Many have concluded that the climate emergency will only be addressed by mass collective action. But given the small size of the U.S. left, who would populate such a movement? Scholar and participant-activist Kai Bosworth draws lessons from the struggles against the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines in the Upper Midwest, which brought … Continued
“Kids Will Be Harmed by This”: Trump Admin Rolls Back Protections for Transgender Students; We Have to Keep Fighting: Water Protectors Vow Continued Resistance to #DAPL as Main Camp Is Evicted; Days After Pruitt Becomes EPA Head, Newly Released Emails Show His Ties to Koch Bros. & Energy Firms.
“Kids Will Be Harmed by This”: Trump Admin Rolls Back Protections for Transgender Students; We Have to Keep Fighting: Water Protectors Vow Continued Resistance to #DAPL as Main Camp Is Evicted; Days After Pruitt Becomes EPA Head, Newly Released Emails Show His Ties to Koch Bros. & Energy Firms.
The actions at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota continue. While mainstream media coverage is lacking, Native, citizen and independent journalists have been using social media to share anything from profiles within the Oceti Sakowin Camp, to live Facebook video of on-the-ground actions. We share interviews from a grassroots media group called the … Continued
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Hard Knock Radio, will broadcast live from the Impact Hub in downtown Oakland. Joining HKR’s host, Davey D will be George Galvis, the Executive Director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice and other community activists. Our talk will center around NoDAPL, Standing Rock and Indigenous Resistance in the fight against corporate greed and empire. … Continued
Journalist Rose Aguilar with new stories from the encampment at Standing Rock, and Elaine Showalter discusses the fascinating career of poet and feminist activist Julia Ward Howe. Living into her nineties, from the slavery era into the twentieth century, Howe penned the most famous war anthem of all time before becoming a feminist advocate for … Continued
Standing Rock Chair: Obama Could Stop the Dakota Pipeline Today & Preserve Indigenous Sacred Sites; The Indigo Girls Launch #NoDAPL Boycott to Protest Pipeline Owner Who Runs Major Folk Music Festival; “I Do Not Play for Oil Interests”: Jackson Browne to His Biggest Fan, the Billionaire Behind #DAPL; Who is Kelcy Warren, the Texas Billionaire … Continued
Standing Rock Chair: Obama Could Stop the Dakota Pipeline Today & Preserve Indigenous Sacred Sites; The Indigo Girls Launch #NoDAPL Boycott to Protest Pipeline Owner Who Runs Major Folk Music Festival; “I Do Not Play for Oil Interests”: Jackson Browne to His Biggest Fan, the Billionaire Behind #DAPL; Who is Kelcy Warren, the Texas Billionaire … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we begin a week of Special Election Coverage with an extensive conversation with Greg Palast and an encore broadcast of Indidenous People’s Day 2016 from Alcatraz Island. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Today on Flashpoints: a frontline update from Standing Rock and a plea for support. Also, an in-depth look at Clinton and her latest encounter with the FBI. And a strong call for the leadership in south Korea to step down. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
