Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 2.20.25

SAVING SOCIAL SECURITY, PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS, & GRASSROOTS FEMINIST ORGANIZING

We launch GREEP Zoom #212 with a lovely poem from our Laureate MIMI GERMAN, who tells us about the feminist community of Rohava in northern Syria.

Co-convenor MIKE HERSH introduces Prof. ERIC KINGSON takes us on a long journey for saving Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid, which he says have deep popular support.

 

MARGARET VILLANI expresses her concern about the lethal swoop now trashing Medicare & Medicaid.

 

ELLEN GOTTLIEB from Save Social Security & Medicare Now.com tells us of upcoming Florida events.

 

Longtime organizer DANIELA GIOSEFFI warns that the dispersal of personal from Social Security & Medicare comprise an urgent threat.

 

We hear from ROBERT COPLIN on California’s SSI shortcomings.

 

KEVIN EISENSTADT seeks guidance on the best time to take SSI benefits.

 

DONALD SMITH and MICKI LEADER warn about the need to sustain public support for these public institutions.

 

Grassroots organizing questions come from BRYAN BLAKELY.

 

Environmental broadcaster KEN GALE checks in from WBAI with vital green info about ECO-RADIO.

 

Plutonium at Livermore is also opposed by MARJORIE MIKELS, who tells us about upcoming demonstrations there.

 

The No Nukes community is thanked by HEIDI VIERTHALER who adds new about her Green Energy Economy work.

 

Safe Energy activist MYLA RESON evokes the Plutonium that’s contaminated the Greater Denver region & remembers the great Dr. Karl Johnson and the Rocky Flats guards who shot 3-headed rattlesnakes.

 

We hear from DAVID ANTOS about a young activist named NABILA SAYED.

 

BARBARA HARRISON ask for our Environmental Network.  

 

Radio legend LYNN FEINERMAN asks if the US will ever have a Jewish president.

 

The highly democratic process of knowing your neighbors is outlined by MIMI, MIKE & LYNN.

 

Building local community is evoked by MURTAZA MOGRI.

 

Fighting white supremacists powers the inquiry MIMI S from California.  

 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 2.13.25

GREG PALAST EXPOSES HOW THE 2024 ELECTION WAS JIM CROW DISENFRANCHISED

 

We start GREEP Zoom #211 with “Resistance” from our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN.

 

We then welcome the great GREG PALAST for a full-bore excursion into how the massive Jim Crow disenfranchisement of millions of Americans put Donald Trump back in the White House.

 

Palast warns that “your ballot will be rejected” at an astronomical rate if you are a person of color, meaning the 2024 vote count was heavily coded by race to pull off the soul-killing death-of-American-democracy coup now in poisoned progress.

 

Palast’s VIGILANTES INC. is at www.gregpalast.com & is a must-see for anyone concerned about the preservation of what’s left of American Constitutional freedom.

 

We also hear from the uniquely power election protection audit expert RAY LUTZ, and from Greg’s associate PATRICE GALLAGHER.

 

Greg. Patrice & Ray are joined for clarifying comments from NATHAN TAYLOR, PAUL NEWMAN, HEDY TRIPP, CD BUCKLEY, JOHN SEELEY, MICHAEL MCMILLAN, LYNN FEINERMAN, JULIE WEINER, MICKI LEADER, ERINNE ROCHELLE, NICOLE UNG, BARBARA WRIGHT & other truly wonderful Greepster participants.

 

The upcoming national April 22 Earth Day broadcast is explained by prime organizer MYLA RESON, who will convene the breakthrough event in about two months.

 

Our co-convenor MIKE HERSH raises the question of whether there needs to be a dialogue as to whether there really is an anti-Christ and if what’s happening now in America qualifies as “Apocalyptic.” 

 

We will reconvene on PRESIDENT’S DAY to revisit much of the research done by Greg and available through VIGILANTES INC  at www.gregpalast.com.

 

See you on Prez Day with George & Abe, February 17, in Solartopia!!!

