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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

Voters put a Republican in Virginia’s Governor seat, Democrat in New Jersey’s Governor seat; Supreme Court hears challenge to New York gun ban, appears poised to repeal it; U.S. health officials announce approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for 5-11 year olds

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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Voters put a Republican in Virginia’s Governor seat, Democrat in New Jersey’s Governor seat. Democrats put paid leave back into the Build Back Better Act, along with immigration reform. Supreme Court hears challenge to New York gun … Continued

Flashpoints

US Military Says Drone Strike that Killed Ten in Kabul was Regrettable But Not Illegal Under the Rules of Engagement

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Today on the Show: US Military says drone strike that killed ten in Kabul, including several young children, was regrettable but not illegal under the rules of engagement. Kenosha vigilante killer, Kyle Rittenhouse, now on trial for first degree intentional homicide, gets some help from a biased white judge. Also, on a new edition of … Continued

Against the Grain

Literacy, Power, Identity

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What happens when missionaries try to get indigenous people to read and write English? Sometimes what results is very different than what the missionaries intended. Laura Rademaker describes how members of an aboriginal community in Australia resisted and repurposed English literacies. (Encore presentation.) Tony Ballantine, Lachy Paterson and Angela Wanhalla, eds., Indigenous Textual Cultures: Reading and Writing … Continued

Letters and Politics

The Banda Islands Genocide, Western Imperialism and the Root of Our Ecological Crisis

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Guest: Amitav Ghosh is an award winning novelist and essayist. In 2007 he was awarded India’s highest civilian award the Padma Shri.  He is the author of several books including Ibis Trilogy (Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire), The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, Gun Island, and his latest, The Nutmeg’s Curse: … Continued