The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – July 8, 2025
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Today on the show: Confrontation at the courthouse in Downtown San Francisco, where heavily armed ice forces carry out violent arrests. Flashpoints contributor Francisco Herrera has been talking with those directly impacted by the raid. He’ll join us along with an eyewitness to this morning’s raid. Also We’ll feature an in-depth update on the expanding … Continued
On this July 8th edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with veteran anti-fascist organizer Daryle Lamont Jenkins of One People’s Project about the dangerous political landscape unfolding in the U.S. The conversation centers on the passage of the “big ugly bill,” a federal spending package that gives more funding to ICE than … Continued
Background Briefing – July 8, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Cover to Cover – July 8, 2025
A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano, and Jovelyn Richards.
Emiliano Lemus and guest host Lizanne Deliz talk about the medicines of trees. They also answer questions from social media on the healing properties of trees. Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.
What role did Irish Catholics play within the U.S. left? Were Irish radicals more interested in freedom from British rule or in anticapitalism? And what effect did religious beliefs have on Irish Americans’ inclinations to break with the mainstream? David Emmons highlights Irish Americans’ contributions to dissidence, progressivism, and radicalism in the United States. David Emmons, History’s Erratics: … Continued
This week on the show, hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah speak with author, journalist and director of Just World Educational Helena Cobban. She analyses the US/Israeli war on Iran and how the 12-day war impacted Gaza. On the Resistance Report, the Electronic Intifada’s Jon Elmer takes us inside the battle of Khan Younis. He … Continued
Guest: Yaacov Yadgar is the Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies at the University of Oxford and the author of several books including Israel’s Jewish Identity Crisis: State and Politics in the Middle East, and his latest To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – July 8, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
The Big Ugly Bill w/ W. Kamau Bell, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon and John Nichols
The Republican budget bill passed last week, which some are calling the largest wealth distribution to the wealthy in history. We’ll speak with W. Kamaul Bell who is a stand-up comic, commentator, performer and former host of CNN’s United Shades of America. He’s in the middle of his national Who’s With Me? comedy tour which … Continued
Economic Fallout from Trump’s Big Budget Bill and New Tariffs; Plus, San Francisco Budget Vote
00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 00:33 — Tim Redmond is the founder and editor of 48hills.org.
Democracy Now 6am – July 8, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Night Magic – July 8, 2025
Music of the The Great Jazz Legends, with Alex Danzler
A Box of Toys – July 8, 2025
A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the mystery of obscure music. The sheer volume of new and original artists is utterly overwhelming and A Box of Toys endeavors to pluck these voices out of their dusty basements and onto the airwaves for your listening pleasure. It is the culmination of a … Continued