On today’s program, Vince plays Part 4 of Adam Curtis’ documentary, “Century of the Self.” In this episode, “Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering,” Curtis explains how politicians on the left, in both Britain and America, turned to the techniques developed by business to read and fulfill the inner desires of the self. Both New Labour, under Tony Blair, and …
The Intelligence Hour with Kevin Shipp – 05.01.17
On the program our guest, the distinguished Admiral James, “Ace” Lyons, discusses the shocking US government cover up of the intent of the Pearl Harbor attack and intelligence intentionally withheld, indicating the attack was imminent; all of which was, essentially, a false flag to lead America to war. In reality, the Japanese attempted to broker peace, which was rejected by President Franklin D. …
Leid Stories—Madness Normalized: How We’re Adapting to Life in the Age of Psychopolitics—04.27.17
What’s most noteworthy about President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, says Leid Stories, is how the president has normalized what not too long ago we would have called madness, and how, as a nation, we seem to be adapting well to life in the age of psychopolitics. Download this episode (right click and save)
Leid Stories—Closing In on Clinton Foundation Lawlessness—04.26.17
Now that Hillary and Bill Clinton have taken all those restorative walks in the woods and rested up from her bruising 2016 presidential campaign, you’d think they’d be putting things in order at the family foundation (the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation) to comply fully with U.S. and international law—especially since then-candidate Donald Trump had practically put a prosecutorial bounty on their heads for using the foundation as a pay-to-play political operation.
Fearless Parent – Free Speech Controversy at US Elite Universities – 04.12.17
Free speech is the right to articulate one’s opinion without fear of retaliation or censorship or societal sanction. The First Amendment of the US Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law… abridging freedom of speech.” Universities have traditionally been a place where burgeoning, radical, heated ideas are first expressed and take hold. Student activism has given rise to important political, economic, and …
Connect The Dots – Joshua Frank – 04.12.17
Listen to Joshua Frank, Managing Editor of Counterpunch and Author of Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion will discuss current events March- April 2017 with Alison Rose Levy. Download this episode (right click and save)
Progressive Commentary Hour – 04.11.17
The syrian crisis
Leid Stories—Bill Clinton and Foundation Still ‘Saving Lives’—03.23.17
He’s back, Bill Clinton, still selling the myth that his all-but-defunct, corruption-riddled Clinton Foundation saved the lives of millions of HIV/AIDS sufferers around the world through the foundation’s HIV/AIDS program. The former president is one of three “well-deserving” luminaries being lauded tonight at a Manhattan gala commemorating the Gay Men’s Health Crisis’ 35th anniversary. The Clinton Foundation, the GMHC says …
Connect The Dots – Robert McChesney – 03.08.17
Listen to Robert McChesney, long time media analyst and author of People Get Ready, (and a co-founder of Free Press) discussing the causes and the cures for the current breakdown in the media and the dissolution of trustworthy reporting so necessary in a democracy— in conversation with Alison Rose Levy.
Black Agenda Radio – 02.06.17
Welcome, to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host, Nellie Bailey. Coming up: A new report on mass incarceration in the United States, this time focusing on the 160-thousand men and women who are serving life sentences behind bars; Mumia Abu Jamal speaks with Eddie Africa, the Move activist who has been a prisoner of the State of Pennsylvania for 38 years; and New York City organizers launch a Campaign for Community Control Over the Police.




