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Guest: Francesca Lessa is a lecturer in Latin American studies and development University of Oxford. She is the author of Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay (2013) and The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America (2022). She is the honorary president of the Observatorio Luz Ibarburu (Uruguay). The post Operation Condor: A History of a Dirty War in Latin America appeared first on KPFA.

I. A Preview of the January 6 Attack House Hearings Guest: Adele Stan is  an award-winning independent journalist who has covered the U.S. political right for nearly 40 years. Her work has appeared in several publications including, Mother Jones, The New Republic, The Nation, and other major newspapers. Her upcoming longform essay on the QAnon-ing of Congress will appear at “The Forum,” a new web publication of the African American Policy Forum. II. Film 80 Years Later: On Japanese American Racial Inheritance Guest: Celine Parreñas Shimizu is a filmmaker and scholar and Dean of the Division of the Arts at U.C. Santa Cruz.  Her new documentary film is called 80 Years Later: On Japanese American Racial Inheritance in the Aftermath of WW2 Family Incarceration.  Find more at www.80yearslater.com Photo credit: Wikimedia The post A Preview of the January 6 Hearings & “80 Years Later” A Film on Japanese American Racial Inheritance appeared first on KPFA.

Guests: Nolan Higdon is a lecturer at Merrill College and the Education Department at University of California, Santa Cruz. Mickey Huff is the director of Project Censored and president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation.   Professor of history and journalism at Diablo Valley College. Together they are the co-author of the new book Let’s Agree To Disagree: A Critical thinking Guide To Communication, Conflicts Management, And Critical Media Literacy.     The post Let’s Agree To Disagree appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Marcello Musto is Associate Professor of of Sociological Theory at York University in Toronto, Canada where he is the founding director of the Laboratory for Alternative Theories. He is acknowledged globally as one of the authors who has made significant contributions to the revival of Marx studies over the last decade. He is the author of The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography and author of a piece in Jacobin called The Left Has a Long, Proud Tradition of Opposing War that can be found here. The post The Left & War: A Critical History appeared first on KPFA.

Part 1. The Politics, Money, and the Media Mythology Behind SFDA Chesa Boudin Recall Guest: Tim Redmond is he’s been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He is the founder and editor of 48hills.org. His latest piece in the 48Hills website is The Boudin recall is entirely based on local media mythology. They should own it. Then, Part 2. How We Remember Wars Elizabeth D. Samet is the author of Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness.  She is a professor of English at West Point.   Photo credit: sfdistrictattorney.org The post The Politics, Money, and the Media Mythology Behind SFDA Chesa Boudin Recall appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Christopher Goscha teaches history at the University of Quebec at Montreal. He specializes in the cold war in Asia and also decolonization of both the African and Asian continents.  He is the author of The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam. The post A History of the First War for Vietnam appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: John Nichols is the National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation. He is the author of the new book Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers:  Accountability for those who Caused the Crisis. Donate to KPFA Today! We Need Your Support!! The post Pandemic Profiteers: How the Rich Got Richer appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Susan Berfield, award-winning investigative reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg News. She is the author of the book The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism.     The post When President Theodore Roosevelt took on the biggest corporate interest of the day appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Priya Satia is the Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History and Professor of British History at Stanford University. She is the author of several books including, Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution.   The post The Connections of the Gun Manufacturing, Colonialism, and Industrialization appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Robert J. Spitzer is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Political Science Department at the State University of New York, College at Cortland.  He is the author of 15 books including Guns across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights.   Support your Radio Station Support KPFA!! The post A History of the 2nd Amendment, Gun Control, & the Rise of the NRA appeared first on KPFA.