7:08AM – Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco and coordinator of the Middle Eastern studies program. He is a specialist in Middle East politics. He spoke with us about President Trump’s tweet this morning threatening a missile strike on Syria. 7:20AM – Mark Zuckerberg Testifies About Facebook Before Congress … Continued
Israel faces international condemnation for the violence its soldiers have displayed at the Gaza border, shooting at Palestinians on at least two recent occasions, killing 30 and injuring more than a thousand. We’ll turn to our Palestine and refugees correspondent Huwaida Arraf for more. Then, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the US Justice … Continued
Dr. Charles Seife, on when will we have fusion power? And Dr. Neil Shubin, on our evolution from the fishes. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
Louis Slesin, longtime publisher of Microwave News: A Report on Non-ionizing Radiation, discusses why the National Toxicology Program changed its mind about the risk of cancer from cellphones. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
Why was neoliberalism devised and introduced? What impact did the so-called Third World debt crisis have on poorer countries? Why have capitalists gone on what Vijay Prashad calls an investment strike? The historian, journalist, and author connects the dots in a new working document entitled “In the Ruins of the Present.” Resources: Tricontinental: Institute for … Continued
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 Arabia: The … Continued
Trump Slams FBI & AG Jeff Sessions After Agents Raid Home & Office of His Attorney, Michael Cohen; “A Very Dangerous Moment”: Trump Threatens to Strike Syria as Warmonger John Bolton Joins Cabinet; Is “Sorry” Enough? Facebook Built Empire on Harvesting Personal Information with Little Oversight; Denver Post Revolts Against Its “Vulture” Hedge-Fund Owner & … Continued
Syrian rescue workers and activists in Douma, in the Eastern Ghouta province have reported on a deadly gas attack by the Syrian government. The reports have renewed President Donald Trump’s military interest in Syria. On our show today our US foreign policy and empire correspondent Rahul Mahajan will share his analysis of the on-going situation. … Continued
Guests: Author, educator and activist Jaclyn Friedman discusses her new book, UNSCREWED, which documents groundbreaking work being done to change the sexual culture. Juana Alicia, one of the visionary artists who created the Maestrapeace mural that wraps the San Francisco Women’s Building, and Women’s Building Executive Director Teresa Mejia. Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen, one of the Mercury 13, women who … Continued
We’re told that the police are imperfect, but if we make the right reforms, the bad apples will be weeded out and aggressive behavior no longer tolerated. But, as David Correia argues, what if the police are not reformable? Resources: David Correia and Tyler Wall, Police: A Field Guide Verso, 2018
