Making Contact

The Healing Project: An Abolitionist Story (Encore) – Making Contact – July 14, 2023

This week we hear from artist Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes about The Healing Project, an abolitionist art exhibition. The work explores the structures of systemic racism, particularly the prison industrial complex in the U.S. and takes multiple forms including music, films, community gatherings, and live performances. A digital library of audio interviews centers the project. The … Continued


Project Censored

U.S. independence and slavery / Bisexuality still misunderstood – Project Censored – July 14, 2023

Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s Project Censored Show. In light of the recent Fourth-of-July holiday, Eleanor’s first guest, historian Gerald Horne, shares his analysis of a likely motive for independence on the part of colonial America’s white elite: the desire to preserve slavery in the colonies, despite the rise of abolitionism in Britain. He also … Continued


Economic Update

CHINA: CAPITALIST, SOCIALIST, OR WHAT? – Economic Update – July 14, 2023

On this week’s episode, Prof. Wolff talks about the Chinese economy. China is run by a Communist Party but describes itself as socialist, while the employer/employee structure of its enterprises is capitalist. We examine what this means for (a) its place in the world economy, (b) its place in the transition from capitalism to socialism/communism, … Continued


A Rude Awakening

Independent Journalist Fletcher Reveley on the Salton Sea for Undark.org

On today’s show, the deteriorating Salton Sea in Southern CA has become a topic of interests in recent years due to the health hazard it has become.  I’ll speak to Fletcher Reveley on his latest piece in Undark.org entitled, “Scientists Warned of a Salton Sea Disaster. No One Listened”. @FletcherReveley @undarkmag   photo courtesy of … Continued