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Bay Area Mutual Aid and COVID-19 Resources

Mutual Aid is the voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit. Across the bay area, people have risen to meet the current pandemic head on: organizing community food programs, building tenant associations, striking for workers’ rights, delivering food and medicine to their neighbors, standing in solidarity with the most marginalized, and demanding … Continued

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Covid-19 cases in meatpacking plants are likely undercounted; Anti-vaccination and anti-lockdown views cross-pollinate online; Appeals court paves way for polluting coal terminal at Port of Oakland

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0:08 – How long will it take to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, and what can the public expect from the human vaccine trials underway right now? Art Reingold is the Division Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. 0:34 – There has been an explosion of Covid-19 cases in … Continued

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Video of police killing of black man in Minnesota sparks outrage – May 26, 2020

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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.   Video of police killing of black man in Minnesota sparks outrage. Ousted Inspector General: hospitals lack masks and COVID-19 tests. California Assembly assesses Governor’s budget amidst $54.3 billion deficit. 47 California counties can open salons and … Continued

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California governor asks to shutter youth prisons infamous for brutality and abuse; plus, a Black coalition against Covid-19

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0:08 – Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed closing the last three youth prisons in California, plus a youth prison firefighting camp. The facilities are infamous for their brutality and abuses against the children inside. We hear response from Daniel Macallair, who directs the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice and is professor of adult and … Continued

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A San Francisco public defender fights to get his brother freed from a dangerous CA prison where 8 have died from Covid-19 — plus, updates on unemployment & the McDonalds strike

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0:08 – Heidi Shierholz (@hshierholz) is senior economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute, and the former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. 0:22 – Attorneys for McDonalds workers have filed lawsuits in Los Angeles and San Jose alleging unsafe working conditions, including workers being asked to reuse personal protective … Continued

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“Domestic violence was a pandemic before this all started,” advocates say — plus, family searches for 28-year-old Davohnte Morgan in Mt. Shasta, and a discussion on nationalizing vaccines

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0:08 – Moment of silence for Stacey Park, who passed away Tuesday and was at the heart of disability justice organizing in the Bay Area, working with Sins Invalid, founding the Disability Justice Culture Club, campaigning to stop police terror, and fighting deadly PG&E shutoffs through the #PowerToLive campaign. Rest in power, Stacey. 0:09 – Should … Continued

The Hear and Now

An International Finger-style Guitar Summit

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  Host Derk Richardson welcomes acclaimed acoustic fingerstyle guitarists Teja Gerken (Germany/California), Alberto Lombardi (Italy), and Janet Noguera (California/Mexico) to the KPFA performance studio. They play live on the air, with the sound engineered by Tony Ferro. It’s a preview of the threesome’s concert, Jan. 24, at the Back Room in Berkeley. PLAYLIST: artist: song … Continued

Indie Landscapes

Think Beat Radio – December 28, 2019

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Featuring a selection of my favorite tracks of 2019, including music from Pond, Isaac Delusion, Sharon Van Etten, Augustine, Brittany Howard, The Mystery Lights, A Beacon School, and El General Villamil.

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Nursing Home Residents Face Covid-19

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COVID-19 is everywhere these days and no place has been hit harder than nursing homes. Estimates are that up to one-third of all COVID deaths have been in nursing homes.   But nobody knows for sure, because the federal government and many states aren’t collecting this statistic.  And, about one-quarter of people in those nursing … Continued

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A Rude Awakening – Army Corps of Engineers Bay Dredge Environmental Threat and Extinction Rebellion Online Activism

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On today’s show, Shoshana Weschler of Sunflower Alliance and Isabella Zizi of Idle No More discuss the Army Corps of Engineers proposal to dredge the Carquinez Strait.  We then speak to professor, musician and Extinction Rebellion organizer Sandra Kwak explaining how we can practice social distance and still stay connected in our activism.  [email protected]

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The Corona Virus and People with Disabilities

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  How is the disability community dealing with being among those constantly told they are the “most vulnerable?” We put this question to some of our community experts, Andrew Pulrang and Shaun Cartwright. Here’s some great links for more information about these crucial questions: Healing Justice “Coronavirus: Wisdom from a Social Justice Lens”, Creaky Joints  … Continued

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