0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: analysis and commentary behind the headlines
We mourn the loss of Emmit Powell, who passed away last week. His Saturday morning gospel program, the Gospel Experience was a Bay Area treasure. We will update listeners on a memorial when we know more.
7:35 – The ‘Yellow vests’ protests reach sixth week of demonstrating in France. Tony Cross (@TonyCrossJourno)joins us for analysis. He’s a journalist at the English Service of Radio France International English, and blogs at theravingreporter.com
1:08 – As the US Senate votes to end support of the Saudi-led war on Yemen, what does it mean for Yemenis?
Shireen Al-Adeimi (@shireen818) is an assistant professor of education at Michigan State University. Having lived through two civil wars in her country of birth, Yemen, she has played an active role in raising awareness about the U.S.-supported, Saudi-led war on Yemen since 2015. Her latest piece is “Our Present Is a Nightmare”: 100 Yemenis Speak Out Against the U.S.-Saudi War,” published in In These Times.
1:34 – As news breaks that the Trump Administration is moving to deport Vietnam war refugees, dozens more Cambodian immigrants are boarding a plane in Texas today to be deported from the US. Some of them have never set foot in Cambodia. Joining us to discuss is Melanie Kim is a Staff Attorney with the Immigrant Rights Program, with Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (@aaaj_alc), based in San Francisco.