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    KPFA - Letters and Politics
    Lethal Injections & The Hidden Torture of Executions

    KPFA - Letters and Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 17:02


    Guest: Corinna Barrett Lain is the S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law. She is the author of Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection. The post Lethal Injections & The Hidden Torture of Executions appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Against the Grain
    Driving Out Immigrants

    KPFA - Against the Grain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 49:35


    The United States has often been celebrated as a nation of immigrants. Yet over the last century, the U.S. government expelled more people than were allowed to stay permanently. Historian Adam Goodman describes the U.S. state's “deportation machine,” motivated by a shifting combination of bureaucratic self-interest, capitalist gain, and racism, which Trump has now put at the center of his presidency. He also discusses how immigrants and their allies have fought back over this long history of expulsion and terror. Adam Goodman, The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants Princeton University Press, 2020 The post Driving Out Immigrants appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Letters and Politics

    Guest: Michael Albertus is professor of political science at the University of Chicago. The author of four previous books, his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, and elsewhere. He is the author of Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies. The post Land & Power appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Against the Grain
    Conveying Black Loss

    KPFA - Against the Grain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 59:58


    Black parents worry about racism's impact on their children. Jennifer C. Nash is interested in both the nature of racialized anxiety and the way it's rendered visible to the general public. Among other things, she looks at how Black mothers have used the epistolary form to convey their concerns, fears, and hopes. Jennifer C. Nash, How We Write Now: Living with Black Feminist Theory Duke University Press, 2024 The post Conveying Black Loss appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Letters and Politics
    Letters and Politics – May 26, 2025

    KPFA - Letters and Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 59:58


    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 – May 26, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Against the Grain
    Trauma, Healing, and Social Change

    KPFA - Against the Grain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 30:02


    No one escapes trauma or avoids stress. But what happens to our ability to imagine and pursue justice when individual and collective trauma goes unaddressed? Hala Khouri lays out a framework for understanding trauma; she also points to the important role that embodied practices can play in processes of healing and self-care. (Encore presentation.) Tessa Hicks Peterson and Hala Khouri, eds., Practicing Liberation: Transformative Strategies for Collective Healing and Systems Change North Atlantic Books, 2024 Hala Khouri, Tessa Hicks Peterson and Keely Nguyễn, Practicing Liberation Workbook: Radical Tools for Grassroots Activists, Community Leaders, Teachers, and Caretakers Working Toward Social Justice North Atlantic Books, 2024 The post Trauma, Healing, and Social Change appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - CounterSpin
    Bryce Covert on Work Requirements / Erin Reed on Trans Care “Questions”

    KPFA - CounterSpin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 29:59


    This week on CounterSpin: On a Sunday night, not when officials do things they're most proud of, House Republicans passed a plan to give more money to rich people by taking it from the non-rich. Call it what you will, that's what's ultimately happening with the plan to cut more than $700 billion from Medicaid in order to “offset,” as elite media have it, the expense of relieving millionaires from contributing to public coffers. Even the feint they're using — we're not cutting aid, just forcing recipients to work, like they should — is obvious, age-old and long-disproven, if evidence is what you care about. Thing is, of the millions of people at the sharp end of the plan, most are children, who have no voice corporate media feel obliged to listen to. We'll nevertheless talk about them with independent journalist Bryce Covert. You may have seen an editorial in the Washington Post indicating that, despite what you have heard for years, from trans people and from doctors and medical associations that work with trans people, maybe it's okay for you to still entertain the notion that it's not science but talk show hosts who have it right, and trans kids are just actually mentally ill. We'll talk about that with journalist and trans rights activist Erin Reed, of Erin in the Morning.   The post Bryce Covert on Work Requirements / Erin Reed on Trans Care “Questions” appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Puzzling Evidence
    Puzzling Evidence – May 23, 2025

    KPFA - Puzzling Evidence

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 119:58


    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 – May 23, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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    KPFA - Over the Edge
    Over the Edge – May 23, 2025

    KPFA - Over the Edge

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 179:57


    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 – May 23, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Project Censored
    Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Malcolm Harris on Saving the World

    KPFA - Project Censored

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 59:59


    Today's episode of Project Censored is preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Brian Edwards-Tiekert speaks with author and political commentator Malcolm Harris about his latest book, What's Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis. To support our mission and receive the Malcolm Harris's book What's Left as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).   The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Malcolm Harris on Saving the World appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Flashpoints
    Flashpoints – May 23, 2025

    KPFA - Flashpoints

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 59:58


    An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Flashpoints – May 23, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - UpFront
    UpFront – May 23, 2025

