KPFA - UpFront

00:08 — Ramzi Kaiss, researcher at Human Rights Watch investigating human rights abuses in Lebanon. 00:33 — Jessica Anderson is a human rights researcher based in Michigan. Since 2013, she has been working with Visualizing Palestine, an organization that uses data and research to visually communicate Palestinian experiences to provoke narrative change. Alongside Aline Batarseh and Yosra El-Gazzar, Jessica is a co-editor of the new book Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation, published by Haymarket Books. The post The Escalating Situation in Lebanon; Plus, “Visualizing Palestine” Depicts Israeli Colonialism and Palestinian Resistance in 200+ Infographics appeared first on KPFA.

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – October 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Rami Almeghari, reporter for Pacifica Evening News, KPFA. 00:16 — Sophie Hahn, councilmember representing  Berkeley district 5, which is north Berkeley and a chunk of the hills. 00:33 — Kate Harrison served on the Berkeley City Council representing District 4, or downtown, until earlier this year, when she quit. 00:45 — Adena Ishii serves on the reparations task force for Berkeley’s school district. The post Live from Gaza; Plus, Berkeley Mayoral Candidate Interviews appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Joe Eskenazi, managing editor and columnist at Mission Local. 00:20 — 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 — Joseph Sanberg is a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur, and represents the Yes on Prop 32 campaign. John Kabateck is the California state director with the National Federation of Independent Business, and represents the No on Prop 32 campaign. 00:50 — Dr. Enrique Lopezlira is the director of the Low Wage Work Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. The post SFUSD School Closures; Electoral Map Ahead for Harris; Plus, CA Proposition 32 Debate and Explainer appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Rebecca Nagle, citizen of the Cherokee Nation, host of the podcast This Land, just out with the book By The Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land  The post Rebecca Nagle on By The Fire We Carry appeared first on KPFA.

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00:08 — Jessica Mason Pieklo is Executive Editor at Rewire News and co-host of the podcast “Boom! Lawyered.” 00:33 — Margaret Killjoy host of the podcast “Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff” and was involved in mutual aid efforts for communities devastated by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. 00:45 — Erin Stone is Climate Emergency Reporter for Southern California Public Radio’s LAist. The post SCOTUS Back in Session; Mutual Aid for Hurricane Helene in North Carolina; Plus, Proposition 4 Explained appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 – Mitch Perry is Senior Reporter with the nonprofit newsroom The Florida Phoenix. He joins us from St Petersburg, Florida, which is evacuating from Hurricane Milton.  0:18 – Eugene Cordero is professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University, and also the founder and director of Green Ninja, an educational publisher that uses solutions to environmental problems as a lens for teaching science.   7:33 – Alex Press is a staff writer with Jacobin, who covers labor organizing. Her latest story is “Climate change induced disasters are killing workers” 7:50 – KPFA News: the Gaza war turns one Yesterday we spoke with Joel Beinin about the one year anniversary of October 7th, the mark it’s left on Israeli politics, and why so many families of Israeli victims and abductees have become outspoken ceasefire advocates. For palestinians, October 7th marks the beginning of what the international court of justice determined was plausibly a genocide: a sustained assault by Israel that’s damaged more than 60% of the buildings, displaced over 90% of the population at some point over the last year, and killed – in the official tally, which is almost certainly an undercount – more than 41,000 people. KPFA’s reporter in Gaza, Rami Almeghari, filed this story.  The post Florida braces for Hurricane Milton disaster; plus how climate change-induced disasters are killing workers appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 – John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 0:33 – Joel Beinin is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.  The post The latest in Russia’s war in Ukraine with John Feffer; plus one year since the Oct 7 attacks with Joel Beinin appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 – Dana Mattioli is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal where she has worked since 2006. She has written investigative pieces about Amazon since 2019 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Journalism for her work on Amazon. Her new book is The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power.  The post Inside Amazon’s ‘ruthless quest to own the world’ and the FTC antitrust lawsuit to break it up, with WSJ journalist Dana Mattioli appeared first on KPFA.