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In memorian of Neil Faulkner who died on February 4th 2022 at the age of 64. This was an interview with Neil Faulkner recorded for radio in 2017 about his book A People’s History of the Russian Revolution. Thank you for Supporting KPFA!!     The post KPFA Special – Neil Faulkner on A People’s History of the Russian Revolution appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Dr. Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with broad  interests in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and  Women’s and Gender Studies. She is an Associate Professor of History at the University of  Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual History Society.  She is the author of the book Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America. On Twitter (@keishablain), and on Instagram (@keishanblain). The post Fannie Lou Hamer: A Life appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Carola Dietze is Professor for Modern History (Chair) at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.  She is the author of  the book, The Invention of Terrorism in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The post A History of Terrorism appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. The U.S. Media Coverage of the Ukraine-Russia Crisis Guest: Norman Solomon is the national director of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His books include “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death” and  “Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State” (just published in a new edition as a free e-book at MadeLoveGotWar.org).  He was a Bernie Sanders delegate from California to the 2016 and 2020 Democratic National Conventions. Part II. The Ancient Forms of Government & The the Creation of the U.S. Constitution Guest: Thomas E. Ricks is a journalist and author who specializes in the military and national security issues. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting as part of teams from the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. He is the author of the latest book, First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country.  The post The U.S. Media Coverage of the Ukraine-Russia Crisis & The Creation of the U.S. Constitution appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Joshua Myers is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies in the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University.  He is the author of We Are Worth Fighting For: A History of the Howard University Student Protest of 1989 (2019) and his latest, Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition (2021), as well as the editor of A Gathering Together: Literary Journal. The post Cedric Robinson and the Black Radical Tradition appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Peter Richardson is a writer who has written critically acclaimed books about the Grateful Dead, the iconic rock band; Ramparts magazine, the legendary San Francisco muckraker; and Carey McWilliams, the radical author, journalist, and editor of The Nation magazine. His latest book is Savage Journey: Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo.   The post Hunter S. Thompson: from New Journalist to Gonzo Journalism appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Gerald Horne is Moores Professor of History & African American Studies at the University of Houston.  He is the author of more than three dozen books including White Supremacy Confronted: US Imperialism & Anticommunism vs the Liberation of Southern Africa from Rhodes to Mandela, The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, and White Supremacy and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean.  His latest is The Bittersweet Science: racism, racketeering, and the political economy of boxing. Photo: Emmett Till, 13-years-old, on Christmas Day, 1954. Photograph taken by Mamie Till Bradley on Wikipedia The post Gerald Horne on the Militant Origins of Black History Month appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. Guest: Chris Hedges is the former Middle East bureau chief of the New York Times, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a columnist at ScheerPost.  He is the author of several books, including America: The Farewell Tour, American Fascists and War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning.  His latest piece Heeding the lessons of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” a century later can be found here. Part II:  The rural-urban divide overtaking the national conversation: The Nebraska Political Landscape  Guest: Ross Benes is the award-winning author of several books, his latest is Rural Rebellion: How Nebraska Became a Republican Stronghold. He is a contributor to the Nation magazine.   Photo credit: Geoffrey Barker – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114486259     The post Chris Hedges on James Joyce’s “Ulysses” appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Edward H. Miller is associate teaching professor at Northeastern University.  He is the author of Nut Country: Right-Wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy (2015), and his latest,  A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American Conservatism (2022).   The post The Roots of American Conservatism: Robert Welch & the John Birch Society appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus is the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California. Prior to his election as Bishop of California, Rev. Andrus served as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.  His leadership has focused on key issues related to peace and justice, including immigration reform, civil rights for LBGTQ+ persons, health care, and climate change.  He is the author of Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr. (Parallax, 2021). Featured image: Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation The post The Buddhist and The Christian: When Thich Nhat Hanh Met Martin Luther King Jr. appeared first on KPFA.