With Arlie Russell Hochschild author of the book Strangers in Their Own Land Anger and Mourning on the American Right. About the book: In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country—a stronghold of the conservative … Continued
“Everything Was Cut Immediately”: LIU Faculty and Students Protest Lockout & Class Cancellations; Rep. Barbara Lee on Hillary Clinton’s Health: Transparency is Important, But We Need to Move Forward; Rep. Barbara Lee: Repeal 9/11 Authorization for Use of Force to Cancel Blank Check for Endless War; Lawyer for Imprisoned Whistleblower Chelsea Manning: Ongoing Pattern of … Continued
We check in with George Farah, who reveals the “Secrets of the Tomb,” otherwise known as the Commission on Presidential Debates. And the Mathbabe, Cathy O’Neil, drops in to discuss how numbers can crunch us with her book Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy.
With Robert Warrior, professor of American Studies and English at the University of Kansas. Warrior is co-author of Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee with Paul Chaat Smith. About the book: It’s the mid-1960s, and everyone is fighting back. Black Americans are fighting for civil rights, the counterculture is … Continued
Today we hear excerpts from a talk by Alan Watts on the influx of Eastern philosophy into the American consciousness. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to … Continued
North Dakota v. Amy Goodman: Arrest Warrant Issued After Pipeline Coverage; Water Protectors at Standing Rock React to Obama’s Intervention in Dakota Access Pipeline Battle; In Dramatic Reversal, White House Halts Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Under Missouri River; Native American Activist Winona LaDuke at Standing Rock: It’s Time to Move On from Fossil Fuels; Lakota … Continued
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Interview with the director of The 8th San Francisco Latino Film Festival Lucho Ramirez and Mexican Filmmaker Jose Paredes. Plus, tickets for the Molotov and Carla Morrison shows.
In the first hour Veterans for Peace featuring Andrew J. Bacevich, author of “America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History”, Roy Scranton, author of “War Porn”, and Oliver Stone, co-producer of “The Untold History of the United States”. In the second hour David Talbot, author of “The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles and … Continued
The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy.
The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles and the Rise of America’s Secret Government. Author David Talbot in conversation with political analyst Peter Dale Scott 12/2/15 Mechanics Institute, San Francisco. With Host Philip Maldari.
