Civil Liberties

Boneheads and Bigots 03/20/2009

Airs at: Thu, 03/19/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Boneheads and Bigots

Hosted by: Pat McGuire Public Affairs on discrimination and diversity Read more

Prisoners Count

Airs at: Sun, 03/15/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Another segment from Democracy Now! March 3, 2009, Amy’s guests brought attention to a Census taking device that should concern us all. Districts in many states count the prisoners of the local penitentiary in their census and thus become eligible for the same budget and po... Read more

Political Perspectives on 03/12/09

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Stephanie Potter interviews radio commentator and author Jim Hightower, who is the keynote speaker at the 2009 Annual ACLU dinner on Saturday March 14th. They discuss civil rights, civil liberties, populism, and how populism can make a difference. They also talk about... Read more

More Talk Radio on 03/01/09

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with activist and writer Randy Shaw, author of "Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century." Shaw will discuss the UFW's impact and its influence on recent labor organizing, the immi... Read more

Civil Liberty Watch: Guantanamo Conditions Under Obama

Airs at: Tue, 03/03/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

On his second day in Office, President Obama issued an executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. As part of that order he gave Secretary of Defense Gates thirty days to conduct a thorough review of the prisoners held there and the conditions of their confinement.... Read more

San Francisco's Anarchist Book Fair

Airs at: Tue, 03/03/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

The 14th annual San Francisco Anarchist bookfair takes place this year on March 14th and 15th in Golden Gate Park, in lovely San Francisco California. The bookfair began in 1996 to celebrate an the 20th anniversary of San Francisco’s anarchist collective bookstore Bound Tog... Read more

Dear Leader

So, as we will discuss on the show tomorrow, Washington is in the throes of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. This is an event where the purest of the ideologically pure gather to congratulate themselves on having ascended to the pinnacle of Western civi... Read more

Corruption in PA

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Judges in Pennsylvania—caught in corruption. Amy Goodman presented a segment giving us the details. As we listen, many questions come to mind; which Ruth highlights in the last few minutes. If you’d like us to do a Prison Pipeline program that deals with one of those questi... Read more

Boneheads and Bigots

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Boneheads and Bigots

War Crimes and Impunity

Airs at: Wed, 02/25/2009 at 12:00am

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The Rule of Law. The idea that the will of the Rulers can be bound by laws. Since the Magna Carta, It's seemed like a pretty good idea. This show addressed War Crimes and Impunity. Should the Bush administration be held accountable for possible war crimes? What is the obli... Read more