    KPFA - UpFront

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 59:58


    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 – May 23, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays
    Trump proposes 6-month waiver of sweeping sanctions on Syria; Mayor Lurie signs “Recovery First Ordinance” shifting SF addiction treatment away from “harm reduction” – May 23, 2025

    KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 59:58


    Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Trump proposes 6-month waiver of sweeping sanctions on  Syria Gov. Newsom to help lead 11-state “Affordable Clean Cars Coalition” after Senate vote to overturn CA phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles Mayor Lurie signs “Recovery First Ordinance” shifting SF addiction treatment away from “harm reduction” Oakland school district votes to reverse cuts to after-school program it says were unintended UN chief calls on Israel to accept 5-phase plan to get humanitarian aid to people in Gaza The post Trump proposes 6-month waiver of sweeping sanctions on Syria; Mayor Lurie signs “Recovery First Ordinance” shifting SF addiction treatment away from “harm reduction” – May 23, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Making Contact
    Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Greg King on the California Redwoods

    KPFA - Making Contact

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 29:58


    Today's episodes of Making Contact and Pushing Limits are preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Sasha Lilley speaks with Greg King, an award-winning journalist and activist credited with spearheading the movement to protect Headwaters Forest, in Humboldt County, California. King initiated the “redwood wars” following the notorious 1985 takeover of the venerable Pacific Lumber Company by the Houston energy and real estate conglomerate Maxxam. King has spent decades researching redwood logging and preservation efforts and is the author of the book The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods. To support our mission and receive the book The Ghost Forest as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).   The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Greg King on the California Redwoods appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Democracy Now
    Democracy Now 6am – May 23, 2025

    KPFA - Democracy Now

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 59:58


    On today's show: “Theft from On High”: Trump's Budget Bill Guts Medicaid, Medicare, and More to Pay for Tax Cuts Mahmoud Khalil: Jailed Activist Testifies Before Immigration Judge and Holds His Child for First Time “I Can't Breathe”: Five Years After George Floyd's Murder, Trump Admin Rolls Back Police Oversight “King of the North”: New Book Examines MLK's Fight Against Police Brutality and Racism Outside Dixie   The post Democracy Now 6am – May 23, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - A Rude Awakening
    A Rude Awakening – May 23, 2025

    KPFA - A Rude Awakening

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 59:58


    An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs. The post A Rude Awakening – May 23, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Letters and Politics
    The Iliad: War, Rage, and Sorrow

    KPFA - Letters and Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 12:59


    Host Mitch Jeserich reads excerpts of the Iliad by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson. Emily Wilson is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome in Renaissance and early modern scholarship, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. In addition to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, she has also published translations of Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca. Support KPFA!! Ancient Tales 3-Pack $250 The post The Iliad: War, Rage, and Sorrow appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - The Visionary Activist Show
    The Visionary Activist Show – May 22, 2025

    KPFA - The Visionary Activist Show

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 45:13


    The wedding of spiritual magic and compassionate social activism with host Caroline Casey. The post The Visionary Activist Show – May 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Behind the News
    Fundraising special: two views of Israel–Palestine

    KPFA - Behind the News

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 17:35


    Meron Rapoport, co-author of this article, on Israel's strategy of destruction in Gaza • Mouin Rabbani on Israeli politics, the fate of the Palestinians, and Trump's scheming The post Fundraising special: two views of Israel–Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Flashpoints
    Flashpoints – May 22, 2025

    KPFA - Flashpoints

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 59:59


    An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Flashpoints – May 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - UpFront
    Fund Drive Special: Teaching Palestine

    KPFA - UpFront

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 59:58


    00:08 — Adam Sanchez is the managing editor of Rethinking Schools and a former high school history teacher based in Philadelphia. He is the editor of A People's History of Abolition and the Civil War and the co-editor of Teaching Palestine. Jesse Hagopian is a Rethinking Schools editor, a former high school teacher, and on the staff of the Zinn Education Project. He is the co-editor of the Rethinking Schools book Teaching for Black Lives and Teaching Palestine. He also serves on the Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and is the director of the Black Education Matters Student Activist Award. The post Fund Drive Special: Teaching Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays
    House passes Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” of tax breaks, program cuts; CA plans lawsuit over Senate vote repealing CA pollution waivers – May 22, 2025

    KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 59:58


    Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. House passes Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” of tax breaks for wealthy, cuts to safety-net programs Trump holds dinner for top “$TRUMP” meme-coin customers, Dems call it “orgy of corruption” and national security threat CA planning lawsuit over Senate vote to repeal California's vehicle pollution waivers UN says 9,000 children treated for malnutrition this year in Gaza Governor Newsom proclaims “Harvey Milk Day” The post House passes Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” of tax breaks, program cuts; CA plans lawsuit over Senate vote repealing CA pollution waivers – May 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Democracy Now
    Democracy Now 6am – May 22, 2025

