The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

President and bipartisan group of senators reach infrastructure compromise; DC extends federal eviction moratorium to July 31; Oakland mayor and progressive city council at odds over police funding in budget

  Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden reaches infrastructure agreement with bipartisan group of senators. House Speaker to create a house committee to investigate January 6th attack. Tower apartment building in Florida collapses; as many as 100 people missing. CDC … Continued


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Democracy in Chains (and the Keys to Liberation)

Caroline enthusiastically welcomes Nancy MacLean, author of “Democracy in Chains,” that we may understand the increasing, and long-planned threat to democracy… and the urgency of our Now. Gotta see the long-forged chains, in order to remove them…. Today’s Full Moon’s image is “A party of campers packing their canoe at twilight – the ability to … Continued


Behind the News

Why workers don’t revolt, fighting Amazon in South Africa, the horrors of solitary confinement.

• Political economist Sam Gindin, author of this piece, talks about competition and the working class • Leslie London, director of Observatory Civic Association in Cape Town, South Africa, on a fight against Amazon. The Facebook page for the campaign is here. • Tana Ganeva, a journalist specializing in criminal justice, talks about the prevalence … Continued