Feb 15 2007
Special hour on Iraq and the Antiwar Movement
with special guest co-host Alan Minsky
Remember to make a pledge to KPFK by calling 818-985-5735 or visit www.kpfk.org.
Iraqi Women Speak Out – DVD – $100
Last year 8 Iraqi women were invited to the United States in a trip sponsored by the US women’s peace group, Code Pink. Of …
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Feb 15 2007
“Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to war.” — Albert Einstein remarks in response to the horrors of World War I. …
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Feb 14 2007
“.. if we believe in the fundamental open and participatory nature of democracy – that immigrants deserve the opportunity to participate in our work force, socity, and culture – then we must fight for them with the same intensity and passion with which we fight for democracy itself.” — Deepa Fernandes …
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Feb 14 2007
An Hour Special on Immigration
With guest co-host Thenmozhi Soundararajan
After the events of September 11th, 2001, immigration policy in the US has taken a turn toward even more draconian and cruel policies. Immigrants, documented and undocumented have been targeted by law enforcement, the justice system, and racist citizens. Today we focus on immigration for the …
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Feb 13 2007
Uprising Celebrates Black History Month
On day 1 of KPFK’s fund drive, we celebrate Black History month with an hour of the most inspiring voices from American history, from Huey Newton to Jesse Jackson, from the Black Panther Party to the Democratic National Convention.
Thank you Gifts:
Say it Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches – …
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Feb 13 2007
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King Jr. …
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Feb 12 2007
“It seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again.” — George Takei
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Feb 12 2007
GUEST: Thomas P. Kim, Executive Director of Korea Policy Institute, Christine Anh, Korean Americans for Fair Trade
Korean Americans nationally began this weekend a series of national actions, rallies, and public awareness events as Trade Representatives from Korea and the United States began another round of talks for the Korean-US Free Trade Agreement (KorUS FTA) …
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Feb 12 2007
GUEST: Jayati Ghosh, Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Childless couples around the world are increasingly renting wombs from impoverished women in India. Surrogate motherhood, the process in which a woman agrees to carry a child to term for a childless couple, is increasingly becoming …
Feb 12 2007
GUEST: Alan Mischou, Founding member of Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress
As the 65th anniversary of executive order 9066, which lead to Japanese internment, approaches, the question of internment and who is an “enemy†and who is a citizen is just as pertinent today under the war on terror as it was in …
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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