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Housing, Inflation and Jobs in the US War Economy; Plus, Lebanon and Israel Ceasefire Talks; And, “Fired 50” Google Employees Organizing Against War in Gaza Plan “Techlash”

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08:00 — Dean Baker is Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. 33:00 — Heiko Wimmen is Project Director for the Iraq/Syria/Lebanon project at the International Crisis Group. 45:00 — Scout helped organize the April 2024 Google sit-in protest, as a member of No Tech for Aparthied and is now co-hosting Techlash — … Continued

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Upcoming Israel and Lebanon Negotiations; Plus, A New Paradigm for Fighting Homelessness; And, Remembering Carl Anthony

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08:00 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.  33:00 — Marissa Kendall covers homelessness for the nonprofit newsroom Calmatters.  45:00 — Carl Anthony has died. He was an architect, planner, founder of one of the country’s oldest environmental justice organizations, Urban Habitat. Among his many legacies: he played a pivotal … Continued

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Iran War Ceasefire, Trump Extends Threats by Two Weeks; Plus, Wisconsin Supreme Court Election; California Water Policy

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08:00 — Jamal Abdi is President of the National Iranian American Council in Washington D.C. 33:00 — Ruth Conniff, is editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner. 45:00 — Jeffrey Mount is a senior fellow at the PPIC Water Policy Center. He is an emeritus professor of earth and planetary sciences  at UC Davis.