KPFA - Letters and Politics

Guest: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma in a tenant farming family. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than 4 decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues. Dunbar-Ortiz is the winner of the 2017 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, she is the author or editor of many books, including the iconic book An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, this year celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a special edition.   The post KPFA Special – Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on the History of Settler Colonialism appeared first on KPFA.

The Reconstruction Amendments and How They’ve Created Our Political World Today   Guest: Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University.  He is the author of several books including, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men; The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery which won the Pulitzer; and The Second Founding : How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.   The post KPFA Special – Volatile Times: The Political History of the Civil War Part III appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University.  He is the author of several books including, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men; The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery which won the Pulitzer; and The Second Founding : How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. The post KPFA Special – Volatile Times: The Political History of the Civil War Part II appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University.  He is the author of several books including, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men; The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery which won the Pulitzer; and The Second Founding : How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.   The post KPFA Special – Volatile Times: The Political History of the Civil War Part 1 – The 1850s appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Dr. Cornel West is a renowned philosopher, author, and activist who is running to be the U.S. Green Party Presidential Candidate.  He is a professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York.  Dr. West is known to be an outspoken advocate for social justice in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Fannie Lou Hamer, and bell hooks. The post Dr. Cornel West Takes Listener Calls About Presidential Run appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Kyle Harper is professor of classics and letters at the University of Oklahoma. His books include The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire. The post KPFA Special – Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer, host of The Ralph Nader Radio Hour that broadcasts on the Pacifica Radio Network.  He is the author of several books including his latest The Ralph Nader and Family Cookbook: Classic Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond. The post KPFA Special – Cooking with Ralph Nader: Family Recipes From Lebanon and Beyond appeared first on KPFA.

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 with Judith Stein (1940–2017) who was Distinguished Professor of History at City College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. The post Bill Clinton & the Transformation of American Capitalism appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Susan J. Wolfson is professor of English at Princeton University and author of On Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: The First of a New Genus.   Photo credit: Wikimedia commons   The post Mary Wollstonecraft, The French Revolution and The Tyranny of Men appeared first on KPFA.

David S. Brown, a history professor, discusses Andrew Jackson's complex legacy, including the Bank War, Indian removal, slavery, and democracy expansion. They explore Jackson's critique of government favoritism, his portrayal as a champion of the common man, and the evolution of political identities in American history.