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Famine Looms in Parts of Africa and Yemen

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Famines are looming over several dry and war-torn areas in North Africa and the Middle East. The United Nations officially declared a famine in South Sudan last week, and is on the verge of declaring famines in Yemen, Somalia and northeastern Nigeria as well. While low rai... Read more

Project Censored Show

Airs at: Wed, 03/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Nolan, Nicholas and Michael open the program with a roundtable discussion on fascist tendencies in the Trump administration, as well as the rise of extremist opinion in place of fact-based journalism. Alisha Huartado provides summaries of several important but under-repo... Read more

Stephen F. Cohen on Trump's Russia-connected allegations

Airs at: Thu, 03/02/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Stephen Frand Cohen is an American scholar and professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University.  He joins Per Fagereng on Fight the Empire Thursday March 2nd at 9:30am from the Nation:  "The bipartisan, nearly full-political-spectr... Read more

A Transgender Journey to Manhood in China

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  ​"Born in a rural Chinese village and identified as a girl at birth, Lei Ming, was barely cared for during his childhood. Often lonely, terrified and abused, he learned early to fend for himself and look within for answers, but there he discovered a paradox that threaten... Read more

Is the two-state solution dead for Israel-Palestine?

Airs at: Fri, 02/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
Today on One Land Many Voices we'll hear a special program from Pacifica featuring Ramzy Baroud on the death of the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. In the second half, we hear Ali Abunimah, co-founder of the Electronic Intifada. He is the author of The Battle ... Read more

Trumpism and Fascism, Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Bill Smalldone continue their interview on fascism and Trumpism. In the second part today they discuss how Trump and our warrior politicians and forces can manufacture a threat to this country  -- maybe from Muslim fundamentalism, maybe with Russia or China... Read more

Salt of the Earth

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  Produced at the height of the Hollywood Red Scare by blacklisted filmmakers, 1954's Salt of the Earth is a groundbreaking drama that highlights the roles of Latina women and striking mineworkers.  Jenn Chavez talks with the organizers of an upcoming event at the Hollywoo... Read more

White Privilege: Michael Eric Dyson

Airs at: Tue, 02/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Some people have choices and advantages simply because of the color of their skin. Many whites are unaware of it or if they are are quick to say, Hey, I’m cool and beyond that. Yeah, right. Peggy McIntosh, a noted women’s studies scholar in her classic essay “White Privi... Read more

Veterans for Peace Radio

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  An update of the Trump administration: the departure of Flynn and the withdrawal of Puzder. Then black history month clips from Muhammed Ali, William Harbour a freedom rider, Marion Barry and Olla Hudson a civil rights icon. Read more

DIRECT ACTION: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  As Americans take to the streets in record numbers to resist the presidency of Donald Trump, L.A. Kauffman’s timely, trenchant history of protest offers unique insights into how past movements have won victories in times of crisis and backlash and how they can be most ef... Read more