With Ernest Freeberg, Professor of History at the University of Tennessee and author of the book Democracy’s Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, The Great War, and the Right to Dissent. About the book: In 1920, socialist leader Eugene V. Debs ran for president while serving a ten-year jail term for speaking against America’s role in World War … Continued
Man Who Filmed Freddie Gray’s Arrest: Power of a Copwatch Camera is “Almost Like Live Bullets”; Seattle Strike Enters Fifth Day as Teachers Protest Testing Policies, Racial Inequity & Low Wages; Operation Naked King: Secret DEA Sting in Bolivia Confirms Evo Morales’ Fears About U.S. Meddling; Julian Assange: U.S. Spying on WikiLeaks Led to Mistaken … Continued
Dr. Amelia Barili will join Nurse Rona on “About Health” to discuss Yoga and Qigong. These two time-tested techniques and practices foster self-healing, resilience, and creativity. The combination of Yoga and Qigong can help you focus your attention, deepen your intentions, overcome pain, and increase well being. As always we welcome your comments and … Continued
Francophone poet, playwright, intellectual, and politician, Aimé Césaire was a fierce critic of the colonial condition and a modernist trailblazer. Scholar Natalie Melas considers the politics and poetics of the Martiniquan writer, arguably the greatest poet of anticolonialism and decolonization. For more details and higher-quality audio, visit againstthegrain.org
Dr. Candace Falk, director of the Emma Goldman Papers at UC Berkeley. Emma Goldman (1869–1940) stands as a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism. An influential and well-known anarchist of her day, Goldman was an early advocate of free speech, birth control, women’s equality and independence, and union organization. Her criticism of mandatory conscription … Continued
The state legislature has passed a bill requiring most police agencies to collect and report racial profiling data — we speak with with Reverend Ben McBride of PICO about what it means, and what’s next. Plus: Baltimore author D. Watkins on what it’s like living in two worlds as a black man in America. Guests: … Continued
In Upset, Socialist Jeremy Corbyn Elected as U.K. Labour Leader on Antiwar, Pro-Refugee Platform; “A Political Insurrection in Britain”: Tariq Ali on Election of Jeremy Corbyn as New Labour Leader; Conservative Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Ousted by His Own Party; Is Oklahoma Set to Execute an Innocent Man? Inside the Case of Richard Glossip.
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Host Luis Medina will feature an interview with renowned Cuban vocalist Fito Reinoso. Fito Reinoso has been a fixture in the SF Bay Area Salsa scene for over 30 years since his days singing for Tumbao Y Cuerdas to leading his band Ritmo Y Armonia and his side project Los Clasicos De Cuba. The interview … Continued
This is a special encore edition. On today’s show we’re exploring how some women have been dehumanized to the point of indifference. We ll learn how one community is undoing the silence around the violence women of color face. We ll also hear about how serial killers were able to hunt down mostly Black women … Continued
After a major climate bill loses its teeth, Governor Brown says he’s ready to go it alone – so, what would that actually look like? We discuss climate policy and the changing balance of power in Sacramento. Then: California’s massive retirement funds are struggling to maintain their funding levels – and critics are starting to … Continued
