KPFA - UpFront

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. The post Russia's War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – August 14, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – August 13, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — George Chidi is a politics and democracy reporter for Guardian US based in the south-east. 00:33 — Ruth Conniff is Editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner. She formerly served as Editor-in-chief of The Progressive Magazine where she worked for many years from both Madison and Washington, DC. The post Wisconsin and Minnesota Primaries; Plus, $300M Federal Grant for Increased Policing appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Walter Riley, longtime civil rights attorney and fixture of struggles for justice in the East Bay, co-author of the book about his life entitled Civil Rights and Structural Attacks: Conversations with Walter Riley. [This is a rebroadcast of an interview originally recorded in June] The post Walter Riley [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. The post Russia's War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

Annie Leonard is an environmental and anti-consumerist activist, best known for the creating the Youtube sensation “The Story of Stuff.” She served as the Executive Director of Greenpeace US until recently. Her latest book, co-authored with Andre Carothers, is Protest: Respect It Defend It Use It. [This interview was originally recorded and aired in abbreviated form in July 2026] The post Annie Leonard on Protest [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Iman Abid-Thompson is the Director of Advocacy and Organizing at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR). 00:33 — Ruskin Hartley is the CEO of DarkSky International. Previously, he served as executive director of Save the Redwoods League and as the president and CEO of Heal the Bay in Los Angeles. 00:45 — Jake Werner is director of the East Asia Program at the Quincy Institute. His research examines the emergence of great power conflict between the US and China and develops policies to rebuild constructive economic relations. The post El-Sayed's Win is a Win Against AIPAC Money; Plus, Petition to Prevent Datacenters in Space; And,China Relates Against US Sanctions appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Rachel Leingang is a Midwest political correspondent for Guardian US.  00:20 — Trita Parsi is the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. 00:33 — Matt Duss is the Executive Vice President of the Center for International Policy. The post Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Primary; Plus, Oman and Iran Plan for the Strait of Hormuz; And, Why Hasn't the US Ended the Iran War Yet? appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation. 00:33 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect and co-host of the podcast Organized Money. The post Upcoming Primaries; Plus, Who Holds the Bag if the AI Bubble Pops? appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. The post Russia's War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Cory Doctorow, blogger, digital rights activist with the EFF, and author most recently of The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI The post Cory Doctorow on Life After AI appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 00:33 — Jake Johnston is the Director of International Research at CEPR. His research has focused predominantly on economic policy in Latin America, the International Monetary Fund, and US foreign policy. The post Netanyahu Visits US for First Time Since Iran War Started; Plus, How Latin American Governments Are Navigating the Donroe Doctrine appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Doug Tallamy is an entomologist, conservationist, and professor at the University of Delaware. He is also the co-founder of Homegrown National Park. His latest book is “How Can I Help? Saving Nature with Your Yard.” The post Fund Drive Special with Douglas Tallamy appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Annie Leonard is an environmental and anti-consumerist activist who served as the Executive Director of Greenpeace US and created the film “The Story of Stuff.” Her latest book, co-authored with Andre Carothers, is Protest: Respect It Defend It Use It. The post Fund Drive Special with Annie Leonard: What We Can Learn from Pivotal Moments of Protest in History appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. The post Russia's War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – July 24, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Douglas Tallamy is an entomologist, conservationist, and professor at the University of Delaware. He is also the co-founder of Homegrown National Park. His latest book is “How Can I Help? Saving Nature with Your Yard.” The post Douglas Tallamy on How Your Yard Can Help the Planet appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – July 22, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. His latest book is The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It's Too Late. The post Fund Drive Special with Cory Doctorow appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – July 20, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Sasha Schell, an investigative reporter who worked on a new report from UC Berkeley's Human Rights Center entitled Charting The Crackdown: the misuse of crowd-control weapons in immigration enforcement protests across the United States  00:33 — Annie Waldman, a reporter at ProPublica covering health care, recently out with deep dive into one of the most prolific producers and promoters of raw milk products, entitled “The Milkman” The post Investigation: widespread misuse of force at ICE demos. Also: the health toll of the growing raw milk industry appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation. 00:33 — Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is the author of “Gaza Apocalypse”, forthcoming from OR Books. 00:45 — Negar Mortazavi is a Senior Fellow at Center for International Policy and host of the Iran Podcast. The post Todd Blanche Confirmation Hearing; Plus, US Escalates Attacks on Southern Iran, Iran Releases American Detainee appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. 00:33 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect and co-host of the podcast Organized Money. The post The US and Israel War with Iran and Strait of Hormuz Toll; Plus, CA Effort to Stop Biggest Media Merger in US History appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation 00:33 — Quintin Mecke is the Executive Director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations The post South Carolina and Maine's Future in the Senate; Plus, San Francisco's Push and Pull in Affordable Housing Policy appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Omid Memarian is the Director of Communications at DAWN and also serves as the organization's Senior Iran Analyst. He has previously worked as a journalist and human rights professional.  00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. The post US and Iran Back in War; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Bill Hartung is Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. His latest book is The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home. The post The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Trita Parsi is the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. 00:33 — John Nichols is Executive Editor of the Nation The post US and Iran Ceasefire Ends, Immediate Strikes Follow; Plus, Graham Platner is Out of Maine Senate Race After Sexual Assault Allegations appeared first on KPFA.

