The Bonnie Simmons Show – May 9, 2024
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Bonnie Simmons presents a unique mix of singer/songwriter folk, rock, soul, country, and R&B.
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Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: East Bay Yesterday
Today’s APEX Express is preempted by special fund drive programming.
Today on the Show: Gaza on the brink, as the IDF ramps up its attacks and shuts down the Rafah Border. We’ll have a frontline update on Rafah and the west bank with Zeiad Abas of MECA.. Remembering Rachel Corrie, Runover and murdered 21 years ago by an israeli bulldozer as she stood against the … Continued
Davey D presents the book, The Hundred Years War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi. Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members―mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists―The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, … Continued
Background Briefing – May 9, 2024
The Israeli Public’s Support for Continuing the War and Netanyahu’s Defiant Response to Biden We begin with the reaction from the Israeli public and in political circles to Biden’s threat to halt weapons deliveries to the IDF if they move into Rafah, which they appear to be in the early stages of executing. We discuss … Continued
Special Spring Fund Drive Programming
Today’s Bookwaves/Artwaves is preempted by special fund drive programming.
Fundraising special: the Alabama ruling class confronts the UAW, the white supremacist wing of neoliberalism
Derek Seidman looks into the Alabama corporate elite and its terror at the incursion of the UAW (articles here and here) • Quinn Slobodian on Peter Brimelow and the white supremacist wing of neoliberalism
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – May 9, 2024
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: Ilan Pappe is Professor of History, Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of A History of Modern Palestine.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – May 9, 2024
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).