Masha Gessen: Did a Russian Troll Farm’s Inflammatory Posts Really Sway the 2016 Election for Trump? Masha Gessen: Russiagate Has Become a Conspiracy Trap Obscuring How Trump Is Damaging Nation; “The Young Karl Marx”: Raoul Peck on New Film Examining How Marx Developed Critique of Capitalism.
After the Parkland massacre in Florida, the standard responses by politicians to gun violence have finally proven inadequate. On our show today we’ll speak with a couple of organizers of the upcoming March for Our Lives to discuss the new student-led movement against gun proliferation and analyze responses by Donald Trump to arm teachers and … Continued
Caroline welcomes fellow Pragmatic Mystic – Jihan McDonald, dedicated to “Beloved Community as a mycelial healing network.” “No isolated crises – all crisis of isolation…” Let us be deep delving detectives, that we may all be Culture Doctors. Jihan McDonald has received the Alpha Della Leadership Award and Change-maker Fellowship for developing allies for life. … Continued
Join Sarah Holmes for an interview with herbalist and author Rosalee de la Foret. They will focus on Rosalee’s new book, Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies that Heal. Fund drive.
Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Timothy Snyder about the new threats our political order faces and how we might stop it from happening. Timothy Snyder is the Levin Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin and Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning. His latest book is On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons … Continued
7:08 – Shannon Young, (@SYoungReports) an independent journalist based in Oaxaca City, speaks with us about the devastating earthquake in Mexico this past year. Andrew Alden, (@aboutgeology) science writer, founder of a weekly blog on the geology of Oakland and former United States Geological Survey technical editor, discusses the fault lines surrounding the Bay Area and … Continued
“The Time to Act Is Now”: Florida School Shooting Survivors Confront Trump, Rubio on Gun Control; “A Monstrous Campaign of Annihilation”: Death Toll in Eastern Ghouta Tops 300 from Syrian Assault; Former Parkland Student: I Interned for Senator Rubio. Now I’m Begging Him to Act on Guns.
Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire hour to legendary Pentagon Papers whistle blower, Daniel Ellsberg and his troubling new book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.
Today host Mitch Jeserich spends the hour with renowned economist Richard Wolff to talk about the turbulent situation of the US markets, the nature of the national debt, interest rates, cryptocurrencies and more. Richard Wolff is a professor of economics at New School University in New York City and host of Economic Update. Please keep KPFA alive, click … Continued
“Orgies While People Are Dying”: How Charity Oxfam Allowed Sex Abuse in Ailing Countries Like Haiti; Inside the U.S. Military Recruitment Program That Trained Nikolas Cruz to be “A Very Good Shot”; Edwidge Danticat: I Hope Oxfam Sex Scandal in Haiti Is a #MeToo Moment for Aid Organizations.
