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On today’s show: Mitch Jeserich is the host of KPFA’s Letters and Politics which airs weekdays from 10-11am on these airwaves. He has been a producer and host for Pacifica for decades. Follow Mitch Jeserich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MitchJeserich Justin Phillips is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, having worked there since 2016. He recently … Continued
On today’s show we’ll take a deep dive into the history of electoral recall efforts, and then explore current recall efforts both locally and nationally. We’ll start with a conversation with Kathryn Olmsted, a history professor at UC Davis who studies anti-communist efforts and the roots of modern conservatism. She is the author of four … Continued
We start today’s show with a conversation about California’s current campaigns to remove certain responsibilities from police officers in the latest organizing to defund. That includes a statewide campaign to remove police from traffic stops as well as the recent transition in Oakland to remove police from dealing with abandoned vehicles. We’re joined by James … Continued
We start today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup segment. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $120 and receive South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perrry. Then, we go to Paterson, New Jersey, where less than a week ago, police killed violence interruptor Najee Seabrooks. Seabrooks … Continued
FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $350 and receive a copy of the latest book from Ericka Huggins along with Stephen Shames: Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party. “This stunning collection of historical photographs, complimented by contemporary conversations with women members of the Black Panther Party, reminds us that women were literally the heart of this … Continued
FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $200 and receive George McCalman’s Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen. It is a gorgeous collection of 145 original portraits that celebrates Black pioneers — famous and less known — in politics, science, literature, music, and more—with biographical reflections. George McCalman is an artist and creative director based in … Continued
FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $200 and receive Linda Ronstadt’s book Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands. Growing up the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants and a descendant of Spanish settlers near northern Sonora, Ronstadt’s new memoir celebrates her rich musical heritage. Linda Ronstadt joins us in this exclusive conversation about her musical upbringing and … Continued
We kick of today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup segment. Then: Even those who have never lived in the US South can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region … Continued
On today’s show, we speak with Nyanyika Banda, the cook and creative mind behind The Wakanda Cookbook – a cookbook for the Marvel universe that builds out of expertise in culinary traditions from all over the African continent. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $150 and receive Marvel’s Black Panther: The Official Wakanda Cookbook by Nyanyika Banda and … Continued
On today’s show, we’re joined by Lateefah Simon, who announced her election campaign for the 12th Congressional District seat that is being vacated by Barbara Lee. Lateefah Simon is a 25-year veteran organizer and nationally recognized advocate for civil rights and social justice. In 2016 – driven into politics by the tragic murder of Oscar Grant … Continued
