Progressive Radio News Hour

Progressive Radio News Hour - Rodney Shakespeare - 09/08/12

Rodney Shakespeare is a Professor of Binary Economics at Trisakti University, Britain where he teaches postgraduate Islamic Economics and Finance. He's also a qualifed 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 - Francis Boyle - 09/07/2012

Boyle is a distinguished University of Illinois law professor, activist, and internationally recognized expert on international law and human rights. His many books include "Palestine, Palestinians and International Law," "Biowarfare and Terrorism," and his newest titled, "United Ireland: Human Rights and International Law." Major world and national issues will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - Finian Cunningham - 09/02/2012

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

Earlier he spent months in Bahrain, writing about brutal Al-Khalifa monarchy repression.

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

Key ones will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - Herbert Dix - 09/01/12

Herbert Bix is a Professor of History at Binghamton University, New York. A noted Asian/Japanese scholar, he writes often on issues of war and America's empire. His books include "Peasant Protest in Japan, 1590 - 1884," acclaimed as one of the best ever on peasant rebellions in premodern societies. His "Making of Modern Japan" won the 2001 nonfiction Pulitzer prize. Major world and national issues will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - Mickey Huff - 08/30/12

Mickey Huff is a California-based Professor of History at Diablo Valley College and Director of Project Censored (PC) and the Media Freedom Foundation. MFF supports First Amendment freedoms and investigative research, and works closely with PC and other media related organizations.

PC is the media democracy advocacy group that publishes vital news stories suppressed or censored in the mainstream.

Each year, it ranks the top 25 and publishes them in its yearbook, Censored: Media Democracy in Action. The latest Censored 2011: The Top Censored Stories of 2009 - 10 can be purchased at projectcensored.org/store.

Major world and national issues will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - Ellen Brown - 08/26/12

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 - Jack Rasmus - 08/25/12

Jack Rasmus is Professor of Political Economy at St. Mary's College and Santa Clara University, CA. He's also a freelance journalist, frequent speaker, a playwright and author, including his latest book titled, "Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression." His new book is titled, "Obama's Economy: Recovery for the Few." His book and current views on the economy will be discussed.

Progressive Commentary Hour - Paul Craig Roberts - 08/23/12

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 - John McMurtry - 08/19/2012

McMurtry is an internationally recognized moral and political philosopher who is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, Ontario.

His volumes on Philosophy and World Problems for UNESCO are globally published, and his widely translated works include the influential books, "Unequal Freedoms," "The Cancer Stage of Capitalism," and "Value Wars."

McMurtry is also an active public advocate for global justice, world peace, and international law.

Major world and national issues will be discussed.

Progressive Radio News Hour - John Kozy - 08/18/12

John Kozy is a retired philosophy professor, now writing on social, political and economic issues. He taught for many years and has been writing for many more. Visit his web site at www.jkozy.com His latest writing will be discussed.