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In this episode of UpFront, we hear excerpts of The Mask You Live In, a documentary exploring the social enforcement of toxic masculine behaviors, by The Representation Project. About the Film: The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of … Continued
Mitch Jeserich talks to Robert Paxton, about the history of fascism and why it is relevant in contemporary America. Paxton is a political scientist and historian specializing in the World War II era. He is professor emeritus at Columbia University. About the Anatomy of Fascism: Many authors have proposed definitions, but most fail to move beyond the … Continued
We talk to Laleh Khalili, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics at the University of London about the film The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo. One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying … Continued
Featuring veterans: Andrew Bacevich on the Forever War After 9/11 Roy Scranton, talking about The Age of the Anthropocene Oliver Stone, filmmaker, his latest film Snowden.
Today we hear excerpts from a talk by Alan Watts on the influx of Eastern philosophy into the American consciousness. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to … Continued
An update on the North Dakota Standing Rock Sioux demonstration against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Guest: Ladonna Brave Bull Allard, North Dakota Standing Rock Sioux tribal historian. John Hamilton, Democracy Now! producer and former anchor with Pacifica Evening News/KPFA. Premium: The Doctrine of Discobery: Unmasking The Domination Code. This powerful and landmark documentary is a result of the collaborative … Continued
Mitch Jesrich interviewed Fred Bransfman, American anti-war activist and author of a number of books about the Indochina War. Bransfman exposed the covert bombing of Laos by the US in the sixties and seventies, which he claimed was directed at civilians.
Studs Terkel, historian, actor, and broadcaster. Terkel was acclaimed for his efforts to preserve American oral history. His 1985 book “The Good War”: An Oral History of World War Two, which detailed ordinary peoples’ accounts of the country’s involvement in World War II, won the Pulitzer Prize. For Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression, … Continued
With Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC). Kiswani talks to Mitch Jeserich about the bill AB2844 and the protest against the Urban Shields conference. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS Movement) is a global campaign attempting to increase economic and political pressure on Israel to end Israel’s occupation and colonization of Palestinian … Continued
With Nancy Unger, professor of history at Santa Clara University and author of the book Belle La Follete: Progressive Era Reformer. About the Book: In 1931, the New York Times hailed Belle Case La Follette as “probably the least known yet most influential of all the American women who have had to do with public … Continued
