, Professor Lucian

1:16.0

examined something closer to home, the $20 bill. We'll ask him about his book,

1:21.4

the campaign to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on our currency,

1:26.4

and what that ongoing debate reveals about America's relationship to race and history.

1:31.5

Then if we have time, Ralph will answer our listener question.

1:33.8

As always somewhere in the middle we'll check in with our corporate crime

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