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Guest: Louis S. Warren is the W Turrentine Jackson Professor of Western U.S. History at U.C. Davis. He is the author of the book author of Buffalo Bill’s America, American Environmental History, and most recently,  God’s Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America. Feature image: The Ghost Dance of 1889–1891, depicting the Oglala at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, by Frederic Remington in 1890 on Wikimedia Commons. The post A History of the Ghost Dance Religious Movement appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Rosalind Rosenberg is Professor of History Emerita at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of several books including Beyond Separate Spheres: Intellectual Roots of Modern Feminism, and her latest, Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray. Pauli Murray was the first African American to earn a JSD from Yale Law School and her legal work on the 14th Amendment provided the groundwork for Brown v. Board and inspired Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s work with women’s rights and the 14th Amendment.  Murray also struggled with issues of identity; by today’s standards, she would be considered transgender. The post Jane Crow: The Radical Legacy of Pauli Murray appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and Co-President of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. She is the author of Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America.  The post Who is Inside and Who is Outside of the Circle of Citizenship in America appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Daniel Okrent, author of The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Laws That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America. The post 19th-Century Eugenics Movement and its Relation to Immigration in America appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Jack Weatherford is an anthropologist and author of the best-selling book Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. He has spent over 25 years exploring Mongolia and its history, and his writing on the Mongol Empire has transformed our understanding of its long legacy. Jack Weatherford is the retired DeWitt Wallace Chair of Anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota, and he is the only foreigner ever inducted into the Order of Chinggis Khaan, Mongolia’s highest national honor. His other books include The Secret History of the Mongol Queens, Genghis Khan and the Quest for God, Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World, The History of Money, and his latest, Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China. The post Jack Weatherford on Kublai Khan and the Making of China appeared first on KPFA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASFH_O4sDo4 Guest: Gary Dorrien is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University.  He is the author of more than twenty books and three hundred articles that range across social ethics, philosophy, theology, political economics, social and political theory, religious history, cultural criticism, and intellectual history. He is the recipient of many awards including the Grawemeyer Award in 2017 for his book The New Abolition: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel.  His latest book is Over from Union Road My Christian-Left-Intellectual Life. The post The Religious Experience & Social Movements appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Peter Fritzsche, professor of history at the University of Illinois and author of the book Hitler’s First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich.   The post How to Dismantle a Republic: The Fall of the Weimar Republic 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 article in the Nation is John Thune Once Objected to Trump. Does He Have the Courage to Do So Now? The post John Nichols on Trump’s Cabinet Picks appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Rafael A. Martínez is an assistant professor in the Southwest Borderlands Initiative at Arizona State University whose work focuses on immigrant rights, mixed-status families, and Latinx cultural and historical productions in the Southwest borderlands.  He is the author of Illegalized: Undocumented Youth Movements in the United States and is the founder of the podcast UndocuTalks.   The post A History of the Dreamers Movement appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Arun Gupta is an investigative reporter who has written for The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Intercept, The Nation, The Guardian, YES Magazine, and other publications. He is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute in New York and the author of the forthcoming “Apocalypse Chow: A Junk-Food-Loving Chef’s Inquiry into Taste” (The New Press). Subscribe on substack to read all of Arun’s reports, essays, and criticism, arunnews.substack.com. The post Arun Gupta on Election Results & What Comes Next appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Richard Wolff is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He hosts the weekly program Economic Update and is the author of several books, including Understanding Capitalism.     The post Richard Wolff on the Economy After the Election appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Matthew D. Hockenos is the Harriet Johnson Toadvine ’56 Professor in 20th- Century History at Skidmore College.  He is the author of A Church Divided: German Protestants Confront the Nazi Past, and his latest, Then They Came For Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis. The post Martin Niemöller: Then They Came For Me appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich in conversation with listeners about elections 2024 and its implications. The post Mitch Jeserich’s Let’s Talk About the Election RESULTS! Part 2 appeared first on KPFA.

