“A Story of Pain, Treachery and Deceit: Rape, More Rape and Pillaging the Future”
Andrea Strong of End Pornography and Patriarchy: the Enslavement & Degradation of Women, talks about her article "Rape is NEVER the Victim's Fault, and digs into the culture of rape in the U.S. and the fight against it and to change the world.
Jeffrey Smith, activist, author and founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology, speaks on the scope and character of the problem with genetically modified food in the world today.
"Amnesty International Sells US War, US Troops Moving In On Africa and Getting Down to BAsics with the People of Sanford, Florida"
Ann Wright, Ret. US Colonel, and former State Dept. official who left the State Dept in opposition to the War on Iraq, calls out Amnesty International's new campaign to paint the War on Afghanistan as a NATO humanitarian effort and the dangers that poses for the world.
Glen Ford, Journalist and executive editor of Black Agenda Report, discusses the role of AFRICOM and the recent escalation in the number of US troops stationed in Africa.
Bianca Bagatourian, Playwright/Filmmaker, offers sharp insight on the roots of genocide and talks about her latest film project on genocide in Rwanda and the lessons it holds for the world.
PZ Myers, Biologist, University of Minnesota Morris and the author of Pharyngula, the most popular science blog in the world, lams into the Tennessee "monkey law" and why it's so dangerous.
"The First Signs of Fukushima's Toll on the World, An Uncompromising Love Song For Abortion and Theater Taking on the American Nightmare"
"Capitalism's War on Women and the Surprisingly Long Life of Slavery and the Black People in America"
In an excerpt from a recorded speech, Bob Avakian, Revolutionary Communist Party, describes a world of rape and sexual assault and who's to blame.
Sunsara Taylor, journalist, Revolution Newspaper, World Can't Wait, digs into the current high octane war on women - from attacks on abortion and birth control to the tsunami of violent and degrading porn - and calls for launching a new movement against this war.
"The War Drums Beating Against Bradley Manning, Iran and Women"
Marjorie Cohn, Law Professor/ Author, explores the impending court martial of Bradley Manning and poses the question of whether he is a hero or a traitor. Cohn declares him a hero and points to the hypocrisy of Manning facing charges while bona fide war criminals go free.
Tonight's show featured a stimulating interview about Texas Statewide Walk for Choice, happening in Austin on 5/28/11, as well as audio of the protest against Pakistani nukes which was held earlier today (5/27) in Houston outside the Consulate of Pakistan.
