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We mark the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Black Panthers Party. Digging deep into KPFA’s archives, we’ll hear exclusive excerpts from founding members Bobby Seale, Huey Newton, and more! Please support KPFA in our 2016 Winter Fund Drive. You can get the Black Panthers Collection and other gifts here.
With fifty years since its founding, we take a look at the Black Panther Movement. Excerpts from the new documentary, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, chronicles its rise, its fall, and the long reach of the its legacy. Please support KPFA in our 2016 Winter Fund Drive. You can get The Black Panthers: … Continued
The story of the most well-known journalist in prison, Mumia Abu-Jamal. Discussing his childhood, political education, work in journalism, and struggles from behind bars. This segment also includes excerpts from Long Distance Revolutionary, a film chronicling Mumia’s life. Please support KPFA in our 2016 Winter Fund Drive. You can get the Mumia Abu-Jamal gift and … Continued
The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia sets the stage for an election year battle for the next Supreme Court Appointment. Then, Ramzi Fawaz discusses his new book, The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics. He looks at the evolution of superhero stories through the lens of queer theory. … Continued
UpFront with Guest Host Marie Choi – February 12, 2016
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
Consumer Watch Dog released a sweeping into the oil refining industry and says there’s evidence of price fixing in California. Then a look at what it would take to reverse climate change. Australian palaeontologist and global warming activist Tim Flannery speaks to us about how he thinks we can do that. Guests: Jaime Court, … Continued
New Hampshire delivers a landslide for Bernie Sanders and a hot mess for the Republican Party, which saw Donald Trump take first place with only a third of the vote, and the rest of the pack so close that there’s still no consensus challenger for the party establishment to get behind. We will wrap up … Continued
Today New Hampshirites get their turn in the spotlight — if they can actually make it to a ballot box. Those voters who manage to dig out from yesterday’s blizzard will also be confronted with a new Voter ID law that requires they either produce government ID, or sign an affidavit and pose for something … Continued
This Wednesday, the California Coastal Commission will vote publicly on whether to fire its Executive Director–the culmination of a months-long power struggle over an agency that determines the fate of coastal developments worth multiple billions of dollars. We’ll ask Sierra Club California Director Kathryn Phillips why it’s happening. Plus: A major victory for the movement … Continued