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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 – December 1, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. . (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)   Secretary of State Blinken concludes Middle East diplomatic trip with stop at COP28 Summit in Dubai. Federal appeals court rules Donald Trump can be sued over his role in January 6 riot. House votes Congressman George Santos out over ethical violations. World leaders address the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, say more needs to be done to slow warming. Activists mark 35th annual World Aids Day with Golden Gate Park ceremony. Environmentalists criticize Governor Newsom's environmental record.   The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – December 1, 2023 Secretary of State Blinken concludes Middle East diplomatic trip with stop at COP28 Summit in Dubai. appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show, Eleanor and Mickey speak with two veteran investigative journalists, both on the issue of Israeli influence in U.S. media and society. In the first segment, James Bamford speaks about Project Butterfly, a multimillion-dollar campaign begun in 2015 to undermine pro-Palestinian advocacy in the U.S., especially on campuses. He asks why U.S. law enforcement has never investigated Israeli agents connected with Project Butterfly, the 2020 Trump campaign, and other domestic activities. Next, Peter Byrne discusses his article written on assignment for the North Bay Bohemian, which the Bohemian then declined to publish. Byrne believes this happened because his article was about a protest against the Israeli massacres in Gaza. He also speaks more generally about Israeli efforts to tilt U.S. public discourse about the Middle East.   The post Israeli Involvement in Undermining U.S. Advocacy in Support of Palestinians appeared first on KPFA.

Themed mixes are made live and spontaneously on the air, consisting of found sound of many kinds and from many sources, old and new, put together on the run as the continuous audio collage continues. The post Over the Edge – December 1, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: AFTER Blinken's fake plea for a more humane bombing CAMPAIGN, the Israelis pull out all the stops, and continue their expanding deadly siege in Southern Gaza, killing and wounding hundreds: Ziad Abbas of Meca, we'll join us for an update; also we'll offer a Palestinian perspective on the Israelis latest killing fields of children: And Deconstructing War Landia, our weekly media deconstruction segment with Arun Gupta. The post Blinken's Fake Plea for a More Humane Bombing CAMPAIGN. appeared first on KPFA.

Deranged “edits” segue into a cascade of echoing glossolaliac madness, the voicing of lyric ruminations from the free-falling brains of disintegrating personalities. The post Puzzling Evidence – December 1, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: “Mass Assassination Factory”: Israel Using AI to Generate Targets in Gaza, Increasing Civilian Toll Resumed Bombing of Gaza Will Be Crushing to Palestinian Students Shot in Vermont, Says Victim's Mother The Case Against Henry Kissinger: War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Kissinger's Legacy of “Slaughter”   The post Democracy Now 6am – December 1, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show, I'll speak to Simon de Bonviller on the new climate home buying website Augurisk.com. We'll switch gears and speak to Anne Peterman, executive director for Global Justice Ecology Project on the latest findings with the American chestnut tree. The post A Rude Awakening with Simon de Bonviller and Anne Peterman appeared first on KPFA.

The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe. The post Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – November 30, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Continuing our coverage of the protest against Atlanta's Cop City project, we get updates on the RICO case and new information about the states tactics to prosecute activists while smearing the name of a person they killed. We are joined by Aja Arnold, an Atlanta-based journalist and founding editor of local outlet Mainline. Her reporting on Atlanta's Cop City project has been featured in The Intercept, Vice, and The Appeal. Her latest is titled, Prosecutors Smearing Dead ‘Cop City' Activist by Publicizing Their Diary, Organizers Say. Read the story here: https://www.mainlinezine.com/manuel-tortuguita-teran-diary-cop-city/ —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Developments in Cop City RICO Case w/ Aja Arnold appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – November 30, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Leigh Claire La Berge, author of Marx for Cats, on political economy and the human–feline relationship • Michael Zweig, author of Class, Race, and Gender, on understanding capitalism in order to transform it The post Cats and capitalism, understanding capitalism in order to fight it appeared first on KPFA.

grieving rituals, globally, across all borders… for all in grief, including the Earth herself…. Tyranny seeks to destroy Community, creates the toxic mimic, which be a cult…. So we animate Community arising from the Earth, across all borders…. Caroline proffers dedicated voices, including Rabbi Irwin Keller and (next week's guest) Shambhavi Sarasvati   Rabbi Irwin Keller: https://www.irwinkeller.com/ Article by Shambhavi Sarasvati: “Mourning the Victims of the Cult of Israel Landback. Judaismback.”  on Substack https://www.kindred108.love/p/mourning-the-victims-of-the-cult   Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Grieving Rituals, Globally appeared first on KPFA.

