Why the Colombia Free Trade Agreement is Still a Bad Idea
April 8 2011
On this episode PA contributing editor John Case and CPUSA labor commission chair Scott Marshall respond to the new push to pass the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
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Africans and the Globalization of White Supremacy, Part 2
April 7 2011
On this episode we play the second part of our two-part interview with historian and author Andrew Zimmerman on his new book, Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South.
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African Americans and the Globalization of White Supremacy, Part 1
March 23 2011
On this episode we play the first of our two-part interview with historian and author Andrew Zimmerman on his new book, Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South.
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Racial Segregation in American Cities
March 4 2011
On this episode we play the second part of our interview with historian and author Luther Adams on his new book, Way Up North in Louisville: African American Migration in the Urban South, 1930-1970. For the map discussed in the interview see here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/5011003858/
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Who’s Afraid of Socialism, an Interview with John Nichols
February 12 2011
On this episode we play a special interview with author John Nichols. Nichols' new book The S Word, which is subtitled A Short History of an American Tradition…Socialism, is forthcoming from Verso Books, VersoBooks.com. Nichols is also the Washington correspondent for the Nation magazine, TheNation.com.
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Egypt’s Struggle for Democracy
February 6 2011
On this episode, well play a recorded discussion of the events in Egypt and their causes, the roles of the youth movement, new information technologies, the Egyptian labor movement, and what steps people the United States can take to show solidarity with the Egyptian people in their struggle for freedom.
Race and the White House, an Interview with Clarence Lusane
January 24 2011
On this episode we play our interview with historian Clarence Lusane, author of The Black History of the White House from City Lights Press.
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The New Balance of Political Forces and Next Steps
January 9 2011
This episode is the first in a series on the Communist Party's analysis of the 2010 election and its outline of the new areas of political struggle and organizing, featuring CPUSA Political Action Commission Chair Joelle Fishman.
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Defend Public Workers from Republican Party Attacks
January 9 2011
This episode is the second in a series on the Communist Party's analysis of the 2010 election and its outline of the new areas of political struggle and organizing, with a special emphasis on the need to defend public workers and labor unions from GOP attacks.
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The Republican Agenda Can Be Defeated
January 9 2011
This episode is the third in a series on the Communist Party's analysis of the 2010 election and its outline of the new areas of political struggle and organizing, featuring CPUSA Executive Vice Chair Jarvis Tyner.
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