In today’s episode, we hear clips from Malcolm X’s “Friends and Enemies” speech given just after his house was bombed in Detroit in 1965. Then, excerpts from the “Ballot or the Bullet” speech hold especial relevance to voter suppression tactics being used today. Hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich are offering the speeches on CD as … Continued


In conversation with historian Lillian Faderman whose books on lesbian history, LGBT history and ethnic history have earned critical praise and awards. Her latest book The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle is one of the most comprehensive history to date of America’s gay-rights movement. Source Image: Wikimedia Commons


Hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich discuss the release of Chelsea Manning after serving seven years in a U.S. Military prison. Guest Lauren McNamara, transgender activist, online confidant of Manning, and witness in Manning’s trial, has details. Also holding the U.S. government accountable, documentary “All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I.F. Stone,” examines the … Continued


CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: We Should Be Considering Impeachment If Trump Obstructed FBI Probe; Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Probe U.S. Border Patrol over Killing of Mexican Father; Border Angels Resist Trump’s Immigration Crackdown with Services and Water for Border-Crossing Migrants; Activists Sue to Block Plans to Bury 3.6 Million Pounds of Nuclear Waste … Continued