Gaza has been in the news for nearly two months now. Tonight's South Asia edition of APEX Express is about uplifting South Asian solidarity with Palestine. Our multiple screens have been a tumultuous barrage of stories from West Asia the last few weeks, of Palestinian struggle and Israeli occupation, and a genocide unfolding on our collective clock of inhumanity. In the first half of tonight's show, co-producer Anuj Larvaidya talks to Sunaina Maira and Gabi Kirk to help make sense of this moment. They discuss the historical context and complexities, about the ecological impacts of the war on the region, about how we can plug into the growing Boycott-Divest-Sanctions or the BDS movement, and about faith-washing – how matters of land and settler colonialism are spun as matters of religious rights and persecution. In the second half of the episode Preeti Gamzeh speaks with journalist Azad Essa about the relationship between India and Israel. How post-independence, India tried to be in solidarity with Palestine – but really was not; and how and where Hindu fundamentalism or Hindutva and Zionism intersect.   LEARN MORE AND PARTICIPATE: Learn more about the BDS movement here: https://bdsmovement.net/ and https://www.whoprofits.org/ Join the BDS movement by organizing a No Appetite for Apartheid campaign in your localality or region: dsapalestine.link/NA4AInterestForm   ABOUT OUR GUESTS: Sunaina Maira is a professor of Asian American studies at UC Davis. Her research and teaching focus on Asian, Arab, and Muslim American youth culture, migrant rights and refugee organizing, and transnational movements challenging militarization, imperialism, and settler colonialism. She is the author of the book Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine. You can learn more about her work at: https://culturalstudies.ucdavis.edu/people/sunaina-maira Gabi Kirk is a graduate student in the Geography department at UC Davis. Working between political ecology, feminist geographies, and geographies of colonialism, her dissertation project examines how Palestinian farmers and sustainable development institutions in the northern West Bank use agro-ecological practices in order to challenge normative notions of sovereignty.You can learn more about her research at: https://www.gabikirk.com/research.html Azad Essa is an award-winning journalist and author based between Johannesburg, South Africa and New York City. He is currently a senior reporter for Middle East Eye covering American foreign policy, Islamophobia and race in the US. He has written for Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy and the Guardian, and his newest book is the highly timely, Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance between India and Israel. You can learn more about his work at: https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/azad-essa The post APEX Express – 11.30.2023: South Asian Solidarity with Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

In an open air prison for migrants near San Diego at the US-Mexico border, migrants find themselves detained and forced to try to survive the elements as their population has doubled in just three months. Joining us to discuss is Melissa Gomez, a Metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times, whose latest reporting addresses treatment of migrants by US border patrol near San Diego at the US-Mexico border. The piece is called, Migrants struggle against the elements in San Diego's open-air desert camps. Read the story here: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-28/migrants-struggle-against-elements-san-diego-desert-camp —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Border Patrol Keeps Detainees in Freezing CA Camps w/ Melissa Gomez appeared first on KPFA.

Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What's more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in a myriad of ways that also go unnoticed like profiling, sexually assaulting and wrongfully incarcerating our people. If we don't know its happening – then we can't fight back. We cant adequately organize a response. So, every week on Law & Disorder we do a round up of news related to state violence. We hope this segment will serve to expose, agitate and build. This is the State Terror Round Up for the week of November 27th, 2023. —- This episode featured music by Kofy Brown. Check out her website: https://www.kofybrown.com/ Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post State Terror Round Up for the week of November 27th, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: “Horror Show”: Doctors Without Borders Demands Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Medical Aid for Wounded “This Is Genocide”: Attorney Raji Sourani on Israeli War Crimes & Fleeing Gaza After Home Was Bombed Historian Greg Grandin: Glowing Obituaries for Henry Kissinger Reveal “Moral Bankruptcy” of U.S. Elites   The post Democracy Now 6am – November 30, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: The Youth Movement for a free Palestine takes on  Israeli Occupation with well-organized massive protests and creative street actions: we'll be joined by Bay-Area activist and poet, musician, Daniel Rodriguez, a contributor to La Onda Bajita on KPFA: Also speaking of protesting Occupation, Code Pink will be peacefully vigilling in front of Nanci Pelosi's house: And Pierre LaBossier Joins us for an update on the planned UN/US driven reoccupation of Haiti, and on a poetry benefit for Haiti Action with Avocia and yours truly; Really I'm reading with the great  Avocia. The post The Youth Movement for a Free Palestine Takes on  Israeli Occupation with Well-Organized Massive Protests. appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) Hamas releases eight more hostages, Israel releases dozens more prisoners as shaky truce enters seventh day. New York Appeals Court judge reinstates gag order on Donald Trump in fraud trial. Republican Congressman George Santos defends his record in House debate on whether to expel him. UN Cop 28 Climate Summit opens in Dubai amid controversy over fossil fuel deals from host country. Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads back to Middle East to try and extend temporary ceasefire. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – November 30, 2023 Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads back to Middle East to try and extend temporary ceasefire. 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 – November 30, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein & Jaron Epstein that airs weekly.  This week on education today our guest will be our co host Kitty Kelly Epstein who is currently in China and will be sharing some of the positive things happening there which aren't highlighted in the mainstream media. The post Education Today – November 29, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode we look at the dramatic impact of the lifting of the pandemic policy of an eviction moratorium in Alameda County. We discuss the dramatic increase in evictions now in Alameda County compared to pre-pandemic levels with our guest Leah Simon-Weisberg, Legal Director of The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Alameda County Evictions Soar w Leah Simon-Weisberg appeared first on KPFA.

