What are the contradictions and uses of environmental conservation and land preservation in a settler colonial state? Like South Africa and the United States, the Israeli government has carved out large swaths of land for ecological protection — and the dispossession of native populations is often hidden from sight. Legal anthropologist Irus Braverman discusses the … Continued
A “license to loot” is what our guest, economist William Lazonick, calls stock buybacks. Until the Reagan Revolution, stock buybacks were considered market manipulation and at the very least are an unproductive use of profits used only to pump up the stock price and enrich upper management, while neglecting workers’ wages, capital expansion, and innovation. … Continued
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRIbOoJzPjg Guest: Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author and co-author of several books including his latest A Legacy of Discrimination: The Essential Constitutionality of Affirmative Action co-authored with Lee C. Bollinger
On Today’s Show: David Sirota: Working Class Will Be “Deeply Harmed” by Biden’s “Big Win” on Debt Ceiling David Sirota: Florida Lawmakers Help Ron DeSantis Shovel More Cash to Wall Street Ed Bisch Fights to Hold Sacklers Accountable for Opioid Epidemic 22 Years After Son Died of Overdose
President Joe Biden signed a bill over the weekend that suspends the US government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling with a package he says prevents the financial sky from falling but progressive democrats say weight of the plan falls heavily on the shoulders of americas most vulnerable populations and the planet. We are joined by John … Continued
0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.
On Today’s Show: David Sirota: Working Class Will Be “Deeply Harmed” by Biden’s “Big Win” on Debt Ceiling David Sirota: Florida Lawmakers Help Ron DeSantis Shovel More Cash to Wall Street Ed Bisch Fights to Hold Sacklers Accountable for Opioid Epidemic 22 Years After Son Died of Overdose
We begin with a phony crisis averted with the US and global economy not tumbling over the brink which was the alarm sounded often in the press only to be followed by a celebration of compromise and bipartisanship with both President Biden and Speaker McCarthy declaring victory. Joining us is James Galbraith, Professor and Chair … Continued
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Jazz and more, hosted by Spliff Skankin.
