Episodes

Why are basic needs of people in the United States being held hostage by a senate rule, which is not even a law or in the Constitution? Faith leaders say that the filibuster is immoral and speak out on Easter Monday. And more on that poison pill inserted into the proposed and highly promoted federal voting rights bill, The For the People Act, which will actually make it much harder for third parties to emerge and compete against the two corporate parties. Dr. Margaret Flowers talks about the poi...

Prosecutors may deny it, but policing in the United States is on trial along with Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. We speak the attorney who uncovered the truth in the death of another Black man, Elijah McClain. And people rally in DC and in 60 cities and towns to make the link between anti-Asian hate and the legacy of U.S. wars killing millions of Asian people in their homelands. Plus headlines on Haiti solidarity, DAPL, Line 3 Protest, Bessemer update and more… Voices: Attorney J...

From the New Cold War to voting rights, to guns, to labor rights, this is an inflection point for American politics and human rights. We hear voices of Amazon workers and he Rev. William Barber organizing for a union in Bessemer, Alabama. And for this month’s look at culture and media, journalist Jon Jeter says the American Rescue Plan is not all it is cranked to be. Headlines with historian Gerald Horne on the new Cold War with China, voter suppression, teachers, affordable housing and more. T...

For peace activists on the frontlines, anti-Asian violence is inextricably linked to the history of U.S. imperialist wars. And for this month’s episode of the F-Word on fascism, author Roberto Lovato on the deadly legacy of U.S. colonialism in Central and South America. Plus headlines on the Poor People’s Campaign, the New Cold War with Gerald Horne, and the ACLU DC’s report on police repression of Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020. Voices: Roberto Lovato, Gerald Horne, Christine Ahn, Rev. ...

As the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin gets under way for the murder of George Floyd last May, efforts at police reform legislation are floundering, including here in the DMV. We speak to activist Jonathan Hutto. And young people suing the U.S. federal government for its role in climate change take their case to the Supreme Court. Plus headlines on COVID relief legislation, International Women’s Day, the loss of affordable housing in DC, Julian Assange Mumia Abu-Jamal a...

As Republicans attempt to enact a raft of voter suppression laws across the U.S. will threats against election workers and officials become the norm too? We speak to reporter Sonam Vashi. And a new expose reveals how some of the largest and supposedly independent western news organizations, the BBC and Reuters, participated in a far-reaching propaganda effort, funded by the British government, aimed at weakening Russia. We speak to best-selling author Max Blumenthal about the real Russiagate. T...

In the midst of a pandemic and economic meltdown, will corporations keep winning? Progressives say the real Fight for $15 is on. And long before Colin Kaepernick, Black athletes like Jack Johnson Joe Gans unleashed boxing as a weapon against White supremacy. We speak to historian Gerald Horne about his new book: The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering and the Political Economy of Boxing. Plus more headlines: Congress voting on $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package… Fight for $15 comes ...

As the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act is invoked in a lawsuit against former President Trump, we revisit our conversations with author Natonne Elaine Kemp about White mob violence of the Reconstruction Era. And what is happening in Texas? The same week that the U.S. lands a rover on Mars, residents throughout the second largest U.S. state don’t have clean water and hundreds of thousands are still in the dark and in the cold. Plus more headlines: Post Trump impeachment… Justice for four Colorado activist...

While Democrats present damning evidence against Trump in his second impeachment trial, will facts matter to a Republican party following its base to the far right? And in her bid to head Biden’s Office and Management and Budget, the controversial neoliberal Neera Tanden faces Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders. Also, economist Richard Wolff on what is happening on the real streets not Wall Street. Plus headlines: New study that says Trump’s mishandling of COVID crisis cost lives… More than ...

In the days leading to the second impeachment of Donald Trump, Washington is as divided as ever over what are the facts and how to move forward. And while some cheer the Biden administration’s first steps to fix the broken U.S. immigration system, millions more refugees, asylum seekers and the undocumented languish in limbo. We hear voices rallying for justice for all immigrants at the #AllofUs action at the Washington Monument on January 27. We also speak to attorney Ofelia Calderon. Plus head...

The coming weeks will determine whether the Biden Administration can get a handle on the raging pandemic and the economic collapse. Dr Margaret Flowers gives us the lowdown on coronavirus and vaccines. And two days after a right-wing mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, plainclothes police officers 30 miles away shot and killed a 24-year-old Black man after chasing him. The family, friends and community of Kwamena Ocran say they wont stop until they get answers”and justice. Plus headlines. The show i...

