The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

Death toll in Turkey-Syria quake tops 12,000; Republicans put Twitter on the hot seat for blocking a 2020 story on Hunter Biden’s laptop; Ukraine’s president pays a dramatic visit to Britain: The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – February 8, 2023

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Hopes fading of finding survivors of massive Turkey-Syria earthquake Republicans lash former Twitter executives — and Biden Administration policies on COVID Ukraine’s President addresses the British parliament, where he asks for fighter jets NATO’s  Secretary-General visits Washington … Continued


Black History Month Special

Afrikahn Jahmal Davys presents “Da Cotton Pickas”, a documentary about share cropping and its relevance today. He also  interviews the producer/director Robert “Fleetwood” Bowden, and takes us on a poetic musical journey.


Education Today

Education Today – February 8, 2023

Some educators are worried about students learning to write, when artificial intelligence chatbots can write sophisticated essays for them.  Our guest discusses the positives and negatives of this development, and shares a bit about his experiences as an international teacher in four different countries.


Thanks to the Dead Heads!

The annual KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon was a success! Hosts David Gans and Tim Lynch offered 16 hours of unreleased live Grateful Dead recordings and related material, interviews with relevant characters, and in-studio performances. Thanks to you, we brought in more than $35,000 for KPFA, while keeping the fun in fund drive for the 37th-ish … Continued


It’s been described at the most turbulent period of global class struggle in history — the turn of the 20th century when revolutionaries around the world found common cause against capital and empire. Christina Heatherton discusses the revolutionary internationalism swirling around the Mexican Revolution and the remarkable intersection of radicals at that time. (Encore presentation.) … Continued