Trumpism, Warfare, and Fixing Fissures in the Left: Rashad Robinson, Kica Matos, Medea Benjamin

Donald Trump's tweets and divisiveness on Capitol Hill tend to draw the money media in and hold them there, but if progressives and the Left focus only on the beltway and the binary party debate, we'll never escape.

In this episode, Laura interviews organizers about going beyond Trumpism and Trump, with Color of Change director, Rashad Robinson; immigrant rights advocate Kica Thomas, and anti-war activist Medea Benjamin.

Why not paper over our differences, if it will result in unity? What's happened to the anti-war movement? Where's the more expansive vision of the Left? And what's it got to do with immigration, trade and sanctuary?

Rashad Robinson is the executive director of Color of Change, the nation's largest online racial justice organization (also featured in Ava DuVernay's film "13th." ) Kica Matos is the Director of the Immigrant Rights & Racial Justice program at Center for Community Change | Medea Benjamin is the co-founder of Code Pink, an NGO for peace movement working to challenge militarism, end U.S. funded wars and occupations. Her book, "Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection" is out now.

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WE love you Laura Flanders! Thank you for providing independent intelligent reporting.

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Thank you Laura for another great interview. I would love to see the different organizations pool together more. It is happening and more people want it and are talking about it as your guess were. Part of the problem is the media is focusing us on every word that is coming out of Trump's mouth. That is what helped get him elected. Progressive news groups have to focus on what's being legislated in the congress, not Trump's drama. When the public is educated, more people will see what's the matter with the republicans and throw them out.

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I am interested in issues not anti-Trump shite.