    KPFA - Democracy Now

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 59:58


    On today's show: “Nothing Can Justify It”: Journalist Gideon Levy Reacts to Killing of Israeli Embassy Staffers in D.C. “The Worst It's Ever Been”: U.K. Surgeon in Gaza Warns Kids Are Bearing Brunt, as Israel Widens Assault U.K. MP Jeremy Corbyn and EU MP Lynn Boylan on Europe Pressuring Israel to Halt Atrocities in Gaza Trump Repeats “White Genocide” Falsehoods in Meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa   The post Democracy Now 6am – May 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Voices of the Middle East and North Africa
    Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Richard Walker on the Role of Industry in Building Cities

    KPFA - Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 29:59


    Today's episodes of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa and This Way Out are preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Liam O'Donoghue speaks with renown geographer and author Richard Walker about his view of cities as living organisms and the role industry plays in development and ongoing health of cities. This live event which took place in Berkeley, California on March 27, 2025. To support our mission and receive Richard Walker's book Pictures of a Gone City as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).   The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Richard Walker on the Role of Industry in Building Cities appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - APEX Express
    Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Josh Jackson on California's Little-Known Public Wilderness

    KPFA - APEX Express

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 59:57


    Today's episode of APEX Express is preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Brian Edwards-Tiekert speaks with photographer and author Josh Jackson, an advocate for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Through his Forgotten Lands Project, he employs storytelling and visual narratives to inspire engagement with California's unknown landscapes. His latest book is The Enduring Wild: A Journey Into California's Public Lands. To support our mission and receive Josh Jackson's book The Enduring Wild as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).   The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Josh Jackson on California's Little-Known Public Wilderness appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Letters and Politics
    The Taoist & Christian: The Way of Chuang Tzu

    KPFA - Letters and Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 8:18


    Mitch Jeserich reads excerpts from the classic writings The Way of Chuang Tzu translated by Thomas Merton. Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries B.C., is the chief authentic historical spokesperson for Taoism and its founder Lao Tzu (a legendary character known largely through Chuang Tzu's writings). Indeed it was because of Chuang Tzu and the other Taoist sages that Indian Buddhism was transformed, in China, into the unique vehicle we now call by its Japanese name―Zen.   Excerpts from THE WAY OF CHUANG TZU by Thomas Merton, copyright ©1965 by The Abbey of Gethsemani. Reproduced by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. The post The Taoist & Christian: The Way of Chuang Tzu appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Against the Grain
    Fund Drive Special: Marx’s Influence on America

    KPFA - Against the Grain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 21:37


    While we're told by politicians that the ideas of Karl Marx are foreign and have no place in this country, history proves otherwise. Andrew Hartman shows that Marx and Marxism have had an a significant influence on the United States, from Marx's journalistic writings for the New York Daily Tribune, to the mass politics the Socialist and Communist Parties and the Wobblies, on the most radical edge of the New Deal, and the New Left, and finally with the return to Marx's ideas since the Global Financial Crisis. The post Fund Drive Special: Marx's Influence on America appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Flashpoints
    Flashpoints – May 21, 2025

    KPFA - Flashpoints

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 59:58


    An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Flashpoints – May 21, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - UpFront
    Fund Drive Special: Josh Jackson on California's Incredible Public Wilderness

    KPFA - UpFront

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 59:58


    00:08 — Josh Jackson is a writer, photographer. He advocates for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Through his Forgotten Lands Project, he employs storytelling and visual narratives to inspire engagement with California's unknown landscapes. His latest book is The Enduring Wild: A Journey Into California's Public Lands.   The post Fund Drive Special: Josh Jackson on California's Incredible Public Wilderness appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays
    Dems blast Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” cuts to Medicaid and environment; Displaced Gazans sleep in streets as Israel escalates offensive campaign – May 21, 2025

    KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 59:58


    Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Dems blast Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” provisions on Medicaid and environment GOP budget bill would bar states from regulating Artificial Intelligence Displaced Gazans sleep in streets as Israel escalates offensive campaign Big City Mayors urge state lawmakers to support state's Homeless, Housing Assistance, and Prevention program Bay democrats, environmentalists slam Newsom plan to fast-track Delta tunnel Judge dismisses charges against Newark NJ mayor arrested during congressional visit to ICE detention center The post Dems blast Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” cuts to Medicaid and environment; Displaced Gazans sleep in streets as Israel escalates offensive campaign – May 21, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Democracy Now
    Democracy Now 6am – May 21, 2025

