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On today’s show Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich feature clips of 1984 by George Orwell, one of the most important distopian novels in modern history. The entire book was read on-air by longtime Pacifica morning show host Charles Morgan in 1975. Morgan was joined by legendary voice over artist June Foray, widely known for … Continued
On today’s show Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich feature clips from the anti Inauguration Event by Verso Books, Haymarket Books, and Jacobin magazine on January the 20th. Today’s clips are from Jeremy Scahill and Naomi Klein. Source Naomi Klein : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naomi_Klein_Warsaw_Nov.20_2008_Fot_Mariusz_Kubik_05.jpg Source Jeremy Scahill : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeremy_Scahill_(12555919523)_(cropped).jpg
Today Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich feature clips from James Baldwin’s speeches : “Living and Growing in a White World” and “Free and Brave”. The first speech was given at Castlemont High School in Oakland in 1963 and the second at the Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 1963. Source : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Baldwin_2_Allan_Warren.jpg
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff. With Hosts Mitch Jeserich and Salima Hamirani.
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich talks about the enforcement of the Immigration Laws, and what we know about it thanks to the memos of the Department of Homeland Security, with Francisco Ugarte, Immigration Attorney at the SF Office of the Public Defender.
Today’s show features speeches from the Anti Inauguration Event, hosted January the 20th by Verso Books, Haymarket Books and the Jacobin Magazine. The first speech is by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of the book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation and assistant professor at African American studies at Princeton University. The second speech is given by the Guardian newspaper journalist, … Continued
On today’s show Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich give you the latest news about the future travel ban according to memos from the Homeland Security Department. For us to inform you everyday on the Trump administration we need your help during this fund rise. Then, a great speech by Professor Michael Eric Dyson, author … Continued
On today’s show a comparison between Steve Bannon, the White house chief strategist, and the Isis leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi by the Intercept journalist Murtaza Hussain, interviewed by Mitch Jeserich. Then, The Truth About Crime : Sovereignty, Knowledge, Social Order by Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff, both Professors of African and African American Studies and of … Continued
Today Salima Hamirani interviews Robert W. McChesney, Professor of Communication at the Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois, about Trump’s latest declarations and his method of communication. Then, Frederick Clarkson author, journalist and a senior fellow at Political Research Associates talks to us about Christian rights and conservatory Christianity under the Trump administration.
On today’s show, we talk to Heidi Shierholz (a senior economist at EPI and the former chief economist of the Labor Department under Obama/Perez administration) about Andrew Puzder’s withdrawal as the labor secretary nominee and what comes next for this appointment. Then, an interview with Mike Mishak (reporter with The Center for Public Integrity) about big oil. Source: Simple … Continued
