Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. U.S. special forces kill ISIS leader in Syria. Biden administration warns Russia plotting fake attack to justify Ukraine invasion. President Joe Biden announces new initiatives to crackdown on gun violence, including $350 million for community policing. Protests … Continued


Today on the show: How Trump’s extremism turned the Oath Keepers from keyboard warriors into seditious coup plotters: And we’ll talk to celebrated code-pink truth teller and Global Pease Activist, Medea Benjamin, about the Dangers of the latest US confrontation with Russia over the Ukraine. And we’ll also ask Medea to reflect on the implications … Continued


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Let’s talk about death – it’ll be fun!

Caroline re-hosts Susan Shannon, at this exact mid-Winter, when Persephone lights her candle and begins ascending from the Underworld, and we with her, true Brigid’s Day; one of the 4 cross-quarter holy days, as Mercury, the psycho-pomp Hermes, stations to go forward- outward – tonight… and Pluto arrives at 27 degrees Capricorn- the beginning of … Continued


Art Spiegelman discusses MAUS and the role of comics in education in this 2000 interview with the late Richard A. Lupoff. Honoring Black History Month: A 1983 interview with the late Octavia Butler, with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Plus: Reviews of “Freestyle Love Supreme” at ACT’s Geary Theater and “Swept Away” at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theater. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.