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Genocide: Meaning & History   Guest: Barry Trachtenberg is the Michael H. and Deborah K. Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History at Wake Forest University, NC.  He is the author of The Revolutionary Roots of Modern Yiddish, The United States and the Nazi Holocaust: Race, Refuge, and Remembrance (Perspectives on the Holocaust);  and The Holocaust & the Exile of Yiddish A History of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye. As an expert on Genocide, Professor Trachtenberg testified in support of the plaintiffs of the lawsuit Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden seeking an emergency order to stop US military and diplomatic aid for the Israeli government’s genocidal assault on Gaza. To see the Federal Courts Recording of the Hearing on January 26, 2024 go to: Defense for Children International-Palestine v. Biden Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief January 26, 2024 The post Genocide: Meaning & History appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Marc Van Der Hout is Counsel in the case Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden.  Mr. Van Der Hout is a practicing attorney and the founding member of Van Der Hout, LLP. The Case Palestinian human rights organizations, together with Palestinians in Gaza and the U.S., filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court against President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Austin for the U.S. officials’ failure to prevent and complicity in the Israeli government’s unfolding genocide against them, their families, and the 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza.  The case was filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Van Der Hout LLP. The post Unfolding the Genocide: Palestine Takes on Biden appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Adam Shatz is the US editor of the London Review of Books and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and other publications. He is the author of Writers and Missionaries: Essays on the Radical Imagination and The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.  He is the host of the podcast Myself with Others. The post The Life & Works of Frantz Fanon appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. (LIVE) Protest at L3Harris in San Leandro, California. L3Harris is a local manufacturer responsible for developing weapons technology that has targeted medical workers and infrastructure in Gaza. Guest:  Dr. Jess Ghannam is a Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health at the University of California, San Francisco. He has worked in Gaza and the Middle East for over 25 years. Protest at L3Harris https://kpfa.org/app/uploads/2024/01/VIDEO-2024-01-24-11-54-48.mp4 Part II. Analysis of the Solidarity Movement with the People of Palestine Guest: Lara Kiswani is the Executive Director of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC).   The post Solidarity with the People of Palestine: The Global and Local Movement (LIVE at L3Harris) appeared first on KPFA.

Guests: Nicholas F. Jacobs is a professor of government at Colby College. He is co-author of “What Happened to the Vital Center? Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America” and his latest, “The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America” co-authored with Daniel M. Shea. Daniel M. Shea is professor and chair of government at Colby College. He is the author of “Why Vote? Essential Questions About the Future of Elections in America” and “The Rural Voter” with Nicholas F. Jacobs. The post New Hampshire Primary & the Rural Voter appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Shireen Al-Adeimi is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute and assistant professor of language and literacy at Michigan State University’s College of Education.   Photo credit: Bab-el-Mandeb Strait on Wikimedia. The Bab-el-Mandeb, meaning “Gate of Tears” in Arabic, is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, Djibouti and Eritrea, north of Somalia, in the Horn of Africa, and connecting the Red Sea to the Guardafui Channel and Gulf of Aden. It is sometimes called the Mandab Strait in the English language. The post The Houthis & Yemen: A History appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – January 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – January 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – January 16, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – January 15, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.