Civil Rights/Human Rights

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LA County Jail System Dysfunction - Historic Protests in Iran - Southern Baptist Cultish Backwardness

Airs at: Tue, 10/04/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Rising Up With Sonali
  This week, we'll examine why Men's Central Jail in the LA County Jail System continues to operate, and continues to house people in barbaric conditions. We'll speak with Mark-Anthony Clayton-Johnson, executive director of Dignity & Power NOW. Then, we'll turn to Iran whe... Read more

How Stereotypes can Affect Black Children / How Civic Cipher Came to Be

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Civic Cipher
  In the first half of today's episode, we discuss the profound implications that stereotypes can have on BIPOC children and how it can shape their view of the world growing up. We use personal stories to explain how we often learn our place in the world based on prejudice... Read more

Revolutionary Mothering and Reproductive Justice

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2022 at 7:30pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Making Contact
  In today's episode, Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs tells the birth story of the book she co-edited with China Martens and Mai'a Williams, 'Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines', and gives context to the book with stories of the Reproductive Justice Movement. Descr... Read more

"Democracy Beyond the US Empire", by Vijay Prashad

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Sojourner Truth Radio
Guest host Nana Gyamfi will share excerpts from Vijay Prashad's recent speech: Democracy Beyond the US Empire, hosted by the Peoples Forum at the famed Riverside Church in Harlem, New York City. Prashad addresses US myth busting in the Global South and the co-opted words of... Read more

Managing Risks, Reducing Harms, Saving Lives

Airs at: Wed, 09/28/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Manaqing Risks, Reducing Harms, Saving Lives - Part two of my interview with Claire Zagorski, a harm reduction activist, paramedic, graduate research assistant in translational science at the University of Texas College of Pharmacy, and adjunct... Read more

War and Book Burning

Airs at: Wed, 09/28/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Chris Hedges celebrates the release of his new book, The Greatest Evil is War. And Tony Diaz, founder of Libros Trafficante, on the banning and future burning of books in Texas and across America. Diaz is a pioneer in the battle for et... Read more

Buscando America 09/27/2022

Airs at: Tue, 09/27/2022 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta emisión platicamos con LaMafiAndinA, ellxs son Taki Amaru y José Dávila DJ Mic. El próximo 1 de octubre estarán ofreciendo un concierto en Church Bar y además estarán ofreciendo un taller sobre la Cosmovisión Andina en Alder Commons. Escucha todos los detalles de su... Read more

Discussion on Florida's DeSantis, Hurricanes in Puerto Rico, Palestinian Youth Activism

Airs at: Tue, 09/27/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Rising Up With Sonali
  This week, we will examine what happened when Florida's governor Ron DeSantis sent two charter planes of mostly Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Marthas Vineyard in Massachusetts as what seems to be part of a political stunt. My guest, Mirian Albert, of Lawyers Committe... Read more

The Collapse of Journalism and the Threat to Democracy

Airs at: Tue, 09/27/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Keeping Democracy Alive
  The Collapse of Journalism and the Threat to Democracy. Reporters used to report, now there is virtually no line between media and the national security state. Veteran international journalist Patrick Lawrence on this show notes the big change occurred 9/11; since then w... Read more

Arundhati Roy - The RSS: Fascism in India

Airs at: Tue, 09/27/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  The realities of India are in sharp contrast with the image it projects internationally. For example, you probably haven't heard of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the RSS. It is a right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary organization. The RSS, with its millions of m... Read more