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On the first part of today’s show, Mitch Jeserich talks with Linda Gordon, Professor of History at New York University and author of The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition. She examines the history of a revived Klan in the 1920s, their organization, and … Continued
California rent control limitation ordinance Costa Hawkins overturn re-surfaces in the political sphere, once again up for discussion. Executive Director of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Christina Livingston speaks with UpFront about the Costa Hawkins ordinance. Mike Hutchinson was a candidate for the District 5 seat on the Oakland Unified School District school board in California. … Continued
Trump Expands Offshore Drilling in “Assault” on Biodiversity and Coastal & Indigenous Communities; As Erica Garner Is Mourned, Why Are Black Mothers in NYC Dying at 12 Times Rate of White Mothers? Christen Smith: The Fallout of Police Violence Is Killing Black Women Like Erica Garner; Breaking: Immigrant Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir Detained in New … Continued
A teacher in Louisiana stood up at a local school board meeting to question why the school superintendent was being considered for a massive pay raise while teachers’ salaries stagnated. The teacher was violently arrested in response. On our show today we’ll turn to our education correspondent Kevin Kumashiro for a discussion on teacher pay. … Continued
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with lawyer Peter Afrasiabi, author of the book Burning Bridges: America’s 20-Year Crusade To Deport Labor Leader Harry Bridges. He has traced the twenty-year legal campaign waged by government lawyers to deport Harry Bridges because of his ideology. Peter Afrasiabi is an Intellectual Property and Entertainment lawyer and a Faculty … Continued
Tim Redmond, publisher of 48hills.org tells us about whats what in the upcoming San Francisco mayoral race, who is running and on what platform. In a particularly violent move, Salvadorans in America lose their Temporary Protected Status, throwing countless Salvadorian residents into uncertainty. Yanira Arias is National Campaigns Manager for Alianza Americas and is a Temporary Protected Status … Continued
As ICC Considers Probing Israel for War Crimes, U.S. Moves to Defund U.N. Palestine Refugee Agency; “Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom”: Norman Finkelstein on the Many Lies Perpetuated About Gaza; Finkelstein: Despite Racist Policies & Corruption Scandals, Netanyahu Holds on to Power in Israel; Norman Finkelstein Slams Chuck Schumer for Pushing Trump to Declare … Continued
The Trump administration has announced an end to Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of nationals from El Salvador residing in the US. The move is the latest anti-immigrant attack, coming at a time when a spending-bill related fight over the fate of Dreamers is heating up. We’ll turn to Christine Neumann-Ortiz today for … Continued
Darren Johnston’s Bye Bye Bartok performs live on The Hear and Now, 10 p.m., Thursday, January 11, 2018
Darren Johnston, the iconoclastic Canadian-born Bay Area trumpeter has appeared on The Hear and Now in the past with The Nice Guy Trio and his Broken Shadows band. Tonight he returns with his Bye Bye Bartok quartet, which includes Matt Renzi (clarinet, English horn, tenor sax), Adam Shulman (piano), and Eric Vogler (upright bass). The … Continued