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On this morning’s show, UpFront airs clips taken from Constructing the Terrorist Threat, a documentary film in which Deepa Kumar, one of the nation’s foremost scholars on Islamophobia, investigates how the Muslim community in the U.S. has been scapegoated post 9/11, despite the reality that the majority of terror attacks are carried out by non-Muslim white … Continued
This morning’s broadcast includes audio clips from Icarus Film’s Capitalism, the six part documentary that tackles the history and economic forces involved in today’s Capitalist system. In the second half of the episode, listen to clips from the documentary film The Great White Hoax wherein Tim Wise discusses how white anxiety has been politically deployed in order … Continued
First off on today’s show, we hear about Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico from Salvador Tio in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a veteran civil rights attorney and a member of the movement for Puerto Rican independence. Next, Sarah Hayley Barrett, a freelance journalist based in Mexico City, gives an eyewitness account of the destruction in Mexico … Continued
On September 15, 2017 former police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted for the charge of first degree murder of Anthony Lamar Smith. Cathy ‘Mama Cat’ Daniels tells UpFront about the front-lines of protests in St. Louis, informing listeners about what is happening on the ground, detailing egregious police action. After speaking with Mama Cat, the show … Continued
On today’s show, Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks dig into the archives to bring you Jimi Hendrix: The Radio Documentary from Pacifica Radio Archives. Then, James Forman, Jr. joins Cat Brooks to discuss Forman’s book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. They discuss the ways race, incarceration and justice have intersected throughout American … Continued
Today’s broadcast includes critically selected clips from Illan Ziv’s film Capitalism that engages with the popularly accepted and often un-interrogated myths that prop up our existing economic system. The six part documentary is an in depth look at the social forces that create and propagate capitalism through interviews with such noteworthy thinkers as Dr. David Graeber, Professor … Continued
After the news, as part of KPFA’s fund drive, an interview with John Nichols’ about his new book Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America and how to best and better understand the American right wing. Additionally, excerpts from Shakti Butler’s Cracking the Codes, which uses a variety of interviews … Continued
This morning’s episode includes clips of Dick Gregory, who died this past August, speaking throughout his long career as a comedian, civil rights activist, and social critic. Gregory speaks at the Congress of Racial Equality in June 30th, 1967, takes comedic shots at Richard Nixon as part of a standup set from 1974, and delivers an … Continued
Michael F. Wehner, a senior staff scientist in the Computational Research Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, discusses the impact of warming on the intensity of storms and the danger of increased participation. Andrew Alden, a longtime geology writer, details what happens if a 7.0 earthquake happens along the Hayward fault. Jennifer Strauss, the scientific liaison … Continued
Salima Hamirani discusses the intensifying refugee crisis facing the Rohingya Muslim minority in Burma, also known as Myanmar. The Rohingya are recognized as the world’s largest stateless group. First, we hear from a Rohingya human rights activist about what the situation on the ground in Burma, followed by testimony from others about the violence and oppression they … Continued
