You're invited to join the Haiti Action Committee for a spectacular afternoon of poetry on Saturday, August 27, 3:00 – 5:00 PM pacific time, The event benefits the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. Poets include SF poet laureates Devorah Major and Tongo Eisen-Martin, joined by Avotcja, Francisco Herrera, and Shanga Labossiere. This virtual program by Zoom...
Today on the show: While Politico reports “FBI search warrant shows Trump under investigation for potential obstruction of justice, Espionage Act violations,” some are cautioning that the Act has a long history of abuse: Also Did the U.S. plot to assassinate Julian Assange? A Spanish judge is demanding some answers from Former Secretary of State … Continued
Science journalist Leigh Phillips explains why nuclear power has to be part of any serious decarbonization program. And Volodymyr Ishchenko, a research associate at the Institute of East European Studies at the Free University of Berlin, explores Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as part of a bid to consolidate power, and how the ruling classes of … Continued
0:08 – Michael T. Klare, professor emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College and defense correspondent for The Nation discusses Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. 0:33 – We discuss the closure of People’s Park with Supriya Yelimeli (@SupriyaYelimeli), who reports on housing and homelessness for Berkeleyside and Alastair Boone (@alastairboone) editor in chief … Continued
Today on the Show: A bevy of peace groups were in the streets of San Francisco and other cities across the country, last night, outraged by Speaker Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan: Also we’ll take a deeper look at the region with James Bradley author of The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – We discuss the McKinney fire with Lenya Quinn-Davidson (@lenyaqd), Fire Adviser with the University of California Cooperative Extension and Director of the Northern California Prescribed Fire Council. 0:33 – Johana Bhuiyan (@jmbooyah) senior tech reporter and editor at The Guardian joins us to discuss the Uber Files. 0:40 – Doug … Continued
Today on the show: We’ll rebroadcast our interview with UFW president, Teresa Romero, on the upcoming pilgrimage for Farmworker Rights: Also remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki as the world moves dangerously close to a 21st century Nuclear Conflagration: And the US national Security state targets Black activist while often turning a blind eye to white supremacists. … Continued
Racist Terrorism in Buffalo: How the Mainstreaming of White Supremacy Puts the Nation at Risk with Tim Wise In this presentation, anti-racist educator Tim Wise examines how overt racism has increasingly penetrated American political discourse and has contributed to terrorist violence, most recently in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Charlottesville, El Paso and Charleston. Having begun his career in the campaigns to defeat Neo-Nazi … Continued
All 5 Pacifica Stations are banding together to support Pacifica Radio Archives in its efforts to preserve our priceless recorded history. You may have already heard historic Pacifica recordings from important voices such as Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Bob Dylon and Maya Angelou, to name a few. Also, rest assured that News, Public Affairs … 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. Resources: Rob Larson, … Continued
