UpFront – September 14, 2023
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
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Storm Daniel Causes Catastrophic Floods in Libya; Plus, Kevin McCarthy Launches Biden Impeachment Inquiry
0:08 — Malak Altaeb is a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute with the Climate and Water Program. She has conducted research on renewable energy and water politics in Libya. 0:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.
Google Antirust Trial Begins; Plus, Will UAW Go On Strike?
0:08 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His most recent book is Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power (2020). 0:33 — Keith Brower Brown is Labor-Climate Organizer at Labor Notes, also a former steward in UAW 2865, which represents graduate student workers in the UC system.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
0:08 — Chris Miller, is the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and author of the new book The War Came To Us: Life And Death In Ukraine. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
When people break nature’s soundscape
00:08 David Haskell, Guggenheim fellow, professor of biology and environmental studies at Sewanee: the university of the south; author of Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction. [originally recorded in 2022]
Africa Climate Summit; Plus, EPA Approves Carcinogenic Fuel?
0:08 — Aby Sene, is faculty in conservation social sciences at Clemson University. Sunny Morgan is a climate justice activist and trained Climate Reality Leader. He is the co-founder of the global grassroots organization Debt for Climate. 0:33 — Sharon Lerner, is a reporter for ProPublica covering health and environmental issues.
New Amazon Distribution Center in Bay View, CEQA bill AB 1307 May Greenlight People’s Park development; Plus, California Forever: Building Utopian Cities from Scratch
0:08 — Tim Redmond is a long-time San Francisco investigative reporter and founder of 48Hills.org. 0:20 — Doug Carstens is managing partner at Carstern, Black & Minteer, where’s he’s a CEQA practitioner and advisor to the CEQA Works coalition of environmental organizations. 0:33 — Sarah Moser, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Labor History with Kim Kelly and Fred Glass
00:08 Kim Kelly, labor journalist and labor organizer; now author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor [originally broadcast in April 2022] 00:33 Fred Glass teaches Labor and Community Studies at the Community College of San Francisco. He’s also Communications Director for the California Federation of Teachers. His latest book is From Mission to Microchip: … Continued
Tony Platt on the Scandal of Cal
00:08 Tony Platt, currently Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Law and Society; author of the just-released The Scandal of Cal: Land Grabs, White Supremacy, and Miseducation at UC Berkeley
A new uprising in Syria? Plus: AI cameras on AC transit
00:08 Anti-government protests in Syria enter third week Sarah Hunaidi is a Syrian Writer and Human Rights Advocate Kareem Chehayeb is a Beirut-based reporter for the Associated Press, reporting on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. 00:33 A report card on a short-lived harm reduction effort in San Francisco Joe Eskenazi, managing editor and columnist at Mission … Continued