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Usual Cruelty, The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System w/ Alec Karakatsanis

In this episode, we speak with Alec Karakatsanis, lawyer and author of the book Usual Cruelty The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System, a profoundly radical reconsideration of the American “injustice system” by someone who is actively, wildly successfully, challenging it. Learn more about Alec’s book here https://thenewpress.org/books/usual-cruelty/?v=eb65bcceaa5f Our Resistence in Residence Artists … Continued


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Driving in Palestine w/ Rehab Nazzal

On today’s show, Driving in Palestine is a research-creation project by artist Rehab Nazzal, who explores the politics of mobility she encountered firsthand while traversing the occupied West Bank between 2010 and 2020. This photography book consists of 160 black and white photographs, hand-drawn maps and critical essays in Arabic and English by Palestinian and Canadian scholars and artists. … Continued


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In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School w/ Tom Weiner and Amilcar Shabazz

In this episode, we speak with Tom Weiner and Amilcar Shabazz about their new book In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School. This book brings to light the often-suppressed stories of those who risked everything to end enslavement. Profiling 20 Black and white men and women, the book highlights their courage, activism, … Continued


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Military Crackdown on U.S. Cities — Chicago, Memphis and Portland — Fall Fund Drive

Over the past week, the Trump Administration has upped it’s attack on American cities by mobilizing ICE and National Guard troops to Chicago where residents were awoken in the middle of the night over the weekend by ICE agents removing them from their beds and arresting them with zip-ties. The administration similarly launched an attack … Continued


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Conversation with Chris Hedges — Fall Fund Drive

On today’s show, we speak with Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, author, and former foreign correspondent for The New York Times, known for his sharp critiques of war, empire, capitalism, and the erosion of civil liberties in the United States. He is the author of Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine *Fall … Continued


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Palestine Post w/ Sarah Leah Whitson from DAWN, Tariq Ra’ouf of the Global Sumud Flotilla and Dina from Palestinian Youth Movement — Fall Fund Drive

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director of DAWN, an organization promoting human rights and democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. She previously led Human Rights Watch’s MENA division and is a prominent advocate, writer, and commentator on regional justice and accountability. We also speak with Tariq Ra’ouf, … Continued


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Remembering Assata Shakur w/ Mama Ayanna, Thandizwe Chimurenga, Malkia Devich-Cyril and Kali Akuno — Fall Fund Drive

Assata Shakur, the Black revolutionary and freedom fighter who found political asylum in socialist Cuba, passed away on September 25. Her life and struggle continue to inspire generations of young organizers, especially Black activists in the United States. On today’s episode, we remember her with gratitude. We’ll speak with Mama Ayanna, longtime Oakland-based healer, activist, … Continued


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Ending Isolation w/ Dr. Terry Kuypers — Fall Fund Drive

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Terry Kupers. Terry Kupers is a psychiatrist and expert on correctional mental health and the detrimental effects of solitary confinement.He is known for his expertise in the fields of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, forensic psychiatry, and community mental health. He is Professor Emeritus at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California … Continued


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Conversation with Chris Hedges — Fall Fund Drive

On today’s show, we speak with Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, author, and former foreign correspondent for The New York Times, known for his sharp critiques of war, empire, capitalism, and the erosion of civil liberties in the United States. He is the author of Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine *Fall … Continued