Two years ago, the acquittal of police officer George Zimmerman for the killing of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri sparked a national movement against police brutality and systematic discrimination against African-American’s called Black Lives Matter. The organization is famously referred to for its twitter hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter but in this talk, co-founder Alicia Garza clarifies that #BLM is much more than … Continued
Pope Francis Urges U.S. Congress to End Arms Trade & Open Doors to Immigrants; Pope Francis Compares Catholic Radicals Thomas Merton & Dorothy Day to Lincoln and MLK; Greenpeace’s Kumi Naidoo Praises Pope for Linking Climate Fight to Inequality & Poverty; China to Implement a Cap-and-Trade System to Fight Climate Change — Is It Enough?. … Continued
Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana. With Host Mitch Jeserich. Cannabis is the hot topic and there’s so much information, or should I say dis-information, out there about cannabis right now. In Cannabis Pharmacy, expert Michael Backes offers evidence-based information on using legal cbd oil uk to address symptoms associated with an array … Continued
Cultivating Pragmatic Mysticism (Fund drive show) Caroline (plays mini- excerpts of Equinox Talk &) hosts Ralph White, author of The Jeweled Highway: On the Quest for a Life of Meaning. In 1984 Ralph co-created the New York Open Center, his memoir- spiritual journey of discovery leading to his lifelong dedication to bring an ecological world-view … Continued
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Excerpts from the film The Untold History of the United States and a Q&A with Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznik. About the series: There is a classified America we were never meant to see. From Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone, this ten-part documentary series looks back at human events that at the time went under … Continued
Historian Steve Fraser compares our time to an era when harsh inequality gave rise to popular movements that threatened the American establishment, an era when the labor movement marched armed workers’ militias through the streets, and asks – why isn’t that happening today today? That book is The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death … Continued
“We Are Living at a Critical Moment of History”: The Pope on Poverty, Immigration & Climate Change; Female Priests Stage Die-In Outside D.C. Church Urging Pope Francis to Open Priesthood to Women; A Look at the Life of One of Pope’s “4 Great Americans”: Catholic Worker Founder Dorothy Day; Inside Exxon’s Great Climate Cover-Up: From … Continued
Techno-Utopianism & The Fate of The Earth Teach In. With Host C. S. Soong Click Here to Donate to KPFA Today
Fund Drive program on the work of author, journalist, and blogger Max Blumenthal. The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe. Click Here to Donate to KPFA Today
