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Sojourner Truth Radio

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold Donald Trump's Muslim ban and the consequences of the ruling. Arab American Institute representative Ryan J. Suto and Council on American Islamic Relations Los Angeles representative Farida Ch... Read more

Trump and Global Trade Theatrics

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with cconomist Jack Rasmus about Trump's trade theatrics, it's stated and real goals, and how the overall Trump program could crash and burn in economic crisis. Read more

Human Rights and Drug Policy

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Rick Lines is the executive director of Harm Reduction International. Rick has been working in HIV and harm reduction services, policy, and advocacy since the early 1990s. He is known for his leading work in the areas of HIV and prisons, prison needle slash syringe programs... Read more

Girding for Confrontation: The Pentagon’s Provocative Encirclement of China

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Per Fagereng is joined by Professor Michael T. Klare to discuss his recent article in Truthout about the US military's newly named Indo-Pacific Command.  Call (503) 231-8187 to join the conversation.  from Truthout.org On May 30th, Secretary of Defense James Mattis anno... Read more

Medea Benjamin on KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 06/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Linda Olson-Osterlund is joined by CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin to discuss her new book Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Ms. Benjamin just returned from South Korea where she's helping to mobilize the peace movement to su... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 18, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker is our host and presents the following pieces: 1. Korea scholar Martin Hart-Landsberg discusses the Trump - Kim Jong Un summit with Laurie Mercier 2. The Left & the Law team take up the legal challenge to the policy of taking children away from immigrant famili... Read more

The Trump - Kim Jong Un Summit

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Martin Hart-Landsberg, Lewis & Clark College professor emeritus and board member of the Korea Policy Institute, talks with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier about the meaning of the recent Trump-Kim Jong Un summit. They discusses what the mainstream liberal media has missed, ho... Read more

How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Lawyers, translators, donations, protest... from Slate.com: If you’re horrified by news of families being separated at the borders, here’s a bit of news you can use. First, the policy: It helps to be incredibly clear on what the law is, and what has and has not changed... Read more

Why Elites Support Israel

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge reports on and reads from an interview with Jeff Halper, “Israel’s Occupation Continues Because Economic and Political Elites Around the World Benefit From It.” It appeared in In These Times. image via wikimedia commons Read more

Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  A revelatory and necessary read on one of the most destructive wars of our time . . . In great personal detail, Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple poignantly capture the tumultuous life in Syria before, after, and during the war—from inside one young man’s consciousness.”... Read more