Flashpoints – December 11, 2024
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
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In Conversation with Chris Hedges (Fund Drive Special)
Two speeches by Chris Hedges: Chris Hedges, The Algebra of Genocide, April 6, 2024 Newark, NJ. A talk at the Palestine Center for Public Policy and The Death of Israel: How a Settler Colonial State Destroyed Itself at The Islamic Society of Central New Jersey on January 18, 2024. Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time … Continued
Wendell Potter / David Ignatius / Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Wall Street’s Role in Why We Have the Worst and Most Expensive “Healthcare” in the Developed World
How Ukrainian Military Intelligence Helped the Syrian Rebels
The Vulnerability of the Kurds to Erdogan’s Murderous Militia in the New Syria
Special Holiday Fund Drive Programming: Yanis Varaoufakis
Today’s episode of Our World As We See It is preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2024 Holiday Fund Drive. To support our mission, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732.
East Bay Yesterday – December 11, 2024
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Fund Drive Special: Psychedelic Journey
Christopher Bache, a professor emeritus of philosophy and religious studies, discusses his twenty-year psychedelic journey, which is described and interpreted in his book “LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven.” (Encore presentation.)
An interview with Phil Wilayto of the Virginia Defenders about prisoner self-immolations at Red Onion State Prison, and Jo about the repression and conspiracy cases in Germany known as Antifa-Ost and the Budapest Structure
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – December 11, 2024
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
Syria’s Revolution and Regime Transition – Holiday Fund Drive
We focus our entire hour on Syria’s revolution and regime transition, as the many decades-long rule of Bashar al-Assad has been overthrown. First, we explore Syria in its political and historical regional context with Ibrahim Al-Marashi, an Associate Professor of Middle East History at California State University San Marcos. Then, we explore what Syria’s regime … Continued
Fund Drive Special with Jason Stanley
00:08 — Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. His latest book is Erasing History.