Today’s program features June Jordan reading from her book Technical Difficulties, recorded at Cody’s Books in Berkeley in 1992. June Jordan was born in Harlem in 1936 and grew up in Brooklyn. Poet, essayist, political activist and scholar, she was a prolific, passionate and influential voice for liberation. photo: Wikipedia Commons
Various explanations have been offered for what’s been called an anxiety epidemic among university students, but Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou believes a crucial causal factor is financialization, the way the financial sector and its logic has permeated our social, economic, and individual lives. He sees signs of optimism in the proliferation of student mobilizations around the issue … Continued
Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world, and most importantly what’s happening underneath it all.
Guest: Joseph Crespino, the Jimmy Carter professor of history at Emory University and author of Atticus Finch The Biography: Harper Lee, Her Father, and the Making of an American Icon.
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Black Lives Matter is a global movement whose impact on the struggle for Black liberation cannot be overstated. Like iwth any movement, it has had its share of struggle and controversy – much of that due to state’s interference and deliberate attempts to destroy organizing in Black communities. There is a lot of misinformation and … Continued
0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest news 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.
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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A mix of la raza, reggae, jazz and politically conscious music.
