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Friday, August 13th, 2021: Community Movement Builders is launching a mutual aid fund for veteran members of the Black Panthers. Members of Community Movement Builders and former political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim join the show. A history of Friday the 13th. All this plus news headlines! photo: Clay Banks via Unsplash
On today’s show: 0:08 – We discuss the big take-aways from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change-IPCC AR6 report and its findings on the greenhouse gas methane with Daphne Wysham (@daphnewysham) CEO of Methane Action. 0:34 – A study commissioned by Santa Clara County found high levels of lead in children near Reid-Hillview airport in … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – New York Governor Cuomo steps down amidst allegations of sexual harassment. New York based journalist and author of The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York, @RossBarkan joins us to discuss. 0:34 – Dr. Bonnie Maldonado, Chief of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division at Lucile Packard Childrens’ Hospital … Continued
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021: The Senate moves to vote on Infrastructure bill. Controversial shift in forest fire management. Violent police crackdown on Indigenous Stop Line 3 pipeline protesters. A history of anti-vaccination sentiment. What do Taliban advances in Afghanistan mean for people there? All this plus headline news! photo: Ian Hutchinson via Unsplash
On today’s show: 0:08 – On this edition of Monday’s with Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich), we discuss the Biden infrastructure bill and 71st anniversary of the Hiroshima / Nagasaki bombings. 0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg joins us again to discuss the latest on the COVID Delta wave as schools prepare to open. 1:08 – We spend … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – First day of school starts for Oakland Unified School District on Monday August 9th. Sailaja Suresh, Senior Director of Strategic Projects & Initiatives at OUSD, and Chaz García, 27 year veteran OUSD elementary school teacher, and OEA’s 2nd Vice President join us to discuss how educators are preparing for re-opening … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recently passed a measure to repeal both Authorizations for Use of Military Force Against Iraq (1991 and 2002). Phyllis Bennis (@PhyllisBennis) Middle East analyst and Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies joins us to discuss. 0:34 – We’re seeing … Continued
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 on Upfront: Biden administration re-news Title 42, which allows the expelling of migrants at the border. We go to the COVID-19 front-lines, reporting on the spike of delta variant cases. PG&E discloses that their equipment may be responsible for the ‘Dixie Fire’ in Northern California. Oakland’s Black Arts Movement District Festival … Continued
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021: Special election in Ohio today, pitting progressives against Congressional Black Caucus Cat Brooks does a deep dive on the stacks and background around the fight over Critical Race Theory. Zachary Carter speaks on “Re-imagining – Capitalism” All this, plus the news! photo: Meredith Petrick via Unsplash
On today’s show: 0:08 – Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich)joins us to discuss the federal eviction moratorium which expired last weekend without a vote form Congress. 0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg joins us to discuss surge of coronavirus cases due to the hyper-infectious Delta variant and field listener questions. 1:08 – We discuss the politics of national … Continued