From 11am-1pm PST, Mitch Jeserich hosts a 2-hour live national call-in show. All listeners are invited to share their experiences, thoughts, and feelings. Call-in numbers: (510)848-4425 or (800)958-9008   The post Mitch Jeserich’s Let’s Talk About the Election RESULTS! appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich in conversation with listeners about elections 2024.   Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash The post Lets Talk About The Election Part 4 appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich in conversation with listeners about elections 2024.   Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash. The post Lets Talk About The Election Part 3 appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich in conversation with listeners about elections 2024. Photo by rawpixel.com The post Lets Talk About The Election Part 2 appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich in conversation with listeners about elections 2024.   Photo by visuals on Unsplash The post Lets Talk About The Election Part 1 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Paola Caridi is a journalist, historian, and the author of Hamas: From Resistance To Government (2nd edition, translated to English). The post Hamas & Its Multiple Facets appeared first on KPFA.

Guests: Charles Derber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College.  He has written several books on politics, democracy, fascism, corporations, capitalism, climate change, war, the culture wars, and social change, most recently, he is the co-author with Yale Magrass of Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America. Yale Magrass is a Chancellor Professor of Sociology at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. He is the author/co-author of many books, most co-authored with Charles Derber, his latest is Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America.   The post Is There a Deep State? appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author. He writes regularly for Haaretz with a focus on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Most recently, he is the author of The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe.  He has won a number of humanitarian awards for his work on the Israel/Palestine conflict including the Olaf Palme award in 2016 and in 2021, Israel’s top award for Journalism, the Sokolov Award. The post Gideon Levy on Israel’s Assault on Gaza appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Corey Brettschneider is a professor of constitutional law and politics at Brown University.  He is the author of The Oath and the Office and his latest, The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It.    The post When President John Adams Tried to Overthrow Democracy appeared first on KPFA.

Guest:  Barry C. Lynn is the executive director of the Open Market Institute, the author of Liberty from All Masters, and a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine.  His latest article THE ANTITRUST REVOLUTION: Liberal Democracy’s last stand against Big Tech can be found here. Featured image: Harper’s Magazine Cover Story, October, 2024 The post How Google Monopolized Almost Everything appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Zinga A. Fraser is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at Brooklyn College and Director of the Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women’s Activism. She is the author of Shirley Chisholm in Her Own Words: Speeches and Writings.   The post Shirley Chisholm, A Revolutionary Thinker appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Nathan J. Robinson is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Current Affairs magazine. He is the author of Why You Should Be a Socialist, Responding to the Right, and his latest, The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World co-authored with Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus at MIT and Laureate Professor at the University of Arizona. The post Nathan Robinson on The Elections and U.S. Foreign Policy appeared first on KPFA.

Part 1. Fascism, History, and Education Guest: Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of many books, including How Fascism Works; How Propaganda Works; and his latest, Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future.   Part 2. Silicon Valley’s Techno-Feudalism  Guest: Cédric Durand is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Geneva and a member of the Centre d’économie Paris Nord. He is the author of Fictitious Capital: How Finance Appropriates Our Future, and his latest, How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-Feudalism: The Making of the Digital Economy.  He is a regular contributor to the online journal Contretemps and to Sidecar, the blog of the New Left Review. The post Fascism, History, and Education. Then, Silicon Valley’s Techno-Feudalism appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Eric Schickler is the Jeffrey & Ashley McDermott Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Racial Realignment, Investigating the President, and Filibuster. His latest is Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era coauthored with Paul Pierson. Guest: Paul Pierson is the John Gross Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative. He is the author or co-author of many books, including Winner-Take-All Politics, Let Them Eat Tweets and Politics in Time.  His latest, Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era coauthored with Eric Schickler. The post Polarization in the US: Past and Present appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Nemonte Nenquimo is a leader of the Waorani people, cofounder of the Ceibo Alliance, and an internationally acclaimed activist. Born in the Amazon region of Ecuador in 1985, she is a winner of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize and was named to TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020 list (lauded by Leonardo DiCaprio).  She is the author of the book We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People co-authored with Mitch Anderson. Guest: Mitch Anderson is the founder and executive director of Amazon Frontlines, which supports the struggles of Indigenous peoples to defend their rights to land, life, and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest. The post Waorani Leader Nemonte Nenquimo’s Fight to Save the Amazon Rainforest appeared first on KPFA.

