7am – Breaking news and analysis with Brian-Edwards-Tiekert, Mitch Jeserich and new co-host Antonia Juhasz. 7:34 – Alameda County District Attorney Race Pamela Price is a civil rights attorney running for District Attorney of Alameda County. *The re-election campaign of Alameda District Attorney Nancy O’Malley did not respond to multiple requests to schedule an appearance on … Continued
Weeks after Israeli forces shot and killed over a hundred and injured thousands at the Great Return march at the Gaza border, a boat attempted to leave seeking medical attention for some. On our show today we’ll turn to activist Ann Wright for a look at how Israel intercepted the Gaza boat and how 8 … Continued
On this edition of Making Contact we go from Cape Town, South Africa to Los Angeles and Oakland, California— three cities grappling with evictions, displacement, and homelessness. Featuring: Needa Bee, Oakland-based housing advocate; Messiah Ali, Oakland resident; Tom Waldman, Director of Communications, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority; Flora Harris, C-3 Program Director, St. Joseph … Continued
Updates on Armenia’s Political Spring, banks big profits, Harley-Davidson fires hundreds, unjust criminal penalties, US households’ financial distress, Germany bans diesels, US drug companies put profits above health again, and huge wealth increase among world’s 2,754 billionaires. Interview with Roderick Prude (union worker) and Dyln Namm (student) on successful student-worker alliance at New School University’s … Continued
Origins of the Opioid Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew of OxyContin Abuse in 1996 But Covered It Up; “Pain Killer” Author Barry Meier on How West Virginia Became Ground Zero of Opioid Epidemic; Cities & States Sue Big Pharma, Targeting the Firms Who Profited from Peddling Addictive Opioids.
In light of the newly revised estimate of 4,600 deaths in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria last year we present today a one-hour special on Puerto Rico. We’ll begin with a conversation with our news correspondent Rosa Clemente who is a Puerto Rican American and who traveled to the island in the weeks following the … Continued
Mitch Jeserich speaks with renown geographer Richard Walker about the immense wealth, politics and contradictions of the San Francisco Bay Area. Richard A. Walker is professor emeritus of geography at U.C. Berkeley and author of the book Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area. … Continued
John Bolton Names Professional Islamophobe & Bush Official Fred Fleitz to National Security Staff; Palestinians Demand Human Rights & Medical Care in Fight to Break Israeli Naval Blockade of Gaza; Indigenous Activist: Trudeau’s Purchase of Kinder Morgan Pipeline Is “Huge Step Backward” for Canada.
7:34 – Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi is a filmmaker, educator, and organizer and the co-founder of Defend Puerto Rico, a group organizing relief and rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico. 7:45 – Alex Post is with the Democratic Socialists of America and an opponent of San Francisco’s Prop H tasers initiative. 8:18 – Christina Gutierrez is an organizer with the Mothers Against … Continued
A Harvard Study has concluded that nearly 5,000 people were likely killed by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year – a massive jump from the official death toll of 64. On our show today we’ll share a recent speech by former political prisoner and Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar Lopez Rivera, discussing the history … Continued
