Mass Shooting in Baltimore: Why the Cops Can’t Solve Community Violence
A tragic mass shooting at a Baltimore block party killed two and injured 28 people last weekend. The incident is being used by some to demand increased policing. Lawrence Grandpre, the Director of Research at the Baltimore think tank, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, discusses the underlying causes of community violence in Baltimore and whether […]
Israel Retreats: Jenin Battle Reveals New Generation of Palestinian Resistance with Ali Abunimah
Amid growing Palestinian resistance, Israel launched a full-fledged military invasion of the West Bank city of Jenin. The invasion, the largest West Bank operation since 2002, killed 12 Palestinians and injured and displaced thousands more. Ali Abunimah, the Director of The Electronic Intifada, discusses the attacks and the new generation of resistance in Jenin.
How The US-Mexico Border Became One of the Most Militarized Places on Earth
With the expiration of Title 42, the Trump administration’s pandemic-era rapid-expulsion border policy, the corporate media went into overdrive spewing racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric, emphasizing a “migrant surge” at the border. Todd Miller, an author and journalist specializing in border issues reveals that the true “border surge” is in the unprecedented funding for border militarization, […]
America First: Debunking the Far-Right’s Fake ‘Anti-War’ Narrative
A rising political current of far-right figures including Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene are expressing opposition to U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war. Amanda Yee, an editor of LiberationNews.org and Host of Radio Free Amanda, explains why we should not be fooled by this “anti-war” posturing and the agenda behind “America First” isolationism.
Eyewitness Donbas: Why the Majority Reject Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive
The Ukrainian military offensive is underway with an attempt to regain territory in the Donbas, the four regions that have been at the heart of the conflict since 2014. The only problem for Ukraine? The majority clearly want to remain part of Russia. Journalist Johnny Miller, who has been living in Donetsk, joins the show […]
How Capitalists are Scheming to Use AI as a Weapon Against Workers
Sam Altman, the chief executive of the San Francisco start-up OpenAI, testified before members of Congress about regulations for rapidly advancing artificial intelligence technology. Belinda Li, a PhD student at MIT working on natural language processing and machine learning, explains what AI might mean for workers.
Breaching the Climate Tipping Point: How a Planned Economy Could Still Save Things
For the first time ever, global temperatures are now likely to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming within the next five years, a major climate change threshold. Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, Professor and Chair of Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies, SUNY at New Paltz discusses the possibility of averting a complete climate […]
‘Lying Flat’ in China vs ‘Quiet Quitting’ in US: Are Young Workers Checked Out?
The term “quiet quitting” has taken social media by storm in both China and the US and it is particularly favored by the Gen Z in the workplace. How does “quiet quitting”, or “Lying flat” as it is called in China, manifest itself in China and the US, given their different economic systems? In this […]