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A major bill providing some redress for some victims of U.S. nuclear testing, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, is set to expire on June 7th, 2024 unless House Speaker Mike Johnson brings it up for a vote. But simply extending the existing compensation law would be a gross injustice, since it excludes Downwinder … Continued
Israel carried out a series of bombings over the weekend, burning families and children alive in tents and then striking a second displaced persons camp last night. On this show, we air a short clip from the People’s Conference for Palestine, held in Detroit from Friday, May 24, 2024 to Sunday, May 26, 2024. BreakThrough … Continued
We’re joined on today’s show by the author of a brand new book that ties cultural survival to earth-based knowledge. In The Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to the Sinai, Lebanese ethnobotanist, sovereignty steward, and cultural worker Layla K Feghali offers a layered history of the healing plants of … Continued
Today is the 230th day of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Here on KPFA, we’ve been covering that violence itself as well as the US’s apparent unending blank check for Israel’s war machine that comes across in weapons transfers, cash, and political support. But even within the Biden Administration, distress in our country’s support for … Continued
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. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 – … Continued
Since 2014, the bulldozing of Palestinian lands by the Israeli occupation forces has been complemented by unannounced aerial spraying of military herbicides, extending the reach of Israeli violence into the realm of chemical warfare. Today, the spraying has destroyed entire swaths of arable land in Gaza, forcibly changing a once-lush Palestinian landscape, and providing the … Continued
On today’s show we’ll listen to selections from Dr Hatem Bazian in a talk he gave at the Aqsa Conference in Fullerton, California, just a few months ago in February of this year. The talk is called Decolonizing Palestine. Dr Hatem Bazian is a scholar of religion, politics and globalization. He is a co-founder of … Continued
In this hour of special coverage, we hear the end of the International Court of Justice hearing, listening to South African lawyers arguing the genocide case against Israel. Then, we go to analyst guests George Bisharat, Khury Petersen-Smith, and Barry Trachtenberg for analysis and reflection. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 and receive a black zippered sweatshirt celebrating … Continued
Palestinians refer to it as “Al Nakba”, which literally translates as “The Catastrophe”. It refers to the mass exodus of at least 750,000 Arabs from Palestine. Though most believe this event began in 1948, in fact, Al Nakba began decades earlier. (2 DVD set) THE PRICE OF OSLO This series traces the secret road to … Continued
On todays show – as we watch students across the globe stand up for Palestine – it is important to understand the decades long context of the complicity of higher educational institutions in the West with the Zionist project in Occupied Palestine. Maya Wind breaks down this history in her book Towers of Ivory and … Continued
