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Nader Hashemi - Iran: The Struggle for Democracy
11 Sep, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Zhou Enlai of China once said, "One of the delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory." Perhaps the former Chinese premier was being too harsh but then again maybe he wasn’t. Take the case of Iran. Some people remember the 1979 hostage crisis when Iranians stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 53 Americans...
11 Sep, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Zhou Enlai of China once said, "One of the delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory." Perhaps the former Chinese premier was being too harsh but then again maybe he wasn’t. Take the case of Iran. Some people remember the 1979 hostage crisis when Iranians stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 53 Americans...
Victor Navasky – Naming Names: The Hollywood Blacklist
24 Jul, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The anti-Communist hysteria rampant in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s is often called the McCarthy period. But the red-baiting and persecution started even before McCarthy was elected to the Senate in 1946. The notorious House Un-American Activities Committee, HUAC, led the crusade to ferret out alleged Communists in the U.S. They struck gold when they took on Hollywood,...
24 Jul, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The anti-Communist hysteria rampant in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s is often called the McCarthy period. But the red-baiting and persecution started even before McCarthy was elected to the Senate in 1946. The notorious House Un-American Activities Committee, HUAC, led the crusade to ferret out alleged Communists in the U.S. They struck gold when they took on Hollywood,...
Noam Chomsky – Censorship, Free Speech & the Media
17 Jul, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
States want to dominate the narrative with their version of events. There are two basic models. One follows Aldous Huxley, the other George Orwell. The latter is best known for 1984. Big Brother is brutal. He wields a big stick while Huxley uses a much softer carrot. Censorship is self-imposed because the journalist knows the boundaries of permissible thought. Essential...
17 Jul, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
States want to dominate the narrative with their version of events. There are two basic models. One follows Aldous Huxley, the other George Orwell. The latter is best known for 1984. Big Brother is brutal. He wields a big stick while Huxley uses a much softer carrot. Censorship is self-imposed because the journalist knows the boundaries of permissible thought. Essential...
Daniel Ellsberg - Origins of the Vietnam War
26 Jun, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
In this program, Daniel Ellsberg discusses early U.S. support for France’s effort to retain control of its Indochina colony. In a little-known and scary fact of history, he describes Eisenhower’s offer of nuclear weapons to the French to stave off defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Within a few years, the U.S. supplanted the French and expanded the war...
26 Jun, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
In this program, Daniel Ellsberg discusses early U.S. support for France’s effort to retain control of its Indochina colony. In a little-known and scary fact of history, he describes Eisenhower’s offer of nuclear weapons to the French to stave off defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Within a few years, the U.S. supplanted the French and expanded the war...
Nick Estes – Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: Indigenous Resistance
19 Jun, 2023 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
In South Dakota, in 1973, hundreds of Native American activists led by members of the American Indian Movement occupied the Pine Ridge Reservation village of Wounded Knee— which was also the site of a notorious massacre in 1890 in which federal troops killed 300 Lakota men, women and children. The months-long action in 1973 helped galvanize the movement for Indigenous...
19 Jun, 2023 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
In South Dakota, in 1973, hundreds of Native American activists led by members of the American Indian Movement occupied the Pine Ridge Reservation village of Wounded Knee— which was also the site of a notorious massacre in 1890 in which federal troops killed 300 Lakota men, women and children. The months-long action in 1973 helped galvanize the movement for Indigenous...
Khurram Parvez - Kashmir: Telling the Story
22 May, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
I interviewed Khurram Parvez in Srinagar, Kashmir in February 2011. When I returned to India that September to follow up on reporting on the mass graves in Kashmir, I was denied entry by the Indian government. I’ve been banned from India ever since. Sadly, this interview is still relevant. Since August 2019 the Hindu nationalist regime ruling India has imposed...
22 May, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
I interviewed Khurram Parvez in Srinagar, Kashmir in February 2011. When I returned to India that September to follow up on reporting on the mass graves in Kashmir, I was denied entry by the Indian government. I’ve been banned from India ever since. Sadly, this interview is still relevant. Since August 2019 the Hindu nationalist regime ruling India has imposed...
Medea Benjamin – System Change
10 Apr, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The multiple problems facing the U.S. can no longer be swept under the rug. Modest so-called reforms are not sufficient given the magnitude of the crises we face from imperialism and militarism to war and the climate emergency. Our dollar-driven politics is corrupt. We need system change not cosmetic change. Individually, we can do small things but connecting with kindred...
