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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 – December 25, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Brian Merchant is a technology columnist for the LA Times, and a founder of the speculative fiction outlet Terraform. His new book is Blood in the Machine: the origins of the rebellion against big tech. The post Brian Merchant on what workers today can learn from the Luddites 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 – December 21, 2023 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 – December 20, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Josh Marxen is a software engineer at Google and has worked there since 2016. He is also an organizer with No Tech for Apartheid since May 2021. 0:20 — Phyllis Bennis is a Middle East analyst and directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Her book Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer was recently re-published in its 7th edition. 0:33 — Chris Hoene is the Executive Director of the California Budget & Policy Center. The post No Tech for Apartheid Opposes Google and Amazon’s Contribution to the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, UNSC Votes On New Gaza Resolution; Plus, California’s $68 billion Budget Deficit appeared first on KPFA.

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. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Rashid Khalidi is the author of seven books about the Middle East, among them the award-winning Palestinian Identity, Brokers of Deceit, and The Iron Cage. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and many other publications. He is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, and coeditor of the Journal of Palestine Studies. Nora Barrows-Friedman is a longtime broadcaster and journalist who has focused on Palestine and Palestinian rights issues for nearly 20 years. She was the co-host and senior producer of Flashpoints on KPFA from 2003-2010, and has since been an associate editor and reporter for The Electronic Intifada. Nora is the author of “In Our Power: US Students Organize for Justice in Palestine.”   The post The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A Conversation with Rashid Khalidi and Nora Barrows-Friedman appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. His latest book is Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World. The post Fund Drive Special History of the Modern Arab World with Ussama Makdisi appeared first on KPFA.

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0:08 — Kenneth Roth is a Visiting Professor at the Princeton School for Public and International Affairs. Previously, he served for nearly three decades as the executive director of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading international human rights organizations. The post Kenneth Roth on the UN Security Council and Ceasefire Possibility in Gaza appeared first on KPFA.