In ProPublica's latest investigation into the forensic junk science, we learn about some medical examiners' use of ‘lung float tests', which use questionable-at-best practices to determine whether a baby who has died was born as a stillbirth. The test has been used to convict women who've birthed stillborn babies of murdering their child. Our guest is Duaa Eldeib, a reporter at ProPublica whose reporting has sparked legislative hearings and government reform and has led to the release of young men incarcerated as juveniles then later sent to adult prison for “minor” offenses. Her latest reporting is on a forensic analysis tool that experts have likened to a witch trial, to convict women who've had stillbirths at home, of murder. As a result of her reporting on this topic, new investigations are underway to examine that the validity – or not – of the forensic junk science. Her latest piece in ProPublica is titled, “Experts to Examine a Controversial Forensic Test That Has Helped Convict Women of Murder”. Check out Duaa Eldeib's reporting for ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/people/duaa-eldeib —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Forensic Junk Science Incarcerates Mothers of Stillborn Babies w/ Duaa Eldeib appeared first on KPFA.

The Bay Native Circle weekly program presents special guests and explores today's Native issues, peoples, cultures, music & events with rotating hosts Morning Star Gali, Tony Gonzales, Eddie Madril and Janeen Antoine. The post Bay Native Circle – November 29, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Israeli occupation forces conduct a 17 hour raid of the Jenin refugee  camp, beating, maiming and killing an 8 year old, a fifteen year old, and a ten month old infant: Also another prisoner swap as we go to air and talk of another brief pause of 2 or 4 days…We'll talk to and take your calls for Investigative Reporter and and front line media correction worker, Sam Hussaei, who thinks, along with Legal visionary, Francisco Boyle,  that any nation that is a signatory to the Genocide Convention should apply that to Israel. The post Israeli Occupation Forces Conduct a 17 Hour Raid of the Jenin Refugee Camp. appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — George Bisharat is a Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His research and writing focus on international legal aspects of Palestine/Israel and on U.S. policies toward the Middle East 0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills.org The post Prospects for a Gaza Ceasefire After the Truce; Plus, New SF Housing Development Bill to Address Missing State Deadline appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. photo courtesy: flickr Israeli military says Hamas release several more hostages as Israel releases dozens more Palestinian prisoners. Senate leader Chuck Schumer warns of rising antisemitism since start of Israel Hamas war. U.S. life expectancy tick up, according to health officials but still not at pre-pandemic level. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter laid to rest in Georgia, President Carter in attendance. Finland seals border with Russia amid surge in migrants. Martinez residents file suit against refinery over chemical releases. Levels of U.N. aid increase in Gaza amid temporary ceasefire.  The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – November 29, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Mitri Raheb is the President of Dar al-Kalima University College in Bethlehem as well as the president of the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. He serves as the Senior Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, Palestine. In 2015 he was awarded the Olof Palme Prize, along with Israeli journalist Gideon Levy.  He is the author of many books, including The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire;  Surviving Jewel: The Enduring Story of Christianity in the Middle East; The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire;  I Am a Palestinian Christian: God and Politics in the Holy Land: A Personal Testimony; and his latest, Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible.   The post A History of Zionism and Settler Colonialism (Part II) appeared first on KPFA.

