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The Russians Are Coming, Again

Airs at: Thu, 12/20/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Per Fagereng welcomes authors Jeremy Kuzmarov and John Marciano to Fight The Empire to talk about their new book The Russians Are Coming, Again. Karl Marx famously wrote in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon that history repeats itself, “first as tragedy, then as ... Read more

Extinction Rebellion

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    A series of large protests this month have blocked bridges, attempted to obstruct Parliament and generally disrupt life-as-usual in the United Kingdom, as part of "Extinction Rebellion," a new, more in-your-face phase of the climate movement. Our guest, George Barda, ... Read more

Students for Justice in Palestine/Mental Health in Gaza

Airs at: Fri, 11/23/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
Today’s show will be two parts – in the first half, host Layla Kanaan speaks with Portland activist Heidi Lee, who attended the recent national conference of Students for Justice in Palestine. The conference was held at UCLA in Los Angeles, and was met with protests and hec... Read more

Beyond 2019

Airs at: Sat, 11/24/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century, Beyond 2019: the future of drug policies and lessons learned, with audio from Craig Mokhiber from the UN's Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, and Dominique Favre, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN. Read more

The 'F' Word

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  The F-Word: Ajamu Baraka on the Military-Industrial Complex...The Centennial of Armistice Day...Gerald Horne on Poland's 'White Power' March...And More...  On the Ground is a weekly show from Washington, DC covering social justice activism.  100 years after the end of W... Read more

Climate Change, Conflict, and Refugees

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Thom Becker reads from an article entitled “Climate Change Is Increasing Regional Conflict and Creating Millions of Refugees Across the Globe” By Steve Trent  for the online news page, AlterNet. Photo: Syrian refugee camp in Suruc, Turkey (September 7, 2017) Photo Credit: ... Read more

How Hitler Happened: Benjamin Hett

Airs at: Tue, 11/13/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The post-WW1 Weimar Republic in Germany was the height of European civilization. Its scientists and scholars led the world. Its Bauhaus architecture was the rage. Its arts featured such luminaries as Fritz Lang, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Thomas Mann. Yet, out of thi... Read more

Jim Belushi

Airs at: Sun, 11/11/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century: Peter Sarosi from the Rights Reporter Foundation in Hungary addresses the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and we speak with the actor, musician and comedian Jim Belushi, proprietor of Belushi's Farm in Eagle Point, Oregon. Read more

How to go for broke as an anti-war advocate - Scott Horton interview Part 1 - Ep 27

Airs at: Fri, 11/09/2018 at 12:00pm - Thu, 11/15/2018 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
Today, Danny and I present part 1 of our sitdown with Scott Horton, host of Anti-War Radio on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, which is also known by its podcast name, the Scott Horton Show.  Scott has hosted Anti-War Radio since 2003 and has done several thousand interviews wi... Read more

Puerto Rico's Quiet Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, it resulted in thousands of deaths and knocked out power for nearly a year. Further, the devastation worsened a debt crisis that's crippled public services for years. So residents of already-abandoned communities were not surprise... Read more