AlternativeRadio Podcast
1) [Chris Hedges, Gabor Maté] Palestine: The Moral Issue of Our Time
The number of dead and wounded in Palestine is staggering. Many look away. Why bother, you may ask? Because, unlike other conflicts, we can do something about it. It is the U.S., Canada and most of E...Show More
2) [Nubar Hovsepian] Edward Said: An Oppositional Intellectual
From on high, establishment intellectuals replicate dominant societal narratives, power structures, and established norms. And as long as they perform that task, they are honored, and celebrated and a...Show More
3) [Claudia de la Cruz] Imagining a New World
Authoritarianism can't happen here, you say. Look around. Open your eyes. No one is safe. Dissent is being criminalized. People are being arrested without due process. When Trump was asked if it was h...Show More
4) [Winona LaDuke] Rights of Nature: An Indigenous View
Indigenous peoples often see themselves as an integral part of nature, not separate from it, and recognize the interconnectedness of all living beings and nature. Indigenous perspectives on the rights...Show More
5) [Robin D. G. Kelley] Solidarity & Black Resistance to Fascism & Genocide
Langston Hughes, the great African American poet, said decades ago, “Fascism is a new name for that kind of terror the Negro has always faced in America.” Fascism can and has led to genocide. Progress...Show More
6) [Heather Cox Richardson] Cowboy Authoritarianism in America
We are at an inflection point. A chill is sweeping the country. We ignore it at our peril. The warning signs are everywhere. Alaska GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski says, “We are all afraid.” Massachusetts ...Show More
7) [Khatchig Mouradian] Houshamadyan: Armenian Memory Books
April 24th marks the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. I grew up in the 1950s in New York in the shadow of that tragedy. I was surrounded by survivors named Garabedian, Giragosian, Hagopian ...Show More
8) [Robert McChesney] Capitalism in the Age of Digital Technology
Monopoly isn’t just a board game it is the animating dynamic of our economic system. Really existing capitalism, which relies heavily on taxpayer support, embodies a near genetic drive to consolidate,...Show More
9) [Richard Forer] Israel, the U.S. & Palestine
Noam Chomsky calls the Israel, U.S., and Palestine relationship a “Fateful Triangle.” He says,“ In no other region of the world are the problems so likely to lead to devastating regional conflict.” He...Show More
10) [Maria López-Nuñez] Environmental Justice
Parts of the U.S. are an eco-disaster, a sacrifice zone. Take Newark, NJ. If you travel down a one-mile stretch of Doremus Avenue in Newark you pass a natural gas plant next to a sewage treatment faci...Show More