Posts Tagged ‘Elizabeth Robinson’
NoAlibis 9am 6/19/13: Mairead Maguire on Syria; CHIRLA on immigration reform
Following news, Nobel Peace recipient Mairead Maguire joins Marisela Marquez and Elizabeth Robinson to discuss her recent trip to Syria and her thoughts on US intervention there. In the second hour, Joseph Villela of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) analyzes immigration reform proposals in the US Congress and [...]
NoAlibis 9am 6/5/13: Falk & Elver on Lebanon & Turkey; Radio Xicana collective
Hilal Elver and Richard Falk recently returned from Lebanon and on their way to Turkey join Elizabeth Robinson to discuss the current social and political situations in both countries in the larger context of regional turmoil. In the second hour, Vanessa, Evalejandra and Jessica of KCSB's 'Radio Xicana' share their thoughts about their program [...]
NoAlibis 8am 5/22/13: Crime & Racialization; Private contractors & US bases
On May 22nd, we inaugurate a new feature on No Alibis called Race & Class Radio that highlights the current issue of the internationally known journal published in London. Following the news, Avery Gordon and Elizabeth Robinson are joined by Elizabeth Fekete and Jon Burnett as we focus on crime and racialization. In the second hour, we speak [...]
NoAlibis 5/01/13 Bangladesh factory disaster; Anti-drone protest
In the wake of the Boston marathon bombings, scant attention was paid to the horrendous collapse of a factory in Bangladesh that killed more than 100 workers. With international workers day in mind, Barbara Briggs of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights joins Elizabeth Robinson to discuss the conditions in the factory and elsewhere [...]
Bobby Verdugo remembers Sal Castro & Chicano student walkout; No Alibis 04/15/17 podcast
As a school student in 1968, Bobby Verdugo and thousands of other Chicano students walked out of their classrooms demanding quality education and simple respect. He shared those experiences with Marisela Marquez and Elizabeth Robinson and also remembered his teacher, Sal Castro, who had supported the students. Castro died April 4, 2013. We [...]
No Alibis 4/3/13, 8am: World Social Forum report; Pharmaceuticals and the FDA
Jim Ellinger has just returned from Tunisia and will report on the 2013 World Social Forum just concluded in Tunis. In the second hour, Corey Dubin of the Committee of 10,000 will discuss pharmaceutical patents and the need for a strong, independent Federal Drug Administration. Elizabeth Robinson hosts.
Nancy Kurshan: No Alibis 3/20/13: Prison ‘security’ units. Podcast
Nancy Kurshan, author of Out of Control:A Fifteen Year Battle Against Control Unit Prisons, spoke with Avery Gordon and Elizabeth Robinson about the Marion Prison lock down as the prototype for control unit prisons. These prisons have now become common as at Pelican Bay's 'Secure Housing Units' which have created an international outcry as [...]
NoAlibis 1/23/12 8am: Border ‘security’; debt resistance
On January 23rd, No Alibis will be joined in the first hour by Tom Barry, director of the Transborder Project and Senior Analyst, Center for International Policy to discuss border security and his new book, Border Wars and in the second hour by Andrew Ross, author of Nice Work if you can get it:Life and Labor in Precarious Times and a dozen other [...]
No Alibis 12/19/12: ‘Juvenile In Justice’; Report from Doha Climate Talks
Richard Ross new book 'Juvenile In Justice', an extensive photo essay of children in various detention facilities documents the practices, whether humane or not, and he includes statements from the kids themselves. He discusses the book with Elizabeth Robinson following news. In the second hour, Richard Falk and Hilal Elver, just returned from [...]
No Alibis 12/12/12 8am:CA families against solitary confinement; Booktastings
A group of family members of prisoners in Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security Housing Units (SHUs) organized a charter bus to offer free rides for other family members to visit their loved ones at Pelican Bay. The trip was organized by California Families Against Solitary Confinement (CFASC) in an effort to support families who have been unable [...]
