How cheap oil changes world politics: we talk to Michael Klare about elections, wars, and climate change. Then another side effect of plunging prices: the demise of this country’s newest news network, Al Jazeera America. Guests: Michael Klare, professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College, author of many books on on the … Continued
The Kochs & the Nazis: Book Reveals Billionaires’ Father Built Key Oil Refinery for the Third Reich; Dark Money: Jane Mayer on How the Koch Bros. & Billionaire Allies Funded the Rise of the Far Right; How the Kochs Tried (and Failed) to Discredit Reporter Jane Mayer After She Exposed their Empire.
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Tonight’s program features: an interview on the Salvadoran Literacy campaign that reveals the state of affairs in the country; a discussion with Paul Flores about his play, “Placas, The Most Dangerous Tatoo;” a tribute to poet activists Mamacoatl and Francisco X. Alarcon; and musica and a calendar of upcoming events.
On today’s program we speak with Alicia one of the protesters from the Bay Area Bridge shut down. And later we hear from organizers gathered at the homes of Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf, Police Chief Sean Whent and San Francisco’s Police Chief Greg Suhr to protest the accelerated expulsion of Black and Brown people from … Continued
The science of the aging process, with guest: Dr. Jay Olshansky. Hosted by Michio Kaku.
Jeffry Fawcett PhD and Layna Berman review the American Cancer Society’s new guidelines for mammograms and critique them using several review articles and editorials pointing to increased mortality from overdiagnosis and overtreatment of breast cancer. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
When, in response to police violence, Black Lives Matter and other protesters get unruly or violent, they are condemned for not following the lead of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Juliet Hooker considers whether it’s fair to expect Blacks, who she says have been perpetual losers in U.S. democracy, to peacefully acquiesce, to behave like … Continued
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BOLO, global acoustic magic makers performs live. Tickets for lucky winners: Bolo’s upcoming gig: 1/23/16 at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley. Upright bass, harmonium, Ngoni Ba (stringed instrument from Guinea), ney, (Iranian flute), drum kit and djembe. People, Get ready. This pic snapped after last live show on Music of the World: Eliyahu Sills, … Continued
Community discussion on the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations and subsequent boycott
Former U.S. Captive in Iran Hails Prisoner Exchange Just as Nuclear Deal Eases Crippling Sanctions; Shane Bauer, Former US Prisoner in Iran, Spars with Hillary Clinton over Her Call for New Sanctions; Clinton vs. Sanders, Who Do Progressives Choose? As Race Heats Up, 2 Socialist Feminists Debate.
