We go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT rights movement. On today’s show we’ll hear about the day that galvanized a generation and the continued fight for LGBT civil rights. The first Pride parades took place in June 1970 marking the 1st anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Michael … Continued
Updates on Colorado’s laws favoring coops, capitalism and suicide, rent control on California ballot, foreign trade controls, French govt vs GE, Ford buys station it helped wreck. Interview with David Harvey on Marx’s contribution to understanding capitalism now. Hosted by Richard D. Wolff.
Don’t Put Children in Cages! Reunite Families Now! A Message from Youth Protesters in Texas; Actor Jay Ellis of HBO’s “Insecure” Condemns Separation of Families at Protest in Brownsville, Texas; Voices from Brownsville Protest: We Have a Moral Responsibility to Help Asylum Seekers; Susan Sarandon & Linda Sarsour Speak Out as 630 Women Arrested Protesting … Continued
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement, causing a political frenzy among Republicans to replace him with a staunch right wing extremist, and some Democrats determined to stop a new Trump nominee. On our show today Constitutional expert, author, and academic Corey Brettschneider will join us to examine Kennedy’s legacy on the court, … Continued
Join Sarah Holmes for an introduction to angelica.
Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Priya Satia about the connection of the gun manufacturing to the financial world to colonialism and also to slavery and how all these elements are still connected to the financial sector today. Priya Satia is a professor of History at Stanford University. She is the author of Spies in … Continued
Justice Kennedy’s Resignation Opens Door for Far-Right Supreme Court & Overturning of Roe v. Wade; In Janus Case, Court Issues Major Anti-Labor Ruling, Eviscerating Power of Public-Sector Unions; Meet an Immigration Lawyer Trying to Unite Migrant Families While Battling the Trump Administration; Jennifer Harbury: Today’s Refugee Crisis Is Blowback from U.S. Dirty Wars in Central … Continued
The Supreme Court handed down yet another devastating ruling on Wednesday in the case of Janus V. AFSCME. The five conservatives ruled in favor of a man named Mark Janus who challenged his union dues. The decision, although expected, was still a blow to organized labor. On our show today we’ll turn to Jean Ross, … Continued
Open any world history book and you’ll read that the Neolithic Revolution was the key turning point in human history, when hunter gatherers gave up roaming in small egalitarian tribes and settled down to farm. Out of that, civilization was born, with all the benefits and ills connected to it: the rise of cities, the … Continued
The Supreme Court, in yet another major ruling, today dealt a blow to public sector unions. We summarize recent decisions. PLUS: Nicaragua—on the brink of civil war, again? PLUS: latest reports on the kids at the border: psychotropic drugs. Hosted by Kris Welch.
