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Preeti Mangala Shakar talks with Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee about travelling across continents aviation free, exploring the new ethics of greener travel, climate justice action, and global movements working to change the way we think about tourism and aviation. Also the controversy over the new blasphemy laws in Pakistan. Amit Pendyal Hosts.
Preeti Mangala Shekar talks to Christine Ahn of the Korean Americans for Free Trade about opposition to the job killing NAFTA-style Korea-US free trade agreement the Obama administration is planning to introduce. Carmen Reed interviews Professor Taeku Lee, Chair of UC Berkeley’s Department of Political Science and Law about Obama administration policies and more. Preeti … Continued
A report back from the Cancun environmental conference, Li Miao Lovett discusses her novel ‘In the Lap of the God’ about a dam on the Yangtze uprooting a million lives and the Sushi Cal Band playing Okinawan music.
Today’s APEX, we bring you an update on the recent Indian court verdict of life imprisonment against noted human rights activist Dr.Binayak Sen. We also bring you music, the voice of Arundhati Roy in conversation with journalist David Barsamian and community calendar.
After serving over 20 years behind bars for a robbery he committed at age 16, Chinese American community leader Eddy Zheng now faces deportation to China, a huge loss to the Bay Area community. Released from prison in 2007, Eddy has dedicated his life to preventing youth violence and delinquency through his work at the … Continued
Anti-war draft resistance by Japanese-American in relocation camps during WWII despite recruiting campaigns, a feature originally done for Making Contact by Robynn Takayama. A KPFA apprentice feature by Jen Chien. A preview of the issues facing attendees of the Cancun Climate Change Conference now getting under way. And Mario Nomi from Power Struggle on their … Continued
Join us for a special No Thanks holiday episode. We’ll hear segments from the award-winning documentary, Crossing East. What did the early Asians who traveled east, across the Pacific, find when they arrived at this land we now call America? We also chop it up with Jerome Reyes, who’s been mostly responsible for Until Today: … Continued
Tune in for an environmental justice special show. We bring you the voice of Medha Patkar, leading environmental activist from India, who heads the Narmada Bachao Andolan — a major people’s and environmental justice movement that has been fighting for the rights of the displaced indigenous people or Adivasis in west India. Also, two local … Continued
We’re tuning our vocal chords and channeling our inner rockstar ontonight’s show (which will be delivered largely in song):•RJ Lozada covers the 5th year of Hyphen Magazine’s illustrious Mr.Hyphen Pageant and this year’s winner, Kyle Chu, who was crowned lastweekend in San Francisco;•We highlight a benefit for the indigenous communities of Bangladesh,a country that has … Continued
