WorkWeek – January 17, 2017
Covering issues facing working people and the trade union movement from education, healthcare, housing, the environment and public workers. It also examines the role of international labor and the US trade union movement
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With #DisruptJ20 actions taking place in only a few days, many are wondering both what far-Right forces will do in response to massive protests that are planned in Washington DC and across the country, and how will the insurgent far-Right continue to maneuver now that Trump is in office. Wanting to think critically about these … Continued
With his inauguration days away, President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to lash out at critics in the intelligence community and at civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis who called Trump’s presidency illegitimate. Activists kick off what they call 120 hours to reclaim the radical legacy of Martin Luther King. The week’s actions will include direct … Continued
Everyday seems to bring a new sign of the coming apocalypse, as even mainstream and government institutions proclaim that human caused climate change now seems inevitable and we must prepare to suffer the consequences. Some even widely proclaim that there is in fact nothing we can do to stop the climate catastrophe, and even if … Continued
On today’s show, we’ll honor Dr. Martin Luther King by replaying two interviews about his radical legacy, along with a recently discovered speech that he gave in London in 1964. The interviews are with Clayborne Carson (professor of history at Stanford University and director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute), and … Continued
CounterSpin – January 13, 2017
CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the each week’s major news stories, and exposes what the mainstream media may have missed in their own coverage. Produced by the national media watch group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting).
Behind the News – January 12, 2017
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich interviews Nancy Marie Brown, the author of many books about Iceland and Vikings. Her most recent book is Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them. About Ivory Vikings: In the early 1800s, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an … Continued
On todays show, long time political activist and co-founder of Weather Underground, Bill Ayers, joins us to discuss his book Demand the Impossible – A Radical Manifesto so relevant in light of our presidential election. Then, well turn to Dennis Henigan, hes the author of Guns Dont Kill, People Kill People, And Other Myths About … Continued
WorkWeek – January 10, 2017
Covering issues facing working people and the trade union movement from education, healthcare, housing, the environment and public workers. It also examines the role of international labor and the US trade union movement