Global Affairs

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Learning from the Left in Bolivia

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with Nicole Fabricant, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Towson University and author of Mobilizing Bolivia’s Displaced: Indigenous Politics and the Struggle over Land, about the recent electoral successes of MAS, the Bolivian Socialist Movement. ... Read more

European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 11/18/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs, ESPAD for short, is a collaborative effort of research teams in more than 40 European countries and the largest cross-national research project on adolescent substance use in the world. On this edition of Centur... Read more

Labor Radio on 11/16/20 - The Gig-Economy is Crushing Workers

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2020 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
  The Success of Prop 22 Spells Disaster for Worker Protections Hosts Michael Cathcart & Eliott Gilliland examine the unprecedented corporate misinformation campaign that led California voters to approve the landmark anti-worker ballot measure, Proposition 22. They also di... Read more

End the Blockade

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Luisa Herrera talks to socialist activist Tom Wojcik about a recently released statement by the Democratic Socialists of America denouncing the US-Cuba embargo. Aside from the demands in the letter, Luisa and Tom discuss how economic sanctions impact life for citizens in bo... Read more

The Black Banners (Declassified) w/ Ali Soufan - Ep 85

Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
Ali Soufan, former FBI agent who investigated al Qaeda in the late 1990’s up to and including the 9/11 attacks, chairman and CEO of The Soufan Group, and author of several great works, including the recent second edition of “The Black Banners”, now completely unredacted, st... Read more

The Left and the Law

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker survey some of the victories in the November elections for criminal justice reform. They also discuss the criminal case against human rights attorney Steven Donziger-- ultimately for holding Chevron responsible for its heinous oil mining practic... Read more

“I Ain’t Marching Anymore: Dissenters, Deserters, and Objectors to America’s Wars” w/ Chris Lombardi - Ep 84

Airs at: Thu, 11/05/2020 at 6:30am - Thu, 11/19/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
Chris Lombardi, editor at Democratic Left Online, stops by the podcast to discuss her new book “I Ain’t Marching Anymore: Dissenters, Deserters, and Objectors to America’s Wars”.  It’s an amazing history of military dissenters, conscientious objectors, and their hard, but d... Read more

New Psychoactive Substances and International Reform

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century: International drug policy reform, featuring Bishnu Sharma, Executive Director of the nongovernmental organization Recovering Nepal; Doctor Justice Tettey, he heads up UNODC’s Laboratory and Scientific Section; and Doctor David Nutt, the Edmond J. Safra... Read more

The foreign policy history of Joe Biden - Ep 83

Airs at: Sat, 10/31/2020 at 6:30am - Sat, 11/14/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
It all comes down to this.  After around 18 months of speculation and primaries, the election is Tuesday.  The country is at a crossroads of immense proportions.  And to add to the leftist/progressive discussion and atmosphere of the 2020 presidential election, here is an a... Read more

Regulating The Stimulant Market

Airs at: Wed, 10/28/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: Dr. Emily Wang, Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, on the new report by NASEM entitled Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety. Plus, Lorenzo Uribe, a graduate s... Read more