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Against the Grain

The Ukraine Invasion, Great Power Conflict, and the Climate Emergency

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The world is facing two existential threats, one acknowledged but inadequately addressed, and the other largely forgotten until recently: global warming and nuclear weapons. Scholar Michael Klare discusses the dangerous great power politics highlighted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and their deleterious effects on nuclear proliferation and the struggle to slow the climate disaster. Resources: … Continued

Letters and Politics

The Political Economy of Climate Change

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Guest: Aviva Chomsky is a professor of history and the coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University. She is the author of several books including Undocumented; They Take Our Jobs!; and her latest, Is Science Enough?: Forty Critical Questions About Climate Justice.  Aviva Chomsky has been active in the Latin American solidarity and immigrants’ … Continued

UpFront

Ukraine negotiations; French elections; Covid updates; Plus, the human vs animal divide

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0:08 – Returning to the conflict in Ukraine, John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s latest statement about the limits of negotiations during the war as well as other updates including Russia’s position on the diplomatic talks. 0:22 – Shifting focus with John Feffer (@johnfeffer), we explore France’s upcoming runoff election. … Continued

Setting the Standard

Setting the Standard – April 18, 2022

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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