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Nov 21, 2024 • 60min
Immigration Organizing Under Trump 2.0 in California and Arizona; Plus, Oakland Considering Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
00:08 — Masih Fouladi is Executive Director of California Immigrant Policy Center.
00:33 — Jose Patino is Vice President of Education and External Affairs at Aliento. Also a DACA recipient.
00:45 — Darwin BondGraham is the news editor at the nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside.
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Nov 20, 2024 • 60min
Nationwide Repression of Campus Organizing on Palestine; Plus, Crypto Industry Wins from Election Outcomes
00:08 — Akela Lacy is a Senior Politics Reporter at The Intercept.
00:33 — Freddy Brewster is a reporter for the Lever.
The post Nationwide Repression of Campus Organizing on Palestine; Plus, Crypto Industry Wins from Election Outcomes appeared first on KPFA.

Nov 19, 2024 • 60min
The Left Wins Sri Lanka Elections; Plus, What We Know About Daniel Lurie’s Transition Team; And, Who is Trump’s Pick for the FCC?
00:08 — Mythri Jegathesan is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Santa Clara University, president of the American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies, and author of Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka.
00:33 — Joe Eskenazi, managing editor and columnist at Mission Local.
00:45 — Jessica Gonzalez is Co-CEO of Free Press.
The post The Left Wins Sri Lanka Elections; Plus, What We Know About Daniel Lurie’s Transition Team; And, Who is Trump’s Pick for the FCC? appeared first on KPFA.

Nov 18, 2024 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Climate Policy Under Trump 2.0
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.
00:33 — Michael Wara is a lawyer and Senior Research Scholar at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment; also Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program there.
The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Climate Policy Under Trump 2.0 appeared first on KPFA.

Nov 15, 2024 • 60min
Astra Taylor on the Age of Insecurity
00:08 — Astra Taylor is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, activist, and musician. Her latest book is The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart.
The post Astra Taylor on the Age of Insecurity appeared first on KPFA.

Nov 14, 2024 • 60min
Kathleen DuVal on Native Nations [rebroadcast]
00:08 — Kathleen Duval is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author most recently of “Native Nations: A Millennium in North America.”
The post Kathleen DuVal on Native Nations [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

Nov 13, 2024 • 60min
Mastering the Universe with Rob Larson [rebroadcast]
00:08 — Rob Larson is a professor of economics at Tacoma Community College. His latest book is Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do with Their Money, and Why You Should Hate Them Even More.
The post Mastering the Universe with Rob Larson [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

Nov 12, 2024 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
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.
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Nov 11, 2024 • 60min
Michael Mann on Wars [rebroadcast]
00:08 Michael Mann, Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology Emeritus at UCLA; Honorary Professor at the University of Cambridge; author most recently of On Wars [this is a re-broadcast of an interview originally recorded in September 2023]
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Nov 8, 2024 • 60min
What Happened this Election? Trump 2.0 and US Relations with China; Inflation Shock Impact on Electoral Politics; Plus, California State Politics and Housing
00:08 — Jake Werner, Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute. His research examines the emergence of great power conflict between the US.
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 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His most recent book is Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power (2020).
00:45 — Shanti Singh, is Communications and Legislative Director at Tenants Together.
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