Jan 20 2006
UCLA Witchhunt Commences
GUESTS: Saree Makdisi, Professor of English, Sondra Hale, Professor of Anthropology and Women’s Studies, Vinay Lal, Assoc Prof of History and Chair, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, at UCLA
About 30 UCLA professors has been targeted by an alumni association headed by former UCLA campus Republican leader Andrew Jones. Jones is targeting those professors he deems as “radical.” He’s named …
Jan 19 2006
Toward a Cultural Analysis of White People
GUEST: John Hartigan Jr., Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, author of “Odd Tribes: Toward a Cultural Analysis of White People”
The academic discourse on whiteness in the United States has long been focused on racial privilege. But John Hartigan Jr, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas asserts that it …
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Jan 18 2006
Stalling the Dream: Cars, Race and Hurricane Evacuation
GUESTS: Meizhu Lui, Executive Director of United for a Fair Economy and Emma Dixon, Racial Wealth Divide Educator at UFE
It’s been over four months since Hurricane Katrina became the focal point for discussions of race relations in America. The images of thousands of black residents in New Orleans left behind in flooded neighborhoods …
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Jan 17 2006
Michelle Bachelet Wins Presidency in Chile!
GUEST: Margaret Power, Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and author of “Right Wing Women in Chile.â€
Michelle Bachelet, a Socialist single mother, won 53 percent of last Sunday’s presidential election run off votes to become Chile’s first woman president. After leading conservative businessman Sebastian Pinera in all pre-run off polls, Bachelet became only the …
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Jan 16 2006
Today is Clarence Ray Allen‘s 76th birthday. The Choctaw Indian is the oldest man on death row. He is wheelchair bound, nearly blind and is in need of open-heart surgery. While KPFK joined many other news outlets in focusing on the Samuel Alito hearing all last week, the news of Allen’s impending execution on Tuesday January 17th has gotten little coverage on our airwaves or others’.
As was …
Jan 16 2006
Clarence Ray Allen Scheduled for Execution Next Week
GUEST: Dana Blanchard, organizer with the Campaign to End the Death Penalty
On Tuesday January 17th the state of California plans to execute Clarence Ray Allen, the oldest man to be put to death in the U.S. in over 60 years. Allen, a Choctaw Indian, is in very poor health, suffering from advanced heart …
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Jan 13 2006
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Iraqi Women’s Resistance to War and Fundamentalism
GUEST: Yanar Mohammed, President of Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq
On Monday January 9th, Iraq’s Ministry of Interior was attacked in Baghdad. According …
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Jan 10 2006
The Vermont Guardian newspaper reported that their former editor is now the Executive Director of Pacifica Foundation.
Guma goes to Pacifica radio
Vermont Guardian staff
BURLINGTON — Vermont Guardian co-founder Greg Guma has been selected as the new executive director of the Pacifica Foundation, a listener-supported national radio network with five owned stations and more than 80 affiliate stations across the United States that air its programs.
Guma …
Jan 09 2006
Women Say No to War
GUEST: Yanar Mohammed, President of Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq
This morning Iraq’s Ministry of Interior was attacked in Baghdad. According to police, a suicide car bomb exploded near one gate, and less than an hour later, two mortar shells landed near the ministry. At least 21 people have been killed. On …
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Jan 06 2006
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Oil politics and poverty in the Niger Delta
GUEST: Rev. Nnmio Bassey, Director of Friends of the Earth based in Nigeria
Last week an oil pipeline in southern Nigeria was exploded by suspected …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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