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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, amid controversial boat strike campaign and military escalation; Senate tees up Thursday vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies, Dem and GOP bills both expected to fail; Family of man … Continued
Today on the show: Alvaro M. Huerta, Director of Litigation and Advocacy, for the Immigrant Defenders Law Center joins us, he has been named in Out magazines, 2025s most impactful and influential LGBTQ+ people. We hear from a Poet Laureate, Jose Cordon, a poem for what may ail us. We get updates about Bay area activism around … Continued
Fund Drive Special: Federal Attacks on Nursing and Teaching
The conversation opens with Davey D breaking down a quiet but devastating move by the Trump Education Department that declared key careers like nursing and teaching as “non professional” for federal loans. He frames it as a slick attack on Black and Brown communities, women, and working class folks who rely on those pathways for stable work … Continued
Background Briefing – December 10, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Special Fund Drive Programming
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East Bay Yesterday – December 10, 2025
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
When we go to the supermarket, we’re confronted with a vast array of foods — packaged, unpackaged, natural, organic, nonorganic, foods with claims of being nutritious or sustainably farmed or endorsed by the American Heart Association. In the face of such an onslaught, how should we make sense of it all? Nutritionist and molecular biologist … Continued
Fanny and Mary join us to talk about what might happen if the Signal app was blocked in the US and how to ready contingency apps meanwhile (such as Delta Chat)
Special Fund Drive Programming – Mitch Reads Animal Farm
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Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – December 10, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
The Future Is Collective: Effective Workplace Strategies for Building a Culture of Care w/ Niloufar Khonsari — Winter Fund Drive
In this episode, we speak with author Niloufar Khonsari about their new book The Future Is Collective: Effective Workplace Strategies for Building a Culture of Care. Drawing on two decades of experience in community organizing and nonprofit leadership, Khonsari guides us in transforming our workplaces by decentralizing power; implementing collective governance structures; and centering principles … Continued
Fund Drive Special: History of Anarchism in the US
00:08 — Michael Willrich is a Professor of History at Brandeis University. His latest book is “American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century.”
Democracy Now! – December 10, 2025
ON TODAY’S SHOW: Will the International Community Act? Preschool Massacre & “Large Piles of Bodies” in Sudan “Torture & Enforced Disappearances” at Florida’s ICE Jails “Alligator Alcatraz” & Krome Trump Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew’s Mother Released from ICE Jail, Faces Deportation Despite Judge’s Order, ICE Deports Shackled Babson College Freshman, Harasses Her Family in Texas What Activists Can Learn from Rosa … Continued
Trump Says Maduro’s Days Are Numbered as War Against Venezuela Could Break Out at Any Time | The Ellison’s Have Promised Trump They Will Revamp CNN to Trump’s Liking | Australia’s Social Media Ban and How the “Tech Left” Can Mobilize Against Techno-Utopianism
Trump Says Maduro’s Days Are Numbered as War Against Venezuela Could Break Out at Any Time We begin with Trump telling Politico that Venezuela’s Maduro’s days are numbered, refusing to rule out a U.S. ground invasion. With the strikes on so-called drug boats meant to frame the coming conflict in the way weapons of mass … Continued
Rhythm Machine – December 10, 2025
Rhythm Machine with hosts Ryan and Oliver(o-live-e-ay) aka Excuse My French. Wednesdays 2am-5am, playing all things on the electronic dance music spectrum.
City Cat Radio – December 10, 2025
City Cat Radio, the weekly radio program of Oakland’s own DJ/Producer/Engineer DJ HENROC, is designed to celebrate plain old good music including Soul, Roots, Reggae, Dancehall, Soca, Afro Beat, Funk, House and Underground Hip Hop. For nearly 25yrs, DJ HENROC has played at some the world’s premier venues and has collected music from all musical … Continued