Today on show: The immigration nightmare continues for thousands of Central Americans, seeking aslylum and shelter from the storm. We’ll feature an extended update on the deadly situation htat is growing worse by the day and hour.
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Rising Up With Sonali – April 1, 2021
A daily digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, and activism in the public interest, emphasizing the connection between global issues and those in local communities. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
The Visionary Activist Show – A Rowdy and Raucous Cawcus – caw caw caw!
Yvette Buigues will be my guest today as we honor Flora Fauna and deepen our participatory animism…. that we may be worthy of our kin… as all chauvinism and human cruelty, war on life, are on trial now. Whatever our rogue species does to our kin, will happen to our community – So let’s renew … Continued
Paul Kantner, songwriter, guitarist and singer with Jefferson Airplane & Jefferson Starship, interviewed in 1984. Frederik Pohl, noted science fiction writer and editor, interviewed in 1978. Both interviews from the Probabilities Archive, conducted by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff.
Global shipping: the shadowy business behind the Ever Given. And subsidized jobs.
Laleh Khalili looks into the murky business of global shipping, an industry much in the headlines because of the stuck ship, but whose structure largely went unexplored. And LaDonna Pavetti talks about subsidized employment for low-wage workers.
Trans Visibility Day! April Fool’s with Scoop!
In the past three months, over 80 anti-trans bills (most targeting youth) have been introduced in 28 states. We talk with one of the 15,000 signers of a letter to President Biden calling for equality. PLUS: Wes “Scoop” Nisker, with an April Fool’s Day rant on this St. Stupid’s Day. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Democracy Now – April 1, 2021
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
0:08 – Biden’s infrastructure plan: can the US do something so big? John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) is National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation 0:34 – Author interview: Daniel M Davis (@dandavis101) is a Professor of Immunology at Manchester University and Director of Research in the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research. He’s the winner of many prestigious … Continued
Democracy Now – April 1, 2021
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Rising Up With Sonali – April 1, 2021
A daily digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, and activism in the public interest, emphasizing the connection between global issues and those in local communities. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.