Special Spring Fund Drive Programming
Today’s Bookwaves/Artwaves is preempted by special fund drive programming.
Featured Episode
Fundraising special: the Alabama ruling class confronts the UAW, the white supremacist wing of neoliberalism
Derek Seidman looks into the Alabama corporate elite and its terror at the incursion of the UAW (articles here and here) • Quinn Slobodian on Peter Brimelow and the white supremacist wing of neoliberalism
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – May 9, 2024
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: Ilan Pappe is Professor of History, Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of A History of Modern Palestine.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – May 9, 2024
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
From Prisoner to Reform Movement Leader w/ Dorsey Nunn – Spring Fund Drive Special
Before becoming a national leader in efforts to improve conditions for prisoners as well as people who’ve been recently released, Dorsey Nunn spent a decade behind bars. That experience spurred his fifty powerful years of political and legal battles for freedom and human rights, including as the founder of All of Us or None and … Continued
The History of Israel’s Black Panthers
0:08 — Asaf Elia-Shalev, staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, just out with “Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth.”
Democracy Now 6am – May 9, 2024
On today’s show: Aid Worker in Gaza: “To Say There’s Not an Incursion in Rafah Right Now Is Patently False” Pulitzer Winner Nathan Thrall on Israel’s “System of Domination” and Biden Pausing Bomb Shipment Indian PM Narendra Modi Runs on “Hatred and Demonization” of Muslims in World’s Largest Election
Background Briefing (5am) – May 9, 2024
Trump’s Delaying Tactic is Working as Three of the Four Trials He’s Facing Will Likely Not Be Heard Before the Election We begin with the Trump-appointed judge overseeing the classified documents case in Florida delaying the start of the trial indefinitely in a blatant display of fealty to Trump, combined with obvious inexperience and incompetence, … Continued
Non-fiction Music – May 9, 2024
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A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.