National • News & Public Affairs
A weekly one-hour public affairs radio program that provides analyses and views that are ignored or distorted in most media.Guests include Dar Jamail, Michael Pollan, Noam Chomsky, Antonia Jusef, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Jeff Cohen, David Zirin, Bill Moyers and Howard Zinn.
A weekly one-hour public affairs radio program that provides analyses and views that are ignored or distorted in most media.Guests include Dar Jamail, Michael Pollan, Noam Chomsky, Antonia Jusef, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Jeff Cohen, David Zirin, Bill Moyers and Howard Zinn.
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May 5, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
Hidden History of U.S.-Iran Relations
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States have been at loggerheads ever since America’s ally, the shah, was overthrown in 1979. Iran was an important part of U.S. hegemony in the Middle East. In the decades since, Washington has waged cyber warfare, drone strikes, assassinations, sabotage and sanctions against Tehran. Washington and its media echo chamber portray Iran as dangerous and threatening even though it’s surrounded by American bases and spends just a pittance on weaponry compared to the U.S.
On May 5th, John Ghazvinian will lead the discussion. John is a distinguished historian, and the Executive Director of the Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
ListenApril 28, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
A Defense of Poetry
On the April 28 show, a great practitioner, publisher and defender of poetry was Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He passed away just shy of his 102nd birthday earlier this year. He became a committed voice for peace and social justice. Ferlinghetti co-founded the country’s first all-paperback bookstore, City Lights Books in San Francisco in 1955.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti – poet, publisher and defender of freedom of expression passed away in February 2021. The bibliography of his published work is extensive. It includes A Coney Island of the Mind, A Far Rockaway of the Heart, and Poetry as Insurgent Art to name just a few.
ListenApril 21, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
The South, Slavery & the Lost Cause
The April 21st show will discuss The Lost Cause which is rooted in the South’s search for justification and the need to find a substitute for victory in the Civil War.
The speaker is Jeffery Robinson, who is a deputy legal director and the director of the ACLU Trone Center for Justice and Equality.
Read MoreApril 14, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism
Is Noam Chomsky an anti-Semite? How about Amy Goodman and Naomi Klein? The question may sound absurd. Yet, according to the definition of anti-Semitism that more than 30 countries including the United States under the Biden administration have adopted, Chomsky, Goodman and Klein could very well be labeled as such. Why? They are critical of Israeli policies. Zionism is the late 19th century Jewish national movement. The origin of the term is the Hebrew word “Zion” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem and Israel.
On the April 14th show, Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism is the motion debated at the Emmanuel Centre in London.
Read MoreApril 7, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
The State of American Democracy
There’s a new Jim Crow in the U.S. This 2.0 version is legislation passed by politicians who mouth pieties about protecting our sacred right to vote and the integrity of elections. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, Republican legislators in 43 states have introduced more than 250 bills that would make it harder to vote.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale is your commentator.
Read MoreMarch 31, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
The NRA Unmasked
Gun violence exacts an enormous toll on U.S. society-claiming tens of thousands of lives every year. Many more thousands are wounded and scarred physically and psychologically. From malls to schools from places of worship to concerts there is no safe space.
Frank Smyth is an independent journalist who has covered the NRA for many years and speaks on the organization this week on Alternative Radio.
Read MoreOctober 7, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
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India is often called the world’s largest democracy.
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Alternative Radio • Sept. 18, 2019
A weekly one-hour public affairs radio program that provides analyses and views that are ignored or distorted in most media.Guests include Dar Jamail, Michael Pollan, Noam Chomsky, Antonia Jusef, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Jeff Cohen, David Zirin, Bill Moyers and Howard Zinn.
Read MoreAugust 28, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Alternative Radio • Aug. 28, 2019
A weekly one-hour public affairs radio program that provides analyses and views that are ignored or distorted in most media.Guests include Dar Jamail, Michael Pollan, Noam Chomsky, Antonia Jusef, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Jeff Cohen, David Zirin, Bill Moyers and Howard Zinn.
Read MoreAugust 21, 2019 National, News & Public Affairs
Alternative Radio • Aug. 21, 2019
A weekly one-hour public affairs radio program that provides analyses and views that are ignored or distorted in most media.Guests include Dar Jamail, Michael Pollan, Noam Chomsky, Antonia Jusef, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Jeff Cohen, David Zirin, Bill Moyers and Howard Zinn.
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