The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – August 9, 2018
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Today on Flashpoints, we continue our coverage of Haiti where the appointment of new Prime Minister following an uprising in the capital last month is being met with more resistance and scepticism. Then we have an update on the arrest and deportations by Israel of international activists in the Gaza bound Freedom Flotilla. Finally, we … Continued
WorkWeek hears from activists who are calling for the freedom of journalist and whistleblower Julian Assange who helped form WickiLeaks. The Ecuadoran government is being pressured by the US and UK to push Julian Assange out where he would be arrested by UK police and turned over to the US government. The US government wants … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
First, our daily news headlines; then well cover Trumps attacks on fuel efficiency standards for cars and what it means even as global warming is happening all around us. Paul Cort of Earthjustice will join us. Then, how Trump repeatedly uses violent rhetoric against the press and impact it can have on the safety of … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.