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 2.07.25

DISSECTING THE DOOMSDAYS UPON US

We start with a beautiful statement from Grammy-winner ALICIA KEYS on the power of diversity.

We explore the real culpability of the White House—NOT diversity—for the air crash that has (thankfully) not had an equal in 25 years.

Radio Host LYNNE FEINERMAN tells us that the fiscal sponsorship for her non-profit radio show has disappeared.

From Minnesota’s frozen tundra we hear HEDY TRIPP reports from a DEI conference on the anxiety being imposed on women on people of color.

MYLA RESON reports that there are massive demonstrations in Los Angeles and elsewhere against ICE actions targeting immigrants.

Co-convenor MIKE HERSH urges an end to the circular firing squad.

Our Alabama heart doctor RUTH STRAUSS questions Trump’s comprehension of tariffs.

Health Justice Monitor’s DON MCANNE terms the attack on USAID as “catastrophic.”

We get a warning on DEI and the DC helicopter crash from NICOLE UNG.

“Where are the Democrats?” asks New York’s JULIE WEINER, a truly great election protection activist.

 Election expert RAY LUTZ gives us many of the ins/out about how the 2024 election was conducted and tabulated.

U. of Michigan grad NANCY NIPARKO questions how young men from her home state were impacted by the issue of war in the Middle East.

GREEP engineer STEVE CARUSO confirms his belief in the “conspiracy” theory of massive disenfranchisement around the US.

Solartopia co-host MYLA RESON introduces the idea of a national Eco-Broadcast Network.

The status of Leonard Peltier is raised by Indivisible’s MIMI S, followed by TATANKA BRICCA reporting that, thankfully, Leonard is in Turtle Island, NOT in federal prison.

From “Nuclear Hotseat" Podcaster LIBBE HALEVY we hear the latest about atomic power’s escalating insanity.

We get a Yoruba version of Happy Birthday from MICHAEL O. JOHNSON.

…and we will see you next week with the great GREG PALAST to find out who REALLY won the 2024 election. 

 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.30.25

PELTIER, ELECTION PROTECTION & the ECO-BROADCAST NETWORK

Our GREEP Zoom #209 begins with “Time” by our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN.

We hear the latest about Leonard Peltier from TATANKA BRICCA and LYDIA PONCE in concert with the Indigenous community supporting him:  “I would like to be out of prison, but I am a free man.”

BARBARA WRIGHT reminds us to thank The Creator for the fact that Leonard is out of prison & with his people.

LIndsay Graham, Lisa Murkowsky & Susan Collins are summoned for praise by DANIELA GIOSEFFI.

Will Trump’s GOP wear itself out with a Rope-a-Dope of illegal acts, asks MYLA RESON.

We hear from MIMI S about the need to recognize what should have been with Bernie Sanders.

From Columbus, Ohio we hear from SANDY BOLZENIUS about the kinds of election fraud that turned the Buckeye State to Bush in 2004.  .

From co-convenor MIKE HERSH we bemoan the Democrats’ lack of a backbone—except when disenfranchising people of color.

“How long can they keep this up?” wonders MELISSA HALL.

Massive disenfranchisement demands a class action case against the Democrats for failing to protect the vote, says DAVID SALTMAN.

Bring in Ray McClendon and the NAACP, says JOHN STEINER.

Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO evokes some of the carnage now damaging our planetary consciousness.

For the inauguration of the ECO-BROADCAST NETWORK we hear from green media activists LIBBE HALEVY, DOUG WOOD, JACK EIDT, ALEX SMITH, STEVEN STARR, URSULA RUEDENBERG about building a major media presence for a post-nuclear green-powered broadcast reality. 

With this gathering we “made history” says Mike Hersh, & will continue next week with still more.

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.23.25

WE CELEBRATE THE MAGNIFICENT LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING & THE WELCOME RELEASE OF LEONARD PELTIER


We begin this celebratory GREEP zoom #208 with TATANKA BRICCA giving us some background of Joe Biden’s announcement that LEONARD PELTIER will be released from prison on February 18.