Guest:  Benjamin Carter Hett is a Professor of History at  Hunter College and the Graduate Center at City University of New York. He is the author of several books including, The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic.   Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons The post The Weimar Republic appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Rebecca Nagle is an award-winning journalist and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She is the writer and host of the podcast This Land. She is a Peabody Award nominee and the recipient of the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, and the Women’s Media Center’s Exceptional Journalism Award. She is the author of the book By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land.  Rebecca Nagle is also the host of the podcast This Land. The post How Native Nations Reclaimed Oklahoma appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Norman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy.  He is the author of War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine. His latest article “Escalation dominance” and the new nuclear threat: We face more than 1,000 Holocausts can be found on Salon.com   The post Norman Solomon on Gaza, the Middle East, the Media, and the Democratic Party appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Dr. Hatem Baziam is a Professor of Islamic law and theology at Zaytuna College. He is also a Senior Lecturer at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.  He is the author of several books including Palestine: …it is Something Colonial and Erasing The Human: Collapse of The Postcolonial World and Refugee Immigration Crisis.     The post A Settler Colonial Project & the Meaning of the October 7 Attack appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Randol Contreras is an Associate Professor of Sociology, Media, and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside. His research focuses on the intersection of history, social structure, and biography, which sheds light on how crime emerges and influences the behavior and meanings of people.  He is the author of the award-winning book The Stickup Kids: Race, Drugs, Violence, and the American Dream; and his most recent, The Marvelous Ones: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Resistance in East Los Angeles. Watch interview on Youtube here  The post A History of the Gang Wars in East Los Angeles appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Ruth Conniff is Editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner. She is the author of  Milked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers which won the 2022 Studs and Ida Terkel award from The New Press. The post Vance-Waltz & the Elusive K.O. Punch appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Brenda Wineapple is an award-winning author of several books including ‘The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation and her latest, Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation.   The post The Scopes Monkey Trial: A Battle About Science, Religion, Truth, and Freedom of Thought  appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Helena Cobban is a writer and researcher on international affairs with a special interest in the Middle East. She is the author of several books including her latest “Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters” co-authored with Rami Khouri. Her writing can be found at Globalities.org. Book Events – Helena Cobban in the Bay Area:   October 8, 6:30 pm, Marin County, CA  “An Evening with Helena Cobban” The Palestinian-rights leader/activist Anna Rogers is hosting a house party in San Rafael, Marin County, Require an RSVP.  Fill the form here.   October 10, 7 pm, Oakland, CA “Palestinian Resistance from the PLO to today.” East Side Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd Oakland, CA This event will be moderated by the Bay Area’s own Nora Barrows Friedman! October 13, 2 pm, SF city center “Palestinian Resistance from the PLO to today” Eric Quezada Room, 518 Valencia St, San Francisco Find out more at Just World Educational.org The post Helena Cobban on the Escalation of the War: Israel, Lebanon, & Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Brian Merchant is a journalist focusing on technology and the future of work.  He is the author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, and his latest, Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech.  He is also a founder of Terraform, Vice’s science fiction outlet. The post The Luddites & the Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Alexis Pauline Gumbs is the author of several works of poetry and of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Animals, which won a Whiting Writers’ Award in 2022. In 2023, she won a Windham Campbell Prize for her poetry. Her latest book is Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde. The post The Life of Audre Lorde appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Paco Ignacio Taibo II He is a tireless social activist, historian, and writer. He is the author of several books including the biography of Che Guevara, ’68: The Mexican Autumn of the Tlatelolco Massacre, and his latest, Pancho: Villa: A Revolutionary Life, translated by Todd Chretien . The post KPFA Special – The Life & Times of Pancho Villa appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Medea Benjamin is co-founder of CODEPINK and the fair trade group Global Exchange. She is the author of many books including Drone Warfare, Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S. — Saudi Connection, Inside Iran, and her latest co-authored with David Swanson, NATO: What You Need To Know. The post KPFA Special: Medea Benjamin on the U.S. Role in the Wars Around the World appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Gregory P. Downs is a history professor at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of several books including his latest, in collaboration with Anthony E. Kaye (1962-2017), Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History. Anthony E. Kaye (1962–2017) taught history at Pennsylvania State University and was the vice president of scholarly programs at the National Humanities Center. An influential scholar of Atlantic slavery and American history, he served as an associate editor of The Journal of the Civil War Era. His final book, Nat Turner, Black Prophet, was completed with the assistance of Gregory P. Downs, a professor of history at the University of California, Davis. The post KPFA Special – A History of Nat Turner’s Slave Revolt appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Richard Wolff is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He is the host of the weekly program, Economic Update and is the author of several books including Understanding Capitalism. The post KPFA Special – Richard Wolff on Harris, Trump, & the Economy Part 2 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Ilan Pappe is Professor of History at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine; A History of Modern Palestine; and his latest, Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic. The post KPFA Special – Lobbying for Zionism: A History appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Arlie Russell Hochschild is a Professor Emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of many books, including Strangers in Their Own Land, and her latest, Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right.  The post KPFA Special – Arlie Hochschild on the Pride Paradox & the Rise of the New Right appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Paul Cooper is a podcaster, a historian, and the author of Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline.  He writes, produces, and hosts the Fall of Civilizations podcast which explores the collapse of different societies through history. The post KPFA Special – In Conversation with Paul Cooper of Fall Of Civilizations appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Richard Wolff is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He is the host of the weekly program, Economic Update and is the author of several books including Understanding Capitalism.   The post KPFA Special – Richard Wolff on Harris, Trump, & the Economy Part 1 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches early American and American Indian history. Her previous work includes Independence Lost, a finalist for the George Washington Prize, and The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent. She is a co-author of Give Me Liberty! and coeditor of Interpreting a Continent: Voices from Colonial America. Her latest book is Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. The post KPFA Special – Native Nations: A Millennium in North America appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Haim Bresheeth-Zabner is a Professor of film studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. He is the author of An Army Like No Other: How the Israeli Defense Force Made a Nation. The post IDF: A History of Israel’s Army of Occupation appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Darwin BondGraham is the Oaklandside’s Senior News Editor. He is the co-author of The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in Oakland.  He has been covering the recalls of Oakland Mayor Shen Thao and of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.   Photo credit: Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao by Amir Aziz, Oaklandside. & DA Pamela Price at Protect the Win.org The post The Recall of Two Progressives in Oakland and Alameda County appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Derek Hyra is a Professor of Public Administration and Policy and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Center at American University. He is the author of Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur.     The post Racialized Housing Policy, Police Violence & Social Unrest appeared first on KPFA.

