Flashpoints

Flashpoints – October 30, 2024

Today on the show:  we’ll feature the weekly news update on Israel’s ongoing Genocide in Palestine from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman: Also Jennifer Lowenstein updates the latest news from the killing fields of north Gaza: and on Deconstructing WarLandia, our media breakdown segment,  Arun Gupta  talks about how the liberal/corporate media completely distorts what it … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Under Siege: The Threat of Mass Denaturalization and Deportation in America

On this episode of *Hard Knock Radio*, Davey D discusses the escalating immigration policies targeting naturalized U.S. citizens with immigration rights advocate Layidua Salazar and Eddy Zheng of the New Breath Foundation. Both guests delve into their personal experiences and the dangers posed by these proposals, which could lead to mass deportations and denaturalizations. Eddy … Continued


Education Today

Education Today – October 30, 2024

What has Pamela Price accomplished as District Attorney?  Civil-rights attorney, Yale Graduate, and Alameda County’s first Black district attoeny, she promised to carry out the reforms that progressives have been asking for, particuarly in relation to youth justice.  How is she doing?


What can sex workers add to discussions around transformative justice, prison abolition, and labor organizing? Heather Berg has spoken with sex worker radicals whose perspectives on left theory and practice are informed by encounters with ever-present threats to their lives and livelihoods. (Encore presentation.) Heather Berg, “‘If You’re Going to Be Beautiful, You Better Be Dangerous’: Sex … Continued


Law & Disorder

Attacks on abortion and reproductive freedoms w/ Imani Gandy; plus the nation’s first helpline for DV abusers

On today’s show, in the two years since the supreme court overturned Roe vs Wade 21 states have banned abortions. Here to discuss the ongoing attacks on reproductive freedoms is Imani Gandy is Editor-at-Large for Rewire News Group, where she covers law and courts and co-hosts the podcast Boom! Lawyered. October is Domestic Violence Awareness … Continued