UpFront – October 4, 2023
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 upfront@kpfa.org.
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Fund Drive Special with Andrej Grubacic
0:08 — Andrej Grubacic is the Editor of the Journal of World-Systems Research and the founding Chair of the Anthropology and Social Change Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, 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 with Robin DG Kelley
0:08 — Robin D. G. Kelley is Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA, and now co-editor, with Colin Kaepernick, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, of “Our History Has Always Been Contraband: in defense of Black Studies”
Fund Drive Special with John Nichols
0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.
Fund Drive Special with Obi Kaufmann
0:08 — Obi Kaufmann is an American naturalist, writer, and illustrator. He is the author of The California Field Atlas, a guide to the state’s ecology and geography.
UAW Strike Continues
0:08 — Mike Miller is UAW’s Region 6 Director 0:20 — Michael Wayland is a reporter for CNBC covering the global automotive industry 0:33 — Alex N. Press, is staff writer at Jacobin covering labor organizing
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 with Naomi Klein: Doppelganger
0:08 — Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker. She is also a Professor of Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia. Her latest book is “Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World.”
Fund Drive Special with Jade Begay and john a. powell
0:08 — Jade Begay, director of policy and advocacy at NDN Collective, and Biden appointee to the first-ever White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. This talk is entitled “Strengthening Indigenous Leadership During Collapse” 0:33 — john a. powell, professor of law and of African American studies at UC Berkeley, where directs the Othering and Belonging … Continued