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Guests: Joel Beinin a Professor of Middle East History at Stanford, Anthony d’Agostino Professor of History at San Francisco State University, and Bartlett Naylor a Financial Policy Advocate of Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Divison.
Guests: Yousef Munayyer the Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund, Shawndeez Davari Jadali and Annie Gorden recent graduates of PACS program, Hiroko Kurihara a founder of the 25th Street Collective and Co-curator of the Oakland Makers Exhibit and Ashara Ekundayo the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Oakland Impact Hub.
Guests: Jovanka Beckles the Vice-Mayor of Richmond City Council and Timothy Karr the Senior Director of Strategy at Free Press.
Guests: Rashid Khalidi a Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, and author most recently of “Brokers of Deceit.” Michael Banks a Richmond Fire Chief, and Greg Karras a Senior Scientist for Communities for a Better Environment.
Guests: Richard Eskow a Senior Fellow with the Campaign for America’s Future, Noura Erakat a scholar and human rights attorney who specializes in refugee, humanitarian, and national security law, and George Bisharat a Professor of Law at UC Hastings who also specializes in international law.
Guests: Max Blumenthal an investigative journalist and author of the book “Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel” and Dr. Andy David the Israeli Consul General to the Pacific Northwest Region.
Guests: Lia Tarachansky a Jaffa-based filmmaker and the Israel-Palestine correspondent for The Real News. Her films include “On the Side of the Road” about the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1948 and Bruce Neuburger author of the book “Lettuce Wars.”
Guests:Mahmoud Aburahma an International Relations Director with the Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, Yousef Munayyer the Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund, Caroline Banuelos the Chair of the Sonoma County Community and Local Law Enforcement Task-force, and Greg Karras a Senior Scientist for Communities for a Better Environment.
Guests: Terence Patterson a professor of psychology at the University of San Francisco as well as a member of the Mental Health Board of SF and Anna Krieger a Civil Rights Litigation Fellow at Disability Rights CA.
