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Conn Hallinan on the Irish Economy

Airs at: Thu, 03/17/2011 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
In a special edition of Fight the Empire, Per Fagereng hosts Conn Hallinan, columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, who talks about the Irish economy. CD-2139 Read more

Space and Time: On The Moon

Airs at: Wed, 01/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
Kodiak asks the question "If you could spend a day on the moon, what would you do?" for our January show on Space and Time. Read more

Will Seaman joins Abe and Joe to discuss the upcoming March 19 Peace March and Rally.

Airs at: Tue, 03/15/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor Sometimes lost amid the background noise of the American political and social landscape is the fact that we're still at war. Nearly 10 years on, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have reaped a grim harvest of blood and treasure. Is there a... Read more

Voices from the Edge 03-10-11 Wray Harris

Airs at: Thu, 03/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
How's the war economy working for you? That's the question many Americans will be asking on March 19, the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. U.S. policymakers have little to show for eight years of fighting in Iraq and nine years of war in Afghanistan other t... Read more

Talk Radio on 03/11/11

Airs at: Sat, 03/12/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Dan Johnson hosts a discussion of hunger in Oregon. His guests are Jessica Chanay, Deputy Director for Hunger Free Oregon and Jean Kempe Ware of the Oregon Food Bank. CD-2143  Read more

Incalculable: The Cost of US Terrorism in Afghanistan

Airs at: Thu, 03/10/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
In the wake of the U.S. Helicopter gunship killing of nine Afghan boys gathering wood, protests have erupted in their village of Nanglam and in the capital Kabul. Protesters carried signs saying "Death, death to America". The  real cost of the U.S. war on Afghanistan is inc... Read more

Interview with Dr. Vandana Shiva on the Rights of Mother Earth

Airs at: Tue, 03/08/2011 at 12:00am
Dr.Vandana Shiva, India’s preeminent environmentalist, eco feminist, author, and winner of the Wright Lively Award, joins host Linda Olson-Osterlund for an International Women’s Day Special. She will talk about The Universal Rights of Mother Earth, Gaia, and the struggles o... Read more

Van Jones on "Beyond Green Jobs"

Airs at: Fri, 02/04/2011 at 12:00am
Van Jones, environmental advocate, civil rights activist, and attorney, is a co-founder of three non-profit organizations. In 1996, he founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights which works for alternatives to violence. In 2005, he co-founded Color of Change, an advocac... Read more

Marriage Equality as Neoliberal Project

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise and Yasmin connect the struggle for LBGT rights with struggles against privatization and criticize how marriage equality obfuscates the fact that essential services like healthcare are not available to all, or in the case of education are under attack. Yasmin Nair is... Read more

Neoliberalism and the War on Women

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel reviews recent attacks on reproductive rights considers how "the neoconservative movement to enforce gender conformity and women's subordination dovetails with the neoliberal agenda of cutting social programs." The full-text version with media-links can be f... Read more