Global Affairs

The F-Word: Gar Alperovitz on Creating Another World

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Gar Alperovitz discusses his new free handbook, Principals of a Pluralist Commonwealth" and outlines the possibilities of local, collective and co-op ownership that can be a model for a real democracy and not a future economy that is corporate capitalism, fascism or tota... Read more

White Nationalists and their Agenda Infiltrate the Mainstream

Airs at: Fri, 06/16/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund welcomes the Southern Poverty Law Center's Ryan Lenz to continue the conversation on the rise in hate crimes across the nation. Ryan Lenz is the Senior Writer for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project and editor of its H... Read more

Former Army and Air Force Veteran Speaks about Drone Warfare Program

Airs at: Fri, 06/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Veteran's Voice Radio Show

Marvin and Angie interview Army and Air Force veteran Lisa Ling, who worked within the US's drone program. She was featured in the new documentary "National Bird," a film by Sonia Kennebeck. The documentary is available now on Netflix. http://nationalbirdfilm.com Read more

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

Airs at: Wed, 06/14/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Trump's Rationale for Withdrawing the US from Paris Climate Accord Based on Lies; Trump Moves to Re-impose Drug-War era Harsh Sentences in Federal Drug Cases and Use of Private Prisons; California Senate Takes First Step to Move the State to Single-Payer Universal Health... Read more

Lessons from Kenya: Healing and Rebuilding our Communities

Airs at: Thu, 06/15/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Getry Agizah is a Kenyan peace activist and social change agent. She is the Director of Transforming Communities for Social Change and Coordinator of Friends Church Peace Teams in Kenya. She will discuss work underway at the Mt. Elgon Community Peace Center working to he... Read more

UK Elections Considered

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research about Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party's gains in the recent elections, the Labour Party's Manifesto, and European resistance to neoliberalism. Read more

The Country that Voted for Trump

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

The election of Donald Trump was a stunning political upset. His victory defied the predictions of almost every pundit and pollster. Though he received about 3 million fewer votes than his opponent, the antiquarian Electoral College system in the U.S. gave him the presid... Read more

Ireland Discusses Drug Decriminalization Part Two

Airs at: Sun, 06/11/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we hear more from a debate on May 31 in the Irish Senate on a bill to decriminalize simple personal possession of drugs, with speakers including Senator Mark Daly, Senator Victor Boyhan, Ireland's Drug Czar Catherine Byrne, and Senator Lynn Ruane. Read more

EFSEC Closes Comment Period for Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

Yesterday evening, Washington State’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, closed its final hearing on the proposal to construct a 360,000 barrel-per-day crude oil trans-shipment terminal at the Port of Vancouver, Washington. Now the final decision is in the ... Read more

Palestine: 50 Years of Occupation

Airs at: Tue, 06/06/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel and The 51-Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza. He is a senior writer for Alternet, and his articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Nation, The New York Times, a... Read more