we speak with Cat Brooks, a member of the ONYX Organizing Committee and the co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) about the 96 Hours of Direct Action, Non-Compliance Over King Day Weekend. The direct action, is an act of resistance in the face of domestic terrorism waged on America’s most marginalized communities.
On today’s Making Contact, journalist Juan González discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America’s cities – from redlining and racial covenants in the early 20th century, to land grabs and privatization in the 21st – and the rise of progressive alliances to reclaim them. Featuring: Juan González, … Continued
An informative program about the distinct disabilities of autism and cognitive disorders with two disability advocates. Austin Tam will discuss his observations and insights about cognitive disorders and disability in the Asian/Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community. Tam attended the California Renters Power Assembly and helped organize the “Making the Invisible Visible” Disability Summit in Alameda … Continued
Updates on UN report on poverty in the US, oreos produced in Mexico, US households with zero or negative net worth, Germany’s negative utility prices, Germany’s bold labor strikes, Iceland law on equal pay for equal work, the myth of US economic “recovery,” and Canada’s Tim Horton sabotages rising minimum wage. Interview with Dr. Harriet … Continued
“Completely Racist”: Edwidge Danticat on Trump’s “Shithole Countries” Remark Targeting Africa, Haiti; Time’s Up: Meet Five of the Women Who Staged Protest at Golden Globes Against Gender Violence; NYC: Immigration Rights Activist Ravi Ragbir Detained at ICE Check-in Amid Protest, Police Violence; Time’s Up Activists Warn Trump’s “Shithole Countries” Remark Will Embolden White Supremacists..
The House has passed a bill extending warrantless surveillance of foreigners and the Americans that communicate with them, despite Donald Trump’s stated opposition to that bill and his subsequent flip flopping. On our show today we’ll turn to Shahid Buttar of the Electronic Frontier Foundation for more. Then, as the deadline for Trump to extend … Continued
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Darren Johnston, the iconoclastic Canadian-born Bay Area trumpeter has appeared on The Hear and Now in the past with The Nice Guy Trio and his Broken Shadows band. Tonight he returns with his Bye Bye Bartok quartet, which includes Matt Renzi (clarinet, English horn, tenor sax), Adam Shulman (piano), and Eric Vogler (upright bass). … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: We continue our collaboration with Randy Credico and Live on The Fly: Julian Assange Countdown to Freedom. We’ll have breaking news on the decision by Ecuador to grant nationality to Julian Assange. We’ll speak to Italian investigative journalist, Sefania Maurizi, a close working associate with Julian Assange and with Former FBI whistle … Continued
Rosa Clemente speaks about the Golden Globes and the Me Too Movement. She also speaks on Puerto Rico. Later REN THE VINYL ARCHAEOLOGIST, the curator of True Skool stops by to discuss upcoming events in the bay area. Image Credit @ RosaClemente.net
Caroline hosts long-time radio-guest ally, Deborah Felmeth, from Syria, joining us from Kuwait (may the gods of audio connection be willing!) on our Dark of Moon rendezvous path to convening Trickster Council in India. The syncretizing sacrament of crossing borders, and dissolving them as we do. Convening Bodhisattva Coyote’s astro*mytho cross-cultural Middle Eastern/South Asian cahoot. … Continued
