0:08 – Are we at risk of another recession? Professor Richard Wolff explains yes, we are. Plus the absurdity of Trump’s trade war with China.
Richard D. Wolff (@profwolff) is Professor of Economics Emeritus, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Visiting Professor at the New School University, New York City. He’s authored over a dozen books on economic theory, and has rapidly become famous as well for his Pacifica Network Radio program, Economic Update, heard weekly in New York and the S.F. Bay Area.
0:24 – Oakland Councilmember Noel Gallo wants to invite uniformed Army soldiers to “help clean up” the streets of his district, in the Fruitvale District of Oakland.
John Jones III (@johnajonesIII) is the Director of Community and Political Engagement at Just Cities, and a community advocate in Oakland. Councilmember Gallo did not respond to our inquiries.
0:34 – California farmworkers are afraid, and struggling to cope with the threats of deportations by the Trump Administration, abusive employers, harsh conditions and low wages – resulting in hunger. The Center for Farmworker Families launched a food bank operation to help alleviate the burden on families. We’re joined by Dr Ann Lopez, Executive Director of the Center for Farmworker Families.
0:46 – Amber Akemi Piatt (@amberakemipiatt) is the Director of the Health Instead of Punishment Program Director at Human Impact Partners (HIP) and am also on the advisory board for the Then They Came For Me exhibit in the Presidio, which examines the terrifying period in U.S. history when the government scapegoated and imprisoned thousands of people of Japanese ancestry, including her family.
The Exhibit is open til Sunday Sep 1, 2019 at the Presidio (FREE).
1:08 – Still no murder charges against wealthy Dem donor Ed Buck
Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) is a strategist and political commentator based in Los Angeles. She’s a lead organizer in the movement for justice for Timothy Dean and Gemmel Moore, two black gay men found dead at the home of wealthy Democratic donor Ed Buck.
1:23 – KPFA News: People in El Paso say in spite of Trump Administration’s attempts to manipulate the migration crisis at the border to make it much more dramatic, the community there is devoted to welcoming the newcomers. And as Dan Heyman reports, their ability to do that is often thanks to volunteers – local and from around the country.
1:34 – Santa Rita Stories: What Happened to Dujuan Armstrong?
Barbara Doss is the mother of Dujuan Armstrong, killed in Santa Rita jail last summer, June 2018.
Lucas Guilkey (@lucasguilkey) is a video journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Oakland, California, focusing on power, politics, social movements, democracy, and racial justice. His latest film, premiering this Friday Aug 30, is What Happened to Dujuan Armstrong, a 26 minute documentary about deaths in Alameda County’s Santa Rita jail. Find out more at whathappenedfilm.com
Film Premiere Screening and Panel: Friday, August 30, 2019 7:30 PM – First Unitarian Church of Oakland (FREE)
After the film there will be a panel with the filmmaker Lucas Guilkey, Barbara Doss, Jose Bernal (Senior Organizer of the Ella Baker Center), and other members of the Audit Ahern Coalition. Learn about what is happening in the local county jail, and what you can do to change it.