Photo of chemical manufacturing plant and the Houston Ship Channel by Roy Luck
On this show:
0:08 – To talk about the context of the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny we speak with Andrei Soldatov (@AndreiSoldatov) a Russian investigative journalist and security services expert. He is based in Moscow.
0:20 – Pearl Matibe (@PearlMatibe) is a Zimbabwean foreign policy correspondent and media commentator based in Washington DC.
0:34 – Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. He researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration.
1:08 – Could Hurricane Laura worsen a deadly environmental justice crisis for communities living among petrochemical plants in the Houston area? Bryan Parras (@HighTechAztec) is a longtime environmental justice advocate in Houston and Organizer for Healthy Communities for the Sierra Club. Bryan is also featured in the documentary The Condor & The Eagle. Peter Holley (@peterjholley) is senior editor at Texas Monthly. His latest piece is “Why One Expert Predicts a Major Hurricane Hitting Houston Would Be ‘America’s Chernobyl’”
1:34 – Tuck Woodstock, independent journalist based in Portland who has covered the protests since May, joins us to give an update on the demonstrations in Oregon.
1:45 – The SF Police Department is getting a raise for its officers, which advocates say is outrageous in a moment of global calls for defunding police. Tim Redmond is a veteran San Francisco political reporter, also the founder and editor of 48hills.org. He joins us to talk about Defund SFPD efforts as well as SF Mayor London Breed’s announcement that the foul, decrepit County Jail #4 will close in September after the city empties the jail. Redmond asks why the city couldn’t have decided to empty the jail & expedite its closure before Covid-19.