A peaceful transfer of power to the U.S. presidency is secured with 25,000 National Guard troops. And as the U.S. faces public health, economic and political crises, economist Richard Wolff and historian Gerald Horne discuss the economic and foreign policies of the new Biden administration. Journalist Jon Jeter talks basketball and racial justice. Plus headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our l...

For the first F-word on fascism for 2021, I speak to national coordinator of the anti-war ANSWER Coalition, veteran activist Brian Becker, who gives his take on the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the emboldening of the violent far right. Rev. William Lamar, pastor of DC’s Metropolitan AME Church, says that even though the Democrats won the White House the people must win human rights like healthcare and economic justice. Gerald Horne on Mike Pompeo and headlines. Headlines: 15,000 Nat...

A violent coup attempt rocks the U.S. Capitol, raising new questions about domestic terrorism and the police state…And as rioters turn their fury towards corporate media, there are important updates about the world’s most important journalist, Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own ...

On this show, unheard voices from 2020 on issues that will continue to resonate in 2021. First, on health care, which in the United States is not a human right, we hear independent podcaster Joy Marie Mann and Scott Desnoyers, a father living in New York State, speaking at the #Force the Vote Town Hall for Medicare for All. Second, the continuing neoliberal legacy of former president Barack Obama, and why Obama needs to continue to disparage his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. We hear t...

This is our look back at the momentous year of 2020. From Covid, to Economic Depression, to environmental catastrophe, to millions of personal heartbreaks and tragedies, this year has left its mark on the earth and on all of us. Voices: Jane Fonda, Dr. Margaret Flowers, Gerald Horne, April Goggans, Rev. Graylan Hagler, Anti-Racism Activists and more… The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In...

Everything out of order– including converging health, economic and political crises–have the become order of the day in Washington. And how does the legacy of colonialism resonate in the present? For our final F-word segment on fascism for 2020, we speak to Professor Gerald Horne about the 135th anniversary of Berlin Conference and Europe’s scramble for Africa’s natural resources and labor. Plus headlines including Congress and Covid relief, Proud Boys violence in DC, community control of the po...

New York City taxi drivers descend on the U.S. Capitol to demand economic relief for American workers; some say they have already lost everything. And as Trump makes his last stand at the U.S. Supreme Court to try to overturn his loss in the election, his supporters plan to return to DC for a parade in advance of a vote by the electoral college. We speak to April Goggans, core organizer for Black Lives Matter DC, which is part of a coalition that will be holding a separate community party to pro...

This year has offered a nonstop exhibition on how corporate media is so bad and getting worse. How much gaslighting and illusion can we take? We speak to journalist Jon Jeter for our final culture and media segment for 2020, voices of the Rev. Allan Boesak and Jose Bustani. And the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, makes an impassioned plea for humanity to save itself and address the climate and ecological crisis. Plus headlines on international news on Nigeria, Iran an...

Capping off this summer’s national uprising against racism, Indigenous Peoples Day in DC brought together Native American, African American and other peoples from around the globe. The program, emceed by Pete Landeros of the American Indian Movement, included activists with a common bond in the fight against racism and capitalist exploitation of human beings and the planet. We spend the hour hearing their voices. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the pe...

As President-Elect Joe Biden starts to fill his cabinet with corporate grifters and war hawks, young activists for environmental justice and a Green New Deal say not so fast and vow to hold Biden accountable. And the violence and vandalism by Trump supporters who descended on DC goes largely uncovered in corporate media, and spurs anti-fascist and anti-racist activists to regroup to counter emboldened White supremacists. For this month’s episode of The F-Word on fascism, I speak to two people wh...

Celebrations that erupted after Joe Biden was projected winner of the 2020 presidential election have turned to expressions of concern as it seems that Donald Trump never can say goodbye. We speak to professor Gerald Horne. And though Biden voters are breathing a sigh of relief left activists say not so fast: what will Biden do to address this country’s reckoning with racism, state violence and the legacy of capitalist exploitation. We hear the address from Omali Yeshitela speaking at the Black ...

As former Vice President Joe Biden is set to secure the 270 electoral college votes needed for victory in the 2020 presidential race, President Donald Trump and his supporters plunge into deep denial with unproven accusations of nationwide electoral fraud.Those who are eager to see Trump’s presidency end also take to the streets, positive that they will indeed see it end if every vote is counted. Plus post-election roundtable with Gerald Horne, Makani Themba, Retha Hill and Ewuare Osayande. The...