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On today’s show Cat Brooks talks to Azadeh Zohrabi and Dan Siegel about solitary confinement. Azadeh Zohrabi, is a national campaigner from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, an NGO that works to break the cycle of mass incarceration and reinvest in struggling communities. Dan Siegel, is an attorney with Siegel & Yee. Then, Mitch Jeserich has … Continued
On today’s show we discuss Trump and the EPA with Daniel Jacobson, who directs policy development, research, and legislative advocacy for Environment California. Then, we talk with Sally Perry Associate dean for Academic Program and Students Affairs for the College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State University. And executive director of the Sinclair Lewis Society. The conversation … Continued
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich and Cat Brooks speak first to Hyun Lee, Managing editor of ZoominKorea about what is going on in North Korea. Her latest piece is “North Korea: Trump’s First Foreign Policy Test in Asia.” Then, an interview of Wesley Lowery about his latest book They Can’t Kill Us All, a book about police … Continued
Voices That Changed the World, from the Pacifica Radio Archives.
On today’s show we feature clips from a Chris Hedges‘s speech given just last week. Chris Hedges gives his view on Trump and Bannon as well as on the entire Democratic Party. Source image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/restoredemocracy/3918031688
Today Mitch Jeserich discusses Trump’s new “wonderful” Healthcare Bill to replace Obamacare, with Edwin Park, Vice President for Health Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Then, three clips from three women’s speeches that changed the world: Angela Davis, speech at the Frontline Feminisms Conference in 1997, using the prison system as an … Continued
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich speaks to Rose Cuison Villazor about the new Muslim Travel Ban. Rose Cuison Villazor is a Professor of Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Hall Research Scholar University of California at Davis School of Law Then, clips from Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X speeches. Stokely Carmichael addresses the Black … Continued
On Today’s show a new speech by Richard Wolff who dives into the economics of immigration and the economics of immigration restriction.
Features the Book “The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Hannah Arendt; and the Documentary Film “Vita Activa: The Spirit of Ahnnah Arendt” by Ada Upshiz. Hosted by Salima Hamirani and Mitch Jeserich.
Today Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich feature clips from Malcolm X’s speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” given in 1964. These clips are a part of the USB drive that contains 1350 hours of material offered by KPFA during the fund drive. Source inside image Source featured image
