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0:08 – Global Climate Strike: Today millions are striking and marching to demand action on climate, led by youth. Amira Odeh, a geographer and water resource specialist from Puerto Rico. She is an environmental activist and has worked to reduce plastic pollution, train people into becoming community organizers and is helping to reforest Puerto Rico … Continued
0:08 – Tensions in the Gulf have heightened, in the wake of attacks on Saudi oil refineries. The Houthis in Yemen have blamed responsibility, but the US has already blamed and retaliated against Iran, issuing stricter sanctions. To explain the complex situation, we’re joined by Conn Hallinan, columnist with Foreign Policy in Focus. 0:34 – … Continued
0:08 – General Motors workers have gone out on strike. They’re demanding better wages, secure and quality healthcare, and fair staffing and management structures. We’re joined by Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) former New York Times labor reporter and author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present & Future of American Labor. 0:34 – South Africa … Continued
0:08 – Voters will go to the polls in Israel today for a run-off election amidst hardening right-wing ideology, threats against Palestine, and a deepening corruption scandal involving Benjamin Netanyahu. We’re joined by Khury Petersen-Smith (@kpYES) is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at IPS. He researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration at the Institute … Continued
0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: Oakland Promise, the Mayor’s signature project to raise money to support low-income families and students graduate college, is in the spotlight for its secret finances – more than $1 million dollars raised and no checks cut. Where is the money going? Why won’t the Mayor’s office provide answers to the … Continued
0:08 – Host Brian Edwards-Tiekert analyzes the third Democratic Debate with John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), Washington correspondent for The Nation. 0:34 – We discuss the history of Friday the 13th. Aja Romano (@ajaromano) is a culture writer with Vox, and author of the most recent article: “Friday the 13th isn’t unlucky. It’s a meme disguised as … Continued
0:08 – The Trump Administration bars Hurricane Dorian refugees from the Bahamas in an unprecedented move. Many Afro-Caribbean and African immigrants and asylum seekers are overlooked by the media. To discuss, we’re joined by Nana Gyamfi, a human rights and criminal defense attorney, a professor in the Pan African Studies Department at the California State … Continued
0:08 – KPFA’s Mitch Jeserich on the firing of Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton. We also discuss the US military industrial complex, on the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. 0:34 – 48 State Attorneys General launch antitrust probe of Google Sandeep Vaheesan is Legal Director for the Open Markets Institute 0:50 … Continued
0:08 – San Francisco offers PG&E $2.5 billion in buyout to create municipal utility. Tim Redmond is the editor and publisher of 48hills.org 0:34 – Ghost Ship verdict: jury acquits Max Harris, declares mistrial for Dereck Almena We’re joined by Emilie Grandchamps, the mother of Alex Ghassan. He and his fiance, Hannah Ruax of Finland, were … Continued
0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: commentary on the case of Isabel Bueso, fighting deportation and to keep her life-saving medical care in the US, Congressional moves toward impeachment (slowly), and more. 0:34 – Oakland Council member Lynette McElHaney has proposed a formal process to place council-sponsored measures on the ballot. Critics say its a move … Continued