How does capitalism tap into our desires with the promise of objects to satisfy us? Yet when we possess them, the urge for something new reemerges. Geographer Jared Marguiles attempts to explain that paradox by looking at some of most endangered, and coveted, species in world: cacti. He examines the market for succulents and the collectors who drive it, including the strange illicit trade in legally-available cacti. Resources: Jared D. Margulies, The Cactus Hunters: Desire and Extinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade University of Minnesota Press, 2023 The post Looting Cacti appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: UAE Oil CEO Sultan Al Jaber Uses His Role as U.N. Climate Summit President to Push Fossil Fuel Deals Mass Killings in Darfur Revealed as Fighting Between Sudanese Military Factions Escalates Remembering Rosalynn Carter, Former First Lady & Pioneering Advocate for Mental Health Journalism The post Democracy Now 6am – November 29, 2023 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 – November 28, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Benny Morris is a former journalist and a professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Photo (c): Jewish community in the Land of Israel under Mamluk and Ottoman rule, 1895. Wikipedia The post A History of Zionism and Settler Colonialism (Part I) appeared first on KPFA.

How can people be moved from sympathy to solidarity with an oppressed group? Juliet Hooker considers how the legendary writer and activist Ida B. Wells and Harriet Jacobs, whose slave narrative was the first authored by a woman in the U.S., balanced grief and grievance in an effort to mobilize white people to act to end Black suffering. Juliet Hooker, Black Grief/White Grievance: The Politics of Loss Princeton University Press, 2023 (Image on main page by kkfea.) The post Portraying Black Loss appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: “Atmosphere of Hate”: AFSC Leader & Palestinian Vermonter on Shooting of 3 College Students Jeremy Scahill: Israel's “Lethal Lie” About Al-Shifa Hospital as Hamas Base Was Co-Signed by Biden Remembering Pablo Yoruba Guzmán, Young Lords Co-Founder, Afro-Latino Leader, Legendary NYC Journalist   The post Democracy Now 6am – November 28, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Join Sarah Holmes and her guest, Kat Maier, for a discussion of tending our hearts with a focus on cholesterol, statens and heart health. Kat is a clinical herbalist, founder of Sacred Plant Traditions in Charlottesville, VA and author of Energetic Herbalism: A Guide to Sacred Plant Traditions Integrating Elements of Vitalism, Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine.  Follow us @theherbalhighway on Instagram  and Facebook.   The post Tending our Hearts – November 28, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Today we're met with a reminder that taking breaks is not only important to our physical health, it's also important to the health of political movements. We're joined by performance artist, writer, activist, theologian, daydreamer and founder of the Nap Ministry, Tricia Hersey, to discuss her labor of love to move the work of Black liberation forward by encouraging the sustainability of organizing work – and by that she means, taking more naps! We'll talk about Tricia's book Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto, which is rooted in spiritual energy and centered in Black liberation, womanism, somatics, and Afrofuturism. Rest Is Resistance is a call to action, a battle cry, a field guide, and a manifesto for all of us who are sleep deprived, searching for justice, and longing to be liberated from the oppressive grip of grind culture. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Rest is Resistance for Political Organizing w/ Tricia Hersey appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. wikimedia commons Hamas releases 12 more hostages and Israel releases 30 Palestinian prisoners on fifth day of truce. Koch Brothers PAC throws its support behind Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter memorialized today in Atlanta, former first Presidents and First Ladies attend. Vermont authorities investigating whether shooting of three Palestinian students was a hate crime. Indian rescuers reach trapped construction workers after more than two weeks. As A's head for Vegas, an Oakland group announces a new minor league baseball team to start play next season. A senate committee holds a hearing on the gun violence epidemic. Zimbabwe deals with political violence as voters head to the polls in national elections. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – November 28, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: ROOTSACTION, back for another round of STEP-ASIDE JOE: Also Israelis free 14 year old Ahmed Saleimi in the latest prisoner swap, and threaten to rearrest the child political prisoner if he dares to celebrate his liberation: Ziad Abbas, Exec. Dir. Middle East Children's Alliance we'll join us for some history on the torture of children by the occupiers: And we'll talk to Investigative reporter, Richard Silverstein, about when Jews start to act like Israeli facism and democracy are one in the same. The post ROOTSACTION, Back for Another Round of STEP-ASIDE JOE. appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: We welcome back Celebrated international Lawyer, Francis Boyle, who outlines the potential violations of international law and crimes against humanity that may have been committed by Israel, as a result of one of most massive carpet bombings of a civilian population in modern history. Boyle, a former Legal Rep for the PLO, also argues that the  Genocide Convention should apply to the most recent Israeli Slaughter of Gazans..: Also A look at the economic gentrification of San Francisco's Mission District and the organized fight against the corporate Democrats. The post International Lawyer, Francis Boyle, Who Outlines the Potential Violations of International Law and Crimes Against Humanity that May have been Committed by Israel. appeared first on KPFA.

