Education Today – December 27, 2023
Education Today: Research, news, guests and listener calls on local and international education issues. Every Wednesday at 2:30 PM
Featured Episode
Our World As We See It – December 27, 2023
A weekly talk show produced by Oakland School for the Arts high school broadcast students, Our World As We See It will focus on local and world issues giving a fresh youthful perspective on how to create change.
East Bay Yesterday – December 27, 2023
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Is a world of nation-states desirable? If ultranationalism is pernicious, are some forms of nationalism beneficial? Should struggles framed in terms of national liberation be lauded and supported? Nandita Sharma emphasizes the exclusions inherent in all nationalist politics, exclusions dictated by considerations of who does and does not belong to the nation. (Encore presentation.) Nandita Sharma, Home Rule: … Continued
Cypher Human Rights Comics with Adam Shapiro
Ian spoke with Adam Shapiro, Co-editor of We Are Many, a comics anthology released as part of the Cypher Zine project (@cypher_comics on Instagram) and published by Radix Media.
The Opium Wars, The Gold Rush and the Formation of Global Capitalism
Mae Ngai is the author of The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – December 27, 2023
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).
The Golem of Brooklyn: Battling Anti-Semitism and White Supremacy with a Jewish Mystical Avenger
We spend the hour with famed writer Adam Mansbach, whose latest novel draws on Jewish mysticism to fight anti-semitism and modern white supremacy. The Golem of Brooklyn offers a serious take, but is written in a long legacy of Jewish self-deprecating and laugh-out loud humor. Adam Mansbach, has won awards for many of his books, but … Continued
Ussama Makdisi on the history of coexistence in the Arab world
In the later years of the Ottoman empire, big areas were consumed by religious conflict and nationalist independence movements. But not the Arab near east, including present-day Israel,/Palestine, where Christian, Muslims, Jews, and others basically just . . . got along. We’ll discuss the deep foundations for peace with with Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History … Continued
Democracy Now 6am – December 27, 2023
On today’s show: “Axis of Resistance”: Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis Challenge U.S. & Israeli Power Amid Middle East Tension Who Funds Canary Mission? James Bamford on Group That Doxxes Students & Profs for Palestine Activism As Phone Line Breaks Up, Palestinian Journalist Akram al-Satarri Describes “Dire” Conditions in Gaza Palestine Exception: U.S. Colleges Suppress Free Speech, … Continued