Israeli refusenik Ronnie Barkan joins us to discuss the situation in Israel/Palestine, where Israeli forces have just set up roadblocks and checkpoints across East Jerusalem in response, they say, to Palestinian assaults on Israelis. We give you the background behind the conflict, and take the pulse of the state of dissent inside Israeli society. Then: … Continued


A New Snowden? Whistleblower Leaks Trove of Documents on Drones & Obama’s Assassination Program; Breaking Silence, Wife of Jailed CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Seeks Presidential Pardon; Norman Solomon: Clinton’s Debate Comments on Snowden “Give Hypocrisy a Bad Name”; Is This the Third Intifada? Violent Unrest Grows as Palestinians Seek End to Military Occupationl; Gideon Levy: … Continued


Host/producer Nina Serrano interviews Sara Cooper, founder and director of Cubana Books which translates and publishes contemporary Cuban women writers. Sara Copper is an extraordinary reader. She presents excerpts from the stories by two Cuban women writer’s, Aida Barr and Maria Elena Llana, and speaks about their work in the context of Cuba today. The … Continued


Hillary Clinton & Bernie Sanders Take Center Stage at First Democratic Debate of 2016 Race; O’Malley’s Baltimore Policing Record Criticized as Candidates Address Whether #BlackLivesMatter; Hillary Clinton & Martin O’Malley Spar over Immigration Reform; Has Bernie Sanders Been Tough Enough on Guns? Hillary Clinton Says No; Sanders Calls Iraq Worst Foreign Policy Blunder in U.S. … Continued