Tulsa Reperations – Hard Knock Radio – July 10, 2023
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We discuss the recent case of denying reparations for the descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
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Background Briefing – July 10, 2023
We begin with the upcoming NATO summit with President Zelensky having gotten support to join NATO from Turkey’s President Erdogan who is holding up Sweden’s entry. We discuss nuclear threats from Russia which appear to be receding, but will certainly be inflamed if NATO were to go along with calls from the Baltic states and … Continued
7/10/23 Pain:How It Works And Why We Have It
Pain is an unpleasant signal and complex experience when something hurts. It’s an important message to let us know something is wrong, and to help us to take action to prevent further harm. Chronic pain is hard to live with and treat. Join Nurse Rona and her guest, Dr. Rachel Zoffness, for insights about pain.
Martin Duberman discusses Andrea Dworkin, and remembering Minnie Bruce Pratt
This Monday at 1pm on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine I talk to veteran biographer and gay rights activist Martin Duberman who assesses the life and thought of the combative radical feminist in his 2020 biography “Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist Revolutionary.” Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005) was among the most controversial figures in the second-wave feminist movement, caricatured … Continued
What stances did the renowned sociologist and historian W. E. B. Du Bois take toward race and class? And how and why did his convictions change over time? According to Michael Burawoy, Du Bois moved from a phenomenology of racism to a Black Marxism, a shift that culminated in Du Bois’s book on the Civil War … Continued
The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – July 10, 2023
Ralph welcomes Abigail Disney, to discuss her work trying to get her namesakes company to pay their workers a fair, livable wage as told in her documentary, The American Dream: And Other Fairy Tales. Plus, Erica Payne cofounder of The Patriotic Millionaires and co-author of Tax The Rich! returns to update us on their latest … Continued
Guest: Francesca Lessa is a lecturer in Latin American studies and development University of Oxford. She is the author of Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay (2013) and The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America (2022). She is the honorary president of the Observatorio Luz Ibarburu (Uruguay). Foto credit: Entrevista Kissinger-Pinochet. Ministerio de Relaciones … Continued
Democracy Now 9am – July 10, 2023
On Today’s Show: “Madness of Militarism”: Biden OKs Cluster Bombs for Ukraine Despite Risk of Civilian Casualties Tennessee’s War on Trans People: Court OKs Ban on Gender-Affirming Care as AG Demands Medical Records Meet Sarah McBride. If Elected, She’d Be the First Openly Trans Member of Congress.
SFDA Drops Final Boudin Charges Against an Officer; Plus, 10 Years of BLM
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has dropped the 3rd and final police killing case in San Francisco – this time in the murder of Sean Moore by Officer Kenneth Cha. Joining us to discuss are Lateef Gray, a former Assistant District Attorney in San Francisco, who worked there while Chesa Boudin led the DA’s … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.