Public schools in cities across the U.S., cities like Newark, New Jersey, have been the targets of privatization campaigns over the last two decades. Sociologist John Arena asks why rising star and Mayor Cory Booker was unsuccessful at forcing through corporate school reform in Newark, while his rival and successor Mayor Ras Baraka — the … Continued
In our continued coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ralph welcomes James Zogby, co-founder and president of the Arab American Institute and author of “Palestinians: The Invisible Victims.” Then, no-nukes activist Harvey Wasserman joins to warn us about the dangerous condition of nuclear reactors across the country, including the threat of “embrittlement” at the California reactor in … Continued
Guest: Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), her work focuses on the Middle East, U.S. militarism, and UN issues. She is the author of several books including Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War on Terror, Challenging Empire, and her latest, Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A … Continued
On Today’s Show: “Nowhere in Gaza Is Safe”: Palestinian Death Toll Tops 5,000 as Israel Rejects Calls for Ceasefire Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani Describes Surviving Israel Bombing His Home in Gaza Not in My Sibling’s Name: Sibling of Peace Activist Killed by Hamas Demands Israel Stop Bombing Gaza Democracy Now! is a daily … Continued
Mainstream media’s one-sided narrative is doing little more than fueling a unfolding genocide in Gaza. As one of our guests today told us last week – it hasn’t happened yet – and it is our voices, bodies and actions that can help stop it. To that end, we are joined by Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner … Continued
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health
On Today’s Show: “Nowhere in Gaza Is Safe”: Palestinian Death Toll Tops 5,000 as Israel Rejects Calls for Ceasefire Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani Describes Surviving Israel Bombing His Home in Gaza Not in My Sibling’s Name: Sibling of Peace Activist Killed by Hamas Demands Israel Stop Bombing Gaza Democracy Now! is a daily … Continued
Putin, Hamas and Trump’s House Republicans Demonstrate Their Contempt For Democracy We begin with President Biden’s speech to the nation on Thursday in which he likened Putin to Hamas in their determination to exterminate democracy in their neighbor’s country. But Biden did not extend the analogy to our domestic politics where the Trump cult in … Continued
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