We are told that our personal health is our individual responsibility based on our own choices. Yet, the biological truth is that human health is dependent upon the health of nature’s ecosystems and our social structures. Decisions that negatively affect these larger systems and eventually affect us are made without our consent as citizens and, … Continued
Are your personal care products putting your health at risk? This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the EPA changing the risk/benefit calculation for pollution, the glyphosate case goes to the Supreme Court, the administration’s secret committee to challenge climate change, and eggs in England contaminated with forever chemicals. Then Polly Marshall, … Continued
This Monday February 9th on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine Kate Raphael talks with Arlene Eisen about her new memoir In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women. Arlene has been a militant in the struggle against imperialism and white supremacy since the 1960s—first as a protester facing tear gas and later as a teacher and writer. … Continued
Was the populist far right a reaction to neoliberal free market fundamentalism? Or, as historian Quinn Slobodian argues, did such rightwing currents come out of the ideas of neoliberalism itself? Slobodian reflects on neoliberal thinkers’ preoccupation with racist and misogynistic ideas of human nature and intelligence, borders and gold — all in service to their … Continued
Ralph welcomes Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson to discuss a wide range of topics, including NATO, Greenland, Gaza, and more. Then, Ralph speaks to Rabbi Alissa Wise (founding director of Rabbis for Ceasefire) about the “Jews for Food Aid for People in Gaza” campaign. Finally, Ralph and the team address some current events. Ralph Nader talks … Continued
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On today’s show: Headlines Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis As Black History Month Turns 100, Trump Refuses to Apologize for Video Depicting Obamas as Apes JD Vance Is Booed at Olympics While Thousands Protest U.S. Sending ICE Agents to Games in Italy “The War Hasn’t Ended”: … Continued
On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Phyllis Bennis, she is the co-director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), her work focuses on the Middle East, U.S. militarism, and the US-United Nations relations. She is the author of several books including her latest, Understanding Palestine & Israel. Our Resistance … Continued
08:00 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 33:00 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
ON TODAY’S SHOW: Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis As Black History Month Turns 100, Trump Refuses to Apologize for Video Depicting Obamas as Apes JD Vance Is Booed at Olympics While Thousands Protest U.S. Sending ICE Agents to Games in Italy “The War Hasn’t Ended”: Palestinians in Gaza Still Face … Continued
