More than two million farmworkers do the hard, sometimes backbreaking work of planting, growing, and harvesting crops in the U.S. Focusing on strawberry and grape pickers in California, David Bacon describes what the work involves, where the workers come from, and steps they’re taking to protect their rights and pursue justice. (Encore presentation.) The Reality … Continued


The Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Chris Hedges on A Genocide Foretold / David Swanson of World BEYOND War

Ralph Nader welcomes journalist Chris Hedges to talk about his new book, A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine. Then, Ralph speaks to David Swanson of World BEYOND War about what his organization is doing to resist this country’s casual acceptance of being constantly at war. Finally, Ralph checks in with … Continued


Law & Disorder

Visual Primer on Mass Incarceration w/ James Kilgore and Vic Liu

Those targeted for incarceration do not simply submit to a monochromatic existence behind bars. Mass incarceration is a lived, sensory experience. On today’s show we speak with the authors of a new visual primer on mass incarceration. The Warehouse brings to life the histories and means of daily survival of the marginalized people ensnared in … Continued