As the Senate prepares to vote to repeal Obamacare within two years without any immediate plan to replace it, access to life-saving healthcare hangs in the balance for tens of millions. We break from our fund drive format to bring you special coverage. Guests: Ken Jacobs, Chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center Anthony Wright, Executive Director … Continued
In “Dangerous” Move, Republicans Push to Strip Healthcare from Millions Without Holding Any Hearings; Is Trump’s Base Turning on the President over His Humiliation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions? Joshua Green on the “Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump & the Storming of the Presidency”; A Look at How a Racial Theorist Tied to Mussolini … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Academy Award-winning Filmmaker, Oliver Stone talks about his new four part interview series with Vladimir Putin. Also, former CIA analyst, Mel Goodman and Daniel Ellsberg in conversation in Berkeley
“The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump” (A 2-part Documentary Film) With Host Philip Maldari
“Nourishing Broth: An Old-Fashioned Remedy for The Modern World” by Sally Fallon. A critical, independent voice on the politics and practice of health with Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD.
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Lyndal Roper about Martin Luther the monk who changed Christianity in 1517. Lyndal Roper is the first woman to hold the prestigious Regius Chair at Oxford University. She is one of the most respected scholars of early modern history on both sides of the Atlantic. She … Continued
“Trumponomics” by Richard Wolff. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
Today we listen to a speech given by Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges at First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley on May 25 about the “dying empire”, Trump, and the urgency of reviving revolution. Hedges is a journalist, Princeton professor, and minister. Hosts Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks are offering the following items as thank-yous for donations: CD: KPFA-FM … Continued
Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale University, is the author of On Tyranny. We need to an active relationship to history and an active relationship to our government institutions to avoid the tyrannies of the past. Practical advice from History for dealing with the present. He is the author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin and Black … Continued
He was a trailblazing critic of imperialism, but chances are you’ve never heard his name. The radical Japanese journalist Kotoku Shusui, who moved from socialism to anarchism, wrote a seminal critique of imperialism — before Hobson and Lenin — and led the movement against empire in Japan. Robert Tierney discusses Kotoku, his classic work Imperialism, … Continued
