Originally aired 11/21/12 GUESTS: Richard Falk - United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian TerritoriesDanny Muller – The Middle East Children’s AllianceAs the US gives unqualified support of the Israel’s all out attack against a trapped and mostly defenseless civilian population – not to mention 3 billion …
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My guest Bob Moylan, LCPC triumphed over a very challenging childhood–12 siblings, poverty, and an alcoholic father–to become a student, an athlete and an counselor with fresh and interesting ideas about therapy and life. We have an enjoyable and inspiring time together. Join us! Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.4MB) …
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Harry Truman recognized Israel minutes after its May 14, 1948 independence was declared. He was the first world leader to do so. Weeks earlier on March 25, he met secretly with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann. He pledged support. A special bond was …
Imagining honoring crimes of war, against humanity and genocide. Imagine calling war on humanity honorable. Imagine granting a nation’s highest civilian award for waging it. It shouldn’t surprise. Obama will receive Israel’s Presidential Medal of Distinction. More on him below. On February 18, …
When President Obama speaks, most Americans hear what he wants them to hear: lofty rhetoric and a “progressive” vision. But just below the surface the president has a subtly-delivered message for the 1%, whose ears prick up when their buzzwords are mentioned. Obama’s state of the union address was such a …
Conspiracies against the public don’t get much uglier than this. As the Guardian revealed last week, two secretive organisations working for US billionaires have spent $118m to ensure that no action is taken to prevent manmade climate change(1). While inflicting untold suffering on the world’s people, their funders have …
Ignorance: The condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed. Here in the 21st Century the Republicans have become the new Know Nothing Party. Just as the original Know Nothings employed fear, bigotry, ignorance and hate to motivate its base, so too does the Republican Party. Look at the …
originally aired 01/09/13 Meet the 85-year-old Concord, Massachusetts woman who just led her city in becoming the first in the nation to ban the sale of plastic water bottles. Jean Hill says bottled water is the “biggest scam ever” and she put her muscle where her mouth is with persisting …
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Dr. Jack Rasmus welcomes guest, Carl Finamore, journalist just returned from Cairo during its recent anniversary demonstrations and protests associated with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Jack will interview Carl on what’s new in the fight for democracy in Egypt. Are the workers, independent unions, students, women and unemployed youth …
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Flooded with calls yesterday from listeners wanting to express their views on Christopher Dorner, Leid Stories continues the conversation today on how we interpret the actions of the ex-officer, who authored his own death wish in a 23-page “manifesto” and then declared war on the LAPD for wrongfully dismissing him from …
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The spiritual condition of our nation and world and the need for a sacred activism to bring positive change Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, teacher, and author of over thirty books. He is the founder of the Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization dedicated to …
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Government Policy and Public Health: Fracking: NY Reprieve for Health? Alison Rose Levy speaks with New York State Senator Tony Avella about the role of government in protecting public health. They will discuss fracking, health and environmental impacts and the Minisink Compressor Station. Podcast: Play in new window | Download …
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Capitalism is based on managing its inherent crises. It is also based on the need to maximise profit, beat down competitors, cut overheads and depress wages. In the 1960s and 70s, in the face of increasing competition from abroad, the US began to outsource manufacturing production to bring down …
Our political vocabulary is changing all the time. Words that loom large in one generation’s national public discourse can almost totally disappear in the next. Take the word “segregation.” A half-century ago, newspapers headlined “segregation” on almost a daily basis. This same word today seldom ever appears, either …
On Tuesday, attorneys for the largest agrochemical corporation in the world, Monsanto, will present arguments before the Supreme Court asserting the company’s rights to the generations of seeds that naturally reproduce from its genetically modified strains. Bowman vs. Monsanto Co. will be decided based on the court’s interpretation of a complex …