In this week’s program, UC Berkeley History Professor Beshara Doumani will talk with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti about the political situation in occupied Palestine and the outlook for the future of that beleaguered country. Dr. Barghouti is a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative. To read one of his … Continued
In this week’s program, we will hear an update from Left Turn Magazine editor Rayan El Amine in Beirut on the current political situation and the massive demonstrations and sit-ins that started Dec 1st and are continuing. Later in the program, we will talk to artist and activist Kayhan Irani about her one-woman show monologue … Continued
In this week’s program, by popular demand we bring you back two of our listeners’ favorite segments of the year 2006. First, an interview with Haifa University History Professor Ilan Pappe on his stunning new book, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, which demystifies the history of the Nakbah, the 1948 catastrophe that befell Palestinians, when … Continued
In this week’s program, we will speak with Iranian labor unionist Ebrahim Madadi about the continuing struggle of transit workers in Tehran to defend their rights to form and maintain an independent workers organization and better their lives. Ebrahim Madadi is the Vice-President of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company. The … Continued
In this week’s program, we will feature an interview with Lebanese American journalist and broadcaster Ghiida Fakhry, who is the main anchor of the newly launched AlJazeera International TV network, and we will talk with her about her network’s potentially dramatic influence on the international political scene. Later in the program, we will speak with … Continued
In this week’s program, Armin will speak to UC Santa Cruz Professor Paul Ortiz on the question of colonialism, past and present, through the eyes of two of the 20th century’s most powerful and seminal thinkers on the subject: Edward Said and Frantz Fanon. Later in the program, an interview with two local activists, Manny … Continued
A discussion on the current situation in Lebanon in the larger context of the tumultuous Middle East with Bassam Haddad, Assistant Professor in the Department of political science at St. Joseph’s University and Visiting Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Haddad is also director and executive producer of a new documentary series on Arabs and … Continued
UC Berkeley history professor Beshara Doumani will talk to writer and journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran about his book: "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone" In the second half of our program, we will bring you an interview with James Longley director of a very unique film called "Iraq in fragments," a documentary … Continued
On tonight’s program, Khalil will speak with Atlanta congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who has become a national icon to her supporters in the Middle Eastern, African American communities and other progressive communities for being the only member of congress to steadfastly stand up to the Israel lobby and other racist, right wing lobbies which have been … Continued
On tonight’s program, as election day fast approaches, we take a look at some of the ways progressive candidates and campaigns are trying to break free from the tyranny of the corporate-sponsored Republican/Democratic duopoly and what in these efforts may be of direct relevance to voters worried about the insanity of U.S. foreign policy in … Continued
