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Rafah Invasion Goes to Court at the ICJ; Plus, the Student Movement for Palestine
0:08 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His research and writing focus on international legal aspects of Palestine/Israel and on U.S. policies toward the Middle East. 0:33 — Ali Winston is an independent reporter covering criminal justice, privacy, and surveillance. 0:45 — Suzanne Ali, law student and … Continued
Fund Drive Special: Lies My Teacher Told Me
0:08 — Nate Powell is a National Book Award-winning cartoonist, whose latest work is a comic adaptation of James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
UpFront – May 10, 2024
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
The History of Israel’s Black Panthers
0:08 — Asaf Elia-Shalev, staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, just out with “Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth.”
Fund Drive Special: Al Nakba and The Price of Oslo Documentary
Palestinians refer to it as “Al Nakba”, which literally translates as “The Catastrophe”. It refers to the mass exodus of at least 750,000 Arabs from Palestine. Though most believe this event began in 1948, in fact, Al Nakba began decades earlier. (2 DVD set) THE PRICE OF OSLO This series traces the secret road to … Continued
Fund Drive Special with Rashid Khalidi
0:08 — Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. His Most recent book is “The Hundred Years’ War On Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance [1917-2017].
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Ajay Singh Chaudhry on The Exhausted of the Earth
00:08 Ajay Singh Chaudhary, executive director of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, now out with the book The Exhausted of the Earth: Politics in a Burning World