Dr. Cornel West
Today Mitch Jeserich features a speech given by Dr. Cornel West about Black freedom and struggle for justice. The event has been sponsored by KPFA and the speech is here offered to you.
Letters and Politics
10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday - Thursday
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Chris Hedges on Labor Wars
Today’s show features clips from a speech given by Chris Hedges about labor force and its wars against capitalism in the US. Chris Hedges is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, professor at Princeton University.
The Battle of Algier 1966
Today Laleh Khalili, Professor of Middle East Politics at the University of London discusses The Battle of Algier with host Mitch Jeserich. The Battle of Algier is a 1966 movie by Gillo Pontecorvo about guerilla between Algeria and France and how guerilla wars happen and end.
History of 3rd World Movement in 20th Century
Vijay Prashad, professor of international relations at Trinity College and author of the book The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the 3rd World. History of 3rd World Movement in 20th Century.
Narcoland: The Mexican Druglords and Their Godfathers
Anabel Hernandez, author of Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers. How the Mexican government is colluding with a drug cartel.
Left and Sex Revolutions
John Merriman, author of Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune. Jonathan Eig, author of The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution.
SOTU and Republicans in Congress
Panel on SOTU with Kat Brooks of the Onyx Organizing Committee, economist Sylvia Allegretto, Zahra Billoo of the Council on American Islamic Relations, journalists Davey D and Pratap Chatterjee and lawmakers Maxine Waters and Barbara Lee. Then later we’ll speak to Danny Vinik of the New Republic about the republicans in Congress.
Oakland March and Intelligence Services
On today’s show we discuss about marches for MLK Jr legacy through the example of Oakland March. Then, Mitch Jeserich interviews Scott Horton, about intelligence services and what happens when they have their goal on their own. Scott Horton is the author of Lords of Secrecy.
Martin Luther King Jr’s Legacy
As people are protesting all around the country against police violence and for renewing MLK Jr’s legacy we rebroadcast two speeches about his radical legacy. The first is a speech given by Clayborne Carson historian at Stanford University and the second is given by Tavis Smiley author of the book: Death of a King: The Real Story … Continued
French and Algerian Historical Relationship
Today we continue our investigation of the historic relationship between France and Algeria with the political cartoonist Ahlil Benga. Then, we discuss with Marilynn Johnson professor of History at Boston College.