Daniel Schlozman is associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of When Movements Anchor Parties: Electoral Alignments in American History; and coauthor of The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. Sam Rosenfeld is associate professor of political science at Colgate University. He is the author of The Polarizers: Postwar Architects of Our Partisan Era; and coauthor of The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. The post A History of Political Parties appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Daniela Cammack is Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley.  Her research and teaching focus on the history of democracy and constitutionalism.  She is currently working on a book on ancient Greek democracy. The post How Class Struggle Birthed Democracy in the Ancient World appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Martin Shaw is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Sussex University and Research Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals.  He is the author of several books on Genocide and War including What is Genocide? The post Genocide: Its History & Meaning appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Rena Steinzor is Edward M. Robertson Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey Law School. She is the author of Why Not Jail? (2014), The People’s Agents and the Battle to Protect the American Public (2010), Mother Earth and Uncle Sam (2007); and her latest, American Apocalypse: The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy (2024).  She is a former president of the Center for Progressive Reform. The post The Six Far-Right Groups Weakening American Democracy appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Karen J. Greenberg is the Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law. She is the author and editor of many books, including The Torture Papers;  Subtle Tools; Rogue Justice; and her latest, Our Nation at Risk Election Integrity as a National Security Issue co-edited with Julian E. Zelizer.   She is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an International Studies Fellow at New America, and a Visiting Fellow at the Soufan Center. The post 2024 Election: Integrity as a National Security Issue appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist and Senior Editor covering race, economy, and democracy at YES! Media.  She is the host of YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated TV and radio program on Free Speech TV and Pacifica Radio.  She is also the author of Rising Up,  Bleeding Afghanistan, and her forthcoming Talking About Abolition will be released in 2025. Her latest article on Yes! magazine The Complexity of Harris’ Historic Candidacy can be found here. Sonali is also involved in the YES! Effort Progress 2025, a response that centers human and planetary needs—and uplifts the solutions that make them possible.     Photo by Lories Shaull on Wikimedia. Senator Harris at the 2019 Iowa Democrats Hall of Fame Celebration in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.     The post The Complexities of Kamala Harris’ Candidacy appeared first on KPFA.

