Activist Karen Hudson discusses how Sonoma County, California activists organized and won passage of Measure M, which bans genetically modified organisms from contaminating crops, animals, and the environment. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
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Was the emergence of capitalism a preordained affair? Was it natural and inevitable that capitalism developed in England and spread to the rest of the world, as conventional accounts would have it? Or was capitalism’s emergence contingent, arising out of social conflict in the countryside? Marxist scholars Christopher Isett and Stephen Miller explore what the … Continued
Mitch Jeserich interviews Christopher Cook, author and award winning journalist about the nomination of Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor. Acosta is a career attorney and the dean of the Florida International University College of Law. Then Mitch Speaks with John Dvorak, author of the book Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore … Continued
On today’s show we talk with Bernadette Del Chiaro, the Executive Director of CALSEIA which mission is to promote the growth of the solar industry and expand the use of all solar technologies throughout California, about solar and renewable energy in California and around the globe. Using Renewable energy sources can be better … Continued
Noam Chomsky: Trump Administration Is Aiming to Decimate All Programs to Help Working People; Chomsky: With U.S. History of Overthrowing Govts, Outrage over Russian Hacking Claims is Laughable; When Scapegoating Immigrants No Longer Works, Would Trump Stage an Attack to Maintain Power? Extraordinarily Dangerous: Chomsky on How Trump’s Threats Toward N. Korea Could Backfire; Chomsky: … Continued
There is a new national effort to decrease smoking in the U.S. Join Dr. Will Courtenay and his guests, UCSF professors Steven Schroeder, MD, and Valerie Yerger, ND, in discussing smoking, cigarettes and strategies for successfully stopping smoking. Whether you’re trying to quit or concerned about tobacco disparities in your community, you’ll want to listen … Continued
Ralph questions noted linguist, George Lakoff, about the language progressives need to use to get their message across. And Washington Post columnist, Christine Emba, tells us about how “Smartphones Changed Our Lives. Let’s Think Before We Let Robots In.”
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich talks to Ruth DeFries MacArthur fellow and Columbia University professor, she is the author of The Big Ratchet. About the Book: Our species long lived on the edge of starvation. Now we produce enough food for all 7 billion of us to eat nearly 3,000 calories every day. This is such … Continued
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich talks to Robert English for a Russian Perspective on Russia. Robert English is a scholar, author and historian specialized on East Europe and Russia. Source Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag-map_of_Russia-USA.svg Then, Cat Brooks interviews Judith Weisenfeld on her last book New World A-Coming. On the book: When Joseph Nathaniel Beckles registered for the draft … Continued
North Carolina Claims It Repealed HB 2, But LGBTQ Activists Say New Law May Be Just As Dangerous; Trump Meets Egypt’s el-Sisi, Amid Wave of Repression, Jailings & Extrajudicial Killings in Egypt; Silence is Not an Option: Rev. Barber on Dr. King’s Historic “Beyond Vietnam” Speech 50 Years Later; Rev. Barber: New North Carolina Law … Continued