SHAWNA HOGAN-MOORE tells us about her meeting where she & asked Prez Biden to release Leonard.

Our poet laureate MIMI GERMAN gives us a poem about the duality of this amazing moment.

Crusader VINNIE DESTEFANO, who also worked to free Julian Assange, weighs in.

Co-convenor MIKE HERSH reminds us of the great & powerful life of racial justice campaigner Marcus Garvey, pardoned today.

From the American Indian Movement and NDN we hear from LYDIA PONCE.

Activist/author/poet DANIELA GIOSEFFI takes us back to Selma and reminds us of the triumphs of Martin Luther King, whose day it is. 

Amnesty International’s GAVRILAH WELLS reminds us of the years of work that went into this campaign for justice.

New York activist MICKI LEADER talks of exploring the range of podcasts amidst a lifetime of social change.

The feminism pioneer Martin Luther is evoked by MARC IMLAY.

KPFA’s DENNIS BERNSTEIN tells us how to hear his FLASHPOINTS show and honors the Indigenous activism that continues to burn in our country’s soul.

Having foresworn the news, WINSTON APPLE gives us his plans for a perfect democracy.

From Dr. RUTH STRAUSS we get medical advice for Leonard & a negative view of the film “Apprentice,” arguing it went to early on Trump. 

From deeply frozen Minnesota the great HEDY TRIPP encourages us to explore self-care in the hellish four years to come.

New York election activist JULIE WIENER warns us that election protection is still in jeopardy from dubious machines in the Empire State.

KPFK Board member MARCY BIELMA joins us for the first time with her wit & wisdom.

Activist MIKE KUNNECKE also warns us about the dangers of electronic voting machines.

Encouraging us to write our Senators is NICOLE HUHN.

Pacifica National Board member MYLA RESON tells us of the celebration on the Venice Pier honoring Leonard.

A thrilled DEB SCHINDLER chimes in with her joy and thanks for this victory.

Our long attention span is celebrated by co-convenor MIKE HERSH, who announces another zoom honoring MLKing soon to follow.

We are sent on our way by BOB ROEHM who does the calendar for the Columbus Free Press, putting us on nearly 100 times.

Having celebrated the victories of Dr. King & Leonard Peltier, we leave on a happy note!!!!

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.16.25

LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES…WE PRAY FOR LEONARD PELTIER WITH THE GREAT ROSE STYRON & MORE…

 

 

We start GREEP Zoom #206with a report from the burning city of Los Angeles that it’s long past time to shut the two reactors at Diablo Canyon, before they could pour a radioactive cloud into a city/county with 11 million.

 

The great ROSE STYRON….poet, activist, co-founder of Amnesty USA….tells us to get active to help us save Leonard Peltier out of prison before he dies.

 

Rose is joined by ALEX MATTHEISSEN adds to the request in the name of his father, Peter, renowned author of IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.

 

Alex also helps us celebrate the coming of congestion pricing to New York City and elsewhere.  

 

TATANKA BRICCA gives us a report on this campaign from the perspective of the tribes and the Pope, who we hope will convince Biden to spare this man’s life.

 

Maryland State Senator JEFF WALDSTREICHER introduces us to the opening day of the legislature in Annapolis….and the revival of Progressive values in the face of the advent of Donald Trump.  Jeff also warns of an attempt to use private prisons to hold large numbers of political prisoners.

 

DAVID SALTMAN reminds us of the Bruce Curtis case, in which a Canadian citizen convicted of murder was remanded to Canada rather than being put to death.

 

MIKE HERSH reminds us that there is a resolution signed by many members of the US House calling for Peltier to be released, as well as a warning that Trump may be persecuting those who raise progressive issues..

 

The cases of CHARLES LITTLEJOHN is raised by NICOLE UNG, along with that of STEVE DONZIGER.

