Fossil fuels lie at the center of contemporary life — powering, despoiling, and altering everything around us. And that includes environmentalism itself, according to anthropologist David Bond. He discusses how concepts like toxic thresholds and environmental impact assessments are an accommodation to the continued existence of the oil and petro-chemical industries, rather than ways to … Continued
Utopias aren’t unique to the left. The right has labored in myriad ways for a world without fetters on private property. In one striking case, a character called Michael Oliver, with a motley group of associates ranging from English lords to soldiers of fortune, successively attempted to set up a capitalist paradise in the South … Continued
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Political analyst and San Francisco University Professor, Dr. James Taylor breaks down key points around the historic speech delivered by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to the joint sessions of the Congress and Senate. We raise questions about why there was no mention of African students who were not allowed to leave the Ukraine. We explore … Continued
Florida Braces For Massive Hurricane Irma After Storm Pummels Caribbean; Texas Prisoners Are Facing Horrid Conditions After Hurricane Harvey & Retaliation for Reporting Them; Dave Zirin: Stand with NFL Star Michael Bennett, Who Refused to Be Silent About Racial Profiling; Nikole Hannah-Jones: How Wealthy White Communities Are Resegregating Alabama’s Public Schools.
Hurricane Irma, dubbed “one of the most powerful storms in history,” is wreaking devastation across the Caribbean as it heads to Florida, barely as Texans have begun their recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey. On today’s show we’ll speak with Thanu Yakupitiyage of 350.org about putting these storms into the climate context. Then, California is disproportionately … Continued
Florida Braces For Massive Hurricane Irma After Storm Pummels Caribbean; Texas Prisoners Are Facing Horrid Conditions After Hurricane Harvey & Retaliation for Reporting Them; Dave Zirin: Stand with NFL Star Michael Bennett, Who Refused to Be Silent About Racial Profiling; Nikole Hannah-Jones: How Wealthy White Communities Are Resegregating Alabama’s Public Schools.
