UpFront – January 27, 2025
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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When Jews organize against Zionism
00:08 Rabbi Alissa Wise is currently the Lead Organizer and Co-founder of Rabbis for Ceasefire, Rebecca Vilkomerson is former Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace and now Co-Director of the Funding Freedom project. They’ve co-authored the book Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing.
Israeli Raids in the West Bank Intensify After Gaza Ceasefire; Plus, Trump Freezes Funds from the Inflation Reduction Act; And, Sheng Thao Indictment
00:08 — Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, previously principal political affairs officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria. 00:33 — Camille Pannu, is the Founder and Director of the Environmental and Climate Justice Clinic at Columbia Law School. 00:45 … Continued
How to prepare to respond to immigration raids in Northern California; plus, civil rights groups sue to save birthright citizenship
0:08 – On Day 1, President Trump signed an executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. The order would affect any children born in the U.S. for whom neither parent has permanent immigration status. Immigrants’ rights advocates say this order is blatantly unconstitutional, violating the 14th Amendment. Two major lawsuits were immediately filed in response, one … Continued
Gaza Ceasefire Goes into Effect; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
00:08 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His legal scholarship focuses on Palestine, Israel, and U.S. policies toward the Middle East. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Hajar Yazdiha on the Struggle for the People’s King
00:08 Hajar Yazdiha, Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California; now author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement [re-broadcast] 00:34 Martin Luther King Jr., recorded December 7, 1964 (days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize … Continued
Israel Security Cabinet Approves Gaza Ceasefire Deal, What Comes Next for People in Gaza
00:08 — Jehad Abusalim is Executive Director of the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA . He is also an editor for “Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire” (2022). He is from the city of Deir el-Balah in the Gaza Strip. 00:33 — Muhannad Ayyash is Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary and … Continued
Ceasefire in Gaza Reached and Delayed; Plus, Diving Deep into the Los Angeles Fires
00:08 — Iman Abid-Thompson is the Director of Advocacy and Organizing at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR). 00:20 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 00:33 — Nathan Solis is a breaking news reporter with the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times. 00:40 — Tony Marks-Block … Continued
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the confirmation of Pamela Bondi as US Attorney General – January 15, 2025
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Special Broadcast: Senate Confirmation (Armed Service Committee) Hearing of Peter Hegseth – January 14, 2025
Mitch Jeserich host the confirmation hearing of Mr. Peter B. Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.