Across the country thousands of university students have erected hundreds of encampments as part of the fight and demand to liberate Palestine. Within the past week we’ve seen universities push back with repression and arrest. Joining us to discuss are Meg O’Connor is an award-winning Senior Reporter for The Appeal, covering police, prosecutors, and the criminal legal system and Ethan Corey is The Appeal’s Research & Projects Editor.
Read their article: https://theappeal.org/prosecutors-charges-protesters-arrested-gaza-colleges-april/
Then, the Intercept has uncovered new details about a small family business in Connecticut identified as having sold a lethal drug to the Federal Bureau of Prisons for use in the Trump administration’s unprecedented execution spree. Joining us to discuss are Lauren Gill is a New York-based journalist whose work focuses on criminal legal system, and specifically the death penalty, prisons, and jails, and voting rights alongside freelance journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson who investigates the criminal legal system.
Read the article: https://theintercept.com/2024/04/25/absolute-standards-execution-drug-pentobarbital/
This week’s Resistance in Residence Artist is multitalented Danish performance artist Annika Lewis, whose piece “The Soul Catcher: Unmasking the Modern Predator” will open the 2024 San Francisco Interntional Arts Festival.
Check out Annika Lewis‘ website: http://www.annikalewis.dk/english/
Follow Annika Lewis on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anniqalewis/
*KPFA listeners get an exclusive discount code for tickets to Annika Lewis’ performance and for passes to the entire festival. Enter the code KPFA20 to receive 20% off on your tickets, and you can find tickets at the 2024 San Francisco International Arts Festival website: www.sfiaf.org
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