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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – August 7, 2023Supporters and opponents of expanding driverless taxis in SF make cases to state regulators. Trump lawyers ask judge to allow federal election conspiracy case facts to go public.

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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. photo courtesy Wikimedia commons. President Biden heads west to tout his environmental record. Trump lawyers ask judge to allow federal election conspiracy case facts to go public. Trucking Company Yellow files for bankruptcy and ceases operations. Supporters … Continued

Against the Grain

(Re)making Revolution

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Revolutionaries in one country can inform and inspire rebels in another. Kevin A. Young examines the impact of Vietnamese and Chinese revolutionary strategies on El Salvador’s guerrillas in the tumultuous 1970s and ’80s. Among other things, he describes how conceptions of “prolonged popular war” were adopted and adapted by the FPL, the FMLN’s largest faction. … Continued

The Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Digital Addictions – The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – August 7, 2023

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Ralph welcomes Sherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, social networking, and sociable robotics to talk about our addictions to screens and how to break out of them. Plus, our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, opens the program with everything … Continued

Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now 9am – August 7, 2023

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On Today’s Show: Freedom vs. Compelled Birth: Dorothy Roberts on Abortion Fights in Texas, Ohio & Across the U.S. “It’s a Way of Reparations”: Why Henrietta Lacks Settlement Matters for Bioethics & Racial Justice Pregnant Woman’s False Arrest in Detroit Shows “Racism Gets Embedded” in Facial Recognition Technology #SayHerName: Kimberlé Crenshaw on Black Women Killed … Continued

Law & Disorder

FBI Sued by ACLU for Overreach in 2020 Protests; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Donald Lacy

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The ACLU has sued the City of Colorado Springs, members of the Colorado Springs Police Department, and the FBI, for aggressive overreach and repression during the Colorado Springs 2020 protest movement. We’re joined this morning by the primary plaintiff in the lawsuit, Jacqueline Armendariz Unzueta, along with Tim Macdonald, the Legal Director of the ACLU … Continued