    KPFA - Democracy Now

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 33:38


    On today's show: “A Big, Ugly, Destructive, Deadly Bill”: Bishop William Barber Slams Bill Cutting Medicaid, Medicare “It Is Going to Kill People”: Disability Rights Activist Speaks Out on Trump's “Big, Beautiful Bill” Tax Revolt: Arjun Singh on the Roots of Trump's Push for Massive $4.5 Trillion Tax Cut for the Rich Trump's Brain Drain: Scientists Look to Move Abroad, as  DOGE Slashes Research Funding in U.S.   The post Democracy Now 6am – May 21, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Education Today
    Education Today – May 21, 2025

    KPFA - Education Today

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 29:58


    Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein and Jaron Epstein that airs every week at 2:30. The post Education Today – May 21, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Bay Native Circle
    Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Norma Wong on a Zen and Indigenous Perspective

    KPFA - Bay Native Circle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 59:59


    Today's episode of Bay Native Circle is preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. C.S. Soong speaks with Norma Wong about her book When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse. To support our mission and receive Norma Wong's book When No Thing Works as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).   The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Norma Wong on a Zen and Indigenous Perspective appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Letters and Politics
    Understanding the Psychology of Nazis

    KPFA - Letters and Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 59:58


    Guest: Laurence Rees is an award-winning English historian and documentary filmmaker. He has authored several books including The Holocaust: A New History, Hitler and Stalin,  Auschwitz: A New History, and his latest, The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings from History. The post Understanding the Psychology of Nazis appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Against the Grain
    Against the Grain – May 20, 2025

    KPFA - Against the Grain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025


    A radio and web media project whose aim is to provide in-depth analysis and commentary on a variety of matters — political, economic, social and cultural — important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. The post Against the Grain – May 20, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Flashpoints
    Flashpoints – May 20, 2025

    KPFA - Flashpoints

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 53:37


    An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Flashpoints – May 20, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - UpFront
    Israel Allows More Food Aid Into Gaza, UN Warns of Child Death and Starvation

    KPFA - UpFront

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 59:58


    00:08 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. The post Israel Allows More Food Aid Into Gaza, UN Warns of Child Death and Starvation appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays
    Trump announces $175 billion Golden Dome missile shield; UK, European Union sanction Israel over Gaza, West Bank violence – May 20, 2025

    KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 59:58


    Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Trump announces plan for $175 billion Golden Dome missile shield UK, European Union sanction Israel over Gaza, West Bank violence Barbara Lee sworn in as Oakland mayor World Health Organization adopts world's first pandemic agreement FDA will no longer routinely approve Covid-19 shots for healthy young adults and children The post Trump announces $175 billion Golden Dome missile shield; UK, European Union sanction Israel over Gaza, West Bank violence – May 20, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Democracy Now
    Democracy Now 6am – May 20, 2025

    KPFA - Democracy Now

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 59:58


    On today's show: “The Suffering Is Beyond Description”: Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die Making Gaza Unlivable: Israel Intensifies Attacks as Netanyahu Vows to Seize All of Gaza From a Palestinian Refugee Camp to Columbia: Mohsen Mahdawi Graduates After Being Jailed by Trump   The post Democracy Now 6am – May 20, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Letters and Politics
    Ariel Dorfman on the Role of Beauty During Times of Chaos

    KPFA - Letters and Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 59:59


    Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean-American author, born in Argentina. He is a prominent human rights activist who worked as press and cultural advisor to Salvador Allende in the final months before the 1973 military coup, and later spent many years in exile. He is the Walter Hines Page Emeritus Professor of Literature at Duke University and the author of many books including his latest, Allegro: A Novel. The post Ariel Dorfman on the Role of Beauty During Times of Chaos appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Against the Grain
    Fund Drive Special: Fighting for the Redwoods

    KPFA - Against the Grain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 2:30


    How was it that in less than two centuries the world's tallest trees, the majestic redwoods, were almost logged off the face of the earth? And this despite the efforts over many generations, starting in the late 19th century, to preserve them. Greg King, writer and forest activist, argues that one of the world's first greenwashing organizations – the Save the Redwoods League, founded by white supremacists – played a key role. He details the heroic struggle against the odds to defend these unique trees. The post Fund Drive Special: Fighting for the Redwoods appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Flashpoints
    Middle East Children’s Alliance with An Update on The Genocide in Gaza