 

From Santa Monica, NANCY NIPARKO and PAUL NEWMAN give us on-the-spot reports from the front lines of the Palisades Fire.

 

Radio host LYNN FEINERMAN raises the question of whether Westwood is being protected because of atomic reactors on the UCLA campus east of the 405.

 

DENNIS BERNSTEIN of the Flashpoints Show at KPFA raises the issue of farmworkers and prisoners fighting the LA fires.

 

Firefighters have been coming from Ukraine, adds Nancy Niparko.

 

MARC IMLAY describes how the military has been fighting fires.

 

STEVE CARUSO warns that the creep of fascism is burning the planet.

 

JOHN FITZGERALD reports on the attempt to hold Trump accountable for violating the third section of the 14th Amendment, which would disqualify him from becoming President.

 

DAVE SALTMAN raises the issue of why this 14th Amendment challenge to the Trump Presidency has gotten no media coverage.

 

The question of whether police should prevent this Inauguration is raised by ANDREW LEVIS.

 

From western Mass we hear ANNA GYORGY seconding the motion for enforcing the 14th while decrying the lack of attention being given to it.

 

PATRICIA GRACIAN emphasizes the work of Steve Spoonamore (Duty to Warn) and Greg Palast (Vigilantes Inc) in documenting the “irregularities” of our elections.

 

ANNE WILCOX clarifies that objecting to the certification of an Electoral College delegation has become far more difficult.

 

CLAIRE ROSENFIELD adds important advice for dealing with ICE, including by demanding a warrant.

 

Talking to us from Columbus, Ohio, SANDY BOLZENIUS suggests that we get radio stations—like Pacifica—to spread the word about saving democracy.

 

Sanctions against Russia established by Trump a few years ago & then extended by Biden are raised by MINDY GALLEGOS

 

MARY ELIZABETH JACKSON asks for reassurance in a difficult time……let’s hope the sun rises soon.

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.9.25

We Honor LEONARD PELTIER & His Fellow Prisoners as Trump is Certified & We Evaluate His Nominees


TATANKA BRICCA discusses the chances that Joe Biden will save the life of Leonard Peltier, who’ll be released before 1/20 or die.

A minor correction comes from MYLA RESON…and still  more from MIKE HERSH.

Young Progressive Democrats of America is represented by HARTZELL GRAY, who inspires our movement to recruit young activists.

NICOLE UNG urges us to help free whistleblower Charles Littlejohn.

Myla and DAVID SALTMAN talk about beloved corporate-assaulted attorney STEVE DONZIGER who has been privately prosecuted by Chevron Oil.

GAVRILAH WELLS of Amnesty International recalls Trump's mass killings of 13 federal prisoners and urges Biden to keep pardoning folks, especially Peltier.

 NICOLE CORRADO evokes the need to sanction a Russian billionaire helping Musk buying Twitter.

Election expert RAY LUTZ shows disturbing statistics from Nevada indicating serious irregularities in the Democratic turnout.

The insane prosecution against JOHN BRAKEY for merely making a public records request is explained by SUSAN PYNCHON.

DON MCCANNE emphasizes the need for youth in the progressive movement.

We hear from DIANE CAMERON that the 1/6 insurgents did attack the Capitol, but more importantly they attacked our Congress.

Trump’s in-coming cabinet is dissected by JACK EIDT.

We’ll see you next week in Solartopia….No Nukes!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.2.25

IS FLUORIDE IN WATER A KILLER? LEONARD PELTIER MUST BE FREED! * WILL 14.3 KEEP TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE?


Our poet laureate MIMI GERMAN leads off GREEP Zoom #205 with two beautiful short poems.

Our deep dive into public water fluoridation with DOUG CRAGOE, followed by LYNN FEINERMAN, MYLA RESON, DR. RUTH STRAUSS and DR. NANCY NIPARKO.

We'll revisit at a future date the life-and-death complexities of this vital issue.  

JOHN FITZGERALD then gives us a thorough analysis of the petition demanding that the Congress deal with the 3d section of the 14th Amendment.

