Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Elisabeth Rosenthal about her book An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back. Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal was for twenty-two years a reporter, correspondent, and senior writer at The New York Times before becoming the editor in chief of Kaiser Health News, an independent journalism newsroom … Continued
Immigrant Workers Lead Thousands in NYC May Day Protests: “Without Our Labor, the City Cannot Move”; May Day Protests Held at NC State Capitol as GOP Lawmakers Push Bill Defunding “Sanctuary Cities”; ACLU Fight Persists in North Carolina: NCAA Basketball Has Returned, But Anti-Trans HB 2 Remains Law; Is North Carolina Still a Democracy? How … Continued
On today’s show we first speak with Hatem Bazian about Hamas New Charter for Palestine. Hatem Bazian is the co-founder and Professor of Islamic Law and Theology at Zaytuna College, the 1st Accredited Muslim Liberal Arts College in the United States. Prof. Bazian is also a lecturer in the Departments of Near Eastern and Asian American and … Continued
Immigrant Workers Lead Thousands in NYC May Day Protests: “Without Our Labor, the City Cannot Move”; May Day Protests Held at NC State Capitol as GOP Lawmakers Push Bill Defunding “Sanctuary Cities”; ACLU Fight Persists in North Carolina: NCAA Basketball Has Returned, But Anti-Trans HB 2 Remains Law; Is North Carolina Still a Democracy? How … Continued
L.A. Kauffman talks about the history of radical action in the U.S. beginning May Day 1971, when an audacious collection of radical announced that “If the government won’t stop the war, we’ll stop the government.” The extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten action in Washington, D.C. leads into a discussion of movements from the anti-nuclear power protests of the 1970s and … Continued
When and how did racial liberalism find its way onto the liberal – and Democratic Party – agenda? Rather than seeing the 1960s as the critical moment in the partisan realignment on race, Eric Schickler claims that the process of connecting civil rights support to the liberal project began in the late 1930s, thanks to … Continued
Ralph assesses the first 100 days of the Trump administration. He also talks to Maria Maisto of the New Faculty Majority about how universities’ exploitation of adjunct professors hurts higher education. And Ellen Brown tells us how public banks are the best alternative to Wall Street.
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich speaks with Vijay Prashad Indian historian, journalist, and commentator, about his book The Death of the Nation and the Future of the Arab Revolution. He is the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College. We talk about May Day and … Continued
On today’s show: May Day Protests in The Bay Area. We talk with Clarence Thomas, longtime labor unionist, activist and longshoremen and Sagnicthe Salazar, Organizer with Xicana Moratorium Coalition and Lead Organizer for Oakland Sin Fronteras Coalition. Source Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/31930326494 Then, Fred Glass explains the History of Labor and General Strikes. He is the Communications Director for the California … Continued
Watch the Indigenous Water Ceremony That Opened the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C.; People’s Climate March: A Protest Against the Fossil Fuel Industry Taking Over the U.S. Government; Indigenous Leader Kandi Mossett: “It’s Not OK for Our Women to Die Because We Want to Protect Water”; Sens. Markey & Merkley Push Bill for 100% … Continued
