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On today’s show: 0:08 – FUND DRIVE SPECIAL 0:17 – Vice News Correspondent Matthew Cassel speaks with us from Kyiv, Ukraine, to describe how he has seen Ukrainians work together to keep each other safe and to build neighborhood-level militant blockades as Russian forces encroach on the capital city. Follow his on-the-ground coverage on Twitter … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), director of Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses most recent updates from the war in Ukraine: Nuclear threats, the Biden Administration’s response, Putin’s NATO fears and the potential outcomes of talks between Ukraine and Russia today. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, and author of Aftershock: A Journey Into Eastern Europe’s Broken Dreams, discusses the most recent updates from the war in Ukraine. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $150 and receive a copy of Yaba Blay’s One Drop: Shifting The Lens on Race. 0:33 – … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Edoardo Saravalle (@esaravalle), former fellow at the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and a former researcher at the Center for a New American Security joins us to discuss U.S. sanctions against Russia. 0:33 – On Monday, the world lost a legend in the world of health justice, … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – We continue our coverage of OUSD’s school closures with Pecolia Manigo (@SistahPecolia), co-director of Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network and member of the Reparations for Black Students Coalition, Moses Omolade (@craft_ed._x), Westlake Middle School administrator and hunger striker, VanCedric Williams (@ousdVan), OUSD School Board Director for District 3, and … Continued
0:08 – Russia is preparing to move troops into the two areas in Eastern Ukraine which are controlled by separatist rebels, something most of the world including the UN Security Council have called violations of International Law. Alex Atanasov, a European law professor at the British University in Egypt shares about Putin’s intentions with the … Continued
0:08 – Michelle Chen (@meeshellchen), a contributor to The Nation and In These Times joins us to discuss why prisons are banning paper mail. 0:33 – Tur Ha Ak (@CRC4SDD), founder of Community Ready Corps, Field Marshall for Panther Cubs, and co-founder of Anti-Police Terror Project joins us to discuss Black Solidarity Week.
0:08 – Cassondra Curiel (@Ms_Curiel), teacher at Visitacion Valley Middle School, and president of United Educators of San Francisco and Lily Marquez, a San Francisco Public School parent, and Andrea Mejia, Lead Youth Organizer with Coleman Advocates (@ymacsf) join us to discuss the San Francisco School Board recall results. 0:33 – Longshore workers rally with Oakland … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Anthony D’Agostino, Professor of History at San Francisco State University, and author of The Rise of Global Powers: International Politics in the Era of the World Wars joins us to continue our coverage of the military deployment on the Ukraine border. 0:33 – The San Francisco Police Commission is … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Khury Peterson-Smith (@kpYES), Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies joins us to discuss President Biden’s plan to seize $7B in Afghan funds. 0:33 – Assemblymember Mia Bonta (@AsmMiaBonta) joins us to discuss her legislative proposal to remedy OUSD’s budget problems. 0:45 – Mike Hutchinson (@Blackholemikeh), … Continued
