Progressive Radio News Hour

Progressive Radio News Hour -Finian Cunningham - 05/11/13

Finian Cunningham is a musician, writer and activist. He's based in Northern Ireland when not on site elsewhere.

Earlier he spent months in Bahrain. He did so addressing brutal Al-Khalifa monarchy repression.

Currently, he's on the Horn of Africa. He's covering struggles in that strategic part of the world. He's not ignoring others.

Key ones will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - Elizabeth Woodworth - 05/10/13

Woodworth is a writer and former head librarian for the British Columbia Ministry of Health (1978 - 2002). Her writing focuses largely on social justice issues.

She's also involved in Consensus 9/11. It seeks "best evidence" proof to dispel official story falsehoods. New information learned will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - 05/05/13

Progressive Radio News Hour - Rodney Shakespeare - 05/04/13

Rodney Shakespeare is a Professor of Binary Economics at Trisakti University, Britain where he teaches postgraduate Islamic Economics and Finance.

He's also a qualified UK Barrister, co-founder of the Global Justice Movement, and distinguished writer, scholar and lecturer, particularly at Islamic conferences on money, the real economy, and social and economic justice.

Major world and national issues will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - Paul Craig Roberts - 05/03/13

Roberts was former Assistant Treasury Secretary under Ronald Reagan, a Wall Street Journal Associate Editor, and holder of numerous academic appointments, including at Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies. He now prominently criticizes destructive, repressive state policies, harming people everywhere. Major world and national issues will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - Ellen Brown - 04/28/13

Brown is a civil litigation attorney, distinguished author, and frequent writer on financial issues. A new edition of her important book, "Web of Debt," is a brilliant analysis of the private banking system, how it usurped money creation power, and how we can get it back.

She also heads the Public Banking Institute (PBI), an initiative to return power to the people where it belongs.

Her latest writing will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - Larry Pinkney - 04/27/13

Pinkney's a dedicated activist. He's a former political prisoner. He's a Black Panther Party veteran. He formerly served as Republic of New Africa Minister of Interior.

Currently he's an editorial board member of The Black Commentator.

Major world and national issues will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - Robert McChesney - 04/26/13

McChesney is a leading media scholar, critic, and activist. He’s also University of Illinois Research Professor in the Institute of Communications Research and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

He's a prolific writer and frequent speaker. His new book is titled "Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Away from Democracy." It represents 15 years of research. He calls it "the capstone of (his) career."

Discussion will focus on why the book's so important.

Progressive Radio News Hour - Charles Derber

Charles Derber

Derber is Boston College Professor of Sociology. He's a leading social critic. He challenges corporate power, globalization injustice and imperial lawlessness.

His books include "Regime Change Begins at Home," "Corporation Nation," "The Wilding of America," and "People Before Profit."

Progressive Radio News Hour - Denis Rancourt - 04/20/13

Denis Rancourt is a distinguished tenured Professor of Physics, a recognized expert in his field, and an Environmental Science Researcher at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Yet he was persecuted, unfairly fired, and barred from campus. Doing so constituted a gross violation of his academic freedom, tenure, stature, and support for human rights, civil liberties and equal justice.

Major world and national issues will be discussed.