The history of communes in North America is usually presented as largely the rise and fall of the “back to the land” movement that took place in the very late 60s and early 1970s, when members of the counter-culture and those involved in revolutionary politics formed a wide variety of communes in rural areas in … Continued

“I grew up poor in the south, in a trailer park, and I knew from the age I could start comprehending words, that this society had nothing for me…” -Brianna, Co-Founder of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) https://itsgoingdown.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/southerntour.mp3 In this episode of IGDCAST we talk with Brianna, one of the founders of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing … Continued



Election season at Pacifica too!

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Nominations are open for nine Listener positions on your Local Station Board. If you are interested in becoming a candidate for one of the Listener positions, please visit elections.pacifica.org and click on the Candidate Nomination Packet page. Nominations close on June 30, 2016 at 9:00pm, your local time.




Mother’s Day Special 2016

Women’s Magazine producers bring you a special Mother’s Day show.  We unearth the hidden feminist herstories of this ultimate Hallmark holiday and explore the invisibility so many mothers feel, even amidst constant lip service to the sanctity of motherhood. Elaine Showalter discusses the extraordinary life of Julia Ward Howe, author of both the Mother’s Day … Continued