Special Broadcast
Counterspin – February 19, 2010
Guests: Sebastian Jones on Media-Lobbying Complex, Ibrahim Hooper on Islamville TV report This week on CounterSpin: Paid-for pundits. If you've ever wondered who the so-called experts pontificating on cable news channels really are, a new investigation published in the Nation magazine gives you some answers. Reporter Sebastian Jones will join us to talk … Continued
Making Contact – Redefining Human Rights: The Case for Food, Health Care & Housing
When we hear about human rights violations in the news, it’s often about genocide, war, and politically induced famine. But what about the basic human needs that we, here in the US, not in a developing nation, need in order to go about our daily lives? On this edition, a round table discussion about the … Continued
Pacifica Radio Archives: James Baldwin – February 19, 2010
Pacifica Radio Archives is presenting newly digitized material from their archives. We honor Black History Month with bringing you some of the newly available material. What we are showcasing today is James Baldwin.
Freedom Now – New from the Pacifica Archives! – February 17, 2010
A documentary of the 1963 Civil Rights march in Birmingham, Alabama. This audio-documentary contains acutuality of the rally, riots and the voices of Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy and Birmingham's mayor and sheriff.
Fund Drive Special – Every War has Two Losers
In a post 9/11 world is there a place for those that argue war isn t the answer? Poet William Stafford took such a stand. When drafted for World War Two he refused to fight. As a conscientious objector, Stafford was confined to civilian public service camps where he became a life-long voice for seeking … Continued
About Face(Book) – February 14, 2010
We live in a digital world. From surfing the web to texting on our cell phones, we spend more and more time in the digital realm. The Radio Chronicles looks at this through the social networking site Facebook. Five Facebookers talk about being in the digital world with digital friends, playing digital games, communicating to … Continued