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We take a closer look at the catastrophic national unemployment figures, the huge number of small business closures, the overwhelming fact that over half of the public are having trouble paying utility bills and the failure of Congress to effectively fix the pandemic-induced depression. In the first hour we also discuss items in the news, continuing to cover the pandemic and the economic catastrophe for the 99% allowed to happen by Congress, while billionaires grow even richer. And we reveal some of the history of Missoula when socialists were a majority and ran the city government. And we explore how socialism is already working in the US and what it might look like if working people democratically ran both the economy and society. Our word of the week is вЂњsocialism.вЂќ We explore the commonalities of all of the varieties of socialism and we look at the US largest socialist organization the Democratic Socialists of America or DSA. Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99% will look at democratic socialism. And please join our Facebook Group (Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99% on Group) to access scripts of this and previous shows and other contact information. Join us in our social distancing by listening from Noon to 2 pm on Saturdays in Missoula, Montana on 105.5 FM or streaming worldwide on. And we go from there with observations about the current condition of US democracy. We discuss Steven LevitskyвЂ™s interview on Alternative Radio about the likelihood of a US coup, whether from Trump supporters or from other players. Then for the last part of the show we have a great conversation with sound sound guy Jim Gillan. Jacob tells his story on how he became a refugee as a child and how that led to his joining the US Marines, attending the University of Montana for both law and public administration degrees, and throwing his hat into the 2021 Missoula mayoral race.

In the third half hour we interview Jacob Elder, a Liberian refugee and now Missoula resident who is running for the Missoula Mayor position.

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We end the first hour reading a revealing letter from the Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association to Montana Governor Steve Bullock, as an update to our coverage of the police/carceral state. And we follow that with a closer look at writer/journalist/prophet Chris HedgesвЂ™ declaration that Biden is the candidate of choice of the elites and why itвЂ™s not likely that a Trump loss will cause a civil war, despite his appeal to right-wing militias.

We take a look at how 57% of Americans thinks there needs to be a third party as an alternative to the Democrats and Republicans, and how Joe Biden is the clear favorite вЂ“ in terms of donations вЂ“ of US billionaires. We follow that up with a review of the important article Matt Taibbi wrote a year ago titled вЂњWeвЂ™re in a Permanent Coup,вЂќ in which he argues that itвЂ™s better to have a bad president than to accepts coups and that the open insubordination shown by the leadership of the US intelligence community toward Trump adds up to a new tactic by the spooks to destabilize an elected US government and so a coup in fact.ДЄlso, in the first hour we continue to cover the pandemic and the economic catastrophe for the 99% allowed to happen by Congress while billionaires grow even richer.

Our word of the week is вЂњcoup.вЂќ We look at how only 22% of Americans today have confidence that the Presidential election will be вЂњfree and fair.вЂќ And we explore how a roleplay by non-Donald Trump supporting political players in the so-called Transition Integrity Project found their most contentious scenario being Biden winning the popular vote and Trump winning the Electoral vote and thus the Presidency. Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99% will look at the threat to our democracy in the upcoming elections.

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