Mark Crispin Miller of NYU discusses some of the recent additions to his Forbidden Bookshelf series, which seeks out important out-of-print political works and republishes them as e-books; Miller explains the insidious ways the books were first “disappeared.” Next, Peter Hart with the National Coalition Against Censorship speaks about this year’s Banned Books Week, and … Continued
We celebrate Malcolm Margolin, founder of HeyDay Books and publisher of the voices of Native Americans and native nature. He has just announced his retirement (sorta!) after over 40 years. PLUS: A new film celebrates comedy in S.F., with a focus on three legendary comics. One of them is satirist Will Durst, who joins us … Continued
On the heels of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to San Jose, a group of women from the Dalit Women’s Self Respect Movement are in the Bay Area to call for an end to violence against Dalit women and the culture of impunity that Modi continues to perpetuate. For the past three years, they … Continued
Nobel Peace Prize to Tunisian Civil Society Groups for Democratization Efforts After Arab Spring; Making Money from Misery? Disaster Capitalism from the Migrant Crisis to Afghanistan and Haiti; First Latino US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on Migrant Farmworkers, the Border and Ayotzinapa.
What the ugly history of a 1906 Bronx Zoo exhibit tells us about ourselves today. With Pamela Newkirk, author of Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga. Newkirk is an award-winning journalist and professor of journalism at New York University. And Nathan Ward, author of The Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett. Ward was an editor at American Heritage, and … Continued
We’re take you inside organized labor’s debate over how to approach the Democratic primary – do you back the socialist who’s already on your side, or the frontrunner who might seek vengeance if she wins without your help? And should you be betting your chips on elections at all? Guests: Juan Gonzalez, reporter for The … Continued
Legendary Patti Smith on Her New Memoir “M Train” & National Book Award Winner “Just Kids”; Patti Smith on Closing Guantanamo, Remembering Rachel Corrie and Feeling Frustrated with Obama; Patti Smith on 19th Century Poet William Blake and on Creating Political Art “Unapologetically”; “People Have the Power”: Patti Smith on Pope Francis and Her Performances … Continued
Nina Serrano hosts a tribute to Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, featuring four Bay Area poets reading a poem by Darwish and one of their own: Jack Hirschman, Lenore Weiss, Neeli Cherkovski, and Deema Shehabi. First broadcast on KPFA in 2008, the original program was produced by Nina Serrano and Lenore Weiss and was reedited by … Continued
We’re joined by Vijay Prashad, Professor of South Asian History at Trinity College, Connecticut. He is the author of a number of books, including The Darker Nations: a People’s History of the Third World and Arab Spring, Libyan Winter. His newest book is Letters to Palestine: Writers Respond to War and Occupation. About the book: Impassioned and intimate … Continued
Vijay Prashad, professor of International Studies at Trinity College, joins us for a lengthy in-studio interview on the escalating turmoil in Israel/Palestine. He the editor of a new anthology called Letters to Palestine: Writers Respond to War and Occupation. He’s presenting a talk on Palestine for the Middle East Children’s Alliance tonight. Click here for … Continued