    KPFA - Flashpoints

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 46:58


    Today on the show: We welcome back Zeaid Abbas of the Middle East Children's Alliance, taking notes on the genocide, trying to get AID to those in desperate need. And we'll be joined again by Anita Barrows, who has been documenting the genocide in occupied Palestine day by day day by bloody day The post Middle East Children's Alliance with An Update on The Genocide in Gaza appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - UpFront
    Republican Budget Bill and California Budget Impact on Healthcare; Plus, Corona Calls

    KPFA - UpFront

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 59:58


    00:08 — Christine Mai-Duc is California Correspondent for KFF Health News, covering healthcare policy. Alexei Koseff covers state politics for Calmatters. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. The post Republican Budget Bill and California Budget Impact on Healthcare; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Africa Today
    Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Eve L. Ewing on Original Sins

    KPFA - Africa Today

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 59:59


    Today's episode of Africa Today is preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Jesse Strauss speaks with accomplished author, scholar, educator, cultural organizer, poet, and playwright Eve L. Ewing about her book Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. To support our mission and receive Eve L. Ewing's book Original Sins as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).   The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Eve L. Ewing on Original Sins appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays
    House mulls overturning EPA rule limiting dioxins; Alameda County diaper bank addresses health and cost for families in need – May 19, 2025

    KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 59:58


    Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Dems mark National Police Week with plaque honoring police who defended capitol during January 6th insurrection Cortese legislation would boost housing by relying on state credit instead of state budget Hundreds gather to expunge conviction records in part of campaign to clear records under 2023 law Trump actions follow Project Esther plan using Antisemitism to dismantle progressive movement House mulls overturning EPA rule limiting dioxins, mercury, lead, other highly toxic air pollutants Alameda County diaper bank addresses health and cost for families in need Dutch protest against Israel's Gaza campaign called biggest demonstration in 2 decades The post House mulls overturning EPA rule limiting dioxins; Alameda County diaper bank addresses health and cost for families in need – May 19, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Democracy Now
    Democracy Now 6am – May 19, 2025

    KPFA - Democracy Now

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 33:18


    On today's show: “Absolutely Genocidal”: Mouin Rabbani on “Gideon's Chariots,” Israel's Latest Escalation of War on Gaza Project Esther: New York Times Details Right-Wing Plan to “Rebrand All Critics of Israel” as Hamas Supporters On 100th Birthday of Malcolm X, Family Presses Trump to Release Government Files on Assassination   The post Democracy Now 6am – May 19, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Womens Magazine
    Womens Magazine – May 19, 2025

    KPFA - Womens Magazine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 59:58


    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 – May 19, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - CounterSpin
    Mara Kronenfeld on Israel's Aid Blockade

    KPFA - CounterSpin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 27:05


    This week on CounterSpin: As part of its deadly denial of food, water, and medicine to Palestinian people, Israel attacked a civilian aid ship endeavoring to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, setting it on fire, injuring crew members, cutting off communications. The ship was called the Conscience. Millions around the world ask every day what it will take to awaken the conscience of leaders to stop the genocide of Palestinians, instead of trying to silence the outcry. Corporate media are complicit, with please-don't-think-about-it headlines like NBC News‘ “Aid Groups Describe Dire Conditions in Gaza as Israel Says There Is No Shortage of Aid.” We talk about attacks on aid delivery and media's role with Mara Kronenfeld, executive director at UNRWA USA (UNRWA being the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA USA being the partner group amplifying and grounding that work). Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at press coverage of Gaza's starvation and the MOVE bombing.   The post Mara Kronenfeld on Israel's Aid Blockade appeared first on KPFA.

    KPFA - Puzzling Evidence
    Puzzling Evidence – May 16, 2025

    KPFA - Puzzling Evidence

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025


    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 – May 16, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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    KPFA - Letters and Politics
    Resisting Occupation Across the Continent

    KPFA - Letters and Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 59:58


    Guests: Tiny (Lisa) Gray-Garcia aka “PovertySkola” is a formerly unhoused, incarcerated, revolutionary journalist, lecturer, poet, visionary, teacher and single mama of Tiburcio, daughter of a houseless, disabled mama Dee, and the co-founder of POOR Magazine/Prensa POBRE/PoorNewsNetwork. Victoria Montaño is a Po-scholar, interdisciplinary artist focussing on Indigenous Solidarity across seas and borders, Queer liberation, the Land Back Movement, and reawakening/reclamation of Ancestral Knowledge. They were born, raised and are  sustained in the Village of Huchiun which is now known as part of Oakland, Ca. Vick  carries lineages from the Yo'eme and Mexikah Nahua peoples.   ​ The post Resisting Occupation Across the Continent appeared first on KPFA.