UpFront – March 1, 2024
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
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UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at [email protected].
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Fund Drive Special: The Life and Legacy of Bayard Rustin
0:08 — Michael G. Long is an author and editor of several books about civil rights, nonviolent protest, and gender and sexuality. His latest book is “Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics.”
Pressure Inside the Israeli Government], A Looming Invasion of Rafah and What a Ceasefire Would Mean for Humanitarian Aid
0:08 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 0:33 — Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. 0:43 — Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, is Executive Director at Middle East Children’s Alliance. He is a Palestinian refugee from … Continued
Fund Drive Poetry Special with Maya Angelou and June Jordan
0:08 — Maya Angelou on September 8th, 1995, on-stage with her son Guy Johnson and Janice Mirikitani, at the Calvin Simmons Theater in Oakland, at an event called “As The World Rises.” Maya Angelou was a poet, playwright, and filmmaker, best-known for her memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” 0:33 — June Jordan, … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Fund Drive Special: Occupation of the American Mind; Plus, Rashid Khalidi on the Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
0:08 — Excerpts from The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel’s Public Relations War in the United States, produced by Sut Jhally and narrated by Roger Waters. 0:33 — Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism … Continued
Fund Drive Special: David Walker on the Life of Frederick Douglass
0:08 — David Walker, award-winning comic book writer, filmmaker, journalist, and educator. His book is The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom.
Over 52 Countries Begin Arguments on ICJ Against Israel’s Occupation of West Bank and East Jerusalem; Plus, Edward Said Speech on the Idea of Palestine
0:08 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at UC 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 — Edward Said was a Palestinian-American academic, literary critic and political activist and a professor of literature at Columbia University. This recording is … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine – Navalny Edition; Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg
0:08 — Anthony D’Agostino, professor of history emeritus at San Francisco State University. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Holiday Special: How the Real Estate Industry Invented Modern Housing Discrimination
0:08 — Gene Slater, author of Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America.