Guest: David W. Blight is Sterling Professor of History and African American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of several books on Slavery and Abolition including, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
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Democracy Now 9am – July 3, 2023
On Today’s Show: RIP Daniel Ellsberg: “Most Dangerous Man in America” on Leaking Pentagon Papers, Exposing Gov’t Lies Months Before Death, Daniel Ellsberg Warned Crisis over Ukraine & Taiwan Could Lead to Nuclear War “The Doomsday Machine”: Confessions of Daniel Ellsberg, Former Nuclear War Planner Daniel Ellsberg’s Dying Wish: Free Julian Assange, Encourage Whistleblowers & Reveal … Continued
The Political Role of Black Folk Music w/ Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Bicasso
On today’s show, we prepare ourselves for the 4th of July holiday by spending time with archival recordings from Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, who was a musician, civil rights activist, and minister from Haynesville, Louisiana. In late 1964 he became a co-founder of the Deacons for Defense and Justice, an armed black self-defense group, in the … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.
Democracy Now 6am – July 3, 2023
On Today’s Show: RIP Daniel Ellsberg: “Most Dangerous Man in America” on Leaking Pentagon Papers, Exposing Gov’t Lies Months Before Death, Daniel Ellsberg Warned Crisis over Ukraine & Taiwan Could Lead to Nuclear War “The Doomsday Machine”: Confessions of Daniel Ellsberg, Former Nuclear War Planner Daniel Ellsberg’s Dying Wish: Free Julian Assange, Encourage Whistleblowers & Reveal … Continued
Background Briefing with Ian Masters – July 3, 2023
We begin with a series of unpopular rulings by the Supreme Court that ended affirmative action in college admissions, stopped President Biden from cancelling student debt and sanctified bigotry by a lying web designer who was not even in business when she said a gay couple wanted her to work for them, claiming it was … Continued
Jazz Bar – July 3, 2023
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Jazz and more, hosted by Spliff Skankin.
Setting the Standard 2 – July 3, 2023
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A mix of la raza, reggae, jazz and politically conscious music.
Setting the Standard – July 3, 2023
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Setting the Standard has been around 8-10 years, and was originally started by Maya Rise. We kept it going, and continues to evolve into many platforms. We are a all volunteer crew, and bring you information, poetry, music, and much more. You can tune in online at kpfa.org or on the radio at 94.1fm KPFA, … Continued
Motown on Mondays – July 2, 2023
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Motown On Mondays (MOM) was born out of a love of Soul Music – plain and simple!