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What’s Happening in Chicago? w/ Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., Aislinn Pulley and ACLU’s Kevin Fee

Donald Trump is once again leaning into strongman tactics, sharing a social media meme over the weekend that threatened to “wage war” on Chicago. The post, part of his broader crackdown rhetoric on Democratic-led cities, is mobilizing communities to fight back. In this episode, we speak with Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr., a Chicago-based community organizer, … Continued


We speak with actor and activist Casey Adler, John Parker, co-founder of the Harriet Tubman Center, and Lulu Hammond, co-founder of SoCal Uprising. Together, they are organizing Labor 4 Palestine: An Arms Embargo Rally and Teach-In Series, happening Saturday, September 6 at 11:00 a.m. at Downtown Los Angeles City Hall. The event will bring together … Continued


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Ending Isolation w/ Dr. Terry Kupers

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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Opposing Solitary Confinement from Behind Bars w/ Christopher Blackwell

We’ll spend the hour today in conversation with Christopher Blackwell, an award-winning journalist currently incarcerated at the Washington Corrections Center. He is serving a 45-year prison sentence for taking another human’s life during a drug robbery and has been incarcerated since 2003. We’ll talk about the book he’s contributing to about the terrors of solitary confinement, and … Continued


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‘Copaganda’: Police & Media Manipulate Perceptions of Safety w/ Alec Karakatsanis

Copaganda’ is propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media that stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it. Every day, mass media manipulates our perception of what keeps us safe. The result is more and more authoritarian state repression, more inequality, and huge profits for the massive public and private punishment bureaucracy. … Continued


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ICE Stats in The Bay w/ Mission Local; Louisiana “Jim Crow” Laws w/ Richard Webster

Since May 27, 2025, Mission Local has reported on dozens of ICE arrests in San Francisco. Yet federal data shows the number of detentions is much higher across the broader “San Francisco Area of Responsibility,” which includes Northern California, Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. The vast majority—about 87 percent—of those arrests … Continued


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Latino Role in Redistricting Battles w/ Gustavo Arellano; also news from George Galvis

As the redistricting battles in California and Texas move forward, we speak with Los Angeles-based journalist Gustavo Arellano.  He is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the former editor of Orange County’s alternative weekly OC Weekly. You can read his most recent column In Texas and California redistricting battles, Latino voters hold the … Continued


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Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power Era w/ JoNina Abron-Ervin

On today’s episode, we speak with former Black Panther newspaper editor JoNina Abron-Ervin about her book Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power Era, a moving account of the often overlooked contributions of local and regional African-American social justice activists of the late 1960’s. Learn more about the book here https://www.akpress.org/driven-by-the-movement.html Our Resistance … Continued


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Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith, Zahra Biloo ; activists from Solidarity Fast for Gaza

On today’s Palestine Post, we review news headlines from Israel’s assault on Gaza with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Also joining is Zahra Billoo, the Executive Director of the Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). … Continued