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Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelensky

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Political analyst and San Francisco University Professor, Dr. James Taylor breaks down key points around the historic speech delivered by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to the joint sessions of the Congress and Senate. We raise questions about why there was no mention of African students who were not allowed to leave the Ukraine. We explore … Continued


Who gets put into solitary confinement, and why? What roles do race, racism, and mental health diagnoses play? Terry Kupers describes what spending time in solitary does to the human psyche; he also cites recent changes in attitudes toward, and laws regulating, solitary confinement. Bruce Arrigo and Brian Sellers, eds., The Pre-Crime Society: Crime, Culture, … Continued


Guest: Bill Weinberg is an award-winning 30-year veteran journalist in the fields of human rights, indigenous peoples, drug policy, ecology and war.  He is the author of Homage to Chiapas: The New Indigenous Struggles in Mexico (Verso Books, 2000), among other books.  He covers world affairs as he describes from a dissident-left point of view on his website … Continued