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Guest: Nelson Lichtenstein is Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include State of the Union: A Century of American Labor, and his latest,  A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism coauthored with Judith Stein (1940–2017). The post Bill Clinton & the Transformation of American Capitalism appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: John Ganz (@lionel_trolling) writes the widely acclaimed Unpopular Front newsletter for Substack.  He is the author of When the Clock Broke:  Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s.   The post David Duke and The Right Wing Populism of the 1990’s appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: DW Gibson is the author of several books including The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the Twenty-First Century, 14 Miles: Building the Border Wall, Not Working: People Talk About Losing a Job and Finding Their Way in Today’s Changing Economy, and his latest, One Week To Change the World: An Oral History of the 1999 WTO Protests He serves as director of Art Omi: Writers in Ghent, New York, and he co-founded Sangam House, a writers’ residency in India, along with Arshia Sattar. Photo credit: Steve Kaiser, Seattle, US – WTO protests 1999 on Wikipedia  The post Seattle, 1999: A History of the WTO Protests appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Manisha Sinha is the Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition which won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, and her latest, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic:  Reconstruction, 1860-1920.   The post How The Republican Party Went From Anti-Slavery to Pro-Imperialism appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. Joseph Stiglitz vs Friedrich von Hayek: One Nobel Prize Winning Economist Takes On Another Guest: Joseph E. Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning economist.  He served as chief economist of the World Bank.  Currently, he teaches at Columbia University and a Senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.  He is the author of several books including his latest, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society. Part II. Biden’s Move to Seal the Border  Guest: Todd Miller is an independent journalist and author of several books including Border Patrol Nation, Storming the Wall, Empire of Borders, and his latest Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders.   Photo credit: Wikimedia commons The post Joseph Stiglitz vs Friedrich von Hayek: One Nobel Prize Winning Economist Takes On Another. Then, Biden Seals the Border appeared first on KPFA.

Ari Berman is the national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and a reporting fellow at Type Media Center. He’s the author of several books including, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America; Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics; and his latest, Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It. The post Anti-Democratic Rule In The United States: A History appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Anthony D’Agostino is an Emeritus Professor of History at San Francisco State University.  He is an expert on the history of the Russian Revolution and the Cold War and the author of several books including Soviet Succession Struggles: Kremlinology and the Russian Question from Lenin to Gorbachev published in 1988 and republished in 2024.     The post A History of the Soviet Union and its Influence on the Global Left appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Keith O’Brien is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist.  He is the author of Paradise Falls, Fly Girls, Outside Shot, and his latest, Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. The post Charlie Hustle and the Culture of Gambling in Professional Sports appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: John Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine.  He is the author of several books including his latest, co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders, “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.”  His Latest piece in the Nation is: Donald Trump Was Convicted Because of Democracy—Not in Spite of It    Photo (C): Tingey Injury Law Firm, West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, USA   The post The Convicted Presidential Candidate: Eugene V Debs vs Donald J Trump appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. A Book for Kids (& You) to Think About Palestine & Israel. Guest: Reza Aslan is a writer and scholar of religions.  He is a recipient of the prestigious James Joyce Award and the author of such books as Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth; No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam; and his latest, A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine. Part II. KPFA’s Audacious History with Liam O’Donoghue,  Guest: Liam O’Donoghue is the host and producer of the KPFA radio program and podcast East Bay Yesterday and co-creator of the Long Lost Oakland map. Event: “Rebel Airwaves” KPFA history with Liam O’Donoghue,  WHEN: Monday, JUNE 3rd, 2024 @ 7:00 PM   WHERE: SHOTGUN PLAYERS AT THE ASHBY STAGE 1901 ASHBY AVE, in BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, CA 94703 The post A Book for Kids (& You) to Think About Palestine & Israel. Then, KPFA’s Audacious History. appeared first on KPFA.