LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST The anti-war movement in WWI in Britain took a heroic stand against senseless slaughter: ADAM HOCHSCHILD tells that story in his magnificent new book To End All Wars – it was featured on page 1 of the New York Times Book Review. I’ll be in conversation [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST It’s Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday! I’ll be co-hosting a two-hour special, at a special time: Tues 11am-1pm, featuring Sean Wilentz, author of Dylan in America; Bob Dylan rarities — interviews on WBAI in NYC from the early sixties; highlights of ten years of my interviews about [...]
A short history of an American tradition: Socialism. JOHN NICHOLS, the Wisconsin hero who writes “The Beat” blog at TheNation.com, offers an unapologetic retort to the return of red-baiting in American political life in his new book “The ‘S’ Word.” It is our featured thank-you gift in the KPFK fund drive for the 4 O’Clock [...]
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