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World Health Organization calls for moratorium on booster COVID-19 vaccines; San Francisco may require vaccine status before entering indoor facilities; Senators propose Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act to tax corporate polluters for climate change mitigations

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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. World Health Organization calls for moratorium on booster COVID-19 vaccines. San Francisco may follow New York City’s lead to require vaccine status before entering restaurants and other indoor facilities. Senate narrowly rejects proposal to fund a border … Continued

Flashpoints

Haiti Assassination Investigation

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Today on our show, we return to Haiti where the investigation into the assassination of Jovenel Moise has been stalled by death threats against investigators and judges. Meanwhile according to the Haitian police there are eighteen former Colombian mercenaries being held along with an ever growing list of Haitians which includes police charged with guarding … Continued

Hard Knock Radio

East Oakland Rising and Jail House Lawyer

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We talk to filmmaker Cheo Tyehimba Taylor about his new film East Oakland Rising. This documentary highlights the stories of everyday people coming together to build relationships and trust, knowledge and understanding, and collective determination to fight environmental racism, unfair housing policies, and gentrification in East Oakland, CA, one of the last predominantly-African American communities … Continued

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

August 4, 2021: Israeli Settler Colonialism and Urban Planning inside the 1948 Occupied Territories with Lama Shehadeh

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When the Palestinian Nakba (or the catastrophe of 1948) is discussed it’s commonly understood to refer to the destruction of villages and the displacement of about 700 thousand Palestinians. What gets left out is what happened to the people who remained in the borders of what became Israel and the transformations the new state created … Continued

Letters and Politics

The Strange and Interesting History of Quarantine

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Guest: Geoff Manaugh is a regular contributor for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Wired, and other publications.  He is the coauthor, with Nicola Twilley, of Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine.    Featured photo by Nicola Twilley. In the photo, Geoff Manaugh and Dr. Luigi Bertinato wearing plague gear … Continued