(Due to technical problems, this program is a rerun of the previous week.) ‘Chief of the Office of Access and Functional Needs at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services‘ is a long title, but an important one. Vance Taylor, diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy at the age of seven, tells us how his lived experience … Continued
The problem in America is, America’s been in denial about its problems. And that’s a problem. America doesn’t have a race problem, in reality we’ve had catastrophes visited on Black people. Catastrophes visited on Indigenous brothers and sisters. Catastrophes visited on Latino brothers and sisters. Catastrophes visited on working people. Catastrophes visited on women of … Continued
This week: the legal criminality of genocide — of perpetrating it, supporting it and, in the US, of decrying it. In the first half of the show, Hassan Ben Imran from Law For Palestine joins Eleanor Goldfield to discuss the recent case of genocide brought by South Africa to the ICJ against Israel: the potential, … Continued
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Regenerative agriculture is a sustainability-focused approach to farming that critically improves soil health, maintains biodiversity, and helps cultivate agricultural systems that interact with and support their larger ecosystems — including nearby communities. In order to transform food systems by empowering the next generation of sustainability- and community-minded farmers, Pie Ranch in Pescadero, California provides early-career … Continued
The so-called “decoupling” of the US and Chinese economies is NOT happening. Their economies are too deeply intertwined. The reality hidden by “decoupling” is just capitalism’s usual uneven development. Capitalism relocated investment away from its old centers (Western Europe, North America, and Japan) to China, India, Brazil, et al. The US cannot stop or reverse … Continued
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On today’s show, I’ll speak to American University Professor Dr. Dana R. Fisher on her latest publication, “Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action” (release on 2/13/2024). Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action is now available for pre-order! Click here Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action https://danarfisher.com/american-resistance/
7:08 Oliver Millman, environment correspondent for The Guardian, now author of The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run The World [repeat from 2022] 7:33 Hajar Yazdiha is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California; now author of The Struggle … Continued
On today’s show: “A Breach of Yemeni Sovereignty”: Biden Becomes Fourth U.S. President to Bomb Yemen “Gaslighting and Cherry-Picking”: How Israel Is Defending Itself at World Court on Charges of Genocide “They Want to Silence Us”: Knesset Member Ofer Cassif Faces Expulsion for Backing South Africa Genocide Case
