On January 11th, 2002, the first planeload of twenty detainees from Afghanistan arrived at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Eventually 780 Muslim men were held at Guantanamo, many for ten years or longer, and nearly all were never charged with a crime—a violation of America’s foundational belief in due process and the rule … Continued


In this blistering memoir and expose, Varoufakis blows the lid off the world’s deep establishment, exposing what actually goes on behind the scenes through the corridors of real power. He offers a fascinatingly candid I-was-there account of his meetings with Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers,  and European leaders. He exposes the hypocrisies, power plays, and frustrated … Continued


Michael Eric Dyson is one of America’s premier public intellectuals. He is the University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University, has been an ordained minister for 35 years, is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, A contributing editor for The New Republic and ESPN’s The Undefeated.  Ebony Magazine named him one of … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Spiral: Trapped In The Forever War

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Today on HKR we offer critique from author , writer, journalist, and educator. Mark Danner. Danner has written for three decades on foreign affairs and international conflict. He has covered Central America, Haiti, Balkans, Iraq and the greater Middle East, among many other stories, and has written extensively about the development of American foreign policy … Continued


With Mark Landler, longtime journalist at the New York Times and author of the book Alter Egos: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the Twilight Struggle Over American Power. Then, Eric Fair, an Army veteran who worked in Iraq as a contract interrogator in 2004, on his new memoir Consequence. About Alter Egos:  The deeply reported story of two … Continued


Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast)

“We Will Prevail”: Three Words, Three American Presidents & An Endless War in Iraq

Juan González: Kasich May Look Like a “Moderate,” But He’s Still Dangerously Conservative; “We Will Prevail”: Three Words, Three American Presidents & An Endless War in Iraq; Andrew Bacevich: America’s War for the Greater Middle East Cannot Be Won; Military Historian Agrees with Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton is an Unreconstructed Hawk; #Deported2Death: Why Did Obama … Continued


Juan González: Kasich May Look Like a “Moderate,” But He’s Still Dangerously Conservative; “We Will Prevail”: Three Words, Three American Presidents & An Endless War in Iraq; Andrew Bacevich: America’s War for the Greater Middle East Cannot Be Won; Military Historian Agrees with Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton is an Unreconstructed Hawk; #Deported2Death: Why Did Obama … Continued


Obama’s Plan To Close Guantanamo Is Deeply Flawed; Florida Fast Food Workers Demand Fight for $15 Ahead of Primary; I Heart Obama – a Complex Look at the Black Community’s Relationship with the President – Part 2. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.