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Joanna interviews grammy winner Laurie Lewis, also twice named International Bluegrass Music Award’s female vocalist of the year. She performs live with Tom Rozum, who collaborated with her on the Oak and the Laurel, nominated for a grammy. Start the holidays by winning tickets to see them perform live at the Freight and Salvage … Continued
The History of Hamas with journalist Zaki Chehab, author of Inside Hamas. Also, we talked to former Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy.
Robert Kuttner of American Prospect, on the “fiscal cliff.” Frederick Harris on his essay The Price of a Black President.
KPFA ended its fall fund drive early to bring its listeners more election coverage and tonight Democracy Now! will have a live broadcast from Hofstra University, the site of the second presidential debate. Expect to hear from Long Island residents who’ll go way beyond the carefully vetted questions you’ll find in the official “town hall” … Continued
Republic Windows and Doors Company workers; *Ricky Maclin*, United Electrical Workers Local 10 Vice President; *Armando Robles*, United Electrical Workers Local 10 union President; *Denis Kelleher*, Center for Workplace Democracy Executive Director; *Franz** **Vandergroen, Sampat Weerasinghe, *Sarah Wells, Arizmendi Fourth Street members; *Paula*, Arizmendi 4th Street candidate; *John Kusakabe*, Arizmendi Lakeshore member, *Tim Huet*, Arizmendi … Continued
Roundtable: Miguel Tinker Salas is a professor of Latin American history at Pomona College and author of the book The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Society and Venezuela. Nikolas Kozloff is the author of Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left. www.nikolaskozloff.com Andres Conteris is the director of the Program on the Americas for … Continued
Jeff Madler, author of Age of Greed, on what Paul Ryan VP nomination means for the campaign. Jeff Patterson on the latest developments on the Bradley Manning case. L&P Producer Diana Martinez on the Oakland Free Library.
A dramatic reading of John Hersey’s journalistic masterpiece “Hiroshima” written following his journey to Japan in the months following the U.S. atomic bombing Aug. 6, 1945. Starring Tyne Daly, Ruby Dee and Roscoe Lee Brown, Daniel Benzali, Roscoe Lee Browne, Esther K. Chae, Michael Chinyamurindi, Tony Plana, Jeanne Sakata, Chris Toshima and John Valentine. … Continued
Congress to vote on holding AG Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. Any Kroll on the 40 struggle over money in politics. Live report from Lakeview Elementary School in Oakland where an occupation enters its 6th day.
In 1838 the British East India Company amassed an enormous army and invaded Afghanistan. Four years later, in full retreat, Britain was handed the same fate as Darius the Great, Alexander the Great and later the Soviet Union. Today we’ll talk about what became known as the First Anglo-Afghan War with historian Diana Preston. But … Continued
