UpFront

Documents show the FBI is tracking Black Lives Matter activists; What to expect at the Bay Area’s March for Our Lives Rallies; Plus: Counting the dead on the 15th anniversary of the Iraq War

7:08am – According to recently released documents the FBI has been tracking Black Lives Matter activists merely for protesting and exercising their first amendment rights. We talk to intercept journalist George Joseph (@georgejoseph94) on his latest piece “FBI Tracked an Activist Involved with Black Lives Matter as They Traveled Across the US, Documents Show.”

7:34am – This Saturday March 24, 2018, teachers and students all over the country are taking to the streets to protest gun violence, this comes on the heels of the Parkland school shooting and the wave of student activism after it. We talk to student organizers of the Oakland March for Our Lives, Jesi Tinker Rein and the Walnut Creek March for our lives, Victor Tiglao.

7:40am – This week is the 15th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We’re still coming to terms with the wreckage of the war, which includes reckoning with the number of Iraqi civilians killed. We talk to Dr. Lily Hamourtziadou from Iraqi Body Count (@iraqbodycountabout why we should name and count the dead.

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