Background Briefing

Background Briefing – August 12, 2024

A Former Republican Opposition Researcher on What Damaging Material Might Be In the Leaked Vetting of J.D. Vance by the Trump Campaign We begin with a former Republican opposition researcher who worked for Trump in 2016 against Hillary Clinton and assess what kind of damaging information there is about J.D. Vance in the 271-page vetting … Continued


Womens Magazine

Aida Touma-Sliman on Palestine and Gaza and Emily Levy and Marilyn Marks on Election Transparency

This Monday Lisa Dettmer  we will look at the security of our election system with our guests Emily Levy and Marilyn Marks who are working to make our election system more transparent and secure.  While happily the polls show support for Harris as  stronger than Biden’s were and gaining on Trump  in swing  states there are still ways the … Continued


How did residents of shack settlements in South African cities like Durban become a formidable political force? Yousuf Al-Bulushi lays out the operating principles, goals, and methods of Abahlali, one of the most well-known radical formations in all of Africa. Yousuf Al-Bulushi, Ruptures in the Afterlife of the Apartheid City Palgrave Macmillan, 2024 (Image on … Continued


Part I.  Causes and Consequences of Homelessness in California Guest: Margot Kushel, MD is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, She is the Director of the Principal Investigator of the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH). Conducted by UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI), (CASPEH) is the … Continued


Law & Disorder

Palestine Post: SF DA Charges Golden Gate Protesters; Plus Linda Sarsour and Sahar Francis on Latest News

On today’s Palestine Post, we begin in conversation with Wassim Hage about the San Francisco District Attorney’s decision to level charges against 26 Bay Area pro-Palestine protesters who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge on April 15th of this year, charging eight of them with significant felonies including conspiracy and false imprisonment. Those protesters turned themselves … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now 6am – August 12, 2024

On today’s show: “Pieces of People”: Israeli Strike on Gaza School Kills 100+, with Bodies Destroyed Beyond Recognition Leaked Project 2025 Training Videos Show Former Trump Officials Detailing Plans to Dismember Government 2024 Paris Olympics Highlights and Lowlights: From Hijab Bans to Social Cleansing to Boxing Gold Meet Fadi Deeb, Palestinian Paralympian from Gaza Who … Continued