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of a special 2-hour Democracy Now, broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Audio for the first hour of Democracy Now can be found here. Information about the topics covered on today’s Democracy Now can be found here.   The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of a special 2-hour Democracy Now, broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Audio for the first hour of today’s Democracy Now can be found here. Information about the topics covered on today’s Democracy Now can be found here.   The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of a special 2-hour DemocracyNow!, broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Audio for the first hour can be found here. Information about today’s show can be found here. The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of a special 2-hour DemocracyNow!, broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Audio for the first hour can be found here. Information about today’s show can be found here.   The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Paul Cooper is a podcaster, a historian, and the author of Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline.  He writes, produces, and hosts the Fall of Civilizations podcast which explores the collapse of different societies through history.   The post Paul Cooper of Fall Of Civilizations: In Conversation appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Ilan Pappe is Professor of History at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine;  A History of Modern Palestine; and his latest, Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic. The post Lobbying for Zionism: A History appeared first on KPFA.

Guests Jeff Spinner-Halev is the Kenan Eminent Professor of Political Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of several books including his latest, Respect and Loathing in American Democracy: Polarization, Moralization, and the Undermining of Equality co-authored with Elizabeth Theiss-Morse.  Elizabeth Theiss-Morse is the Willa Cather Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.  Her research focuses in the areas of American politics and political psychology. Her most recent book is Respect and Loathing in American Democracy, co-authored with political theorist Jeff Spinner-Halev.     The post Are Liberals Intolerant at Conservatives? appeared first on KPFA.

Part I.  Causes and Consequences of Homelessness in California Guest: Margot Kushel, MD is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, She is the Director of the Principal Investigator of the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH). Conducted by UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI), (CASPEH) is the largest representative study of homelessness in the United States since the mid-1990s. It provides a comprehensive look at the causes and consequences of homelessness in California and recommends policy changes to shape programs in response. #CAHomelessnessStudy   Part II. The Ineffectiveness of SF’s Homeless Policies  Guest: Christopher D. Cook is an author and award-winning investigative journalist based in San Francisco. He has covered the homelessness crisis in the last few years. His latest article in 48Hills is Mayor makes inhumane, ineffective sweeps a major part of her re-election campaign: Stealing people’s possessions and moving them around town solves nothing—but it makes for mayoral politics.   Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash     The post Unraveling the Misinformation about Homelessness in California appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Assaf Kfoury is a mathematician, computer scientist, and political activist.  An Arab American of Lebanese-Palestinian background who grew up in Beirut and Cairo.  Currently, he is a Professor of Computer Science at Boston University.  He recently wrote Hamas: From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe published by the International Union of Scientists. He is editor of Inside Lebanon: Journey to a Shattered Land with Noam Chomsky and Carol Chomsky.  He acted as translator for Noam Chomsky in their visits to the region, which included meetings with Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.   Photo: Fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah carried out a training exercise in South Lebanon in 2023. Tasnim News Agency on Wikimedia. The post Crisis in the Middle East: Israel and the Axis of Resistance appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of several books including his latest, Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power (2020) and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud (2016), which earned the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize. He won the Hillman Prize for excellence in magazine journalism in 2021. On Twitter @ddayen The post The Political Record of Kamala Harris 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.” The post Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Harris’s Pick for Vice-President appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).   He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer.  Find his weekly commentary at Beat the Press.   Photo by Vladimir Solomianyi on Unsplash The post Joe Biden’s Economy and Presidential Record appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches early American and American Indian history. Her previous work includes Independence Lost, a finalist for the George Washington Prize, and The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent. She is a co-author of Give Me Liberty! and coeditor of Interpreting a Continent: Voices from Colonial America. Her latest book is Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. The post Ancient North American Cities and Why People Left Them appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Asaf Elia-Shalev is an Israeli American journalist.  He is a staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the author of the book, Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth. The post The Mizrahi: From the Black Panthers to Likud appeared first on KPFA.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM7fb_nVqCg&t=2s Guest: Robert T. Mann is a former professor of mass communication at Louisiana State University and former Congressional aide to Senator Russell Long, Huey Long’s son.  He is the author of several books including, Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU. Feature photo: Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana, 1935 on Wikimedia. The post The Life and Times of Huey P. Long appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Miguel Tinker Salas is an Emeritus Professor of History and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Pomona College.  He is the author of several books on Latin American history including Venezuela: What Everyone Needs to Know; The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela; co-editor of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez and the Decline of an Exceptional Democracy. The post Venezuela’s Presidential Elections: Nicolas Maduro, Right-Wing Opposition & US Policies appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich takes listener’s calls to examine Kamala Harris’s statements and actions concerning Israel’s assault on Gaza and how the conflict in the Middle East has affected listener’s views of this year’s general election.           The post Kamala Harris on Gaza 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 – July 24, 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 – July 23, 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 The Meaning of Biden Dropping Out of the Presidential Race appeared first on KPFA.

