In this conversation, we reflect on the 2009 police shooting of Oscar Grant by a BART officer and explore how the public response—fueled by bystander cell phone footage, community outrage, and mass protests—helped lay the groundwork for what would later become the Black Lives Matter movement. While BLM was officially founded in 2013, the mobilization … Continued
In a mission to deliver solidarity and break the Israeli humanitarian aid blockade, the Freedom Flotilla’s Handala departed southern Italy this week on its final leg to Gaza. In this episode, we speak with Huwaida Arraf, an American activist and lawyer who co-founded the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a Palestinian-led organization using non-violent protests and … Continued
On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Yaffa AS, the executive director of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity, and is a trans Muslim and displaced Indigenous Palestinian. MASGD is a Black/Indigenous Global Majority, Trans, and Muslim led organization that supports, empowers and connects LGBPQ+ and 2STGNCI+ Muslims and those racialized or perceived … Continued
Discussed in this episode: There are indications a late-summer wave is building: high levels of COVID being detected in sewage sample across much of the US (including California), and the rise to dominance of one subvariant (NB.1.8.1) in COVID samples that get genetically sequenced. (When one subvariant rapidly replaces others in sampling, that suggests it … Continued
Chris Hedges speaks at the First Congregational Church of Oakland on Thursday, May 29th at his book release event sponsored by KPFA, A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine. Chris speaks in depth on his recent experience just coming back from Egypt and speaking to Palestinian refugees there and so much … Continued
Martin Cruz Smith (1942-2025, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA studio December 9, 2004 while on tour for his Renko novel “Wolves Eat Dogs.” set partially in the area around Chernobyl. The great noir and detective author Martin Cruz Smith died of Parkinsons Disease on July 11, 2025 at the age of 82. He’s best known for the best-selling novel, and first in the Arkady Renko series, “Gorky Park.”
The Jeffrey Epstein list scandal is rocking the MAGA base threatening support for the Trump presidency from within. We speak with Adam Mockler, who is a rising voice in political commentary and reporting, known for his work with the MeidasTouch Network and his own YouTube channel The Adam Mockler Show — which has over 1 … Continued
Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, … Continued
We speak with environmental activist Amos White, who is an organizer for the Good Trouble Lives On protest. Coined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, “Good Trouble” is the action of coming together to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change. The civil rights leaders of the past have shown … Continued
