Africa Today – November 17, 2025
A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. UN Security Council passes Gaza peace with “Board of Peace” headed by Trump; COP 30 Climate Summit hears small island nation calls for stronger action on global warming; Weekend immigration raids in Charlotte NC trigger protests over … Continued
Today on the show: We feature our weekly segment, Genocide-Watch, with Sam Husseini and Special Guest Craig Mokhiber, an international human rights lawyer and activist and a former senior United Nations human rights official. Mokhiber will comment on the UN Security Council resolution just adopted today: This proposal has been rejected by Palestinian civil society … Continued
Mapping Power Shifts from New York to Puerto Rico
On a recent edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with organizer and scholar Dr Rosa Clemente to map the rapidly shifting political terrain from New York City to Puerto Rico and the wider Caribbean. The conversation opened with the historic election of Zorhan Mandami as mayor elect of New York, a … Continued
Background Briefing – November 17, 2025
The Cast of Characters Feeding the Bogus and Delusional Intel Trump is Using to Justify a War With Venezuela We begin with Trump, Rubio and Hegseth poised to go to war with Venezuela based on the most ridiculous intelligence from a couple of shadow warriors and threat fabricators financed by the Overstock CEO behind the … Continued
Plants make up over 80% of life on earth. No animal would exist without plants’ ultimate magic trick of turning sunlight into food. Today, scientists are unearthing a wild, weird world of vegetal genius. But how can we truly understand beings so radically different from ourselves? We consider the emerging science of plants from the … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the amount of microplastics in tea bags, why artificial turf is being blamed for pro sports injuries, and how the legal profession is beginning to recognize the Rights of Nature. Then integrative and functional medicine practitioner Dr. Sharon Goldberg talks about the revolution in the … Continued
Womens Magazine – November 17, 2025
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Are mass protests and elections enough to block the slide toward authoritarianism? Labor scholar and organizer Eric Blanc argues that neither will suffice without exerting leverage on the key pillars of Trump’s support. He discusses how a multi-level campaign against the corporations and other entities that back the administration could be organized, as well as … Continued
Caving on the Shutdown/ Campaigning for Gaza/ Dementia Man
On today’s wide-ranging program, Ralph welcomes David Dayen of “The American Prospect” to discuss the Democrats caving on the shutdown. Then, Ralph speaks to Dani Noble from Jewish Voice for Peace about their BDS campaigns, efforts to block weapons shipments to Israel, and the state of the ceasefire in Gaza. Finally, Ralph speaks to original … Continued