Special Broadcast

KPFA Special Broadcast – June 3, 2008

On Tuesday, June 3rd, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton square off in the final primaries of this presidential election. Voters in six states choose the congressional candidates that will face off this fall. Californians vote on a ballot measure that would limit the use of emininent domain-and also wipe out renters’ rights. Term limits force … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! (9 am) – June 3, 2008

Juan Gonzalez on Puerto Rico’s Overlooked Primary and a Bitter Divide Within the SEIU; "The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington"; Anti-Torture Activists Convicted, Jailed for Protesting Gitmo Outside Supreme Court. Headlines     * UN Calls for 50% Rise in Food Production by 2030    * US Shuns Rivals … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! (6 am) – June 3, 2008

Juan Gonzalez on Puerto Rico’s Overlooked Primary and a Bitter Divide Within the SEIU; "The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington"; Anti-Torture Activists Convicted, Jailed for Protesting Gitmo Outside Supreme Court. Headlines     * UN Calls for 50% Rise in Food Production by 2030    * US Shuns Rivals … Continued


The Morning Show

The Morning Show – May 29, 2008

The new GI Bill of Rights. Then an examination of public opinion and same sex marriage with Kenji Yoshino, the Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School, who is a contributing writer to the NY Times Magazine, and author of "Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights" Kate Kendall, Executive Director of … Continued


Flashpoints

Flashpoints – May 15, 2008

We devote the entire show to international coverage of the 60th anniversary of the Nakba in Palestine: we’ll speak with Palestinian refugees, from communities across the global diaspora about the last six decades of ongoing ethnic cleansing and dispossession; plus, we’ll hear excerpts from a brand-new speech by Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, author of the … Continued