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US news media need to not only acknowledge inflicting racist harms, but take seriously the idea of repairing them. If US news media never used the terms “wake-up call” or “racial reckoning” again, with regard to the latest instance of institutional white supremacy brought to light, that would be fine. Far better would be for them to do the work of not just acknowledging that US news media have supported and inflicted racist harms throughout this country’s history, but shedding critical light on the hows and whys of those harms—and taking seriously the idea of repairing them and replacing them with a media ecosystem that better serves us all. The Media 2070: Media Reparations Project encourages conversation and action around that vision. ...

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. In this part TWO Zinn talks about US exceptionalism, the myth of the US being number One, and the various forms of patriotism that cloud views and perceptions. And he asks how a war on terrorism can be declared – even though war itself is terrorism. ...

Ice caps, or the apex of glaciers, are delicate things. As the earth warms, they respond by rapidly thawing into their oceanic homes. This week on Sea Change Radio we speak to journalist Bob Berwyn of Inside Climate News to gain a deeper understanding of melting glaciers in Europe, the impact the melt is having on ecosystems, and what policymakers are doing to mitigate the effects.

Today we take another look at the plight of Palestinians who live within the borders of Israel…some 20% of the Israeli population. Haneen Al Zoubi is a long time outspoken Palestinian activist who also serves as an elected member of the Israeli Knesset, and she is our featured speaker today. For many years Israel has tried unsuccessfully to silence and marginalize Haneen al Zoubi, but she has prevailed. Here is her talk at the Palestine Center in Washington DC.

Waste of time. This "tech expert" is a useless windbag.

This week on Talk World Radio, we’re discussing nuclear weapons and efforts to abolish them with two activists from the Seattle, Washington, area, Tara Villalba, who organizes with neighbor tenants and workers, and Thomas Rogers who is a former Navy submarine captain now active with the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. [David joined them for the Sept 24 rally in Seattle. See https://abolishnuclearweapons.org] David hopes we can inspire others to do the same in their towns.