0:08 – Our hosts Cat, Brian and Mitch analyze the racist attacks by the President against freshman Congressional members Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MI), rep Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY), collectively known as “The Squad.” We discuss reactions from Democratic leaders, including Nancy Pelosi, and the Squad, as well as the impact the racist behavior nation-wide.
0:34 – Sudan declares the beginning of the transition of power, but what about justice for protesters ambushed, killed and raped by military operatives?
Isma’il Kushkush (@ikushkush) is an independent journalist who was based in Khartoum, Sudan, for eight years covering for the New York Times. He’s now based in DC, covering Sudan for outlets including The New Yorker and The Nation.
0:52 – KPFA News: The Academic Senate at all University of California campuses voted to ask the UC Regents to divest from all holdings in the Carbon Underground 200. These are the 200 publicly traded fossil fuel companies with the highest carbon reserves. Thursday at the UC Regents meeting, the Chair of the UC Academic Senate says he submitted a memorial to the Office of the President, so that she may present it to the Regents. KPFA’s Sean Flannelly reports.
0:57 – Theater review: KPFA’s Richard Wolinsky reviews Bertolt Brecht’s “The Good Person of Szechwan” at California Shakespeare Theatre running now through Sunday July 28th.
1:08 – Zionism, Hannah Arendt, and the Left
Susie Linfield teaches cultural journalism at New York University. She’s an author, and former editor at the Washington Post and the Village Voice. Her latest book is Lion’s Den: Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky.
1:34 – On the legacy and critical theory work of Hannah Arendt
Judith Butler is a Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley.