COMMUNITY CONCERNS – Page 2 – Pacifica Radio Archives

Too Many Wars in America

Too Many Wars in America A war on drugs, a war on so called “sexual deviance”, a war on terrorism…what are these wars in which dominant political class in America and theri media acolytes are so enthused to involve us? who benefits from these wars? We speak with GUEST: Mike Gray , author of BOOK:…

August 24, 2025

D.W.B.-Driving While Black

D.W.B. Driving While Black –and other associated phenomena. African Americans compose 14% of the American population, but some studies indicate that African americans account for as many as 73% of all routine stops by traffic officers. This constitutes a perpetual assault on the dignity of law abiding citizens. And by extrapolation, this ratio vividly suggests…

August 24, 2025

Floods, Earthquakes, Fires, Mud slides

Floods, earthquakes, fires, mud slides, poisonous insects and snakes, traffic, air poluution — just a few of teh problems confronting the home community of Mike Davis, MacArthur Fellow, and author of BOOK: ECOLOGY OF FEAR; LOS ANGELES AND THE IMAGINATION OF DISASTER

August 24, 2025

Women, Population and the Global Crisis

Women, Population and the Global Crisis GUEST: Prof. Asoka Bandarage, author of BOOK: WOMEN, POPULATION AND GLOBAL CRISIS: A POLITICAL-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS speaks of the need to consider the role of the global economic and political systems in perpetuating vast iniquities in the distribution of resources along the lines of gender, race, class, and nationality. Too…

August 24, 2025

Henry Louis Gates

Dr. Henry Louis Gates has transformed Harvard’s Afro-American Studies Department into a thriving and respected center by adding such scholars as William Julius Wilson and Cornell West to the program. In his spare time, he is author and editor of numerous publications. His critical studies of African-American oral and literary traditions have had a broad…

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 10, 1998

Million Youth March |(50 Minutes) Million Youth March In the week since the New York City police were depolyed to break-up the Million Youth March in Harlem, New York, reaction has been heated throughout the country. NY City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is defending the police action and Police Commissioner Howard Saffir continues to attack march…

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 4, 1998

Rwanda; Million Youth March; March Continued -Issues/Media; Leadership |(2 Minutes) Rwanda (12 Minutes) Million Youth March Sept. 5 youth are expected to gather in Harlem for the Million Youth March. The March is convened by Khallid Mohhamed, the controversial former Nation of Islam Speaker who has been highly criticized for his negative remarks about jews,…

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! October 9, 1998

Impeachment Inquiry; FBI Wiretapping |(36 Minutes) Impeachment Inquiry The House of Representatives voted yesterday for a presidential impeachment inquiry authorizing an unrestricted probe that could range far beyond the fallout from Clinton’s affair. GUEST: Bob Hennelly, journalist. GUEST: James Raskin, prof. of law. GUEST: Paul Robeson Jr., author of Paul Robeson Jr. Speaks to America…

August 24, 2025

Impeachment Resolution

What does it mean? How will the House Judiciary Committee;s ruling affect the operation of our government? What does it mean for average citizens? GUEST: Ruth Conniff, Washington editor of the Progressive. GUEST: James Raskin, Prof. of Law.

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 23, 1997

Smithsonian Controversy; Nike and Human Rights Abuses; Korea |(14 Minutes) Smithsonian Controversy 46 members of Congress last wek wrote to teh Smithsonian Institution in support of an exhibition on sweatshops at the National Museum of American History. The show is called Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Dialogue on American Sweatshops 1820- to…

August 24, 2025