That law stipulates that someone who has participated in insurrection against the government of the United States cannot hold public office.

Fitzgerald explains that Congress has the power to decide whether such a candidate can actually become a President or member of Congress.

Two Supreme Courts (Colorado & Maine) & three Congressional committees have branded Donald Trump an insurrectionist, leaving Congress the option to disqualify him from office.

MIKE HERSH emphasizes the non-partisan nature of the Constitution.

LORI GRACE adds her support to the effort to have the Congress deal with this astonishing political time bomb.

The Electoral College Vote Count Act will come into play on January 6, when we meet again.

DAVID SALTMAN raises two key questions:  what triggers the line of succession? and will this lead to civil war?

John Fitzgerald further explains that the 12 Amendment could kick in, making Kamala Harris president…

As for a new civil war, Fitzgerald explains that the capital might be protected, but not the rest of the country.

STEVE CARUSO and DONALD SMITH and AJ LEVIS  raise key demands that this be heard and ask what we can do to make this happen.

NICOLE UNG calls for Charles Littlejohn to be pardoned for having been a whistleblower from the IRS.

 

And we prepare for the volcano of our January 6 gathering….

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 12.26.24

An Appeal to Biden to Free LEONARD PELTIER; MLK Day Coming; Back to the Founders


TATANKA BRICCA opens with a report on LEONARD PELTIER  and the desperate need to get him out of prison alive.

MYLA RESON follows up with a key point of information on how, hopefully, to do that.

Our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN gives our GREEP Zoom #204 a perfect opening poem.

MIKE HERSH hearkens back to the formation of the US republic with a warning on the horrors of fascism.

DAVID SALTMAN explains Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, banning insurrectionists from holding public office.

From western Massachusetts, ANNA GYORGY reminds us that Inauguration Day, 2025, will be Martin Luther King Dan.

BARBARA HARRISON adds a plea to fight for democracy.

MELISSA HALL asks about calling the White House to help free Leonard.

CATHERINE STEARNS lets us in on resistance organizations in Oregon….including the Civil Liberties Defense Center.

MICHAEL JOHNSON digs deep into the January 3 insurrection and its on-going impacts.

Next week, December 29, we will reconvene, hopefully to celebrate the freedom of Leonard Peltier…& the partial redemption of Joe Biden.

 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 12.19.24

We start GREEP Zoom #203 with a gorgeous poem from our Laureate MIMI GERMAN, enhanced by our meeting on BEETHOVEN’S birthday.

We then, with a shout-out from MYLA RESON, visit the horrendous case of LEONARD PELTIER, as well as the one of STEVE DONZIGER.

TATANKA BRICCA promises to contact CHASE IRON EYES for next week’s gathering.

JOHN STEINER reminds us that 34 Members of Congress have written Biden asking for Leonard’s freedom.

KARLA SAND and HEDY TRIPP report in from Minnesota on choices for a new Chair of the Democratic National Committee.

The great JERRY ASHTON reports in on his campaign to erase medical debt, having helped retire many billions in medical debt.

We are then joined by the great GREG PALAST who tells us what we do & do not know about mass disenfranchisement in the 2024 election.

ELENA RUMIANTSEVA, LYNN FEINERMAN, CHARLOTTE DENNETT, DONALD SMITH also contribute important insights.

Engineer STEVE CARUSO adds his belief that all is not well with the 2024 outcome.

YONNA PATTON & STELLA FAIR introduce the diversity issue to our screen. 

ROB KALL checks in from Op Ed News.

PAUL NEWMAN gives kudos to Greg from Santa Monica.

MELISSA RICHARDSON HALL & STEVEN HOFFMAN add critical insights.

MIKE HERSH introduces his pal PAT ELDER, who takes us on a deep dive into the filthy world of military waste & PFAS.

DOUG KRAGOE promises us to bring some expertise on fluoridization for our December 23 gathering.

See you then!!!