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Democracy: Michael Parenti

Airs at: Tue, 07/31/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Discussions about democracy probably start in Athens about 2500 years ago. A truism is society is democratic to the extent that its citizens play a meaningful role in managing public affairs. Democracy is located within the capitalist economic system infamous for produci... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 30, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this episode, which festures these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Jessica Tovar of Local Clean Energy Alliance Movie Moles recommend the science fiction comedy Sorry to Bother You Laurie Mercier interviews Martin Duberman about gay movement and po... Read more

Can You See the White? (Part 1)

Airs at: Fri, 08/03/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Valley Views

Faith is a white woman who reflects on personal and societal events that shaped her life’s journey to racial justice and equity awareness. I asked Faith to be on the show because she and I have had many conversations about race that may be inspiring to listeners. I admire... Read more

The War on Reproductive Rights

Airs at: Sun, 07/29/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century of Lies we hear from Lynn Paltrow, founder and executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and Dorothy E. Roberts, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and th... Read more

Criminalization of Pregnancy

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Discussion about the Supreme Court, reproductive rights, and the efforts by some to use the criminal justice system to control people's lives and health featuring Lynn Paltrow with National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law Pro... Read more

Makani Themba on Russia-Phobia, Police Brutality & the Kidnapping of Immigrant Children

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital Makani Themba on Russia-phobia, police brutality, the kidnapping of immigrant children and the movie 'Sorry to Bother You'...Gerald Horne on the BRICS Summit..Headlines on the Youth Climate March, #RedforFeds federal workers... Read more

Press**Watch for 7/26/18

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

ICE: the struggle is just beginning Read more

Ken McDouall - Prison Librarian (Part 2)

Airs at: Wed, 07/25/2018 at 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Produced for: Off The Shelf

In this segment, I conclude my conversation with Ken McDouall, library associate at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Gig Harbor, Washington. We talk about censorship of library materials, the qualities of a successful prison librarian, and how Ken feels... Read more

Say Her Name! NIA WILSON

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

A white man in Oakland fatally stabs a Black woman and injures her sister on Sunday evening, July 22. Eighteen-year-old Nia Wilson died at the scene, her 26-year-old sister Letifah Wilson was hospitalized. The incident took place on the platform of the BART train, the Ba... Read more

Human Rights: Fracking and Climate Change with Sandra Steingraber

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Last May the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, an internationally recognized Civil Society public opinion tribunal functioning independently of state authorities, held a special session in Corvallis, Oregon, on the human rights impacts of fracking and climate change On this epi... Read more