Today on Flashpoints: Israel pulls out the stops with it’s latest multiple bombings of Syria. We’ll speak with international law expert, Francis Boyle about the legality of the bombing and about the distinct possibility of having a pro torture advocate to be the next director of the CIA. And, we’ll feature excerpts of a new … Continued
Special Live Music Broadcast With Arturo O’Farrill. With Host Luis Medina.
We are in conversation with Vijay Prashad to talk about the origins and the political history of the twentieth-century attempt to knit together the world’s impoverished countries in opposition to the United States and Soviet spheres of influence in the decades following World War II. Vijay Prashad is Professor of International Studies at Trinity College, where … Continued
Jeremy Scahill: Obama Paved Way for Haspel to Head CIA by Failing to Hold Torturers Accountable; Coming of Age in the Syrian War: Memoir by Journalist Marwan Hisham & Illustrator Molly Crabapple.
Noam Chomsky’s ideas and critiques are featured in the documentary film “Manufacturing Consent.”
Trump Pulls United States Out of Iran Nuclear Deal, Dramatically Escalating Threat of War with Iran; Trita Parsi: I Was Targeted by Black Cube in Dirty Ops Effort Attacking Supporters of Iran Deal; Medea Benjamin: The Peace Movement Must Mobilize to Support Diplomacy in Iran & North Korea; Primary Day: Blankenship Out in WV; Consumer … Continued
Excerpts form “Paul Hawken – Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming” Town Hall in Seattle, on April 21, 2017.
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss six medical myths. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
Karl Marx remains the most influential and controversial political thinker in history. He has been viewed as a philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, even a literary craftsman. But who was Marx? What informed his critiques of modern society? And as new generations are discovering Marx after the aftermath of the recurrent financial crisis, social … Continued
Cecile Richards on Attacks on Women’s Health, from Iowa Abortion Ban to Rising Violence at Clinics; “Make Trouble”: Cecile Richards on Her Life Story, Reproductive Rights & Women-Led Activism; Journalists Rise Up Against Wall Street Hedge Fund Decimating Newsrooms Across the Country.
