Tonight’s South Asia Spotlight: Last month, the far right Hindu government, the BJP, passed the Citizenship Amendment Act or the CAA, an amendment to the 1955 Citizenship Act. This Act violates multiple sections of India’s constitution by making religion a test for citizenship, specifically excluding Muslims. The passage of the Act saw an explosion … Continued
10 am – Senate Impeachment Trial – Hour 1 10 am – Guest analysis: Ruth Conniff is Editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner and Editor-at-Large for The Progressive Magazine. 11 am – Senate Impeachment Trial – Hour 2 12 pm – Senate Impeachment Trial – Hour 3 12:45pm – Guest analysis: Brenda Wineapple is a non … Continued
KPFA Radio’s First Voice Media will be live-streaming from San Francisco’s NO WAR ON IRAN global day of action, Saturday, January 25 starting at 11:30 am Pacific Time. For Live-Stream Click Here Hosted by Dennis Bernstein and Miguel Gavilan Molina of Flashpoints Radio y La Onda Bajita.
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Host Derk Richardson welcomes acclaimed acoustic fingerstyle guitarists Teja Gerken (Germany/California), Alberto Lombardi (Italy), and Janet Noguera (California/Mexico) to the KPFA performance studio. They play live on the air, with the sound engineered by Tony Ferro. It’s a preview of the threesome’s concert, Jan. 24, at the Back Room in Berkeley. PLAYLIST: artist: song … Continued
10 am – Senate Impeachment Trials – Hour 1 10 am – Guest analysis: John Nichols is the Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine. He is also the host of The Nation’s podcast Next Left. His latest article in The Nations is Trump Is Shooting the Constitution in the Middle of Pennsylvania Avenue. 11 am – … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment proceedings Tuesday night went through midnight, with Democrats and Republicans clashing over whether the public will see testimony from witnesses and earning admonishment from Chief Justice John Roberts. Independent journalist Marcy Wheeler (@emptywheel) says Mitch McConnell risks crossing independent voters who want to see an open and thorough trial. 0:19 – More … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: An in-depth update on the deadly human rights tragedy that Central American asylum seekers now face at the US/Mexico border.
Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks of UpFront interview Ian Haney Lopez (@IanHaneyLopez), who teaches in the areas of race and constitutional law. He holds an endowed chair as the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His latest book is Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, … Continued
KPFA brings you the Senate Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. 10 am – Senate Impeachment Trial – Hour 1 10:04 am – Guest analysis: Craig Holman is the Public Citizen’s Government Affairs Lobbyist. 11 am – Senate Impeachment Trial – Hour 2 11:58 am – Guest analysis: Brenda Wineapple is … Continued
0:08 – The U.S. Senate begins impeachment proceedings. Sen. Mitch McConnell has proposed rules to govern the impeachment process that Democrats say are undemocratic and will hamper the trial. We discuss with Mitch Jeserich of Letters and Politics. 0:35 – Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will be presiding over the impeachment trial. We interview … Continued
