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0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus 0:33 — 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 with Dr. John Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Negar Mortazavi is a journalist, political commentator, and host of the Iran Podcast. She joins us from Washington D.C. 0:20 — Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, is Executive Director at Middle East Children’s Alliance. He is a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank. He is also a filmmaker, journalist and educator. 0:33 — Tahir Hamut Izgil is one of the foremost poets writing in Uyghur. He fled China and now lives near Washington, DC. His latest book is a memoir entitled Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide. His translator, Joshua L. Freeman, is a specialist in Uyghur history and literature at Academia Sinica in Taiwan. The post What the Iran-Pakistan Attacks Mean for the Region; Humanitarian Crisis from the Israeli Attacks in Gaza; Plus, Poet Tahir Izgul Recounts His Life Under China’s Uyghur Genocide appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — 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. 0:33 — Sameea Kamal is a reporter for CalMatters covering the state Capitol and California politics. Linda Nguy is the Associate Director of Policy Advocacy for Western Center on law and Poverty, specializing in healthcare issues that affect Californians with low incomes. The post Chevron Deference Case; A Look At Governor Newsom’s Budget Proposal appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Jake Werner, Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute focusing on the great power conflict between the US and China.  0:33 — Aisha Jumaan is the president of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation.  The post Taiwan Election Results and its Political Aftermath; UK and US continue to Bomb Houthis in Yemen appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — 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 with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

Several excerpts from recordings of Martin Luther King Jr. (and one of Coretta Scott King) from KPFA’s archives. The post MLK Day Special appeared first on KPFA.

7:08 Oliver Millman, environment correspondent for The Guardian, now author of The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run The World [repeat from 2022]   7:33  Hajar Yazdiha   is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California; now author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement The post Hajar Yazdiha on The Struggle for the People’s King appeared first on KPFA.

7:08 Tony Platt, currently Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Law and Society; author most recently of The Scandal of Cal: Land Grabs, White Supremacy, and Miseducation at UC Berkeley [originally recorded for broadcast in September 2023] The post Tony Platt on the Scandal of Cal [repeat] appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Tom Dalzell has lived in Berkeley since 1984. He has worked as a lawyer for the labor movement for his entire adult life. Dalzell also writes the Quirky Berkeley blog and contributes to Berkeleyside. He is the author of “The Battle for People’s Park, Berkeley 1969.” 0:33 — Dr. Rupa Marya is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition, a collective of health workers committed to addressing disease through structural change. Dr. Manal Elkarra is a family medicine and lifestyle medicine doctor practicing in San Francisco, the city where she was born and raised. Her family is from Gaza, Palestine. Prior to the siege, She volunteered with the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, Save the Children in Gaza, and the Palestine Red Crescent Society in Khan Younis. She is also a member of the Do No Harm Coalition. The post People’s Park History Since 1969; Plus, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Pass Gaza Ceasefire Resolution appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation 0:33 — Cheuk Kwan is author of “Have You Eaten Yet: Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World” The post A Look At National Politics Ahead; Cheuk Kwan Writes Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World appeared first on KPFA.