Today on the show: We continue our drumbeat coverage of the opponents of the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine, being built on sacred Indian grounds in rural Nevada. Also Greg Palast Returns to report on today’s devastating supreme court ruling against voter rights
Continuation of our conversation with Melissa May Borja, Ph.D., about the Virulent Hate Project, an interdisciplinary research initiative that studies anti-Asian racism and Asian American activism during the COVID-19 pandemic. Later we celebrate the activism of Grace Lee Boggs and her organizing work with diverse communities. Virulent Hate Project Key findings from the new report … Continued
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Powerfully pertinent re-play of the Visionary Activist Show from July 15, 2010, at the beginning (of the on-going) Gulf of Mexico ecocide; hosting one of the very few deep deep Ocean scientists, Dave Gallo, from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. He takes us on a tour of the Deep deep, the harm our rogue species has … Continued
Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to on-line and streaming local theater & book events Bookwaves Bonnie Tsui discusses her book, “Why We Swim,” which examines the human need for moving in water, from the history of swim strokes, to how physiology plays a role in swimming, to the history of … Continued
Joseph Darda, author of How White Men Won the Culture Wars, on the Vietnam vet and the consolidation of white identity. And Joshua Adams, author of this article, on the stakes of the critical race theory debate and what the world would look like should the haters win.
Catching up on California—Newsome recall! Fire! COVID!—with CalMatters. PLUS: new report on women and work. PLUS Town Crier! Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: Bess Williamson is Associate Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of the new book Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design. photo: AbsolutVision via Unsplash
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Today: a whole show on violence in Oakland. What’s happening and where do we go from here? 0:08 – Nikki Jones (@socprofjones), a Professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley joins us to discuss what to make of the increase in violence – homicides, aggravated assaults, domestic violence; not just in Oakland, but across … Continued
