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7:34 – Adama Iwu, Head of Government Relations in the Western States for Visa and the founder of We Said Enough app 8:08 – Terry Kupers, Professor emeritus at the Wright Institute, award-winning psychiatrist and author of Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax and How We Can Abolish It
7:34 – Melina Abdullah, founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter of Los Angeles Sonia Lewis is one of the leaders of Black Lives Matter Sacramento chapter 8:08 – Åsne Seierstad is an award-winning Norwegian journalist and writer known for her work as a war correspondent. Her new book is Two Sisters: A Father, His … Continued
7:08 – Behind the scenes with the performers of the two-man play “Solitary Man: A Visit to Pelican Bay State Prison,” that will take place on Saturday, April 21 3:00 pm Black Repertory Group Theater 3201 Adeline Street, Berkeley ($10-20). You can find tickets online here. Fred Johnson is a formerly incarcerated person that has gone on to address the human … Continued
7:34 – Holly Joshi, Executive Director of MISSSEY (@misssey_org), an organization that works with both young people at risk of sexual exploitation and those who have been sexually exploited. She is a former officer at the Oakland Police Department where she worked on the issue of sex trafficking. 8:08 – Kanchan Hunter is co-director at Spiral Gardens Community Farm, a … Continued
7:34 – Haneen Zoabi, a Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset 7:46 – Maxine Doogan, organizer for the Erotic Service Providers Union and President of Erotic Service Provider Legal, Educational and Research Project on FOSTA-SESTA and SB 1204’s effects on sex workers 8:08 – David Neiwert, investigative journalist, Pacific Northwest correspondent for the Southern Poverty Law Center, and author … Continued
7:34 – Jonathan Kauffman is a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle food section and the author of Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat 8:15 – San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin represents the city’s District 3 and recently sponsored an ordinance that would create permitting and enforcement regulations on electric scooters … Continued
7:35 – Nour Adam, Syrian journalist and Editor at Damascus Media Center who fled from violence in Eastern Ghouta, Syria 7:40 – Reese Elrich, foreign correspondent, author of Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect, and writer of the nationally syndicated column Foreign Correspondent, which can be read locally at … Continued
7:08 – Matthew Lasar teaches history and media courses at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He’s the author of Uneasy Listening: Pacifica Radio’s Civil War and Pacifica Radio: The Rise of an Alternative Network 8:08 – Fund Drive Premium: Voices that Changed the World from Pacifica Radio Archives
7:08 – Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and works as a writer, activist and analyst on Middle East and UN issues discusses the US’s decision to start military operations in Syria. 7:34 – Andrea Ritchie in conversation with Cat Brooks about her new book, Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women … Continued
7:08AM – Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco and coordinator of the Middle Eastern studies program. He is a specialist in Middle East politics. He spoke with us about President Trump’s tweet this morning threatening a missile strike on Syria. 7:20AM – Mark Zuckerberg Testifies About Facebook Before Congress … Continued
