Background Briefing

Background Briefing – May 23, 2024

Right Wing Leaders Gathered in Madrid to Declare War on Socialism We begin with the recent gathering of the far right in Madrid, ahead of the European elections, at which spoke one of the attendees, Marine Le Pen, who is ahead in the polls in France, along with Italy’s Meloni, Hungary’s Orban and Argentina’s Milei. … Continued


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Full Moon Pirate Radio

Full Moon Pirate Radio Convening our Back-stage Bureau Chiefs…. Back-Stage Bureau chiefs We cannot live through the dead – but we can invite the best in them to live through us, honoring the late great ally Larry Bensky, indefatigable deeply cultivated radio journalist activist…. and the late David Graeber, whose 2 spendiferous books, “Dawn Of … Continued


Guest: Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York City.  Richard Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of the weekly national syndicated television and radio program Economic Update that airs weekly on KPFA.


Law & Disorder

Jewish Biden Appointee Lily Greenberg Call Resigns in Protest; Plus Abolitionist Demands of the Student Intifada – Spring Fund Drive Special

Today is the 230th day of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.  Here on KPFA, we’ve been covering that violence itself as well as the US’s apparent unending blank check for Israel’s war machine that comes across in weapons transfers, cash, and political support. But even within the Biden Administration, distress in our country’s support for … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now 6am – May 23, 2024

On today’s show: Irish Lawmaker: Recognizing Palestine as a State Is Rooted in Our History of Colonization & Famine Dr. Adam Hamawy Describes Desperate Conditions at Gaza Hospitals Amid Attacks and Lack of Supplies “Power”: Yance Ford on His New Documentary & Why “Violence Is Part and Parcel” of U.S. Policing