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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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President Joe Biden unveils coronavirus response plan; House Speaker and Senate leader vow to pursue Donald Trump’s impeachment; New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez outlines President’s immigration plan- January 21, 2021

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden unveils coronavirus response plan, calls Trump administration’s response a “dismal failure.” House Speaker and Senate leader vow to pursue Donald Trump’s impeachment. White House new climate envoy John Kerry speaks to global partners. Biden … Continued

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Joe Biden inaugurated as President and Kamala Harris as first black, American Indian and woman Vice President; Three new democrats sworn into senate, giving the party control of congress; San Francisco Supervisors discuss vaccination equity, as COVID-19 vaccine supply runs low

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  Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Joe Biden inaugurated as President and Kamala Harris as first black, American Indian and woman Vice President. President Biden signs more than a dozen executive orders to rollback Trump administration’s right wing policies. Donald Trump leaves … Continued

Letters and Politics

A History of Violent Mobs Overthrowing Democratically Elected Governments in America

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Guest: Manisha Sinha is the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut and a leading authority on the history of slavery and abolition and the Civil War and Reconstruction.  She is the author of several books including The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina … Continued

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Alameda County sees spike in Covid-19 cases; Justice for George Floyd protests spread across the world; a history of righteous rebellion in the U.S.

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0:08 – On May 30, Alameda County saw a spike in Covid-19 cases. Erin Allday, health writer for the San Francisco Chronicle has been tirelessly reporting on the crisis in the Bay Area for months and joins us to talk about it. 0:18 – Protests against the murder of George Floyd have spread around the world. … Continued

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Protests against racist police violence explode across U.S. demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Steven Taylor & Tony McDade — a debrief with Patrisse Cullors, Andrea Ritchie and Alicia Garza

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0:08 – The U.S. is erupting in protests against the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Steven Taylor and many more. Thousands of people joined marches, uprisings and a car caravan on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Oakland. Police departments across the country have responded with brutal and excessive force against demonstrators, … 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

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.

Pushing Limits

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

A Rude Awakening

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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