Brian Edwards-Tiekert welcomes Miguel Tinker Salas to discuss the aftermath of the deadly earthquakes in Venezuela and the government's response. In the second half, Jules Boykoff discusses the politics, corruption, and controversy surrounding FIFA as the World Cup comes to North America.   UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post Venezuela Earthquake Response & World Cup Politics appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Muhannad Ayyash is Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary and Policy Analyst at Al-Shabaka 00:33 — Ali Tarokh is Director of Development & Communications at Syrian Community Network and adjunct professor at Loyola University. 00:45 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years.  The post Hamas Dissolves Governance of Gaza; Plus, Supreme Court Allows TPS Ending for Syrians and Haitians; And, Revived Push to Municipalize San Francisco Power System appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. The post Russia's War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Kathleen DuVal, professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author most recently of Native Nations: A Millennium in North America [originally recorded in September 2024] The post Kathleen DuVal on Native Nations [repeat] appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Robin DG Kelly, Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. He's just authored an article in Hammer and Hope on the Declaration of Independence entitled “Do You Understand Your Own Language?.” His forthcoming book is entitled Making A Killing: Capitalism, Cops, and the War on Black Life (due out January 17) The post Robin DG Kelley on the Declaration of Independence appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, previously principal political affairs officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria. His is also the author of the forthcoming book, Gaza Apocalypse. 00:33 — Shelby Chestnut is Executive Director of Transgender Law Center. The post Lebanon and Israel Ceasefire Framework Sees Protest in Beirut; Plus, Supreme Courts Bans Transgender Athletes from Women's Sports appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation 00:33 — Niko Storment is co-director of  the San Francisco Trans March The post DSA-Backed Candidate Successes in New York; Plus, SFPD Disrupt San Francisco Trans March, Make Arrests appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – June 29, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Mar Omega is a community organizer and head of the media team for the San Francisco Trans March. She also goes by Mar xoxo, the Bay Area's finest trans pinay pop princesa. Both her music and social work are intimately intertwined as she creates audiovisual and physical spaces for everyone to be liberated and celebrated. Her song “like this” is out now. 00:20 — Isaac Ceja is a freelance contributor to the LA Local reporting on Boyle Heights. 00:33 — Zubaida Akbar is the Afghanistan Program Manager at Femena. Her work is focused on supporting the work of grassroots civic movements and women human rights defenders, who are advocating for gender equality and an end to the oppressive policies of the Taliban imposed on women.   The post Trans March Kicks Off Pride Weekend; Plus, Boyle Heights Community After the Lineage Warehouse Fire; Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan Exacerbated by International Community's Normalization of Taliban appeared first on KPFA.

Mariah Blake, investigative journalist and author of They Poisoned the World: life and death in the age of forever chemicals [rebroadcast from 2025] The post Mariah Blake on Forever Chemicals appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Hunter's Point community members are demanding answers after toxic materials were discovered during the cleanup of the former naval shipyard. We speak with Bradley Angel of Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice and journalist Tom Molanphy about the latest developments, community concerns, and the legacy of environmental contamination in Bayview-Hunters Point. 00:33 — Dazon Dixon Diallo of SisterLove joins us to discuss the impact of federal cuts to reproductive health and HIV/AIDS funding on communities in the U.S. and around the world.   The post The Fight for Accountability on Chemical Waste in Hunters Point Continues; Plus, Federal Cuts Hitting HIV/AIDS Care appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – June 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Philip Maldari sits in for Brian Edwards-Tiekert. Philip speaks with John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, about Russia's war in Ukraine. Then, Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow and co-director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, joins the program to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East.   UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – June 22, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

[0:08]  Robin D. G. Kelley. Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. He is the author of seven books, including Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. [rebroadcast]. The post Robin DG Kelley on Freedom Dreams [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Walter Riley, longtime civil rights attorney, fixture of struggles for justice in the Bay Area, subject of the new book cao-authored byJesse Strauss: Civil Rights and Structural Attacks: Conversations with Walter Riley The post Walter Riley on Walter Riley appeared first on KPFA.

On this episode, we are joined by Nekima Levy Armstrong, a Minneapolis civil rights attorney, founder of the Racial Justice Network, and former president of the Minneapolis NAACP. Later in the hour we speak with Assemblymember Alex Lee, Democrat representing Silicon Valley's 24th Assembly District on the California Budget.  Finally, we speak with Dylan Gyauch-Lewis is a senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project about her article https://prospect.org/2026/06/12/new-documents-detail-nine-figure-silicon-valley-funded-abundance-movement/  The post Nekima Levy Armstrong on Minneapolis “Antifa” Charges appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – June 16, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – June 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – June 12, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Steve Fisher is an investigative reporter based in Mexico City who focuses on security and immigration. 00:20 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 00:33 — Arang Keshavarzian is Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies at New York University. 00:45 — Lukas Illa is a Human Rights Organizer with the Coalition of Homelessness. The post World Cup Kick-Offs Today Alongside Protests; Plus Inflation Rises; Ongoing Coverage of Iran-U.S. Tensions Escalating; And Coalition of Homelessness Combating SF Mayor's Homelessness Rates appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Ramzi Kaiss, researcher at Human Rights Watch investigating human rights abuses in Lebanon. 00:33 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. The post Israel continues Airstrikes in Lebanon; Plus Whats Behind the Strikes from Israel and Growing Tension Between Netanyahu and Trump appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Kathryn Ledebur is the Director of Andean Information Network.  00:33 — Dharna Noor is a fossil fuels and climate reporter at Guardian U.S. 00:45 — Laurel Paget-Seekins is Senior Policy Advocate for Transportation Justice at Public Advocates. The post Anti-Government Protests in Bolivia; Plus, Renewable Energy in Texas; And, New Change from CARB Cutting Transit Funding appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation.  The post Non-California State Elections; Plus Russia's War on Ukraine appeared first on KPFA.