An Oral History Project. Guest: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, a scholar of Indigenous History, radical writer and author of the book An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States.
An Oral History Project. Guest: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, a scholar of Indigenous History, radical writer and author of the book An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States.
In the first hour “Teach the Children Well” with Jackie Goldberg, new member of the LA Unified Board. In the second hour “The Father of Our Country” with David Bacon and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
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NICK ESTES with ROXANNE DUNBAR ORTIZ Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock vs the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance. In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous … Continued
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NICK ESTES with ROXANNE DUNBAR ORTIZ Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock vs the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance. In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous … Continued
We’ll start today’s show with Malinda Maynor Lowery, author of a new fascinating book called Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle. Then, we’ll re-air an archived interview from a couple of years ago to speak with Sky Roosevelt-Morris of the American Indian Movement about the battle to rename Columbus Day as ‘Indigenous People’s Day.’ Finally, Dina … Continued
Israel begins the trial of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi behind closed doors even as the Knesset considers a “Jewish-nation state” bill. On today’s show we’ll turn to Huwaida Arraf, our Palestine and Refugees correspondent who is also an activist and lawyer, for more on these stories. Then, as yet another gun-related massacre at a school … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire hour to yesterday’s mass shooting in Florida. We’ll speak with former FBI special agent and whistleblower, Colleen Rowley. Also, Indigenous author, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, about the shooting in the context of a newly released book of hers, Loaded: A Disarming History of The Second Amendment. And we’ll be joined … Continued
In the first part of today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich talks to Dean Baker about the turmoil that is occurring in the global market. Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. Then, we are in conversation with radical and historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz about the connection of … Continued
As NAFTA renegotiations take place in Montreal, Canada, Donald Trump is in Davos, Switzerland for the annual World Economic Forum. On our show today we’ll ask Karen Hansen-Kuhn of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy what Trump’s agenda really means. Then, journalist Kevin Gosztola, who has been following Chelsea Manning’s story for years, will … Continued
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