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The Culture of Punishment

Airs at: Wed, 03/21/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Pushing Back Against the Culture of Punishment. The White House is pushing for a renewed war on drugs. The attorney general, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III – yes, that’s his real name – issued a memo to all US Attorneys on March Tw... Read more

What About Guns?

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Traven Leyshon is a longtime labor and socialist activist, has a radio show on Vermont commercial radio, Equal Time with Traven, and writes a lot. He grew up in rural gun culture. Here he talks with the Old Mole’s Bill Resnick about how the left can enter the current great... Read more

Can You See the White? (Part 2)

Airs at: Fri, 03/23/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Valley Views

Faith is a white woman who reflects on personal and societal events that shaped her life’s journey to racial justice and equity awareness. I asked Faith to be on the show because she and I have had many conversations about race that may be inspiring to listeners. I admire... Read more

Fascism Exported to the Caribbean and Africa

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

On this show, our first 2018 episode of The F-Word, when we talk about fascism. Professor Margaret Stevens, author of the new book 'Red International and Black Caribbean' joins us for a discussion that you don't want to miss. And one million students marching around the ... Read more

Knowledge is Power: Outsmarting the Prison Industrial Complex

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews Dr. Peter Bohmer, a long time activist and professor of political economy at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Bohmer has been fighting for civil and human rights since the 60's and has a been a target of near fatal state repres... Read more

From Mercenaries to Marijuana

Airs at: Sun, 03/18/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we look at human rights and the drug war and hear from Maricela Orozco, a member of the Familiares en Búsqueda María Herrera collective, a group of family members of the disappeared organized in several states across Mexico; plus we take a look at the new owner of... Read more

I Will Not Fear: Melba Beals of the LittleRock Nine

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

In 1957, Melba Patillo Beals, was one of nine African-American high school students chosen to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. She became a journalist, professor, author, and at the age of 52 adopted twin sons. In her book, I Will Not Fear: My Stor... Read more

Redefining Tacoma

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Tacoma, Washington is one of the few cities in the Northwest where there is a long legacy of heavy industrial contamination. The fossil fuel industry plays a big role in the local economy, but Tacoma residents have also begun to fight back against further fossil fuel develo... Read more

Maru vs. ICE

Airs at: Wed, 03/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Maru Mora and Andrea Williams join Linda Olson-Osterlund to discuss the struggles of those who are facing deportation under Trump's regime. At the end of December, immigrant activist Maru Mora Villalpando received a letter from ICE putting her in deportation proceedings.... Read more

Vietnam: Joe Allen

Airs at: Tue, 03/13/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

All imperial systems attempt to reinvent the past, engineer history to suit their needs. The United States is no different. Vietnam is a perfect example. A war of aggression was transformed into a "conflict." It was "tragic" and a "mistake." At the other end of the spect... Read more