When city budgets are cut, public transportation is often on the chopping block. And routes and lines serving those who need the service most, can be the first to go. But from New York to Argentina, an emerging ‘transportation justice’ movement is standing up for people’s right to ride. Thanks to the Ben & Jerry’s … Continued
In “Song Without Words: Discovering My Deafness Halfway Through Life,” Gerald Shea writes about the lives of partially deaf people and about how society deals with them.
Energy Nominee Ernest Moniz Criticized for Backing Fracking & Nuclear Power; Ties to BP, GE, Saudis; “Die Free: A Heroic Family Tale”: Cheryl Wills Uncovers Family’s History from Slavery to Freedom. HeadlinesMarch 26, 2013 Supreme Court Takes Up Historic Same-Sex Marriage Cases U.S. to Keep Unknown Number of Afghan Prisoners After Bagram Transfer Kerry … Continued
Caroline opens up our vernal by riffing on Mars and Venus, Pope Francis, and Bradley Manning, in cahoots, dree-ing their weird, with the covert chart of America. We welcome the return of fellow astro-mytho- cultural change artist Daniel Giamario, that we may conjure and animate the presiding Co-Operators who are Standing by! www.shamanicastrology.com
Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State Living in “Utter Devastation”; Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq With Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers; Democracy Now! Iraq War Timeline Recaps a Decade of Independent Reporting on Occupation and Protest; Right To Heal: Iraqi Civilians Join U.S. … Continued
Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State Living in “Utter Devastation”; Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq With Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers; Democracy Now! Iraq War Timeline Recaps a Decade of Independent Reporting on Occupation and Protest; Right To Heal: Iraqi Civilians Join U.S. … Continued
Today we look at the business of the Iraq War with investigative journalist Greg Muttit who uncovered documents showing big oil companies were meeting with the Bush administration in the lead up to the war. But first we’ll talk about how the invasion and occupation marks an important historic moment towards the privatization of war … Continued
[Approved] KPFA Local Station Board Regular in-person meeting, March 9, 2013, 11am-4pm North Berkeley Senior Center 1901 Hearst Ave., Berkeley, CA Note: An audio archive of this meeting is available at www.kpftx.org/archive.php Present: Shahram Aghamir*, Craig Alderson, Mal Burnstein, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, David Gans, Donald Goldmacher, Matthew Hallinan, Cynthia Johnson, Janet Kobren, Jack Kurzweil, Joy Moore, … Continued
Jeremy Scahill: Assassinations of U.S. Citizens Largely Ignored at Brennan CIA Hearing; CODEPINK Repeatedly Disrupts Brennan Hearing Calling Out Names Of Civilians Killed in Drone Strikes; “He Was The Agency”: Ex-CIA Analyst Questions Brennan Claim He Couldn’t Stop Waterboarding, Torture. HeadlinesFebruary 8, 2013 CIA Pick John Brennan Defends Drone Strikes, Targeted Killings CODEPINK Protests … Continued
Tunisia’s second uprising; we’re joined by Zied Mirsi , founder of ,tunisia-live.net currently at the funeral for ,Shokri Belaid as well as Laurie Brand, professor of international relations at University of Southern California Old, Female, and Homeless ; Many elderly Females in San Francisco are living outdoors, and sitting in chairs at drop in centers … Continued
