A daily digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, and activism in the public interest, emphasizing the connection between global issues and those in local communities. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
Featured Episode
France is poised to extend its state of emergency, and announced it won’t permit mass demonstrations during next month’s climate talks in Paris–we’ll go live to Paris to get a sense of what the clampdown looks like. Then, a look at the fate of refugees fleeing Syria: we’ll talk to an attorney who works with … Continued
Glenn Greenwald: “Shameless” U.S. Officials Exploit Paris Attacks to Defend Spying & Attack Snowden; Glenn Greenwald on “Submissive” Media’s Drumbeat for War and “Despicable” Anti-Muslim Scapegoating.
Headline news: KPFA news. archival sound: Studs Terkel Interviews.
Uprising PRA Fund Drive Special – November 18, 2015
Headline news: KPFA news. Guest: Ralph Nader. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
News headlines: WATTS50 Concert featuring Ded Prez, Ant Marshall, Jimetta Rose, Watts Prophets.
News headlines. Archival sound: Martin Luther King Jr. 1964 London the “lost” tape.
Jimmy Hendrix
John Coltrane
Guest: musician Louise Goffin. Julio’s Holiday stories: A Christmas Eve Truce, excerpts from PRA Music for the Holidays new album.