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of Democracy Now, broadcasting from the RNC in Milwaukee. The first hour can be found here.   The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC appeared first on KPFA.

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of Democracy Now, broadcasting from the RNC in Milwaukee. The first hour can be found here.   The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC appeared first on KPFA.

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of Democracy Now, broadcasting from the RNC in Milwaukee. The first hour can be found here.   The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC appeared first on KPFA.

Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of Democracy Now, broadcasting from the RNC in Milwaukee. The first hour can be found here.   The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Moon-Ho Jung is Professor of History at the University of Washington and the author of Menace to Empire: Anti-Colonial Solidarities and the Transpacific. The post Anarchists & Communists In Asia’s Anti-Colonial Movements appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Zusha Elinson is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where he covers America’s gun culture and industry. He is co-author of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, co-written with Cameron McWhirter. The post A History of the AR-15 appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. French Elections 2024: The Left, Center, and Rejection of the Far-Right  Guest: Tony Cross is a journalist who used to work for Radio France Internationale and sometimes reported for Free Speech Radio News. He occasionally blogs on theravingreporter.com Part II. Geniuses at War David A. Price is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of the book Geniuses at War: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age.   Photo Credit: Wikimedia Common.  The post French Elections 2024: The Left, Center, and Rejection of the Far-Right appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Damien Lewis is an award-winning writer who spent twenty years reporting from war, disaster, and conflict zones for the BBC and other global news organizations. He is the bestselling author of more than twenty books, many of which are being adapted into films or television series; his latest is Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy. The post Josephine Baker: Anti-Fascist Spy appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Greg King is an award-winning journalist and activist credited with spearheading the movement to protect Headwaters Forest, in Humboldt County, California. He is the author of The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods The post The California Redwoods: A History of Plunder & Resistance appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Jason De León is an anthropologist who spent nearly seven years following and interviewing human smugglers in Mexico. He is a professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies and director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also executive director of the Undocumented Migration Project and the author of the book Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.   The post The Lives of Smugglers (Coyotes) appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Frank Costigliola is the author of Kennan: A Life between Worlds. He is also a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. The post George Kennan: The Cold War Architect Who Opposed The War appeared first on KPFA.

Host Philip Maldari is joined by national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine, John Nichols, to debunk the politics of the first presidential debate and the Supreme Court’s decisions.   Photo credit: Wikimedia commons The post Unraveling the Imperial Presidency and the Supreme Court’s Decisions appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Aaron S. Lecklider is Professor of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston and author of Love’s Next Meeting: The Forgotten History of Homosexuality and the Left in American Culture. The post Homosexuals & Communists in the First Half of the 20th Century appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Ryan Grim is The Intercept’s D.C. Bureau Chief and the host of the podcast Deconstructed. He authors the newsletter Bad News.  He is the author of the books “This Is Your Country on Drugs” and “We’ve Got People;”  and his latest The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution. The post The Israeli Lobby & the Squad appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He is the author of the Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World. The post An Age of Coexistence in Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Benjamin Balthaser is associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend.  He is the author of Anti-Imperialism Modernism: Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, and Dedication, a personal history of growing up in a Jewish “red diaper” family. His forthcoming book from Verso, Citizens of the Whole World:  The American Jewish Left and Cultures of Anti-Zionism, is due to be out this fall.   Photo: Bundposter1918, Wikimedia commons The post A History of Jewish Anti-Zionism: From The Communist Party to The New Left 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: Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. The author of Pulitzer Prize–winning The Hemingses of Monticello and her latest, On Juneteenth.     Feature Photo by Oladimeji Odunsi on Unsplash   The post On Juneteenth: A Conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Robert Elder, professor of history at Baylor University. Author of the book Calhoun: American Heretic. The post John C. Calhoun: Defender of Racial Slavery & White Democracy 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 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.