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Mel Gurtov: Brazil’s October Election Could Make or Break the Amazon Rainforest; Mary Crow and Naadiya Hutchinson: Opponents Rally to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline and ‘Manchin’s Dirty Deal’; Dr. James G. Kahn: Reduced U.S. Life Expectancy Tied with For-Profit Health Insurance System Failure; Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary.

TUC Radio is joining independent media across the country in the Fall of 2022 for a celebration of the 100th birthday of this great historian. Howard Zinn spoke about the United States as occupied territory. He said that political and ideological power have been seized by a small group of radical anti-democratic ideologues. Howard Zinn was a historian, author, professor, playwright, and activist. He taught political science at Boston University and wrote more than 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People’s History of the United States. Zinn died suddenly in January 2010. He was about to give two major talks in Santa Monica, CA. ...

... We discuss how ETFs work, what has helped propel them into a $10 trillion industry, and how monitoring ETFs lends insight into trends such as the future of electric vehicles in China. Then, we revisit our 2021 discussion with impact investment pioneer Raj Thamotheram about how the socially responsible investing field has changed over the years. ...

In the first segment we feature Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour and Black activist Marc Lamont Hill in an Al Jazeera recorded conversation on intersectionality,the linkage of the Palestinian rights movement with the movement for Black rights in the US. The second movement we focus on today is visibility of the Palestinian rights movement on US campuses today, in particular the development of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) movement which has initiated immense pushback from Zionist campus groups, the well-funded Jewish Lobby, and too often, their university administrations and Boards of Trustees. These have given enormous visibility to the Palestinian cause which for so long has been suppressed. (Archive from 6-27-2021 and 4-24-2022.)

That's the name of Horowitz's new book. Borowitz talks about the theatricality of our politics today, and how, in this time of social media, we forget the power that television wielded in molding the world. He details the critical role that Ronald Reagan played in dumbing down our politics, and he does not shy away from drawing a line between the B-movie actor and a certain failed reality show host. ... In looking at what he calls the trickle-down theory of ignorance that has shaped the present day GOP, he fearlessly asks the key question: “Who is the most ignorant person the US is willing to elect?” Borowitz also examines the importance of short takes and short attention spans in understanding contemporary society, with special focus on the role of Twitter in political humor.

This week on Talk World Radio, we’re discussing peacebuilding and women’s rights with Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, MBE, Founder/CEO of International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and former director of London School of Economics Centre for Women, Peace and Security” who was awarded an MBE in 2020 in honor of her contributions to international peacebuilding.