What accounts for worker injuries and fatalities in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota? Should they be viewed as localized phenomena, or are larger socioeconomic processes at work? In his effort to explain oil-boom representations and calamities, Bruce Braun considers and extends Lauren Berlant’s analysis of worker precarity, “crisis ordinariness,” and “slow death.” Braun … Continued
Ralph is joined by labor activist Gene Bruskin. They discuss how labor leaders are joining with Progressive lawmakers to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, and also the true meaning of solidarity. Then Ralph welcomes Rick Perlstein — historian, chronicler of American conservativism, and author of Nixonland — to explain Donald Trump’s iron grip on the … Continued
Guest: Dr. Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with broad interests in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and Women’s and Gender Studies. She is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual History Society. She is the author of … Continued
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).
Roadside Theater is a professional ensemble of storytellers and theater makers hailing from the mountains of central Appalachia. In its decades since its founding in 1975, the ensemble has taken on the task of people’s theater, engaging social issues and abandoning the ‘fourth wall’ concept in order to bring audiences into the process of cultural … Continued
0:08 — Gene Slater, author of Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America.
On today’s show: “Like Horror Movies”: Forced to Evacuate Nasser Hospital, Surgeon Describes Israeli Raid & Arrests “3 Days of Hell”: Israel Raids Nasser Hospital, Arrests Staff in Latest Assault on Gaza Medical System Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny Dies in Arctic Prison; “No Doubt” He Was Killed, Says Masha Gessen
A Friend of the Murdered Leader of the Russian Opposition Discusses Putin’s Latest Murder of the Leader of the Russian Opposition We begin with the murder of the leader of the opposition in Russia, Alexei Navalny, who Putin’s FSB almost killed with a nerve agent in 2020, then had him incarcerated in gulags on trumped … Continued
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A mix of la raza, reggae, jazz and politically conscious music.
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Setting the Standard has been around 8-10 years, and was originally started by Maya Rise. We kept it going, and continues to evolve into many platforms. We are a all volunteer crew, and bring you information, poetry, music, and much more. You can tune in online at kpfa.org or on the radio at 94.1fm KPFA, … Continued
