Rejecting U.S. Claims, MSF Details Horrific Bombing of Afghan Hospital & Demands War Crimes Probe; A Carbon Bomb Defused: Obama Rejects Keystone XL in Historic Win for Environmental Activism; “A Devastating Decision”: No Charges for Border Guards in Beating, Taser Death of Mexican Immigrant.
In the first hour, Which Child Left Behind? with Diane Ravitch author of “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools”. In the second hour Float Your Boat on the Trans Pacific with Isaiah Poole, with the Campaign for America’s Future, and editor of OurFuture.org.
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Featuring music from George Goulds’ solo project Bulldog Eyes. Collaborative duo of Connan Moccasin & Dev Hynes teaming up on Myths 001. 6-piece Grandparents based out of Portland, Oregon. Four piece emerging out of the Netherlands that go by the name PAUW. Indie/Electronic duo Sunboy. Psych duo from Altona, Australia who call themselves Sun Bazel. … Continued
Full Text of TPP Trade Deal Revealed — and Critics Say It’s Even Worse Than They Thought; Locked Up & Neglected After Fleeing Danger, Immigrant Women Detainees Launch Hunger Strike in Texas; The End of Family Detention? PA Immigration Jail Could Be Forced to Stop Locking Up Parents & Kids; No Kids Behind Bars: For-Profit … Continued
Today on flashpoints: The devil is definitely in the details when it comes to the TPP. We’ll take an in depth look at those devastating details that deepen corporate power. And further threaten free speech thought and every aspect of free expression. Also remembering the life and times Union powerhouse, Joe Hill, killed by the … Continued
Karyn Sanders interviews guest Viviene Hillgrove about herb lore and herbs for children. Originally aired 4.14.05
With Marion Nestle, Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, Professor of Sociology at NYU and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. Marion Nestle is the author of many books. Her most recent is Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning). About the book: Sodas are astonishing … Continued
A hunger strike is spreading at a for-profit detention center housing asylum-seekers in Texas–we talk to someone who’s been in the center, and is in touch with the strikers. Guests: Nadia Ben Youseff, US Representative of Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel Anonymous individual who regularly visits women participating in the … Continued
Actor Viggo Mortensen: Warrior-King in Lord of the Rings’ Middle Earth is Peace Activist on This One; “You Have to Speak Up”: Viggo Mortensen Defends Quentin Tarantino’s Criticism of Police Killings; Actor Viggo Mortensen: On Foreign Policy, Democratic Candidates Aren’t Too Far from the Hawks; Acclaimed Actor Viggo Mortensen on the Pope, Poetry and Art … Continued
Today on flashpoints: A major protest planned this weekend against Donald Trump and NBC, outside the building where Saturday Night Live is produced. Also, what comes next in the battle for immigrant rights in the wake up Obama’s cruel policy of mass deportation and private imprisonment.
