This week’s Ring of Fire, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern

This week on Ring of Fire: best-selling author Thomas Frank will join us for a discussion on his new book “Pity the Billionaire.”

Occupy Wall Street activist Jesse LaGreca will tell us about his recent trip to Washington to fight for the middle class.

Reverend Nathan Monk joins us for a discussion on the importance of local elections, and how the right wing is trying to pack school boards and city councils.

John Amato from Crooks and Liars will be here to talk about the elite class that rules our Congress.

Policy adviser to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, John Feinblatt, will be here to tell us how convicted criminals are getting their hands on illegal firearms.

And investigative journalist Brad Friedman will join us to discuss the ongoing problems with electronic voting machines.

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Farron Cousins is the executive editor of The Trial Lawyer magazine and a contributing writer at DeSmogBlog.com. He is the co-host / guest host for Ring of Fire Radio. His writings have appeared on Alternet, Truthout, and The Huffington Post. Farron received his bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of West Florida in 2005 and became a member of American MENSA in 2009. Follow him on Twitter @farronbalanced