Students face backlash for supporting Palestinian rights, Stage reading of Woman Life Freedom by VOMENA Team at KPFA

A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Today – November 27, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Highlights Plight of Palestinian Prisoners, Many of Them Children “There Is an Alternative”: Meet the Israeli & Palestinian “Combatants for Peace” Urging Nonviolence   The post Democracy Now 6am – November 27, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

This hour long radio program presents and discusses women's lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective. The post Womens Magazine – November 27, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Israel-Hamas agree on two day extension to temporary humanitarian ceasefire. White House says its directly involved in diplomatic efforts for hostage releases and humanitarian pauses. Gaza residents speak out about temporary ceasefire. Vermont man charged with shooting students of Palestinian descent pleads not guilty. Portland public school teachers agree to tentative labor agreement ending weeks long strike. Retailers report biggest ever Cyber Monday sales numbers. President Biden touts re-opening of U.S. supply chains. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – November 27, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health The post Russia's War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

We'll spend this hour with voices and reflections on Israel's bombardment of Gaza with some of the powerful voices in our communities. We'll start with Nadya Tannous, who has been organizing to stop Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, as a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement. She is a passionate community organizer and writer, born and raised in the Bay Area. Nadya is also the Deputy Director of Honor The Earth, an Indigenous-led Environmental Justice organization tackling climate disaster at its root causes. This reflection was recorded at an event at Berkeley's La Peña cultural center on November 19th, called Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving. You'll hear Nadya draw connections between indigenous movements here in the colonized united states and in Palestine. Check out the Palestinian Youth Movement's website: https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/ Then, we go to longtime Bay Area activist and educator Rick Ayers. Rick publishes writing on a personal blog every once in a while. We saw his most recent post about the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, called Echoes of the American War in Vietnam, and so, we invited him to contribute it as a commentary to Law & Disorder. Check out Rick Ayers‘ blog: https://rick-ayers.medium.com/ Then, we move to Oakland rapper, musician, and fillmaker Boots Riley, from a speech given during the Jewish anti-zionist occupation of the Oakland federal building that took place on November 20th. Finally, our co-host and producer Jesse Strauss will close out the hour with his own commentary. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post: Activist Reflections w/ Nadya Tannous, Rick Ayers, Boots Riley & Jesse Strauss appeared first on KPFA.

It's the most important program combating food insecurity in the United States – and it originates from aid to the agricultural and food processing industries, not poverty alleviation. Christopher Bosso argues that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP — formerly known as food stamps — has survived for almost sixty years, against those would would eliminate it, precisely because of this connection to agricultural interests. Resources: Christopher John Bosso, Why SNAP Works: A Political History — and Defense — of the Food Stamp Program UC Press, 2023 The post Food Aid to the Poor: Social Welfare or Agricultural Policy? appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – November 27, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

This week on CounterSpin: The new president of Argentina opposes abortion rights, casts doubt on the death toll of the country's military dictatorship, would like it to be easier to access handguns and calls climate change a “lie of socialism.” Many were worried about what Javier Milei would bring, but, the Washington Post explained: “Anger won over fear. For many Argentines, the bigger risk was more of the same.” But if you want to dig down into the roots of that “same,” the economic and historic conditions that drove that deep dissatisfaction, US news media will be less helpful to you there. Milei is not a landslide popular president, and thoughtful, critical information and conversation could help clarify peoples' problems and their sources, such that voters — in Argentina and elsewhere — might not be left to believe that the only way forward is a man wielding a literal chainsaw. We'll learn about Javier Milei and what led to his election from Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of the book Failed: What the “Experts” Got Wrong About the Global Economy. But first, Janine Jackson takes a quick look at FAIR's recent study on the Sunday shows' Gaza guests. The post Mark Weisbrot on Argentina's Javier Milei appeared first on KPFA.

The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That's where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature an artist, holding down a weekly residency with us, helping us to imagine a different, more liberated world. This week's Resistance in Residence Artist is poet, playwrite, essayist, organizer, and one of the founders of the Black Arts Movement, Marvin X.. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Resistance in Residence Artist: Marvin X appeared first on KPFA.