Non Violent Communication can help us connect across differences but it can also help us more deeply experience the companionship and understanding that comes with being heard by others in similar situations. Host, Marlena Willis, is joined by members of her Chronic Illness and Disability Non Violent Communication Practice Group that happens on a conference … Continued
The Hear and Now, hosted by Derk Richardson, welcomes the Northern California jazz trio Charged Particles, with guest saxophonist Tod Dickow, to the KPFA performance studio for an in-studio concert, broadcast live and engineered by Tony Ferro. Formed in the early 1990s, and taking its name from a Chick Corea composition, the trio is anchored … Continued
The hard rocking, all-women Bay Area supergroup Skip the Needle joins host Derk Richardson in the KPFA performance studio for a live concert broadcast, with Tony Ferro engineering the sound. Katie Cash (guitar and vocals), Shelley Doty (guitar and vocals), Kofy Brown (drums and vocals), and Vicki Randle (bass, percussion, and vocals) [pictured above L-R] … Continued
Mass ICE Raids in Mississippi After Workers Fought for Better Conditions Leave Kids Without Parents; Supersizing Climate Change: U.N. Says Meat Production Destroys Land & Diminishes Key Water Sources; Documents Reveal Monsanto Surveilled Journalists, Activists & Even Musician Neil Young.
Founded in 2008 in Tehran and dedicated to multiculturalism and peace, the Sibarg Ensemble brings together traditional Iranian music and jazz through original compositions, arrangements of classical melodies and folk songs, and structured improvisations. A trio version of the ensemble–Sara Saberi, oud, Hesam Abedini, vocals and Persian percussion, and Josh Charney, piano and keyboards–performs in … Continued
Música de algunas de las bands que se presentan en Outside Lands, Además, estrenos musicales y comentarios. Conducción y producción por Miguel Guerrero.
The Battle for People’s Park: 50th Anniversary On Wednesday May 15th 2019, the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Thursday when the University of California retook People’s Park by force, Heyday publisher/executive director Steve Wasserman moderated a panel featuring The Battle for People’s Park, Berkeley 1969 author Tom Dalzell and Mayor Jesse Arreguín, Michael Delacour, Judy Gumbo, Ruth Rosen, Donovan Rundle, Dove … Continued
In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Thursday when the University of California retook People’s Park by force, Heyday publisher/executive director Steve Wasserman moderated a panel featuring The Battle for People’s Park, Berkeley 1969 author Tom Dalzell. KPFA brings you the full two hour panel today at 2pm recorded by Larry Bensky and offers Dalzell’s book as a Thank You Gift for your support of KPFA!
A couple months ago, KPFA brought you a documentary on day to day life in a homeless community in Oakland near Home Depot in Fruitvale called The Community of Grace. That was a community that was more or less self-organized: the people there set rules, enforced them, chose who to let move in, and … Continued
ICE RAID RESPONSE The New York Times is reporting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin deportation raids targeting 2,000 people, plus “collateral” deportations of people swept up during the raids. San Francisco is likely to be one of the 10 cities targeted. ACTIONS: TONIGHT (Thursday, 7/11) Causa Justa :: Just Cause is organizing a … Continued
