0:08 – Mondays with Mitch – news roundup on what’s next for the impeachment trial in the Senate, how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is maneuvering politically to try to ensure a fair trials, the escalating hostility by President Trump against Iran, and more. 0:34 – LIVE: Over 100 demonstrators gathered in West Oakland this morning … Continued
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Entrevista con Alberto Cuellar del sello discográfico Del Corazón Music. Además estrenos musicales y comentarios. Producción y conducción por Miguel Guerrero.
A longtime Facebook executive has admitted the company’s platform helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election, and it may happen again this year. In an internal memo, Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth wrote, “So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes.” Bosworth, who was a backer of Hillary … Continued
0:08 – Congress to use War Powers Act over Iran, set to vote later today. Mitch Jeserich is the host of Letters and Politics, and Pacifica’s Congressional correspondent. 0:20 – What’s the impact of new sanctions on Iran? Nicholas Mulder (@njtmulder) is a historian and postdoctoral associate at Cornell University, currently working on a history … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Deep background on the 60 years of CIA meddling in internal Iranian affairs, in the context of the murder of General Qasem Suleimani, with author, Douglas Valentine. Also, witness at the border: a major action at the US/Mexico border in support of refugees and the right to apply for asylum.
Guests: Gerald Horne is an historian, and author of a numbers of books, he holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. Conn Hallinan is a military analyst and a columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. Raed Jarrar is an Iraqi political analyst and … Continued
Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically raised tensions in the Middle East. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called the missile strike a “slap in the face” of the Americans and called for U.S. troops to leave the Middle … Continued
Host Derk Richardson welcomes clarinetist/composer Beth Custer back to KPFA to introduce the long-awaited new recording by the unique world-fusion trio Trance Mission, with Stephen Kent (didjeridu, percussion, cello-sintir) and Peter Valsamis (drums, percussion, electronics). The group will be celebrating the pre-release of the album Le Pendu at Yoshi’s in Oakland on Monday, January 13.
Today on Flashpoints: We’re joined with multi-award winning filmmaker, John Pilger, on the assassination in Baghdad, the fires in his homeland and his newly released film documenting the fronal right wing attack on the highly successful and effective National Health services of Great Britian. Also, how the threat of war has inflated the stock holdings … Continued
Join hosts David Gans and Tim Lynch for the annual KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon, Saturday February 15 from 9am-1am. That’s 16 hours of Grateful Dead and related music, with live performances, interviews, and more! Tell your friends everywhere: this is truly a Dead To The Whole Wide World event as it is streamed as well … Continued
