Political Perspectives

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Every Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

News and views on current politics.

Different hosts each week bring a variety of guests and topics.

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Retired

The Deaf Community in India is fighting for their rights to language and equality!

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2015 at 9:00am - 9:30am
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  The Indian Sign Language Research and Teaching Center (ISLRTC) was originally established to promote Indian Sign Language, Deaf Culture and bilingualism, and was even approved by the Indian government. The intent was to have a center much like our Gallaudet University, ... Read more

Seymour Hersh on My Lai, 47 years after the massacre story

Airs at: Wed, 04/15/2015 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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From Anit-War Radio with Scott Horton we hear award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh on his journey back to My Lai, 47 years after he broke the massacre story. Hersh wrote about it in the article, "The Scene of the Crime" in the March 30th issue of The New Yorker. Read more

The Legacy of Sexual Violence in Guatemala: Mayan Women´s Struggle for Justice

Airs at: Wed, 04/15/2015 at 9:00am - 9:30am
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We speak with Guatemalan Human Rights lawyer Gabriela Rivera who is in Oregon for a trip sponsored by Guatemalan Human Rights Commission/USA. She is speaking about The Legacy of Sexual Violence in Guatemala: Mayan Women´s Struggle for Justice in the Sepur Zarco Case. We als... Read more

Economic Update - Yochai Gal on Worker Co-ops

Airs at: Fri, 04/10/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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We’ll hear Economic Update with host Richard Wolfe He talks about inadequate unemployment insurance, Ted Cruz's campaign money, and demonizing the poor And later in the hour Wolfe interviews Yochai Gal about the worker co-op TechCollective.  Read more

Political Perspectives on 04/08/15

Airs at: Wed, 04/08/2015 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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Tristan Anderson's Lawsuit against the Israeli government

Airs at: Wed, 04/08/2015 at 9:00am - 9:30am
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The family of Tristan Anderson are back in the U-S after several weeks in Israel attending the civil trial of the case they brought against the Israeli military. Tristan was severely disabled when he was shot at close range by a high-velocity tear gas canister at a non-viol... Read more

How the West Caused the Crisis in Ukraine

Airs at: Wed, 04/01/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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In January 2015 Evanston Neighbors for Peace organized an event with two eminent speakers, John Mearsheimer, Professor at the University of Chicago and Rick Rozoff the foremost investigator of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Part ONE: Mearsheimer spoke about ... Read more

Political Perspectives on 03/25/15

Airs at: Wed, 03/25/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Interview with Jodi Darby, Julie Perini, and Erin Yanke of Arresting Power

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Martha Gies interviews Jodi Darby, Julie Perini, and Erin Yanke, who have recently completed the experimental documentary film Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland, OR Arresting Power provides a historical and political analysis of the role of police in c... Read more

Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing Between Democracy and Doom with Professor Elaine Scarry (TUC Radio)

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Elaine Scarry is Professor of Aesthetics and General Theory of Value at Harvard. Her most recent book: Thermonuclear Monarchy, reminds us that one man, the President of the United States, has the power to end life for every one else by setting off nuclear weapons. Richard N... Read more