10 Apr, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The multiple problems facing the U.S. can no longer be swept under the rug. Modest so-called reforms are not sufficient given the magnitude of the crises we face from imperialism and militarism to war and the climate emergency. Our dollar-driven politics is corrupt. We need system change not cosmetic change. Individually, we can do small things but connecting with kindred...
Noam Chomsky - When Lunatics Run the Asylum
03 Apr, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The future of humankind and the planet are in danger from the twin existential threats of terminal nuclear war and climate catastrophe. The response? The Biden administration is following through on Pentagon plans to “modernize” its nuclear arsenal. Instead of eliminating these weapons of mass destruction, we are upgrading them. And the clock is ticking louder and louder on the...
03 Apr, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The future of humankind and the planet are in danger from the twin existential threats of terminal nuclear war and climate catastrophe. The response? The Biden administration is following through on Pentagon plans to “modernize” its nuclear arsenal. Instead of eliminating these weapons of mass destruction, we are upgrading them. And the clock is ticking louder and louder on the...
Noam Chomsky – Racing to the Precipice
12 Dec, 2022 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The warnings about the climate emergency are coming in fast and furious yet public awareness and political action remain at a low level. The latest report is from the World Meteorological Organization, a UN agency. Its director said, “The impacts of climate change” are "often felt through water—more intense and frequent droughts, more extreme flooding, more erratic seasonal rainfall and...
12 Dec, 2022 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The warnings about the climate emergency are coming in fast and furious yet public awareness and political action remain at a low level. The latest report is from the World Meteorological Organization, a UN agency. Its director said, “The impacts of climate change” are "often felt through water—more intense and frequent droughts, more extreme flooding, more erratic seasonal rainfall and...
Marie Ranjbar - Iran: Zan, Zendegi, Azadi / Woman, Life, Freedom
05 Dec, 2022 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Since mid-September, tens of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to protest the government's treatment of girls and women and in particular mandatory dress codes. These historic demonstrations center on women's socio-political rights and democratic governance in Iran. The government has brutally responded. Hundreds have been killed, including children. Many thousands have been arrested. Despite...
05 Dec, 2022 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Since mid-September, tens of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to protest the government's treatment of girls and women and in particular mandatory dress codes. These historic demonstrations center on women's socio-political rights and democratic governance in Iran. The government has brutally responded. Hundreds have been killed, including children. Many thousands have been arrested. Despite...
Vijay Prashad - History Lessons (Part two of a special two-part program)
28 Nov, 2022 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Is history just a bunch of innocuous cold facts and dates? Or is it something more? What can we learn from the past? History is not neutral. It’s an ideological battleground. Witness the vitriolic attacks by establishment figures on those who want a reckoning of the enslavement of African Americans. They want to obfuscate that sordid history. Or take the...
28 Nov, 2022 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Is history just a bunch of innocuous cold facts and dates? Or is it something more? What can we learn from the past? History is not neutral. It’s an ideological battleground. Witness the vitriolic attacks by establishment figures on those who want a reckoning of the enslavement of African Americans. They want to obfuscate that sordid history. Or take the...
Vijay Prashad - History Lessons (Part one of a special two-part program)
21 Nov, 2022 | 0:57:02 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Is history just a bunch of innocuous cold facts and dates? Or is it something more? What can we learn from the past? History is not neutral. It’s an ideological battleground. Witness the vitriolic attacks by establishment figures on those who want a reckoning of the enslavement of African Americans. They want to obfuscate that sordid history. Or take the...
21 Nov, 2022 | 0:57:02 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Is history just a bunch of innocuous cold facts and dates? Or is it something more? What can we learn from the past? History is not neutral. It’s an ideological battleground. Witness the vitriolic attacks by establishment figures on those who want a reckoning of the enslavement of African Americans. They want to obfuscate that sordid history. Or take the...
Sanjay Kak - Azadi! Freedom!
31 Oct, 2022 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
"Azadi!"—Urdu for "Freedom!"—is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against Indian occupation. Abroad, New Delhi promotes itself as the world’s largest democracy. At home, the picture is quite different. India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the BJP, led by Narendra Modi espouses Hindutva, Hindu nationalism. It promotes Islamophobia and stifles dissent. What it wants from largely Muslim Kashmir is...
31 Oct, 2022 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
"Azadi!"—Urdu for "Freedom!"—is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against Indian occupation. Abroad, New Delhi promotes itself as the world’s largest democracy. At home, the picture is quite different. India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the BJP, led by Narendra Modi espouses Hindutva, Hindu nationalism. It promotes Islamophobia and stifles dissent. What it wants from largely Muslim Kashmir is...
