Dozens of people are dead in protests in Nicaragua after President Daniel Ortega announced social security reforms. On our show today we’ll turn to our correspondent Courtney Morris to understand the broader historical and political context of Nicaragua’s unrest. Then, we’ll turn to long-time broadcast journalist and political scientist Larry Bensky who will share his … Continued
Ralph welcomes independent candidate for California Lieutenant Governor, Gayle McLaughlin, who talks about how she and small group of progressive reformers turned around the city of Richmond, California. And one of the foremost experts on the Middle East, Professor Joshua Landis, clues us in to what exactly is going on in Syria, and what we … Continued
A conversation on liberal and illiberal democracies and the rise of populism with Yascha Mounk. He is a Lecturer on Government at Harvard University and a Senior Fellow in the Political Reform Program at New America. He is the author several books including of The Age of Responsibility, Stranger in My Own Country and his latest … Continued
How Black Students Helped Lead the 1968 Columbia U. Strike Against Militarism & Racism 50 Years Ago.
For the first time in more than half a century, Cuba’s President will not be a Castro. Fidel’s brother Raul Castro has stepped down and turned the reins over to a new President, Miguel Diaz-Canel. Our guest Netfa Freeman with the Institute for Policy Studies will discuss whether this leadership transition signifies change in Cuba. … Continued
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Entrevista con Mateo Piracés-Ugarte de la bnada Mexico-Brasileña Francisco El Hombre. Estrenos musicales. Boletos de regalo para el concierto de Bunbury en San Francisco.
On April 21st, 2016 Prince made his ascension. This April 21st, 2018 KPFA celebrates the man’s life and his impact on our own. Hosted by KPFA’s Historian of Funk Rickey Vincent.
Daze of Justice is the intimate story of trailblazing Cambodian-American women who break decades of silence, abandoning the security of their American homes on a journey back into Cambodia’s killing fields, only this time not as victims but as witnesses determined to resurrect the memory of their loved ones before the UN Special Tribunal prosecuting … Continued
Updates on teachers’ strikes, capitalism abuses Facebook, colleges reward privilege and reproduce it, Shell Oil knew about fossil fuels and global warming for last 50 years, UK housing size shrinks, Sinclair Broadcasting traps employees, US anti-depressant epidemic. Interview Rob Robinson: continuing discussion of water as human right vs for profit: how people fight and win.
Dilma Rousseff: Lula’s Imprisonment Is Part of a Coup Corroding Brazil’s Democratic Institutions; Dilma Rousseff: The Rise of Brazil’s Far Right Threatens Democratic Gains Since End of Dictatorship; Earth Day 2018: Ending Plastic Pollution in the Oceans, Land & Our Bodies.
