For 50 years, our winter fair has served as the largest off-air fundraiser for Berkeley’s KPFA radio. Over the decades this craft fair has become a Bay Area cultural institution. The Fair features more than 150 diverse exhibitors, including both master artisans and emerging newcomers. Artists and craftspeople are a vital part of our local, … Continued
Joel Schalit talks about the return of Bibi Netanyahu in Israel; Mohammad Salemy, about the tripartite structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran; and Megan Kinch, about a labor upsurge in Ontario. photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
The weather’s getting colder, November’s drawing near, and you know by your full mailbox the SPOOOOOOOOKY season is here! Today, the Pushing Limits crew sketches some state and local issues with a LEETLE Federal spice, and tell you which measures are naughty and which nice. Our web site has goodies to make you … Continued
Today on the Show: The most expansive online directory of information on the assassination of President John F Kennedy has sued the Biden administration and the National Archives in an attempt to force the government release all documents relating to the assassination in 1963. Also, more fighting and arrests around the Nuke power plant at … Continued
Yay! We get to vote (again) on nuanced regulation of the kidney dialysis industry. The Debators: David Miller is SEIU-UHW’s Research Director and a member of the Yes on 29 campaign. DeWayne Cox is a dialysis patient and a member of the No on 29 campaign. Music credits: “T Shirt Weather” by Poddington Bear, used … Continued
California voters are confronting not one but two ballot initiatives to legalize sports betting — and an onslaught of advertising owing to the nearly half a billion dollars that’s been spent on both sides of each. We host a debate on Prop 26, a discussion with the only side of 27 that would talk to … Continued
Annelle Sheline of the Quincy Institute explains why Saudi Arabia cut its oil production dramatically, and James Meadway, former adviser to Jeremy Corbyn and now director of the Progressive Economy Forum, explains why Britain is in economic and political crisis. photo: Robin Sommer via Unsplash
On today’s show: 0:08 – Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets), host of the podcast Democracy in Color, joins us to discuss the Democratic party’s approach to Black voters in the midterm elections and the Republican party’s messaging around Black candidates. His new book, How We End the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy … Continued
Today on the show: The Democrats turn their backs on Tim Ryan in Ohio. Also We continue our drumbeat reporting on The front-line battle for human rights at the US Mexico border. And Greg Palast is here in the Bay Area as his film Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman opens at the historic Grandlake Theater … Continued
They are among the biggest companies in the world: Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon have an outsized impact on the global economy and on our daily lives. Rob Larson examines the companies that have become synonymous with the glories and ills of contemporary capitalism. He makes the case for online socialism. (Encore presentation.) Resources: … Continued
