Global Affairs

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Anti-War Soldier

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Jonathan W. Hutto, Sr. is the Coordinator of the Prince Georges County, Maryland People's Coalition, a group of organizations, activists and laypeople concerned with working for the eradication of racism and all forms of oppression within our society. Jonathan co-founded... Read more

Sex worker rights, bodily autonomy, and criminalization.

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
    Red, Portland sex worker activist and organizer, will be joining us in the studio again to talk about sex worker safety, bodily autonomy, and criminalization. This is in front of two events: a City Club forum on February 28th on human trafficking (an ever-present conc... Read more

Trump: "You think our country is so innocent?"

Airs at: Thu, 02/16/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  "There are a lot of killers. We have a lot of killers," Trump said. "Well, you think our country is so innocent?"   From the Guardian: Forty years after the murder of the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba, evidence has emerged in Washington that President ... Read more

Angela Davis.....Beginnings: Movements of Possibility

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  In times of crisis one can simultaneously see danger and opportunity. Today there is nostalgia for an imagined past and a desire to recreate it. It’s a seductive tale. Things were better then. The country was unchallenged in the world. Jobs were plentiful. Minorities, wo... Read more

Resurrecting the WPA, Universal Basic Income and Fighting Gentrification

Airs at: Thu, 02/16/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Arlene Goldbard heads up U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, a collective of artists and activists working to advance an agenda on the state and local level that includes Cultural Impact Studies (similar to Environmental Impact Studies) to help mitigate gentrification i... Read more

Exportation of Religious Homophobia to Africa

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  "Homosexuality is not new in Uganda nor on the African continent. Like everywhere, it has existed forever. Homophobia, however, is new. It didn’t start in Africa. It was strategically imported from the US, Europe and Middle East. The goal of the religious missionaries, w... Read more

Anarquismo, Insane Music for Insane People #19, Agog

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/11/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Join us this Friday evening continuing our membership drive to listen to more Insane Music for Insane People from the Belgium Label Insane, as well as the recording Anarquismo, which includes pieces by the band Antorcha (Las Antorchas), and much more! Read more

John Teton, International Food Security Treaty

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
In this episode we discuss a condition that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. It is a condition that is completely preventable. Hunger. Why are so many people in the world...why is anyone in the world malnourished? What can we do about it? Th... Read more

Ending Hunger By the Force of Law

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
In this episode we discuss a condition that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. It is a condition that is completely preventable. Hunger. Why are so many people in the world...why is anyone in the world malnourished? What can we do about it? Th... Read more

Press**Watch

Airs at: Thu, 02/09/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
What's been happening in the world besides the machinations of the Cheetoh Fascist Gang?  Find out--and get ready to support one of our best answers to the MAGA plague.  Dedicated to the victims of the 2016 Bowling Green Massacre! Read more