The Impossible Revolution: A Syrian Dissident on How a Fight Against a Dictator Became a Proxy War; The Future of Syria: As Aleppo Falls, What Comes Next in a Country Shattered by War? Marcus Garvey Inspired Millions, from MLK to Mandela; Now His Son Is Asking Obama to Pardon Him.
With Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College, London. And author of the several books, among them: ‘What’s Wrong with Diplomacy: The Case of the UK and China’, The New Emperors: Power and the Princelings in Modern China’ ‘The Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography’, Four Volumes’,and his latest ‘CEO China: The Rise … Continued
In this episode we dig into the historical context of what’s going on in Aleppo with the help of Bassam Haddad, the Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies program at George Mason University, and Richard Becker, author, journalist and anti-war activist. Then we talk with representatives Qilombo, a radical community social center in Oakland, … Continued
Flint: As 2 Unelected Emergency Managers Are Charged over Water Poisoning, Will Gov. Snyder Be Next? Free Leonard Peltier: Obama Urged to Grant Clemency to Native American Activist Jailed for 40 Years; “Her Life Depends on Obama Taking Action Now”: 100,000+ People Demand Obama Free Chelsea Manning.
Q and A Is the change in technology mainly responsible for Trumps victory? Guest:Dr. Ray Kurzweil. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
With Chris Lehmann, author of the Jaundiced Eyeball column. Author of Rich People Things: Real-Life Secrets of the Predator Class (2011) and his latest The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity and the Unmaking of the American Dream. About The Money Cult America was founded, we’re taught in school, by the Pilgrims and other Puritans escaping religious persecution in Europe—an austere … Continued
On today’s show we’ll feature three conversations on US society. First Steven Hill will make the case for why we should Expand Social Security Now: How to Ensure Americans Get the Retirement They Deserve. Then researcher Matthew Wolf-Meyer will discuss the politics of sleep in his book, The Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine, and the Modern … Continued
Robert Reich: Like a Tyrant, Trump Is Deploying Seven Techniques to Control the Media; Protest & “Boycott Everything”: Robert Reich on the First 100 Day Resistance Agenda Against Trump; A Deadly Day: Russian Ambassador Assassinated; 12 Dead in Berlin Truck Crash; Zürich Mosque Attacked.lez.
Ralph talks about the institutional corruption behind the practice of gerrymandering with David Daley, author of Ratfucked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy. Then Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen tells us what he thinks President Obama should do in the final days of his administration.
In this episode we speak with Geoffrey R. Stone, about today’s electoral college vote. He is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago and author of many books including Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime (2004) and Sex and the Constitution (2017). Then, we speak with Darwin Bond Graham of … Continued
