Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. More Palestinians flee Israeli escalation in Gaza City, as others remain trapped in dire conditions; France recognizes Palestinian state as US, Israel boycott UN meeting on2-state solution; World leaders will vow to reduce fossil fuels at UN … Continued
Genocide watch: Our weekly update on the US armed genocide against Gaza and the West Bank with Flashpoints Special contributor, Sam Hussaeni. Today Sam and I will be joined by activist attorney Robert Jereski who has led CODEPINK’s World Court Project. We’ll keep one eye on the genocide and one eye o the UN as … Continued
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
As Western nations rush to recognize Palestine, Ahmed Moor warns that symbolic gestures risk masking inaction while Gaza’s suffering continues without an arms embargo or accountability. We then turn to Brazil’s reckoning with Bolsonaro’s coup attempt—what the U.S. failed to do with Trump—and close with a reflection on faith and forgiveness amid the moral collapse … Continued
Housing is a human right, or so says the International Declaration of Human Rights. But could we organize our economies with that in mind? Across the country, communities have land and properties and people who need homes. What’s stopping us bringing them together in a way that increases community wealth and wellbeing for everyone? Featuring … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about how plants take up plastic and what it means for agriculture (and your garden veggies), how plastic dust from construction sites is a major source of worldwide pollution, and why the smoke from wildfires is much more hazardous and damaging than previously understood. Then, in … Continued
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Over the last half century, diseases carried by insects — such as malaria and dengue, Zika and Lyme disease — have greatly increased. Sociologists Brent Kaup and Kelly Austin argue that the surge in vector-borne disease has been fueled by neoliberal capitalism, at times in unexpected ways, such as through loosened financial regulations governing mortgages … Continued
Ralph interviews New York Times reporter, David Gelles, about his new book, “Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away.” Then, we welcome back former IRS commissioner, John Koskinen, to update us on how the Trump Administration is dismantling the IRS and stealing your personal information. Ralph Nader … Continued
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
