In this episode host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Sally Parry, Executive Director of the Sinclair Lewis Society, about the legacy of Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel It Can’t Happen Here, which prophesied an authoritarian takeover in the US.
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Excerpts of the 6 part series Capitalism. Capitalism has been the engine of unprecedented economic growth and social transformation. With the fall of the communist states and the triumph of “neo- liberalism,” capitalism is by far the world’s dominant ideology. But how much do we understand about how it originated, and what makes it work? … Continued
On Today’s show a new speech by Richard Wolff who dives into the economics of immigration and the economics of immigration restriction.
Advocate: DHS Proposal to Split Children from Parents at U.S. Border is “State-Sanctioned Violence”; Advocate: We Expect Trump’s New Muslim Travel Ban Will Be As Unlawful As First Executive Order; Meet Jocelyn Avelica, Whose Dad Was Detained by ICE While Driving his Daughter to School; Debate: Are Trump’s Ties to Russia a Dangerous Security Issue … Continued
Live Kirtan with Studio Audience
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Join Jai Uttal for a kirtan taping in the KPFA studio. Please come and be part of the broadcast. Free! Doors close at 10am sharp. Live studio audience of up to 40 is fine. Audience will be seated and we will do Live Kirtan/, call and response. I believe the great gospel singer Vernon Bush … Continued
White, disabled, and genderqueer, Eli Clare’s new book, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure, questions the typical hostility of the disability movement toward the mythology of The Cure. He explores his rage at the many ways the ‘search for the cure’ has ostracized and limited people with disabilities. But, then he dives deeper. Based in his … Continued
With Guest Harriet Fraad, Mental Health Counselor & Hypnotherapist and feminist Left thinker, on the rise of feminism in the USA, its successes, and how it failed to incorporate class struggle in the feminist movement. 42% of children are now born outside of marriage, and women suffer the least equality among the richer nations. Dr. … Continued
Features the Book “The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Hannah Arendt; and the Documentary Film “Vita Activa: The Spirit of Ahnnah Arendt” by Ada Upshiz. Hosted by Salima Hamirani and Mitch Jeserich.
As Sessions Recuses Himself From Campaign Investigation, Questions Remain Over Trump-Russia Ties; Trump’s Proposed EPA Cuts Threaten Health & Lives of Tens of Millions of Americans; Revealed: Environmental Activist Berta Caceres’ Suspected Killers Received U.S. Military Training.
Nourishing Broth: An Old-Fashioned Remedy for The Modern World, by Sally Fallon.