What accounts for worker injuries and fatalities in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota? Should they be viewed as localized phenomena, or are larger socioeconomic processes at work? In his effort to explain oil-boom representations and calamities, Bruce Braun considers and extends Lauren Berlant’s analysis of worker precarity, “crisis ordinariness,” and “slow death.” (Encore presentation.) … Continued
Ralph welcomes Mike Ferner from Veterans for Peace to discuss their work pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza and mobilizing their members to obstruct the gears of our military-industrial complex. Then, Ralph speaks with criminal defense attorney Leonard Goodman about a major First Amendment case that he’s fighting in Florida and the Justice Department’s tradition … Continued
Guest: Benjamin Balthaser is associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend. He is the author of Anti-Imperialism Modernism: Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, and Dedication, a personal history of growing up in a Jewish “red diaper” family. His forthcoming book from Verso, Citizens … Continued
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On this week’s Palestine Post, we speak with James Smith who recently returned to London following two months of performing emergency medical care in Gaza. We speak with him alongside Zahra Billoo, the Executive Director of the Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR Press release calling on Biden Admin to condemn … Continued
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
On today’s show: AIPAC vs. Jamaal Bowman: Representative Ayanna Pressley on Pro-Israel Lobby Push to Defeat Pro-Ceasefire Lawmaker “These Are Not Just Threats”: Representative Ayanna Pressley on Project 2025 and Dangers of a Second Trump Term Will Israel Expand Its War into Lebanon? Rami Khouri on Netanyahu’s Latest Threats Meet Maha Hussaini, Gaza Journalist Whose … Continued
The Heatwave Baking the Planet and the Contrast Between Biden’s Understanding of Global Warming and Trump’s Denial We begin with the heatwave baking the planet and killing people from Saudi Arabia to Greece and from India to the United States. We discuss the political cost of climate denial and the contrast between Biden, who calls … Continued
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Setting the Standard has been around 8-10 years, and was originally started by Maya Rise. We kept it going, and continues to evolve into many platforms. We are a all volunteer crew, and bring you information, poetry, music, and much more. You can tune in online at kpfa.org or on the radio at 94.1fm KPFA, … Continued
