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Black August Begins; Uhuru Leaders Face September Trial; Sonya Massey – Say Her Name

We start today’s show with our recurring State Terror Roundup segment. Then, acknowledging the beginning of Black August. Then we speak with Chairman Omali Yeshitela and Penny Hess from the Uhuru Movement, who face trial scheduled for September from a federal raid that occurred in July of 2022, with prosecutors accusing three Uhuru members of … Continued


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SF Supervisor Resigns from Committee Over $500k Police Pay Proposal; Latest in Federal Probe on Oakland; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Tongo Eisen-Martin

On todays show, a San Francisco Supervisor has resigned from the city’s Rules Committee over the city’s budget crisis, and particularly a plan that could raise police pay for veteran cops to a half million dollars. We’re joined by that Supervisor, Hillary Ronen, who represents San Francisco’s District 9, which includes the Mission, Bernal, and … Continued


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Gun Violence As a Matter of Public Health In a Country of Arms; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Tongo Eisen-Martin

On today’s show we explore gun reform as a matter of public health. But how do we reckon with the long history of distrust of public health and the social, ideological, historical, racial, and political forces that allow mass shootings to occur on a near daily basis in America? Our guest today is Jonathan Metzl, … Continued


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Palestine Post: The Latest w/ Khury Peterson-Smith

As we do each Monday, today’s show focuses on the latest from Palestine. We’re joined by Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. This week’s Artist Resistance in Residence is San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin. Follow Tongo Eisen-Martin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_tongogara_ Follow Tongo Eisen-Martin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_tongogara_ — Subscribe … Continued


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LA Considers Contract to Hire Former IDF Soldiers for City Security; Sonya Massey – Say Her Name; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Susan Greene

We start today’s show with a short tribute to Oakland organizer Kenzie Smith, made virally famous as the target of the “BBQ Becky” incident at Lake Merritt in Oakland, but he was also a powerful and committed community member. Then, we address the police killing of Sonya Massey with Sydney Kesler, a Queer Black Feminist … Continued


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Bay Area ER Doc Returns from Gaza; Netanyahu Faces Genocide Complaint to DOJ as Protests Mar his DC Visit; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Susan Greene

Well over nine months into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, many of the Palestinians throughout the area who survive Israel’s attacks have been disabled by either direct blasts or by the fallout from crumbling buildings. Meanwhile, access to medical care is severely limited, and over the weekend reports came out that polio had made its return … Continued


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Zionism Imprisons Palestine; De-centering ‘Jewish Values’ in Anti-Zionist Organizing; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Susan Greene

Prior to Israel’s current genocide in Gaza, that area was often referred since 2007 as an open air prison due to Israel’s complete control. Our first guest this morning argues that if we explore the violence of zionism – that is, not just Gaza but zionist control more broadly – as a prison, then an … Continued


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SF Police Union Fails to Defend Pretextual Traffic Stops; Racialized Police Use of Tasers in 911 Mental Health Calls; Plus State Terror Roundup

We start today’s show with our recurring segment, State Terror Roundup. Then, we go to San Francisco to where police are now forced to minimize pretextual traffic stops despite the police union’s now-failed attempt to maintain them. This is after the San Francisco Police Commission in February committed the department to minimize police ability to … Continued


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Kenyan Troops Arrive in Haiti Amid Rampant Political Unrest; ADA Not Protecting Oakland Homeless Residents Says Federal Judge; Daily Cal Journalists Resign Over Palestine Coverage

As Kenyan troops landed in Haiti with U.S. and multinational backing on June 25, protests exploded in Nairobi as young people rose up against an unpopular national finance bill that would impose further taxes on the Kenyan population in order to pay down the country’s extraordinary foreign debt obligations. It is estimated that in the … Continued