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0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, joins us to discuss the latest developments in Russian war in Ukraine. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge any amount and receive KPFA’s Summer 2022 Storytelling for Social Change Collection—including timely speeches by climate activist Bill McKibben and from Gore Vidal. 0:33 – The latest public health crisis – … Continued
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
0:08 – We discuss what’s to come after the fall of Boris Johnson with Phil Burton-Cartledge (@philbc3), a lecturer in sociology at the University of Derby and author of Falling Down: The Conservative Party and the Decline of Tory Britain. 0:33 – Bill McKibben (@billmckibben), founder of 350.org, speaks at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence … Continued
0:08 – Catherine Belton (@CatherineBelton), is a reporter on Russia for the Washington Post, and from 2007 to 2013 was the Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times. We discuss her book Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia, and Then Took on the West. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $150 and receive a copy of Putin’s People: How the KGB Took … Continued
On today’s fund drive special, we feature: 0:08 – Eugene Linden is a veteran climate and science writer whose new book is Fire and Flood: A People’s History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $150 and receive a copy of Fire and Flood: A People’s History of Climate Change, from … Continued
0:08 – Starting with some of the global implications of developments from the Russian war in Ukraine, we’re joined John Feffer (@johnfeffer), 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, joins us to discuss the latest COVID science and answer listener questions. 1:09 … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Last week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s ordered state police and the National Guard to return migrants to border, a move that flouts federal immigration law. This comes as a Texas Tribune / ProPublica investigation reveals that the Justice Department has been investigating alleged civil rights violations under Operation Lone Star, … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – J.W. Mason (@JWMason1), associate professor of economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute joins us to discuss the latest figures on inflation and share his thoughts on the Biden Administration’s response to rising prices. 0:33 – We discuss the Monkeypox … Continued
0:08 – We start in Sri Lanka where months of mass demonstration have pushed the president to flee the country. The government appears to be in the process of falling as people protest intense economic insecurity. We’re first joined by Luwie Ganeshathasan, a lawyer and consultant with the Centre for Policy Alternatives (@CPASL), which is a … Continued
0:08 – Shinzo Abe, former prime minister of Japan who held the office longer than anyone else, was killed on Friday while speaking in the city of Nara. We are joined by Kristin Surak (@KristinSurak), professor at the London School of Economics where she teaches about Japanese politics, to discuss the political impact of the … Continued
