KPFA Special Broadcast – August 22, 2007
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In the first hour Peter welcomes Mother Jones publisher Jay Harris to the KPFA studios to talk about a special investigation the magazine conducted of a school for mentally retarded, autistic, and emotionally troubled children. Using taxpayer dollars, the school treats student-patients from several states with a severe routine that includes painful electric shocks administered … Continued
US soldiers talk about the US occupation of Iraq and how their lives have been changed by war. Live from the Veterans for Peace Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, with host Aaron Glantz and your phone calls.
In the first of Sunday Peter Laufer welcomes Berkeley Daily Planet editor Becky O’Malley to the program. O’Malley wrote a critical editorial after Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates appeared on Sunday. She and Peter will talk about Berkeley politics, and the power and responsibilities of the news media as vehicles of reportage and social change. The … Continued
KPFA’s T Kash hosts a two hour virtual town hall on violence in the wake of the Chauncey Bailey slaying, produced by Hard Knock Radio’s Anita Johnson.
Crude Impact looks at the true cost of our petroleum-dependent society.
A documentary on the life and times of Woody Guthrie.
Bastards of the Party, traces the origins of Black gang violence in Los Angeles.