Africa Today – August 30, 2021
A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.
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airfor Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. U.S. ends longest war, announces full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years. U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan kills 10 civilians, including 6 children. Caldour fire forces evacuation of 22,000 from South Lake Tahoe. Hurricane Ida … Continued
Today on the show: The USG murders a bunch of civilians, including women and children, as it hightails out of Afghanistan. Also, International law expert Francis Boyle says “Retaliation is not self-defense under international law, but only more aggression”. And, we remember the Chicano Moratorium
In Conversation with Kali Akuno on Hurricane Ida | Malik Rahim Testimony on Hurricane Katrina
We speak with Kali Akuno from Cooperation Jackson about the ravages of Hurricane Ida and what that means for the Gulf Coast and the larger impact of Climate Change. We hear a testimony from former Black Panther Malik Rahim about white vigilantes hunting down Black people in the Algiers section of New Orleans after Hurricane … Continued
UpFront PM – August 30, 2021
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at [email protected].
Have you been putting off going to your doctor for routine care because of Covid-19? Do you have questions about the vaccines, or other health conditions? And when do you think Telemedicine is appropriate? Join Nurse Rona and Dr. Hiten Patel to address your concerns. photo: Hush Naidoo Jade Photography via Unsplash
Womens Magazine – August 30, 2021
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Great powers rise and fall. But when their power wanes, as Britain’s did in the early 20th century and the U.S. is arguably waning now, who shoulders the costs of their decline? Is it elites or those on the bottom? Sociologist Richard Lachmann discusses what the past can tell us about the future of empires … Continued
The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – August 30, 2021
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: Karen J. Greenberg is director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, an international studies fellow at New America, and a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Her books include Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State, The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days, and her latest, Subtle Tools: The Dismantling … Continued