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Emiliano Lemus interviews Nicole Rose of Solidarity Apothecary about herbs to resist fascism. They discuss organizing strategies for connecting with plant medicines as our communities navigate ICE and police violence, prisoner support, protests, and more. We also chat about Nicole Rose’s book, Herbalism and State Violence: Practical Herbal Medicine for Surviving State Repression, available as … Continued
It’s been called a new gold rush, but not of our external environment, which continues to be plundered, but of our internal environment — of our psyches. Historian of science D. Graham Burnett, one of the Friends of Attention, lays out what’s at stake — and how they’re organizing a movement to reclaim our attention.
Host Ali Abunimah sits down with Maha Hussaini, the head of Media and Public Engagement at Euro Med Human Rights Monitor. She tells us about their new report that exposes sexual violence against Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centres as a de facto state policy, used as a tool of subjugation and destruction. While … Continued
UpFront (Replay) – May 5, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – May 5, 2026
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
On today’s show, Host Cat Brooks is in conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi debunking the origins of authoritarianisms and the “great replacement theory” and how those ideas have become dominant political ideas in our time ushering in an antidemocratic age. Dr. Ibram X Kendi is a professor of history and the founding director of … Continued
Fund Drive Special with Luke Kemp
Luke Kemp is a research affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge.
Democracy Now! – May 5, 2026
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Background Briefing (5am) – May 5, 2026
On today’s briefing: Leaks From European Intel Say Putin is Increasingly Paranoid and Afraid of His Own Military We begin with leaks to CNN from European Intelligence Services suggesting Putin is increasingly paranoid and hunkered down in a bunker in Kraznodar in Southern Russia apparently afraid of his own military while taking extreme measures to … Continued