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0:08 Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers Band, and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music Despite being a professor of Black music history at UC Berkeley and counting Bobby Seale and Huey Newton as dinner guests in his childhood home, Rickey Vincent (@rickeyvincent) never knew that the Black Panthers had a funk … Continued
In celebration of black history month we highlight a profile in excellence, Carter G. Woodsen, dubbed the father of Black History Month. The son of former slaves, he was one of the first blacks to receive a PhD from Harvard University. He later went on to develop a prolific career as an historian, author and journalist. … Continued
0:08 – An estimated 46 immigrant detainees are on hunger strike in Yuba County Jail, in Yuba City, CA to protest a lack of medical care, recreation time, and basic amenities. We speak with Autumn Gonzalez, a community organizer with NorCal Resist, a group supporting the hunger strikers in Yuba County Jail, and Anoop Prasad (@anoop_alc) an attorney at … Continued
0:08 – Kali Akuno (@KaliAkuno) Co-Founder and Executive Director of Cooperation Jackson, a network of worker cooperatives and solidarity economy institutions based in Jackson, Mississippi. Event: Kali Akuno will be appearing in Oakland tonight for a Cooperation Jackson Fundraiser TONIGHT @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm. 0:34 – Vallejo is reeling from a series of assaults by Vallejo … Continued
0:08 – Headline news and analysis with Mitch and Brian 0:34 – Black History Special: Reverend Dr Harold Mayberry is the senior pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church Oakland. 1:08 – Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. We’re joined by Shahram Aghamir is a producer and co-host of KPFA’s Voices of the … Continued
0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: news and headline analysis with Mitch, Cat and Brian Acting AG Matthew Whitaker testifies before House Judiciary . . . poorly. Whitaker conceded that he had been briefed on the Mueller probe, but refused to say how many times and when. What are the signposts for future Congressional hearings with Trump appointees? … Continued
0:08 – America’s racist legacy of blackface is the news headlines again, as Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring are embroiled in controversy over wearing blackface in the 80’s. We’ll speak about the history of blackface and its impact on present day society with author, activist, educator and public speaker Kevin Powell … Continued
0:08 – The US Senate passed bill S-1, a package of pro-Israel initiatives, and contains the first anti-BDS campaign penalty. To analyze the impact of the measure, if passed, we’re joined by Nora Barrows-Friedman (@norabf) is an associate editor of The Electronic Intifada and the author of In Our Power: US Students Organize for Justice in Palestine. 0:34 … Continued
0:08 – The State of the Union is fear and xenophobia in Trump’s America Hannah Levintova (@H_Lev) is a reporter with Mother Jones DC Bureau, covering national politics. Cathi Tactaquin is the executive director of the National Network for Immigration and Refugee Rights (@NNIRRnetwork). 0:34 – Camp Fire Recovery update: Fire victims evicted due to health hazard … Continued
0:08 – El Salvador elects new President, Nayib Bukele. Unfortunately we had a bad connection on Skype so our call was cut off. We had planned to speak with Heather Gies (@HeatherGies) covering the elections in El Salvador for Al Jazeera English. Check out her reporting here. 0:15 – This Day in Black History 0:25 – … Continued
