The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – March 6, 2018
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – March 5, 2018
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Anti-Semitic incidents in the US have sharply risen as per a new report by the Anti-Defamation League. The report is consistent with a massive surge of White Supremacist violence in the US under Donald Trump’s Presidency. On our show today we’ll have an in-depth conversation with Tarso Ramos, Executive Director of Political Research Associates about … Continued
“Lab Girl” with Hope Jahren
Hope Jahren, author of the best selling memoir, Lab Girl, joins us for an hour of discussion about mental illness, trees, and the life of a woman scientist. Shelley Berman, Josh Elwood, Sheela Gunn-Cushman, Adrienne Lauby and Mark Romoser talk to Ms Jahren, read from her book and entreat listeners to become members of KPFA. … Continued
Behind the News – March 1, 2018
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Today on Flashpoints: The Election Crimes Bulletin returns for a new season of intrigue and uncovering election thievery with best selling author and filmmaker, Greg Palast.
Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Corey Robin, professor of political science at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center about his book The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump. In his book, Professor Robin traces conservatism back to its roots, he argues that the right was inspired, and is still united, by … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: We continue our coverage of the attacks on Unions and Unionism at the Supreme Court. We’ll speak to a constitutional expert, who was at the court yesterday, and with the president of the largest faculty union in the country–the California Faculty Association–with 28,000 members. And we’ll present the latest edition of the … Continued
Up next on KPFA, we’ll check out the film, No Gods No Masters: A History of Anarchism, a 3-part documentary series. The documentary explores the traditional ideas of Anarchism. For Anarchy is often used as a synonym for chaos and destruction – with anarchists seen as white kids with hoodies, bandanna covered faces, fomenting violence … Continued
Today we’ll present a one-hour special on religion and God. We’ll begin with Terry Heaton, former executive producer of The 700 Club, who worked with Pat Robertson. Heaton wrote the book, “The Gospel of Self: How Jesus Joined the GOP.” Then we’ll turn to Elizabeth Esther whose book Spiritual Sobriety: Stumbling Back To Faith When … Continued