Rangina Hamidi - Afghanistan: Past & Present
17 Oct, 2022 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
It may surprise you, but more than two millennia ago, Afghanistan, land of the Afghans, was a major center of Buddhism. Situated on the fabled Silk Road, this mountainous landlocked country has an old and rich history and culture with great poets like Raabia Balkhi, Khushal Khattak, and most renowned of all, Rumi. Afghanistan has been called “the graveyard of...
17 Oct, 2022 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
It may surprise you, but more than two millennia ago, Afghanistan, land of the Afghans, was a major center of Buddhism. Situated on the fabled Silk Road, this mountainous landlocked country has an old and rich history and culture with great poets like Raabia Balkhi, Khushal Khattak, and most renowned of all, Rumi. Afghanistan has been called “the graveyard of...
Noam Chomsky – Notes on Resistance
10 Oct, 2022 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Resistance. How does one move from a position of dissent to resistance, direct action? As a political tactic resistance requires careful thought and must be freely undertaken. Practitioners include most famously Gandhi and Dr. King. It can come with a price. Both Gandhi and King were assassinated. Dolores Huerta, a major organizer and leader of farmworkers was arrested more than...
10 Oct, 2022 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Resistance. How does one move from a position of dissent to resistance, direct action? As a political tactic resistance requires careful thought and must be freely undertaken. Practitioners include most famously Gandhi and Dr. King. It can come with a price. Both Gandhi and King were assassinated. Dolores Huerta, a major organizer and leader of farmworkers was arrested more than...
How might a new sovereign leader might affect public opinion of the monarchy in Canada?
07 Oct, 2022 | 0:30:00 |
EN | rabble podcast network | rabble radio
Last month, Buckingham Palace broke the news that Queen Elizabeth II had passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The queen was 96, and Canada’s longest serving monarch. Now, Canada has a new head of state: Queen Elizabeth’s eldest son, King Charles III. This week on rabble radio, editor Nick Seebruch interviews royal historian, teacher, and author Carolyn Harris. While...
07 Oct, 2022 | 0:30:00 |
EN | rabble podcast network | rabble radio
Last month, Buckingham Palace broke the news that Queen Elizabeth II had passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The queen was 96, and Canada’s longest serving monarch. Now, Canada has a new head of state: Queen Elizabeth’s eldest son, King Charles III. This week on rabble radio, editor Nick Seebruch interviews royal historian, teacher, and author Carolyn Harris. While...
Stephen Wentzell sits down with Joshua Whitehead, author of Making Love with the Land.
30 Sep, 2022 | 0:29:59 |
EN | rabble podcast network | rabble radio
This week on rabble radio, Stephen Wentzell sits down with Joshua Whitehead, author of ‘Making Love with the Land.' Whitehead is an Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is the author of the novel ‘Jonny Appleseed’ (Arsenal Pulp Press), which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for a Governor General's Literary Award in...
30 Sep, 2022 | 0:29:59 |
EN | rabble podcast network | rabble radio
This week on rabble radio, Stephen Wentzell sits down with Joshua Whitehead, author of ‘Making Love with the Land.' Whitehead is an Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is the author of the novel ‘Jonny Appleseed’ (Arsenal Pulp Press), which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for a Governor General's Literary Award in...
Arundhati Roy - The RSS: Fascism in India
26 Sep, 2022 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
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 an right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary organization. The RSS, with its millions of members, exerts enormous influence and power in India. Its political party is the BJP, the Bharatiya Janata Party led...
26 Sep, 2022 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
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 an right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary organization. The RSS, with its millions of members, exerts enormous influence and power in India. Its political party is the BJP, the Bharatiya Janata Party led...
JP Hornick and Dr. Naheed Dosani discuss the current crisis facing public healthcare in Ontario
16 Sep, 2022 | 0:30:00 |
EN | rabble podcast network | rabble radio
In 1959, the then-premier of Saskatchewan, Thomas Douglas envisioned a universal, pre-paid and publicly administered health care system – the first of its kind in North America. This plan for Saskatchewan prompted the federal government to initiate a national strategy to subsidize socialized medicine and support provinces in the shift to a universal system. He’s recognized as “the father of...
16 Sep, 2022 | 0:30:00 |
EN | rabble podcast network | rabble radio
In 1959, the then-premier of Saskatchewan, Thomas Douglas envisioned a universal, pre-paid and publicly administered health care system – the first of its kind in North America. This plan for Saskatchewan prompted the federal government to initiate a national strategy to subsidize socialized medicine and support provinces in the shift to a universal system. He’s recognized as “the father of...
