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One on One With Rep. Jan Schakowsky: “We Are Not Helpless!“
Rep. Jan Schakowsky. (Photo: davidcharns) Rep. Jan Schakowsky's (D-Illinois) $227 billion jobs bill was more or less dead on arrival in the Republican-controlled House. And while she's …
Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman on Human Rights Abuses Enabled by “War on Terror”
Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman, one of three recipients who split the award this year, spoke in New York City at the Brecht Forum in September 2010 …
Dennis Kucinich and Chris Hedges on the 99 Percent
This week on Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK: Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Chris Hedges explain why the 99 percenters are “the best among us.” Plus: Occupy L.A., Obama’s …
What Role for Labor in the Progressive Uprising? A Conversation With Stephen Lerner
Stephen Lerner (left) talks to the President of SEIU Local 1 as they walk past Goldman Sachs Headquarters on the way to Wells Fargo Regional Office in Chicago to …
Losing Our Civic Religion: A Conversation With David Shipler (2)
This April, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Shipler, a former foreign correspondent for The New York Times in Israel and the Soviet Union, released “The Rights of the People.” The …
“American Autumn” Will Depend on People, Not Parties
Dr. Margaret Flowers, a core organizer of the October2011.org Movement. (Photo: Bill Hughes) No sooner did President Obama take office than the first cracks in the wall …
War Reporter Ed Girardet on Meeting Bin Laden, Chaos and Resistance
Edward Girardet, author of “Killing the Cranes: A Reporter's Journey Through Three Decades of War in Afghanistan.” (Photo: Chelsea Green Publishing) As an award-winning correspondent, Edward Girardet's …
Fate of Troy Anthony Davis Hangs in the Balance as Supporters Seek Last-Minute Halt to Execution
The State of Georgia is preparing to execute Troy Anthony Davis in one of the most high-profile executions in the United States in years. Davis is scheduled to be …
Rev. Jesse Jackson on Taxing the Rich, Occupy Wall Street Protest and Palestinian Statehood
On Monday, President Obama proposed a new tax on millionaires as part of his plan to close the deficit and responded to opponents who have labeled his plan "class …
Rag Radio: Carl Davidson on Mondragon and Workers’ Cooperatives
Rag Radio's Tracey Schulz (left) and Thorne Dreyer, with guest Carl Davidson at the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, Sept. 9. (Photo: Jim Cleveland / KOOP Radio / The …