Host Khalil Bendib interviews Professor Mansour Farhang.
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What if There Was No Video? White SC Officer Charged With Murder of Fleeing African-American Man; Change in Ferguson Continues as Record Turnout Adds 2 Black Members to City Council; Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wins Chicago Runoff, But Progressives Show a Force That Can No Longer Be Ignored; My Journey with Maya Angelou: Tavis Smiley Remembers … Continued
Jewish, and working for justice: we’ll talk to Penny Rosenwasser about identity, privilege, and anti-semitism — both real and invented. But first: Ferguson, MO has just held its first city council elections since that city became the nation’s symbol for predatory policing–we’ll look at what’s changed, and what hasn’t. Guests on this program: Mariah Stewart, … Continued
What if There Was No Video? White SC Officer Charged With Murder of Fleeing African-American Man; Change in Ferguson Continues as Record Turnout Adds 2 Black Members to City Council; Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wins Chicago Runoff, But Progressives Show a Force That Can No Longer Be Ignored; My Journey with Maya Angelou: Tavis Smiley Remembers … Continued
Are we headed for a planet without north and south polar regions, due to global warming? With Host Michio Kaku
Giving primacy to Reason often reflects a belief that discursive thought and scientific knowledge put humans on a trajectory of progress and improvement. Friedrich Nietzsche and Max Stirner called all of that into question. According to Joaquin Pedroso, the two iconoclasts pointed toward an anti-authoritarianism of the intellect that anarchists and others should take seriously. … Continued
Live performance featuring Rebecca Mimiaga and Dirty Cello
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From Brooklyn New York: Live performance featuring Rebecca Mimiaga and Dirty Cello
Author and activist Maude Barlow, co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, which works internationally for the human right to water. And Penny Rosenwasser, “a life-long rabble-rouser for social justice,” on antisemitism, the Left, and the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
A police-eye view . . . of the problems with police
We tackle two major police scandals in San Francisco – deputies accused of staging gladiator-style fights in the jails, and SFPD officers exchanging white supremacist text messages on the street. We’ll take a look inside those two departments with Yulanda Williams of Officers for Justice, and San Francisco Sherriff Ross Mirkarimi. Plus a look … Continued
KPFA’s Community Building video
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