The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – May 1, 2023

First Republic Bank Collapses, JP Morgan Chase takes over. Senate Democrats to hold hearings this week on House Republican debt ceiling bill. May Day marches and rallies held worldwide, French unions stage anti pension reform demonstration. Pope Francis wraps up 3 day visit to Hungary. California Attorney General sues city of Elk Grove for rejecting … Continued


About Health

5/1/23 Responding To Emergencies

Join Nurse Rona and her guest Anna Griffin to discuss topics such as child safety, poisoning, drowning, CPR, choking, bleeding, and what to put in a first aid kit. This is a good time to think about safety and be prepared so you can stay as calm as possible if an accident or emergency occurs.


What does May Day, as an anarchist and socialist political project, commemorate? Nicolas Lampert and Paul Buhle share historical background; Cindy Milstein reviews anarchist principles; Richard Lichtman considers what Marx called alienation; and Paul C. Gray discusses the importance of identifying workers’ issues of concern and creating democratic structures. (Image on main page by Washington … Continued


Law & Disorder

Chain Gang All Stars: Future of the Prison-Industrial Complex; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Tama Brisbane

Today is May Day! On today’s show, we’re in conversation with award winning author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah about his brand new book Chain Gang All Stars, a novel imagining a near-future where the prison industrial complex has developed a gruesome and widely popular reality show where prisoners are pitted against each other in gladiator death … Continued