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The Herbal Highway

Gullah Herbalism – January 31, 2023

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Join Sarah Holmes and her guest, Faith Mitchell, for a conversation about Gullah Herbalism. Dr. Mitchell has a doctorate in medical anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley and has written or edited numerous policy-related publications. She is also the author of, Hoodoo Medicine: Gullah Herbal Remedies @hoodoo_medicine . Faith currently lives in the DC metro … Continued

Against the Grain

The Environmentalism of the Fossil Fuel Industry

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Fossil fuels lie at the center of contemporary life — powering, despoiling, and altering everything around us. And that includes environmentalism itself, according to anthropologist David Bond. He discusses how concepts like toxic thresholds and environmental impact assessments are an accommodation to the continued existence of the oil and petro-chemical industries, rather than ways to … Continued

Letters and Politics

David Harvey on Karl Marx’s Grundrisse

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  Guest: David Harvey is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology & Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), the Director of Research at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics, and the author of numerous books including, Marx, Social Justice and the City, The Condition of Postmodernity, The Limits to Capital, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Spaces of Global Capitalism, A … Continued

Law & Disorder

Newsom’s CARE Court’s constitutionality challenged by advocacy orgs; Plus, Uhuru Movement raided by the FBI

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On todays show: Multiple civil rights and disability groups are challenging Governor Newsom’s CARE Courts measure, which would force some folks with mental health and substance abuse issues into facilities for treatment. We speak with Sarah Gregory, Senior Attorney at Disability Rights California, along with Nubyaan Scott, Staff Attorney in the Civil Rights Practice Group … Continued

UpFront

Blinken in Israel and Palestine; Plus, the two-year anniversary of the Myanmar coup; Plus, Laguna Honda Hospital hearing

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0:08 — Rashid Khalidi, is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War On Palestine. 0:33 — Seinenu Thein-Lemelson, is a Lecturer in the Anthropology Department at UCLA, and has been working with activists and former political prisoners in Burma since 2013. 0:44 … Continued