Women in More Than 50 Countries Set to Strike Today on International Women’s Day; Eve Ensler & Christine Schuler Deschryver on the Predatory Mindset of President Trump; Hurray for the Riff Raff on Feminism, Gentrification, Gender Violence & Art in Era of Trump.
Aqueila Lewis talks with Candice Elder, Laksmi Lagares and Maliha James of the East Oakland Collective. The East Oakland Collective is a cohort of millennials (and other generations) invested in the state of deep East Oakland. Then Julieta Kusnir of La Raza Chronicles/Cronicas de la Raza interviews Juana Alicia, whose prodigious body of work … Continued
Donald Trump picks fast food chain CEO and critic of increasing the minimum wage, Andy Puzder as Secretary of Labor–labor leaders lament the choice. Immigrant rights advocates rally to support “California Values Act” to end state cooperation with federal immigration deportations. Oakland City Council declares a State of Emergency in wake of the Ghost … Continued
Company Town! A new film by Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow which reveals the role of tech/ ‘sharing economy’ titans in S.F.—gentrification, anybody?—and their plans to take over the City. With host Kris Welch.
We explore the intersections between Gentrification and Probate Laws. We speak with organizers battling the court system to save their family home from being sold to the highest bidder.
We speak with activist Edwin Lindo the high percentage of fires occurring in the San Francisco area and the possible connection to gentrification and land theft in the West and East Bay region.
We speak with Biko Baker about the unrest in Milwaukee; later we speak with Theo Williams and Alvina Wong about the attempts to gentrify Chinatown.
EXCLUSIVE: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange on Releasing DNC Emails That Ousted Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Assange: Why I Created WikiLeaks’ Searchable Database of 30,000 Emails from Clinton’s Private Server; Julian Assange: Choosing Between Trump or Clinton is Like Picking Between Cholera or Gonorrhea; Clinton v. Bernie Debate: As Turmoil Rocks Democratic Party, How Can Progressives Move Forward? … Continued
Philadelphia’s Chinatown in Spotlight: Locals Successful Fight Gentrification in Decade Before DNC; “We Want to Stop Fracking Now”: Up to 10,000 Rally on Eve of DNC to Demand Climate Justice; National Puerto Rican Agenda: New Group Forms to Address Island’s Unprecedented Economic Crisis; Bernie Backers Speak Out: WikiLeaks DNC Emails Show Clinton Had Unfair Advantage … Continued
As disenfranchised communities all over the country combat the impacts of gentrification. We speak with Brian Drayton the owner of Spokes, about his struggle to not be moved or displaced from his storefront in Oakland, California. Also Poor News Network brings us a report on the Economic War Against the Poor in America.
