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Hondurans are protesting fiercely against the official results of a November 26th election saying it was stolen. On our show today we’ll follow up with Suyapa Portillo who had been an election observer – she will explain why the US-backed incumbent Juan Hernandez remains in power and how Hondurans are refusing to accept him. Then … Continued
Entrevista con Cheche Alara; Reportes Sobre Puerto Rico y Cataluña; y Kápsulas Insumisas
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Entrevista con el productor, compositor y arreglista Cheche Alara. Arturo Massol, de Radio Casa Pueblo, sobre la crísis humanitaria en Puerto Rico. Angelina Llongueras reporta sobre las elecciones en Cataluña. Kápsulas Insumisas, de La Kolektiva Libertaria. Producido y conducido por Miguel Guerrero.
How to organize for social justice under situations of great duress? That’s both a question for our times and for much of the last half century. Trainer and longtime organizer Mike Miller discusses empowering people to change their world, drawing from the Civil Rights movement and other historic struggles. He also talks about the contested … Continued
The GOP says it has the votes to pass the biggest pro-corporate tax give-away ever. PLUS the Trump FCC has just given away net neutrality. there’s a lot to discuss! With host Kris Welch.
On today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Jacqueline Jones, expert in American social history, about her book Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical. She relates the extraordinary life of Lucy Parsons, militant, writer, orator, and agitator. From a daughter of an enslave woman growing up in Texas to a … Continued
Ziad Abbas is a journalist, educator and Program Manager for Cross-Cultural Programs at the Middle East Children’s Alliance. He is a Palestinian refugee from the West Bank and he joins UpFront to discuss what is shifting politically in Palestine. Afterwards, Michelle de Vera and Terrance Lee, sister-in-law and brother of Paul Wilber Lee, join us on the air … Continued
Puerto Rico Orders Recount of Hurricane Maria Death Toll After Investigation Suggests 1,000+ Died; U.N. Special Rapporteur Says Tax Bill Will Make the U.S. “World Champion of Extreme Inequality”; CDC Bars Words Like “Transgender” & “Science-Based” as “Ideology Is Being Elevated Above Evidence.”
As Republicans scramble to win passage of their massive 500-page tax reform bill through the reconciliation process we’ll turn to our news correspondent Arun Gupta for a look at how naked the greed is, what the Democratic Party’s strategy is, and how progressive activists are fighting to stop the bill. Then author Gordon Lafer will … Continued
Tribute to Clarinetist Ralph Carney
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Eclectic mix show with Stephen Kent (3rd & 4th Mondays) Tonight’s program features a live performance and interview with Israeli peace activist, singer-songwriter & UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, David Broza who performs with kanun master Ali Paris Dec 19th at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. The second hour is a tribute to the great multi-instrumentalist … Continued