Government/Politics

Founding Myths—Founding Crimes

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Every nation has founding myths that justify and glorify its beginnings and its history. Clayton Morgareidge comments on what happens when those myths lose their credibility. You can read this commentary here. Image: British Library / Science Photo Library Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 2, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Old Mole, and we will hear: Israel's War Against Gaza: Why the Israelis are attacking Gaza again; Founding Myths—Founding Crimes: What might happen when a nation's founding myths turn into founding crimes Climate Change Activ... Read more

Drug Policy Reform and the Art of (Drug) War

Airs at: Sun, 04/01/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week: the executive director of Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), Major Neill Franklin (Baltimore Police Department, retired), speaks about drug policy reform and the Art of War, from #SSDP2018 the 2018 Students for Sensible Drug Policy Conference in Baltimore... Read more

Healing Veterans: Paula Caplan

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Madness Radio

How can we truly help combat veterans facing the aftermath of war? Is veteran trauma a sign of mental illness, or a healthy response to violent situations? Are medications and therapy the answer? Paula Caplan, author of When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home: How All of... Read more

The Seekers, Pt. 1: Freedom from Violence

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

The Seekers, is the first in a two-part documentary series that examines the experiences of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the US. El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala are among the most dangerous countries in the world for women. Each year, thousands of wom... Read more

Participatory Budgeting

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Participatory Budgeting is one of the fastest-growing municipal democratic reforms in the world. It began in Brazil in the late 1980s and has since spread to cities across the globe. But what is Participatory Budgeting, how does it work, and how is it different from other f... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 26, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Old Mole and presents these pieces: Bill Resnick interviews Phyllis Bennis about U.S. entanglements with Saudi Arabia, Israel, Russia, and the proxy wars in the Middle East. Larry Bowlden reviews Rene Denfeld’s novel, The Child Fin... Read more

King Killed 50 Years Ago

Airs at: Wed, 04/04/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Fifty years ago Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. William Pepper, a lawyer and peace activist, was a colleague and friend of King. He came to understand that government figures carried out the killing, and spent many years seeking the truth. Friday, Ma... Read more

Middle East Proxy Wars

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Phyllis Bennis about U.S. entanglements with Saudi Arabia, Israel, Russia, and the proxy wars in the Middle East. Author of eleven books, including the recent Understanding ISIS & the New Global War on Terror, Bennis directs the New Internationalism ... Read more

Democracy: Michael Parenti

Airs at: Tue, 03/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Discussions about democracy probably start in Athens about 2500 years ago. A truism is society is democratic to the extent that its citizens play a meaningful role in managing public affairs. Democracy is located within the capitalist economic system infamous for produci... Read more