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Against The Grain Turns Twenty!
Against the Grain Turns Twenty! Against the Grain, a trailblazing program about radical ideas originating from Berkeley-based KPFA Radio, marks its twentieth anniversary on March 3, 2023. The program was launched less than three weeks before the United States invaded Iraq. Since then, Against the Grain has forged an unusual path: long-form discussions about the … Continued
Join Sarah Holmes and her guest Tesia Love for a discussion of the inter-relationship between fatigue and chronic stress and the plants to support us. Tesia is an Ayurvedic practitioner, herbalist and body worker based in Charlotte, NC. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.
A women’s history-themed program featuring Bettina Aptheker on her efforts to assist Angela Davis and her turn toward feminism; Jennifer Guglielmo on Italian American women anarchists in New York City; and Manijeh Moradian on an Iranian women’s uprising amidst the revolutionary ferment of 1979. Bettina Aptheker, Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for … Continued
La Raza Chronicles – March 28, 2023
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Aileen Alfandary, News Director at KPFA Featured photo (c): Michael Macor/SF The Chronicle, 2018
Part I. Pegasus: A Spyware that Threatens Privacy and Democracy. Guest: Sandrine Rigaud is a French investigative journalist. She is an editor of Forbidden Stories. She is the co-author of Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy. Part 2. The Implications of Indicting a Former President or … Continued
Mining Threatens Apache Sacred Site; Plus, Safeguarding from Caste Discrimination in California
A new bill could make California the first state to outlaw caste-based bias, a safeguard for people of South Asian descent, to build protection from discrimination in areas like housing and education. We’re joined by the sponsor of the bill, Aisha Wahab, the California state senator representing the 10th District, which runs from Hayward and Union … Continued
Israel protests and fate of the Netanyahu government; Looking and Bay Area weather ahead
0:08 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 0:33 — Alison Bridger, Professor in the department of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University.