Host Max Pringle is covering for host Mitch Jeserich today. Part 1. Analysis on Day 2 DNC Guest: Mitch Jeserich is the host of Pacifica’s Letters and Politics show and former Capitol Hill correspondent. Part 2. Workers and the COVID-19 Recession Guest: Guest: Sylvia Allegretto is a labor economist and co-chair of the Center on … Continued
We talk to long time organizer Biko Baker about the political landscape in Wisconsin and what’s taking place at the DNC. Later we head out to Eastmont Mall in East Oakland and talk to folks including City Council member Loren Taylor about the rise of infections in his district among Black people.
Image from savearabamericanstudies.org. On this show: 0:08 – How is Covid-19 affecting kids of different age groups? We take your calls with Dr. Bonnie Maldonado, a professor of pediatrics and Health Research and Policy at the Stanford School of Medicine. Some of her takeaways: We still don’t know if children are less likely to be … Continued
US Senator Kamala Harris in 2019. Presidential candidate Joe Biden announced Harris as his running mate yesterday. Photo by Gage Skidmore. On this show: 0:08 – Yesterday, presidential candidate Joe Biden announced his long-awaited decision on a vice presidential running mate: U.S. Senator and former California attorney general Kamala Harris. Harris’s record as a prosecutor … Continued
We speak with long-time activist and union organizer John Reimann about the plight of essential workers who are dealing with unsafe conditions in the middle of this pandemic. He talks to us about the many ways in which the corona virus (Covid 19) is being spread in the name of profit. He talks in detail … Continued
Photo of militarized Border Patrol raid courtesy of No More Deaths On this show: 0:08 – Christopher Martinez reports on the Covid-19 bills making their way through Congress right now. 0:15 – The Apple Fire is raging in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, forcing over 7,000 evacuations. We talk with Daron Wyatt, a public information … Continued
Today on the show: Trump calls for a postponement of US presidential Elections to defend against massive voter fraud. Well listen to an encore broadcast of this weeks Election Crimes Bulletin with Gregs Palast on how Trump might manage to stay in power. And we;ll feature an emergency press conference in support of farmworkers who … Continued
Today on the Show: Undocumented day laborers in San Francisco hit hard by COVID 19. Also, a pandemic medical update with Dr. Robert Morris. And we’ll take a close at California’s Imperial Valley, where the governor has dropped the ball when it comes to standing with the Latinx community in the fight against 19.
Twitter photo of activists outside Gavin Newsom’s house by @itzel_migrando On this show: 0:08 – In “Mondays with Mitch,” we talk to Mitch Jeserich, host of Letters & Politics, which airs weekdays at 10AM. 0:34 – Could there be multiple Covid-19 vaccines, effective for different populations? Does taking ACE inhibitors increase one’s risk for Covid? … Continued
Today on the Show:Israeli forces the demolish of a Palestinian coronavirus testing center in the West Bank. Also USA poised mass evictions as unempolyment checks end and eviction restrictions are lifted. We’ll deal with it head on and at street level witha brand new edition of FoodFight. the battle against hunger and hosuelessness in … Continued
