The world is facing two existential threats, one acknowledged but inadequately addressed, and the other largely forgotten until recently: global warming and nuclear weapons. Scholar Michael Klare discusses the dangerous great power politics highlighted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and their deleterious effects on nuclear proliferation and the struggle to slow the climate disaster. Resources: … Continued
It’s been likened to the Paris Commune, but took place a mere forty-one years ago. In 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea, rose up against dictatorship, and for some precious days the liberated city governed itself from below through mass assemblies. George Katsiaficas discusses the history of repression and rebellion in Korea and the … Continued
Cold War ll, is being actively pursued by the usual suspects in U.S. and world governments: the famed military-industrial complex—this time with China. Peace and World Security Studies expert Michael Klare shares his concerns, and hopes.Hosted by Kris Welch.
New national security report names China as the biggest threat to the U.S. Clarifications form Michael Klare. PLUS: a beautiful, heartbreaking poem/memoir from Adam Mansbach, about his brother’s suicide. Hosted by Kris Welch.
U.S.-China relations are crucial to the global response to climate change. But instead of cooperation, they appear headed into Cold War, says Michael Klare. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Warnings of Russian interference in the 2020 US. elections are increasing. How bad is it? Compared to U.S. interference in foreign elections? David Shimer tells us. Hosted by Kris Welch. Guest: David Shimer is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and an Associate Fellow at Yale University. He is the … Continued
Two historic global economic contractions almost within a decade of each other would have been hard to fathom, if we weren’t living through them. Marxist geographer Richard Walker examines the shape of the United States and world economies during the coronavirus. He also discusses the effects of the crisis on the fossil fuel industry and … Continued
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We speak with scholar and activists about the rise in Anti-Asian sentiment and the President scapegoating China during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Corona Virus: still evolving, still spreading, already negatively impacting world economies. We speak with Dr. Yanzhong Huang. PLUS: it’s Super Tuesday! What’s down ticket in Cali? We catch up with Dan Morain. PLUS: Sherry Glaser brings us Oh My Goddess! Just in time. With host Kris Welch. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Updates on costs of NBA offense to China, worsening global inequality, poverty mocks Nobel prize for 3 economists working on “incremental solutions” to poverty, why Google donated to global warming deniers, and latest crisis in defaults on US auto loans. Interview Richard Hobbs, Human Agenda Director, San Jose, CA, expert on worker coops.”
