0:08 – Wilfred Chan (@wilfredchan), contributing writer at the Nation and a founding member of leftist Hong Kong collective Lausan, talks about his new article for the Nation, “The Infinite Heartbreak of Loving Hong Kong.” China is expected to pass a new law criminalizing dissent in Hong Kong, an enormous setback for activists who have been demanding … Continued
Today on the Show: A sobering assessment of the fight against covid19 on Memorial DAY, as Trump goes golfing and declares the USA open for business. We raise the question:Can we be more like Vietnam? Is this the critical covid-19 question we should be asking? Also Food-fight With Keith McHenry will celebrate Food Not Bombs … Continued
0:08 – Mitch Jeserich, host of Letters and Politics, joins us for “Mondays with Mitch,” talking about Mitch McConnell’s re-election race, what might be in the next benefits package from Congress, the dropping of charges against Michael Flynn and more. 0:34 – Spotlight on UndocufundSF, which is granting needed funds to undocumented people who live, work, attend … Continued
For the last few weeks we’ve been tracking the story of what it’s like to get out of Santa Rita Jail during the pandemic. In Part 3 of this series, we follow Darryl Geyer as he tries to find stable housing – and is forced to do so multiple times. May 21, 2020 – … Continued
0:08 – Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed closing the last three youth prisons in California, plus a youth prison firefighting camp. The facilities are infamous for their brutality and abuses against the children inside. We hear response from Daniel Macallair, who directs the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice and is professor of adult and … Continued
Guest: Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, West Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He is host of the Emmy Award–winning RT America show On Contact. Chris Hedges is the author of several bestseller books such as American Fascists, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt. His latest … Continued
0:08 – Heidi Shierholz (@hshierholz) is senior economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute, and the former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. 0:22 – Attorneys for McDonalds workers have filed lawsuits in Los Angeles and San Jose alleging unsafe working conditions, including workers being asked to reuse personal protective … Continued
We speak with Africanist Press editor Chernoh Alpha M. Bah about the health and economic impacts of Covid-19 in Africa. We also look at an African centered response to the pandemic. Guest: Chernoh Alpha M. Bah is a doctoral student in the Department of History. Educated at Sierra Leone’s Fourah Bay College, he holds a … Continued
Guest: Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian and journalist. He is the author of thirty books, including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World and The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South. He is the Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for … Continued
Today on the Show: Low-wage Latino meat-packers still being forced to risk their lives or lose their jobs. Also, The U.S. Taliban treaty signed just a few weeks ago in tatters. We’ll have a special report from LaHore Pakistan on this and also how covid 19 is impacting Pakistan
