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Palestine Post w/ Samer Araabi

Our Palestine Post guest this morning is Samer Araabi from the Arab Resource and Organizing Center. This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is Palestinian playwright, author, and screenwriter Betty Shemieh, who has a new novel out called Too Soon. Check out Betty Shemieh’s website: https://www.bettyshamieh.com/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org … Continued


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Prisoner Lawsuit Against Transphobic Executive Order; Digital Security Concerns Under Trump; Bay Area Firefighting issues

On today’s show, we start by exploring electronic surveilland and privacy concerns under the new Trump presidency. We’ll be in conversation with India McKinney, the Director of Federal Affairs with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world.  Read the EFF’s memo to the federal government outlining technology and surveillance … Continued


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Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith and PYM’s Rami

On today’s show, we return to our weekly Monday segment The Palestine Post. We start in conversation with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Then, we’re joined by Rami, an organizer with the Bay Area chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement, … Continued


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Leonard Peltier Granted Clemency; Raft of Problematic Executive Orders; Plus Resistance In Residence Artist Davey D

Fifty executive orders were signed on Trump’s first day in his second presidential administration, many attacking trans folks, immigrants and diversity-and-inclusion provisions. We start today’s show walking through many of the orders and what they mean with Shawn Musgrave, a media law attorney and reporter based in New York, who also reports for The Intercept. … Continued


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Executive Order Border Impact with Black Alliance for Just Immigration and Alianza Americas

On today’s show, we spend the hour discussing the newly inaugurated President Trump’s impact on immigration policy through the executive orders that have already been signed as well as his policy plans. Our first conversation from Wednesday, January 22nd is with Nana Gyamfi, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), speaking about … Continued


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Prison Labor and the Fight to End It; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Davey D

Incarcerated people work for penny wages, and, in several states, for nothing at all. Many of us outside of prisons rely on their labor in areas like repairing roads, fighting wildfires, or clearing debris after hurricanes. Prisoners manufacture products like office furniture, mattresses, license plates, dentures, glasses, traffic signs, garbage cans, athletic equipment, and uniforms. … Continued


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Framing the Ceasefire in Gaza & How the Lancet Counts Gaza Deaths; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Davey D

On today’s show we start in conversation about the ceasefire deal announced on Wednesday after political negotiations between Hamas and Israel. We’ll speak with Ziad Abbas as well as Samer Araabi. Ziad Abbas is the executive director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, a Berkeley-based international aid organization whose work includes providing food, medicine, medical … Continued