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Climate change, utopianism, and what the way we think about the future says about how we’re living today — Hal Nedzviecki joins us to discuss his book Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future. But first: the American Anthropological Association has just decided to send its members a ballot that would make it the … Continued
Movement for Black Lives and Palestine Liberation Philip Maldari speaks with Nation writer Dani McClain about how the Movement for Black Lives is making connections with the Palestine liberation movement. Okinawa Says No U.S. Military Base Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced this week that he is suing the local Okinawan government to get land … Continued
France is poised to extend its state of emergency, and announced it won’t permit mass demonstrations during next month’s climate talks in Paris–we’ll go live to Paris to get a sense of what the clampdown looks like. Then, a look at the fate of refugees fleeing Syria: we’ll talk to an attorney who works with … Continued
Last Friday, multiple coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris left over 120 people dead, leaving France and the Western world reeling with shock. We start the show with a live report from Paris followed by analysis and perspective on the events from the Arab and Muslim world by Professor Hatem Bazian, co-editor and founder of the Islamophobia Studies Journal. In the … Continued
NLD Victory in Myanmar Elections Myanmar’s election results are in – last Sunday’s elections have resulted in a historic victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy. The election commission announced this morning that the NLD has won 37 additional seats, giving it a majority in Parliament. This election marks a … Continued
Philip Maldari speaks to journalist Reese Erlich who has been on the ground in Syria where the United States, Russia, Turkey and many others are operating in the multitude of overlapping conflicts. We focus on Turkey’s role. Who are they targeting and with what intent? In the second half, we talk to East Bay Express journalist David Downs. He’ll tells … Continued
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in town again and he’s here to ask President Obama for more money and weapons. Though Israel already receives more of America’s foreign aid budget than any other nation, Netanyahu is requesting an increase in aid from 3 billion dollars to 5 billion per year for the next 10 years. Then, an Antarctic … Continued
Historian Tomas Sandoval joins to make the case that Latin America’s very first melting pot was here, in San Francisco, where the first miners in the Gold Rush were from Chile. But first: there are labor actions across the nation today pushing for a $15 minimum wage — we’ll go live to a protest, look … Continued
President Obama has rejected the Keystone XL pipeline that would have moved oil from Canada’s heavily-polluting tar sands to refinery complex on the US gulf coast. Is it just a symbolic victory, or will it actually impact oil extraction? We’ll talk to analyst Antonia Juhasz. Then: a look at how an asian mega-state is managing … Continued
“Don’t Be a Puppet” Last month, the FBI invited Arab, Muslim, and Sikh organizations to preview a new interactive website that they’ve designed for teachers and students. It features a series of games called “Don’t Be A Puppet” and it’s designed to teach students to identify peers who may be under the influence of what … Continued
