Jim Hightower

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, "Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow," Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower is a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, spreading the message of progressive populism all across the American grassroots. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations and on the web.

Who’s Behind the Increasing Suppression of Your Right to Protest?

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Multinational corporations have been quietly colluding with legislators and governors to suppress the right to protest. As British playwright and political rabble-rouser George Bernard Shaw noted, “You don’t … Read more

Why Would We Trust Plutocrats to Save Us from Plutocracy?

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Forgive me for not believing for a moment that there’s one iota of sincerity in this sudden assertion of egalitarian sentiment by today’s plutocrats. Ralph Waldo Emerson once … Read more

If You Drain the Swamp, Where Do the Swamp Critters Go?

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Donald Trump bragged in June that he’s making good on his promise to “drain the swamp.” But, where did all those swamp critters go? Donald Trump bragged in … Read more

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