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with Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, represents the entire City of Oakland as its Councilmember At-Large. Then, we talk about the rise of hate crimes following Donald Trump’s selection, with Mark Potok, Senior Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center and the editor-in-chief of the SPLC’s quarterly journal, the Intelligence Report. and Kev Choice, Oakland artist and musician and friend of … Continued
with journalist Steven Rosenfeld, he covers national political issues for AlterNet, including America’s democracy and voting rights, campaigns and elections, and many social justice issues. He is the author of “Count My Vote: A Citizen’s Guide to Voting.” And Vijay Prashad talks to Cat Brooks about Fidel Castro’s legacy. Vijay is professor of international studies at … Continued
with Dr. Richard Wolff, an American Marxian economist. He is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. He is an accomplished author, his latest book is Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism.
With Arsalan Iftikhar, international human rights lawyer, global media commentator and founder of TheMuslimGuy.com. Arsalan is also the senior editor of The Islamic Monthly magazine. He is author of the book SCAPEGOATS: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies & Threatens Our Freedoms. And Cat Brooks spoke to Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. at Standing Rock in North Dakota about the importance of building a … Continued
With Morning Star Gali, member of the Ajumawi band of the Pit River Tribe and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer. And Kanahus Mauel from Red Warrior Media Collective. And The History of Anti-Black Racist Ideas in the U.S. with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, professor of African American History at the University of Florida. Dr. Kendi is author of Stamped … Continued
With Pratap Chaterjee, investigative jourmalist and author. He is Executive Director of CorpWatch, an Oakland-based corporate accountability organisation. Author of The Earth Brokers, Iraq inc.: A Profitable Occupation and Halliburton’s Army. And The Trump Effect on Kids with guest: Lita Blanc, President of the United Educators of San Francisco. And Simone Delucci, Director After School Programs … Continued
Trump’s official platform says he wants to cut funding to Sanctuary Cities. To find out if that’s even possible, and what a sanctuary city is in the first place, we speak Laura Polstein, an immigration lawyer with Centro Legal de la Raza and Leah Price, a staff attorney with Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach. Plus, we’re still collecting … Continued
Cat and Mitch talk to the National Lawyers guild observers about the Oakland police handling of post-presidential election street-protests. and Thomas Frank, columnist for Harper’s Magazine and author of “Listen Liberal,” speaks with Mitch about the U.S. under Trump.
with Anthony D’Agostino, Professor of History at San Francisco State University. He is the author of many books, among others: The Rise of Global Powers: International Politics in the Era of World Wars, and The Russian Revolution: 1917 – 1945. and with Noura Erakat, a Palestinian American legal scholar, human rights attorney, and assistant professor at George … Continued
with Ellen Kreitzberg, Professor at Santa Clara Law School. She is the founder and now director of the Death Penalty College. then with the slate of Black Women that challenged Oakland City Government, Carroll Fife, founder of the Oakland Alliance, and organizer of the slate. Noni Sessions, a Founding Organizer for State of Black Oakland. and … Continued
