UpFront – February 11, 2025
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Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
War in the DRC; ICE in the USA
00:08 Rwanda at war in the DRC: the fall of Goma Zachariah Mampilly is the Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs at the CUNY Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, where he is also the Co-Founder of the Program on African Social Research. 00:36 Immigration raids and your rights Jehan Laner is Senior Staff Attorney … Continued
Trump Wants the United States to Takeover Gaza; Plus, What a Trump Adminsitration Means for Decarbonizing the Economy
00:08 — Ahmad Abuznaid is Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian rights. 00:33 — Jeff St. John is the director of news and special projects at Canary Media, a nonprofit newsroom covering the transition to clean energy and solutions to the climate crisis.
Mexico Responds to Trump’s Tariff Threat; Plus, Elon Musk’s Takeover of the Treasury’s Payment System
00:08 — Laura Carlsen is the director of the Mexico-City based international relations think tank Mira: Feminisms y Democracies. 00:33 — Nathan Tankus is the Research Director of the Modern Money Network. He also writes the newsletter Notes on the Crises.
Trump Administration’s Emerging Policy Toward the Middle East
00:08 — Asa Winstanley is an investigative journalist writing for the Electronic Intifada. His latest book is Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn. 00:33 — Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
DNC Picks a New Chair this Weekend; Plus, After the LA Fires
00:08 — Steve Phillips is Founder of Democracy in Color. His latest book is How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good. 00:33 — Alexei Koseff covers state politics for Calmatters. Ben Christopher is a reporter for CalMatters covering housing policy.
Unpacking Tariff Implications and the Future of Public Health Under the Trump Administration
00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 00:33 — Gregg Gonsalves is Associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health and Co-director of the Global Health Justice Partnership.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Senate Confirmation Hearings Continue for Trump’s Cabinet Picks
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus and Global Just Transition at the Institute for Policy Studies. 00:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. .