Russia’s War in Ukraine; Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health
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David Harvey on “A Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse”
0:08 — David Harvey, is a Marxist economic geographer, podcaster and Distinguished Professor of anthropology and geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Federal Reserve Raises Rates 0.25%; Plus, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases 2023 report
0:08 — J.W. Mason, is an associate professor of economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. 0:33 — Michael Wara, is a Senior Research Scholar at Stanfor’s Woods Institute for the Environment, also Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program. 0:43 — Molly Taft, … Continued
San Joaquin Valley Floods threaten Allensworth; Plus, what came of anti-war movement with Phyllis Bennis
0:08 — Lois Henry, is a reporter, editor and CEO at SJV Water, an independent, nonprofit news site dedicated to covering water in the San Joaquin Valley 0:20 — Kayode Kadara, is co-founder of TAC farm in Allensworth, where he’s been organizing neighbors to defend against floodwaters 0:33 — Phyllis Bennis is a Middle East … Continued
The invasion of Iraq: Twenty years later
0:08 — Rasha al Aqeedi, Middle East deputy editor at New Lines Magazine; when US-led forces invaded, she was living with her parents in Mosul, in northern Iraq. 0:33 — Andrew Bacevich is co-founder of the Quincy Institute and Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health
Robin DG Kelley on the twentieth anniversary of “Freedom Dreams”
0:08 — Robin DG Kelley, is Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. He is the author of seven books, including Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination.
Strikes against pension reform in France; US, UK, Australia ink a weapons deal; Plus, Venture Capital breakdown over Silicon Valley Bank collapse
0:08 — Tony Cross, is long-time radio journalist in France, currently a lecturer at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. 0:20 — Jake Werner, Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute, looking at great power conflict between the US and China. 0:33 — Edward Ongweso Jr. is a journalist based in New York City. He’s a reporter-in-residence at the … Continued
Environmental groups sue over Biden approval of Willow Project; SF Budget Committee Considering boost to police funding; Plus, Wood Street Commons encampment facing final eviction
0:08 — Niina H. Farah is an energy law reporter for E&E News. 0:33 — Joe Eskenazi, Managing Editor and Columnist at Mission Local. 0:40 — Caron Creighton, currently directing a documentary on the Wood Street encampment’s fight against eviction as a resident filmmaker at SFFilm FilmHouse.
China brokers Iran-Saudi reconciliation; Atmospheric river and Bay Area weather ahead; Plus, San Francisco reparations process
0:08 — Khury Petersen-Smith is Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Eugene Cordero is a professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University, also founder and director of the environmental educational publisher Green Ninja. 0:45 — Eric McDonnell, Chair of the African American Reparations Advisory … Continued