Hosted by Bonnie Simmons and Derk Richardson. With Special Guest Scoop Nisker.
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With Hosts Kris Welch and Philip Maldari
KPFA’s Elsa Knight Thompson interviews Paul Robeson.
U.S. Drops Its Biggest Non-Nuclear Bomb on Afghans, Already Traumatized by Decades of War; Afghans Respond to Insult of U.S. Dropping Massive Bomb: “Would a Mother Do That to Any Children?”; Ralph Nader Explains Why United Airlines Has “Total Unbridled Discretion to Throw You Off a Plane”; 700 Immigrants On Hunger Strike at For-Profit Prison … Continued
Join Sarah Holmes for a discussion of strategies for a healthy digestive system; herbs and food included.
With Suzy Kim, professor of Korean History at Rutgers University. Author of the book Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950. About the book: During the founding of North Korea, competing visions of an ideal modern state proliferated. Independence and democracy were touted by all, but plans for the future of North Korea differed in … Continued
As Donald Trump escalates his rhetoric on North Korea, calling it a “menace,” we’ll speak today with John Feffer of Foreign Policy in Focus about what North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants, and whether Trump’s foreign policy has any coherence. And, we’ll go to the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington where activists are … Continued
On today’s show we speak with Suzy Kim, professor of Korean History at Rutgers University, about what is going on in North Korea today. Author of the book Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950. Source Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Korea_-_Kumsusan_(5015230319).jpg Then, we speak with Jesse Arreguín, Mayor of the City of Berkeley about the Berkeley Winter Emergency Shelter.
Stephen Cohen: This is Most Dangerous Moment in U.S.-Russian Relations Since Cuban Missile Crisis; Russia Vetoes U.N. Resolution on Syria as Questions Linger over Deadly Chemical Attack; Stephen Cohen: Will Syrian State Collapse & Fall into More Chaos If Assad Is Toppled?
On today’s show we first speak of the political turmoil in Venezuela with guest Miguel Tinker-Salas, Professor of Latin American history at Pomona College. He is a leading expert on Venezuela and on political and social issues confronting Latin America. He’s author of several books including “Venezuela: What Everyone Needs to Know”. And “The Enduring Legacy: … Continued