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Oakland approves additional funds for OPD; Plus Fund Drive Special with David Wengrow and Damon B. Akins

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On today’s show:

0:08 – Cat and Brian reflect on yesterday’s Oakland city council vote to approve additional funds for police.

0:13 – David Wengrow (@davidwengrow), is professor of comparative archeology at University College London. His latest book, co-authored with the late David Graeber is available as a fund drive premium.

FUND DRIVE SPECIALPledge $150 and receive a copy of David Wengrow and David Graeber’s The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity.

1:08 – Damon B. Akins (@dbakins), professor of history at Guilford College, joins us to discuss the latest book he co-authored with William Bauer, which also available as a fund drive premium.

FUND DRIVE SPECIALPledge $150 and receive a copy of Damon Akins and William Bauer’s We Are The Land: A History of Native California.

Pledge any amount and receive KPFA’s Holiday 2021 Storytelling for Social Change VIDEO Collection, which includes new event recordings with Chris Hedges, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Nikki Giovanni, and our own Mitch Jeserich.