Yarrow – January 21, 2016
Join Sarah Holmes as she spotlights yarrow, discussing all aspects of this beloved plant.
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Behind the News – January 21, 2016
Doug Henwood interviews Adolph Reed Jr. critiquing Ta-Nehisi Coates call for reparations as symbolic moralism. Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Australia Day – January 21, 2016
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A special feature of contemporary (and traditional) music from Australian Aboriginal people – from Gurrumul & the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, to Shellie Morris & The Borroloola Songwomen and beyond. Celebrating Australia’s First Nation Peoples in advance of “Australia Day”: (Jan 26th). Shellie Morris & The Borroloola Songwomen
Pakistan Mourns New Taliban School Massacre in Latest Blowback from Internal Conflict, Afghan War; British Lawmakers Debate Banning “Fool,” “Buffoon” Donald Trump over Anti-Muslim Views; Detroit Student: “I Want to Be Able to Go to School Without Worrying About Being Bitten by Mice”; Detroit Rocked by Teachers’ “Sickout” Protesting Dire Conditions Under Emergency Management; The … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Armed white racist-ranchers in Southern Oregon continue to trample over native Indian burial sites that go back fifteen thousand years, and longer, with out arrest or prosecution. Also violence in Haiti in the wake of tainted elections and massive protests. We’ll take another look at the health care debate: Did Hillary pillory … Continued
The Dream Continues: 96 Hours of Action
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Sunday morning in San Francisco, California, members of the Anti-Police Terror Project and Asians4BlackLives, a Bay Area group of Asian community organizers, held a community intervention in front of Ed Lee’s home to demand that he fire Police Chief Suhr and all officers involved in the murders of Mario Woods, Amilcar Lopez, and Alex Nieto. … Continued
With Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University and author of several books including The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America. And Tom Turner. Turner has worked at the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, and Earthjustice. He is the author of the biography David Brower: The Making of … Continued
How cheap oil changes world politics: we talk to Michael Klare about elections, wars, and climate change. Then another side effect of plunging prices: the demise of this country’s newest news network, Al Jazeera America. Guests: Michael Klare, professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College, author of many books on on the … Continued
The Kochs & the Nazis: Book Reveals Billionaires’ Father Built Key Oil Refinery for the Third Reich; Dark Money: Jane Mayer on How the Koch Bros. & Billionaire Allies Funded the Rise of the Far Right; How the Kochs Tried (and Failed) to Discredit Reporter Jane Mayer After She Exposed their Empire.
A Tribute to Poet Activists Mamacoatl and Francisco X. Alarcon; Plus a Discussion with Paul Flores; and the Salvadoran Literacy Capaign
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Tonight’s program features: an interview on the Salvadoran Literacy campaign that reveals the state of affairs in the country; a discussion with Paul Flores about his play, “Placas, The Most Dangerous Tatoo;” a tribute to poet activists Mamacoatl and Francisco X. Alarcon; and musica and a calendar of upcoming events.