Africa Today – March 9, 2026
A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.
Featured Episode
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Iran war effects felt across region as new Supreme Leader takes power, Israel says it’s no change; Trump says Iran would have made nuke without attack, critics say he hasn’t made the case; Dems push Dream Act … Continued
Flashpoints Special Correspondent, Gloria La Riva on Trumps Latest Plans for US Intervention in Cuba
Today on the show: Flashpoints special correspondent, Gloria La Riva reports from Cuba on Trumps latest plans for US intervention in Cuba: Also Richard Becker, co-founder of answer coalition, analyzes the growing resistance to Trump’s Wars: Becker says Answer Coalition is part of a growing opposition movement to Trump’s imposition of authoritarian rule. An award … Continued
Power in Her Voice: Women’s History Month on Hard Knock Radio
This week on Hard Knock Radio, we take you deep into the archives as we celebrate Women’s History Month—uplifting the voices, vision, and leadership of women who have shaped movements and culture. We revisit a powerful speech and intimate interview from the late Elandra Williams, recorded at Take Back America and the U.S. Social Forum. … Continued
Background Briefing – March 9, 2026
On today’s briefing: A War Iran Only Has to Stay in While We Can Only Win At a Price We Are Unlikely to Want to Pay We begin with the question, how long can Trump and Hegseth use $4 million interceptors to shoot down $20,000 drones in an asymmetrical war that Iran just has … Continued
We plug into the real world Matrix – the digital Wild West of surveillance capitalism that dominates this Age of Information. Behind it is the unholy alliance between Big Tech and Big Brother. Privacy is the first casualty and democracy dies with it. Our guide is Cindy Cohn, director of Electronic Frontier Foundation, with her … Continued
The nuclear industry is pushing hard to be part of our energy future, but the realities of massive cost, long construction times, and radioactive waste just can’t be wished away. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the words we use to describe environmental poisons, marketing of junk food to communities of … Continued
Iranian and Iranian American Feminists Discuss the U.S. /Israel attacks on Iran
This Monday on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine Lisa Dettmer talks to 3 Iranian and Iranian American scholars and activists to get an Iranian feminist perspective on the U.S. attack on Iran to help us better understand what a feminist response to Iran is. We talk to Iranian graduate student, playwright and cartoonist Sepehr Jafari who … Continued
The global rise of the authoritarian right has confounded classification and led to contentious debates on the left. Do politicians like Modi, Bolsonaro, Orban, and Trump represent an extreme form of right-wing populism? Or are they fascists, as some claim? Historian and scholar of populism and fascism Federico Finchelstein argues that we’re seeing something new … Continued
The Long War on Iran
On to day’s show: Ralph welcomes sociologist and historian Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi to discuss the United States’ war of aggression on Iran. Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world, and most importantly what’s happening underneath it all.