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Music for Earth Day and then follows the theme of last week’s show, Music of Kenya, with a live appearance by Bay Area based Kenyan artist Sila in the KPFA studio.
A new investigation shows how anti-terror officers in the California Highway Patrol monitored Black Lives Matter activists over social media and embedded armed plainclothes officers in demonstrations. Plus: The European Union has brought anti-trust charges against Google — is Europe going to have a different Internet from us? Finally, seismologists say the fault running right … Continued
Fight for $15: Tens of Thousands Rally as Labor, Civil Rights & Social Justice Movements Join Forces; “A Corporate Trojan Horse”: Critics Decry Secretive TPP Trade Deal as a Threat to Democracy; Grayson on Money & Politics: “If We Do Nothing, We Can Kiss This Country Goodbye. Well, Pucker Up”; Harvard Students Expand Blockade Calling … Continued
Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015. This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale Episode 5 (aired April 15th 2015) “Criminalizing Our Children” Explores the impact of the corporate education agenda on students. Focuses … Continued
Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015. This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale Episode 5 (aired April 15th 2015) “Criminalizing Our Children” Explores the impact of the corporate education agenda on students. … Continued
Today on a Special Edition of Flashpoints: United Farm Worker co-founder and presidential citation winner, Dolores Huerta, joins the Flashpoints team to celebrate KPFA’s 66th birthday, and the special role Pacifica radio has played in the farm worker struggle for worker and human rights. Also, In Our multi-part series, “The Battle For Public Education In … Continued
Workers across the country protest for a $15 minimum wage — we’ll go live to the streets, and talk about why the majority of public assistance in this country goes to households . . . that already have someone working. Plus: If you are poor in California, you pay more of your income in taxes … Continued
Obama to Remove Cuba from Terror List After Latin American Outcry, Will the Embargo Follow? Khalil Muhammad: To Stop Police Killings, Transform the Political Culture That Threatens Black Lives; Fight for $15: Fast-Food Workers Stage Day of Action in Historic Mobilization of Low-Wage Labor.
Kevin Kruse, professor of history at Princeton and author of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America.
Remembering Eduardo Galeano, Champion of Social Justice & Chronicler of Latin America’s Open Veins; As Video Captures Officers’ Fatal Shootings of Unarmed Men, Knowing Your Rights to Film the Police; Black Lives Matter Activists in South Carolina Demand Reform After Police Killing of Walter Scott.
