WCRS Podcast - consciousvoices
Conscious Voices Bordering on the Brink
59:59 minutes (82.38 MB)
Border-wall / declaration of "emergency" protests, and an interview with the Center for Biological Diversity on the environmental impact of the border wall and immigration policies
Conscious Voices Crisis in Venezuela, and Israel's influence over U.S. legislators
59:57 minutes (82.33 MB)
Ilfan Omar grills Elliot Abrams on his record, Abby Martin on the effects of U.S. sanctions in Venezuela, and 2 lectures on how Israel affects U.S. policies, elections, and legislators
Conscious Voices But, the Rebuttals!
59:59 minutes (82.38 MB)
Georgia politician/activist Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic Party rebuttal to the state of the union address, followed by Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, speaking for the Working Families Party, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Consciois Voices Ohio Women's March 2019
59:58 minutes (82.36 MB)
Some of the speeches from the Columbus, Ohio 2019 Women's March, plus Nina Turner speaking at the national Women's March
Conscious Voices Tulsi Gabbard
59:58 minutes (82.37 MB)
A recorded speech from Hawaii congressperson Tulsi Gabbard, and a recorded conversation between Gabbard and Jane Sanders, plus some discussion in the intro of Gabbard's pros and cons.
Conscious Voices Columbus Campaign Finance Reform
1:00:00 minutes (82.41 MB)
The Columbus City Council proposes a package of campaign finance reforms that include a very high limit on how much an individual or company can donate to a candidate. Citizen activists speak against that portion of the proposal.
Conscious Voices Abortion ban veto stands, as U.S. troops in Syria stand down
1:00:00 minutes (82.4 MB)
Ohio Republican legislators fail by just one vote to overturn Governor Kasich's veto of a sweeping abortion ban bill that the legislature adopted last week, but the governor signed a second abortion ban bill that opponents say is nearly as bad.
Also, Medea Benjamin speaks with Phyllis Benis on the announced withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria
Conscious Voices Zionism and Black Radicalism
59:59 minutes (82.37 MB)
Talk by Morgan State University professor of communications, Jared Ball on the intersection of modern Pan-Africanism and the anti-zionist movement.
Conscious Voices David Cay Johnston and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
59:59 minutes (82.37 MB)
Journalist David Cay Johnston, author of the new book; It's Worse Than You Think; What Trump Is Doing To America, and congressperson-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the New Green Deal
Conscious Voices Refugee Caravan and U.S. policy in Honduras
59:58 minutes (82.35 MB)
Narration; brief history of U.S. interference with Honduras
Segment 1; Noam Chomsky traces the current crisis to Hillary Clinton's tenure as Sec. of State under Obama
Segment 2; Al Jazeera's Faultlines segment on the impact of the U.S. "war on drugs" in Honduras
Segment 3; Tariq Ali podcast on the latest post-coup election in Honduras
