Posted in DefaultTag on Jun 28th, 2016
Peter and Mickey spend the hour in conversation with author Carol Anderson. Her latest book, "White Rage," chronicles the history of white resistance and obstruction to African-American equality, from the Reconstruction period to modern times. Carol Anderson is Professor of African-American Studies at Emory University in Atlanta.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Jun 21st, 2016
This week's Project Censored features a recent speech by long-time peace organizer Medea Benjamin.
She examines recent successes and setbacks for the antiwar movement, and
discusses her current campaigns. Medea Benjamin is cofounder of the
womens' peace group Code Pink and the fair trade organization Global
Exchange. She spoke at Sonoma State University on March 25, 2016, as part of the student-organized Social Justice Week.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Jun 14th, 2016
This week's program
looks at recent events in Honduras, including the 2009 coup, the 2012
killing of four villagers by a joint US-Honduran patrol at Ahuas,
and
the March 2016 assassination of indigenous environmental campaigner
Berta Caceres. The guests examine some of the underlying institutions
and circumstances there, including
the heavily militarized Honduran police, the US "drug war," and US
willingness to use drug trafficking accusations to bring down critics of
the country's ruling party.
Co-host Maria Robinson is with the Honduran Solidary Network in California.
Karen Spring is also with the Honduran Solidarity Network, and is based in Honduras.
Judy Ancel is president of the Cross-Border Network for Justice and Solidarity, based in Kansas City.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Jun 7th, 2016
In light of President Obama's visit to Hiroshima on May 27, Peter and Mickey spend the hour with historian Peter Kuznick, who has written extensively about President Truman's decision to drop the bomb. The conversation encompasses nuclear history,
and also covers contemporary issues, including the U-S "pivot" to Asia,
the rise of China as a military power, and the contrast between Obama's words on nuclear disarmament, and his deeds.
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