For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff discusses the Kyle Rittenhouse case, the rising trend of white vigilantism, and what this all means in the struggle for racial justice with anti-racist activist and commentator Jamala Rogers. They have an insightful and incisive conversation about how Rittenhouse became the poster child for right-wing vigilantes, the ways […]
Fireside Chat with Will Williams and Allen Ruff
In our 10th or maybe 12th Thanksgiving day chat with Will William the phone lines light up as we talk about the historical wrongs of our nation, the things we are all thankful for, and the strange tradition of pardoning of white turkeys. Will Williams is a Vietnam veteran, a local peace veteran activist, and […]
A History of World Orders and Catastrophic Change
For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff talks to historian Alfred McCoy about the long history of empire through the lens of his new book, To Govern the Globe. Alfred McCoy is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he teaches and researches modern Philippine social and political history, U.S. foreign policy, colonial […]
Meet Critical Race Theory, Latest Bogeyman of the Right
Conservative critics of critical race theory are calling it the “greatest threat to religious liberty in America today.” In state legislatures throughout the U.S., GOP lawmakers are pushing for it to be banned in schools. And right-wing organizations like ALEC have been doing their part to push this anti-CRT agenda. But what is critical race […]
Benjamin Lay, Prophet Against Slavery
Today, Thursday host Allen Ruff explores the life and times of the early anti-slavery rebel Benjamin Lay with historian Marcus Rediker and graphic artist David Lester, whose new book Prophet Against Slavery is out this week. Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of many […]
The Twilight of Sweatshop Capitalism
How are the clothes we wear produced? Where? By whom and under what conditions? At what cost? And who profits? These are only a few of the questions political economist Ashok Kumar takes up in his latest book, Monopsony Capitalism (“monopsony” referring to “the unequal power dynamic of many sellers and only a few buyers“). Today […]
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