Featuring “Polishing The Mirror” by Ram Dass on today’s Up Front. It’s the last day of KPFA’s Summer Fund Drive, please support KPFA so we can continue to showcase independent voices, who speak truth to power. Thank you! You can get Ram Dass’ Polishing The Mirror audiobook as a thank you gift for donating today and … Continued
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” On Democracy Now! Today Esther Schor Biographer of Emma Lazarus author of This Poem The New Colossus at the base of the Statue … Continued
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Let’s all wave our freak flags high and join the endless celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, when Bonnie and Derk merge The Bonnie Simmons Show and The Hear and Now on the last night of the KPFA Get Up Stand Up Summer 2017 Fund Drive. As we explore some of our favorite sounds that came out of San Francisco … Continued
Policing is in crisis. The last decade has witnessed a vast increase in police aggression, misconduct, and militarization, along with a corresponding reduction in transparency and accountability. It is not just noticeable in African American and other minority communities—where there have been a series of high-profile tragedies—but in towns and cities across the country. Racism—from … Continued
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Join Karyn Sanders in a round table discussion with flower essence practitioners Steve Johnson (https://alaskanessences.com/), Jane Bell (https://www.janebellessences.com/) and Cynthia Athina Kemp Scherer (https://www.desert-alchemy.com/) as they explore mental/emotional balance using essences. In memory of Steve Johnson 5/13/1953 – 3/17/2017. Vintage Herbal Highway from November 14, 2002. Hosted live by Sarah Holmes. Fund drive.
Excerpts of “Paul Robeson: Portraits of The Artist Box Set.” Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert.
On today’s show, hosts Cat Brooks and Brian Edwards-Tiekert play segments from two of our fund drive premiums, which are available as thank-you gifts for supporting KPFA. First, we hear clips from James Baldwin’s revolutionary documentary, I Am Not Your Negro. The film covers the history of racism and the civil rights movement in the United States, … Continued
Nikole Hannah-Jones on DOJ’s Attack on Affirmative Action & How School Segregation Never Ended; “Cruel & Inhumane”: Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Trump Push to Slash Legal Immigration; Trump Considers Prolonging Afghan War to Secure $1 Trillion in Untapped Mineral Deposits.
