On this episode of Start Making Sense, Alan Minsky on the campaign to defeat Jamaal Bowman, and Eyal Press on state Constitutions expanding rights missing from the US constitution.
Representative Jamaal Bowman, who supports a cease-fire in Gaza, attends an event on Saturday against AIPAC, which endorses Bowman’s challenger.(Selcuk Acar / Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The Israel lobby AIPAC is spending millions to defeat Representative Jamaal Bowman in the New York state Democratic primary. That’s because he called for a permanent ceasefire back in October, and describes what’s happening in Gaza now as “an ongoing genocide.” Alan Minsky has our analysis fo the campaign–he’s Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America.
Also: at a time when Republicans have a lock on the Supreme Court, state constitutions can provide a basis not only for protecting abortion rights, but for criminal justice reform,voting rights protection, the right to public education and even, in some states, the right to breathe clean air. Eyal Press reports.
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The Israel lobby AIPAC is spending millions to defeat Representative Jamaal Bowman in the New York State Democratic primary. That’s because he called for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza back in October, and describes what’s happening there now as “an ongoing genocide.” Alan Minsky has our analysis for the campaign. He’s the executive director of Progressive Democrats of America.
Also on this episode: At a time when Republicans have a lock on the Supreme Court, state Constitutions can provide a basis not only for protecting abortion rights but also for criminal justice reform, voting rights protection, the right to public education, and even, in some states, the right to breathe clean air. Eyal Press is on the podcast to report.
Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
Trump's efforts to interfere with voting, and with certification of the results, have not been successful. Rick Hasen of the UCLA Law School says “We're doing well on election protection”: the courts have been strong, the blue states have been a bulwark, and—most important—early voting has been big. Rick is also director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project and editor of the Election Law Blog.
Also: If the election goes roughly as the polls say it will, next Tuesday will mark the beginning of the end of the Trump era. Harold Meyerson comments, focusing on getting to 51 in the Senate—or, better yet, 52. Harold is editor-at-large of The American Prospect.
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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.