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Feb 7, 2025 • 60min

War in the DRC; ICE in the USA

00:08 Rwanda at war in the DRC: the fall of Goma Zachariah Mampilly is the Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs at the CUNY Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, where he is also the Co-Founder of the Program on African Social Research. 00:36 Immigration raids and your rights  Jehan Laner is Senior Staff Attorney at Immigrant Legal Resource Center. Resources mentioned during this interview:  California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice list of rapid response network phone numbers (this list at this link is continually updated as new hotlines become operational) The post War in the DRC; ICE in the USA appeared first on KPFA.
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Feb 6, 2025 • 3h 60min

Trump Wants the United States to Takeover Gaza; Plus, What a Trump Adminsitration Means for Decarbonizing the Economy

00:08 — Ahmad Abuznaid is Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian rights. 00:33 — Jeff St. John is the director of news and special projects at Canary Media, a nonprofit newsroom covering the transition to clean energy and solutions to the climate crisis. The post Trump Wants the United States to Takeover Gaza; Plus, What a Trump Adminsitration Means for Decarbonizing the Economy appeared first on KPFA.
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Feb 5, 2025 • 60min

Mexico Responds to Trump’s Tariff Threat; Plus, Elon Musk’s Takeover of the Treasury’s Payment System

00:08 — Laura Carlsen is the director of the Mexico-City based international relations think tank Mira: Feminisms y Democracies. 00:33 — Nathan Tankus is the Research Director of the Modern Money Network. He also writes the newsletter Notes on the Crises.   The post Mexico Responds to Trump’s Tariff Threat; Plus, Elon Musk’s Takeover of the Treasury’s Payment System appeared first on KPFA.
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Feb 4, 2025 • 60min

Trump Administration’s Emerging Policy Toward the Middle East

00:08 — Asa Winstanley is an investigative journalist writing for the Electronic Intifada. His latest book is Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn. 00:33 — Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism and resistance.     The post Trump Administration’s Emerging Policy Toward the Middle East appeared first on KPFA.
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Feb 3, 2025 • 60min

Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.
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Jan 31, 2025 • 60min

DNC Picks a New Chair this Weekend; Plus, After the LA Fires

00:08 — Steve Phillips is Founder of Democracy in Color. His latest book is How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good. 00:33 — Alexei Koseff covers state politics for Calmatters. Ben Christopher is a reporter for CalMatters covering housing policy.   The post DNC Picks a New Chair this Weekend; Plus, After the LA Fires appeared first on KPFA.
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Jan 28, 2025 • 60min

Unpacking Tariff Implications and the Future of Public Health Under the Trump Administration

00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 00:33 — Gregg Gonsalves is Associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health and Co-director of the Global Health Justice Partnership. The post Unpacking Tariff Implications and the Future of Public Health Under the Trump Administration appeared first on KPFA.
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Jan 27, 2025 • 60min

Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Senate Confirmation Hearings Continue for Trump’s Cabinet Picks

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus and Global Just Transition at the Institute for Policy Studies. 00:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. . The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Senate Confirmation Hearings Continue for Trump’s Cabinet Picks appeared first on KPFA.
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Jan 24, 2025 • 60min

When Jews organize against Zionism

00:08 Rabbi Alissa Wise is currently the Lead Organizer and Co-founder of Rabbis for Ceasefire, Rebecca Vilkomerson is former Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace and now Co-Director of the Funding Freedom project. They’ve co-authored the book Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing.   The post When Jews organize against Zionism appeared first on KPFA.
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Jan 23, 2025 • 14min

Israeli Raids in the West Bank Intensify After Gaza Ceasefire; Plus, Trump Freezes Funds from the Inflation Reduction Act; And, Sheng Thao Indictment

00:08 — Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, previously principal political affairs officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria. 00:33 — Camille Pannu, is the Founder and Director of the Environmental and Climate Justice Clinic at Columbia Law School. 00:45 — Natalie Orenstein is a senior reporter covering City Hall, housing and homelessness for The Oaklandside. The post Israeli Raids in the West Bank Intensify After Gaza Ceasefire; Plus, Trump Freezes Funds from the Inflation Reduction Act; And, Sheng Thao Indictment appeared first on KPFA.

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