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After the death of Ed Lee, the politics of San Francisco are up in the air. UpFront speaks with Randy Shaw and John Avalos about what is coming up. Randy is the Executive Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic and Editor of Beyond Chron. He drafted key San Francisco housing-related laws and ballot initiatives. John Avalos is the former San … Continued
In the 6 part documentary from Icarus films, stockbroker David Ricardo and demographer Thomas Malthus are discussed in their historical economic context and for their influence. Following this discussion, the documentary covers the critique that Marx offered of capitalism and its technical underpinnings. This episode is part of KPFA’s fund drive! KPFA is community supported public … Continued
Peter Kuznik and Oliver Stone team up to tell the Untold History of the United States. The documentary chronicles the imperialist activities America has engaged in since its birth as a nation and particularly during the 20th century. Covert operations, political coups and takeovers, political suppression are all detailed in the documentary Capitalism, a 6 part documentary … Continued
Listen to this morning’s broadcast of selections from Michael Eric Dyson. An academic, author, radio host, and professor at Georgetown, Dyson discusses the themes that run through his many books, including his most recent title: Tears We Cannot Stop. This episode is part of KPFA’s fund drive! KPFA is community supported public radio, which means … Continued
Robert Mercer, conservative media mogul and owner of Breitbart news positioned Steve Bannon as Trump’s presidential campaign manager. Cambridge Analytica, also owned by Mercer used big data to target american voters who were vulnerable to particular, individualized media messaging. The documentary Trumping Democracy This episode is part of KPFA’s fund drive! KPFA is community supported … Continued
To start off today’s show, Cat Brooks and Brian Edwards-Tiekert discuss President Trump’s decision to formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, prompting Palestinians to take to the streets in protests. In our second hour, we focus on the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lens of the documentary Al-Nakba, which traces the historical … Continued
America’s uncritical support of Israel has remained unwavering since the UN resolution that gave over sized portions of historic Palestine to diasporic Jews. Despite the violent creation of the state, and its subsequent violent actions, the US has popularly, rhetorically and monetarily supported the occupying state of Israel. The Occupation of the American Mind is … Continued
This morning’s broadcast features clips from is an event on November 6th, 2017, during which Palestinian physician, activist, and politician Mustafa Bhargouti speaks about the current state of the Middle East. Afterwards, UpFront plays key excerpts from the documentary film The Occupation of the American Mind, which engages in a related critical discussion about Zionist propaganda … Continued
On this morning’s episode, as part of KPFA’s ongoing Fun Drive, UpFront features a talk from Van Jones entitled Beyond the Messy Truth, How We Came Apart, How We Come Together from this year at First Congregational Church of Oakland. Afterwards, listen to an interview with Pratap Chatterrjee about his book Verax, a graphic novel about Edward … Continued
On today’s show, we talk to Lina Hernandez of SEIU Local 1021 about the over 3,000 Oakland city workers set to strike after attempts to negotiate with the city were rejected. Then, as part of our fund drive, we hear Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, one of the foremost experts on Donald Trump, speaking about his rise to power and … Continued
