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Sep 3, 2024 • 60min

A History of Political Parties

Daniel Schlozman is associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of When Movements Anchor Parties: Electoral Alignments in American History; and coauthor of The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. Sam Rosenfeld is associate professor of political science at Colgate University. He is the author of The Polarizers: Postwar Architects of Our Partisan Era; and coauthor of The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. The post A History of Political Parties appeared first on KPFA.
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Sep 2, 2024 • 60min

How Class Struggle Birthed Democracy in the Ancient World

Guest: Daniela Cammack is Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley.  Her research and teaching focus on the history of democracy and constitutionalism.  She is currently working on a book on ancient Greek democracy. The post How Class Struggle Birthed Democracy in the Ancient World appeared first on KPFA.
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Aug 29, 2024 • 60min

Genocide: Its History & Meaning

Guest: Martin Shaw is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Sussex University and Research Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals.  He is the author of several books on Genocide and War including What is Genocide? The post Genocide: Its History & Meaning appeared first on KPFA.
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Aug 28, 2024 • 60min

The Six Far-Right Groups Weakening American Democracy

Guest: Rena Steinzor is Edward M. Robertson Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey Law School. She is the author of Why Not Jail? (2014), The People’s Agents and the Battle to Protect the American Public (2010), Mother Earth and Uncle Sam (2007); and her latest, American Apocalypse: The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy (2024).  She is a former president of the Center for Progressive Reform. The post The Six Far-Right Groups Weakening American Democracy appeared first on KPFA.
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Aug 27, 2024 • 60min

2024 Election: Integrity as a National Security Issue

Guest: Karen J. Greenberg is the Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law. She is the author and editor of many books, including The Torture Papers;  Subtle Tools; Rogue Justice; and her latest, Our Nation at Risk Election Integrity as a National Security Issue co-edited with Julian E. Zelizer.   She is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an International Studies Fellow at New America, and a Visiting Fellow at the Soufan Center. The post 2024 Election: Integrity as a National Security Issue appeared first on KPFA.
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Aug 26, 2024 • 60min

The Complexities of Kamala Harris’ Candidacy

Guest: Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist and Senior Editor covering race, economy, and democracy at YES! Media.  She is the host of YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated TV and radio program on Free Speech TV and Pacifica Radio.  She is also the author of Rising Up,  Bleeding Afghanistan, and her forthcoming Talking About Abolition will be released in 2025. Her latest article on Yes! magazine The Complexity of Harris’ Historic Candidacy can be found here. Sonali is also involved in the YES! Effort Progress 2025, a response that centers human and planetary needs—and uplifts the solutions that make them possible.     Photo by Lories Shaull on Wikimedia. Senator Harris at the 2019 Iowa Democrats Hall of Fame Celebration in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.     The post The Complexities of Kamala Harris’ Candidacy appeared first on KPFA.
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Aug 22, 2024 • 60min

Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special)

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of a special 2-hour Democracy Now, broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Audio for the first hour of Democracy Now can be found here. Information about the topics covered on today’s Democracy Now can be found here.   The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.
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Aug 21, 2024 • 60min

Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special)

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of a special 2-hour Democracy Now, broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Audio for the first hour of today’s Democracy Now can be found here. Information about the topics covered on today’s Democracy Now can be found here.   The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.
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Aug 20, 2024 • 60min

Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special)

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of a special 2-hour DemocracyNow!, broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Audio for the first hour can be found here. Information about today’s show can be found here. The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.
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Aug 19, 2024 • 60min

Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special)

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of a special 2-hour DemocracyNow!, broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Audio for the first hour can be found here. Information about today’s show can be found here.   The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

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