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7:08am – According to recently released documents the FBI has been tracking Black Lives Matter activists merely for protesting and exercising their first amendment rights. We talk to intercept journalist George Joseph (@georgejoseph94) on his latest piece “FBI Tracked an Activist Involved with Black Lives Matter as They Traveled Across the US, Documents Show.” 7:34am – This … Continued
7:20am – Federal Judge William Alsup orders climate change tutorial in case against fossil fuel companies. Jason Mark (@writerfarmer) is the Editor of Sierra Magazine and co-host of KPFA’s Terra Verde, Fridays at 2pm, and joins us to discuss the case. 7:34am – State Senator Scott Wiener represents California State Senate District 11, which includes San Francisco. He discusses his … Continued
7:34 – Imani Gandy, Senior Legal Analyst at Rewire, reproductive justice activist and the host of Rewire’s podcast Boom Lawyered. Margaret Russell is Professor of Law at Santa Clara University, where she teaches constitutional law and civil procedure. Her areas of focus include civil rights and free speech. She is the editor of Freedom of … Continued
7:34 – Eric Tang – professor of University of Texas Austin in African and African diaspora studies and Asian American studies. His forthcoming book is Fire: The Long Hot Summer of ‘67 Revisited. 8:08 – Shannon Young is a KPFA reporter delivering a story from Mexico about a UN report detailing arbitrary detention and torture in the search to find … Continued
7:34 – Sunaina Maira, professor of Asian-American Studies at the University of California Davis and author of Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine. 8:08 – Tim Chevalier, ex-Googler who is bringing a lawsuit against the company, alleging that he faced discrimination, harassment, and retaliation because he advocated for diversity and inclusion 8:34 – Yasha Levine, the investigative journalist … Continued
7:08 – Reese Erlich is a world-renown investigative journalist, foreign policy commentator, and author of the 2016 book Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect 7:33 – Nomi Prins is former investment banker author of Colluded, how central bankers rigged the world out.
7:34 – George Kelley, breaking news reporter for the East Bay Times and East Bay co-chair of the Pacific Media Workers Guild 8:08 – Sarah Frier, technology reporter for Bloomberg who co-authored a story about Facebook’s little-publicized political unit. 8:34 – Michael Blecker, Executive Director of Swords to Plowshares; also co-founder of the California Association of Veterans Service … Continued
7:20 – Maren Frye and Roni Weissman are juniors at Berkeley High School and co-founders of Berkeley High Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. 7:34 – Shaun Casey is a professor and Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown. He was at the State Dept until 2017, where … Continued
7:34 – Sonya Renee Taylor, activist, artist, poet, and the founder and radical executive director of The Body is Not An Apology and the author of a new book by the same name. 8:08 – Richard Wolff is a Marxian economist, professor emeritus at University of Massachusetts Amherst, and co-founder of Democracy @ Work. He … Continued
7:36 – Paul Liem is the Board Chairperson of the Korea Policy Institute, based in Berkeley 7:52 – State Senator Bill Dodd represents California State Senate District 3, which includes Yountville, where Afghanistan war veteran Albert Wong killed three hostages on Friday 8:08 – Declan Kearney is the Chair of Sinn Fein, the left-wing Irish republican party advocating … Continued
