Akhil Gupta sees a growing tendency to view global poverty as a threat not to the acutely poor but to elites in the global North. Unchecked migration, terrorism, and disease vectors are seen as manifestations of that threat, against which elites now seek to protect themselves. This, according to Gupta, makes meaningful action to alleviate … Continued
With Attorney Chad Peace, legal counsel to the Independent Voter Project, Jeff Cohen, founder of FAIR, a media watchdog group, and Roots Action, a public interest advocacy group, and Attorney Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer whose lawsuit challenging the Commission of Presidential Debates‘ process under anti-trust laws was recently turned down by the courts and … Continued
1 Million in Haiti Urgently Need Humanitarian Assistance After Hurricane’s “Apocalyptic Destruction”; Breaking: Activists Reportedly Shut Down Five Pipelines Carrying Tar Sands Oil Into U.S.; Obama Is Killing Yemen: A Yemeni Journalist Speaks Out After U.S.-Backed Bombing Strikes Wedding; U.S.-Backed Saudi Forces Bomb Yemeni Wedding, Killing 140, Injuring 500 in Possible War Crime; Bill Clinton’s … Continued
Movements like Black Lives Matter have turned a spotlight on the mass criminalization of people of color in the United States. But are we any closer to understanding why the American state locks up its residents in record numbers? Radical scholar Jordan Camp discusses working class insurgency from below—from the Watts Rebellion to the Los … Continued
For the first time in a public forum two titans of the progressive movement in conversation: Ralph spends the full hour with Noam Chomsky talking about censorship, nuclear war, citizen activism, ISIS, the Israeli/Palestinian question and much, much more!
2nd Presidential Debate Coverage
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump return for round two of their three scheduled debates. The two meet in a town hall style format in St. Louis. KPFA broadcasts Democracy Now coverage of the debate and reaction to it. Join us from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm. On Monday morning, Democracy now coverage starts an hour … Continued
Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem was founded on a promise to serve all patients with the same, excellent care. This week, against the backdrop of military occupation, we go inside Hadassah’s Mount Scopus maternity ward. There, the separation of Jewish and Arab mothers resulted in conflict between midwives at the hospital. Featuring: Drorit Hochner, Dept. of … Continued
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alternative ways to organize, markets, and government policies.
In this episode, host Salima Hamirani speaks with Walter Riley, co-chair of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, about the devastation Hurricane Matthew has brought to the country. then, she speaks with Dr. Richard Wolff, an American Marxian economist. He is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International … Continued
