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The Jail is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration w/ Jack Norton and Judah Schept; plus Resistance in Residence artist Brian Copeland

On today’s show we explore county jails as a key in the broader abolitionist movement, both in building analysis and in building our fight. Jails are now the fastest-growing sector of the US carceral state. As jails grow, they transform the areas around them. If jails are everywhere, resistance is too. The book is called The … Continued


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Fed Takeover of DC w/ Michael Sainato and Al-Jazeera Murders w/ Samer from AROC

On today’s show, we speak with politics and labor reporter Michael Sainato from The Guardian on Trump’s federal takeover of Washington D.C. We also speak with Samer Aarabi from the Arab Resource and Organizing Center on Israel’s recent killings of Al Jazeera journalists as well as KPFA’s Frank Sterling on the station’s response. Our Resistance … Continued


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Returning Home to Our Bodies w/ Abigail Rose Clarke

On todays show, some more healing justice for your life and for the world.  Activist, author and somatics professional Abigail Rose Clarke joins us to discuss her new book Returning Home to Our Bodies which reminds us that truly meaningful embodiment practice nurtures our relationships among self, nature, and community. Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is multi-hyphenated artist … Continued


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Environmental Warfare in Gaza w/ Shourideh Molavi

On today’s show – a powerful conversation with author and activist Shourideh Molavi about her new book Environmental Warfare in Gaza: Colonial Violence and New Landscapes of Resistance which chronicles the legacy of land control, degradation and theft as part of the Zionist war chest. We talk perimeters, environmental warfare and crop control and the roles they all play … Continued


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US Citizens Detained by ICE; California Closes Prisons Citing Incarceration Decline

ICE has arrested and detained US citizens as part of the agency’s militarized sweeps to capture undocumented immigrants.  Sam Levin, correspondent for The Guardian and Sergio Perez, executive director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs join today’s show.  You can read Sam’s article for the Guardian here https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/us-citizens-jailed-ice-los-angeles   In the second … Continued


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Dr. Ayodele Nzinga on BAMBDfest; Win for Oakland Arts

On today’s show, we speak with Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, Oakland’s Poet Laureate, cultural architect, and an advocate for the arts as a tool for social transformation. Known as the “wordslanger,” Dr. Nzinga has spent decades building spaces where Black creativity thrives and where the stories, struggles, and triumphs of the community are given voice. In … Continued


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Far-Right Extremism & White Supremacy w/ Mike German

Despite over a hundred deadly acts by far-right militants since the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and the far right’s attempts to obstruct transfer of power to a duly elected president on January 6, the FBI continues to deprioritize investigations into white supremacist violence, instead targeting marginalized groups such as environmentalists and Black … Continued


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Palestine Post w/ Rehab Nazzal and Resistance in Residence Artist Candance Johnson

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Rehab Nazzal, a Palestinian-born multidisciplinary artist based in Montréal. Her work deals with the effects of settler-colonial violence on the bodies and minds of colonized peoples, on the land and on other non-human life. Nazzal’s video, photography and sound works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions … Continued


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Anti-Zionist Author Sim Kern on Collective Liberation

In today’s episode, we speak with author, influencer and anti-Zionist Jewish activist Sim Kern about their book Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation. Fund Drive Special.  Pledge $110 and receive a copy of Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation, which dismantles Zionist propaganda in ten unapologetic essays. Drawing … Continued