Gay Rights: The Bigger Picture
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Marriage equality isn't the big issue, Congress struggles to pass immigration reform, Brazil's World Cup protests, and what the hell is the matter with Texas?
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Marriage equality isn’t the big issue, Congress struggles to pass immigration reform, Brazil’s World Cup protests, and what the hell is the matter with Texas?
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Guests, in order of appearance:
Michael Bronski is the author of “A Queer History of the United States” and a professor of activism and gender studies at Harvard University.
Ron Gochez, with the Southern California Immigration Coalition, talks to Leilani Albano about immigration legislation.
Texas Observer staff writer Forrest Wilder discusses the Wendy Davis filibuster, Texas’ voter ID law and more.
Dave Zirin discusses the mass protests in Brazil, the World Cup, the Olympics, and how major sporting events can inflict austerity on the masses.
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TD Interview
Marc Cooper, Dig Curator and former translator to President Allende, speaks to KPFK Radio's Suzi Weissman about the complex historical forces at work today in Chile.
Dig Scape
Bart Plantega debuts DigScape, an audio feature that combines beats and audio collage wrapped around political and social themes. In his first installment, Bart weaves his soundscape with the themes of alienation and suffering among military veterans.
The class war that gave rise to his campaign is the fault of a long line of corporate Democrats like Joe Biden, and voters know it.
A new book shows how the activist's positions on issues like the Vietnam War and environmental justice helped move civil rights leaders left.
Intelligence expert William Binney discusses the revelation that a widely used encryption service has been in government hands for decades.
“The way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them up against the walls and frisk them.”
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