Jun 11 2010
June 11, 2010
“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” — Albert Einstein …
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Archive for June, 2010
Jun 11 2010
June 11, 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – we’ll spend the hour with the best selling author Rebecca Skloot, and a historic documentary by Adam Curtis, The Way of All Flesh. …
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Jun 10 2010
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 2
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Immigration in Arizona and Beyond
A teenage Mexican boy was shot and killed by US border agents this week in an incident that has sparked angry words from the Mexican government. The fourteen year old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Güereca was on Mexican land apparently throwing rocks at Border Patrol agents when he was shot from across the border with Texas. An anonymous …
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Jun 10 2010
June 10, 2010
“The truth is that what’s happening on our southern border isn’t a battle in the war on drugs; nor is it a war between drug cartels. It’s nothing less than the collapse of civil society, a Hobbesian state of nature, a war of every man against every other man.” — Philip Caputo …
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Jun 09 2010
June 10, 2010
In the wake of Arizona’s harsh anti-immigrant laws, we’ll bring you a documentary that best distills the debate: Crossing Arizona, an award winning film about immigration in Arizona, reveals the reality behind the rhetoric. And we’ll have special giveaways to Gregorio Luke’s Frida Kahlo lecture at the Ford. Plus, free passes to MOLAA (Museum of Latin American Art). …
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Jun 09 2010
KPFK Fund Drive – Day 1
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The Real Story Behind the Israel’s Raid of the Freedom Flotilla
The Israeli commando attack last week on the Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza has left nine activists dead, and Benjamin Netanhayu’s right wing Likud government more internationally isolated than ever. The activists aboard the aid flotilla intended to break Israel’s four year blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza by bringing supplies to Palestinians. Eight …
Jun 09 2010
June 9, 2010
“Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune.” — Noam Chomsky …
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Jun 08 2010
June 9, 2010
An hour-long look at the situation in Gaza with Mary Thompson Hughes, co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement joining us in studio, just two days after she returned from a boat headed for Gaza. And, Norman Finkelstein joins us to discuss his new book about Gaza, This Time We Went too Far. We’ll also feature the documentary about Finkelstein, American Radical, and the award-winning film Occupation 101. …
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Jun 08 2010
KPFK Spring-Into-Summer Fund Drive Begins!
KPFK’s Spring into Summer fund drive starts Wednesday June 8th through Friday June 25th. Join us at the station to help answer phones – call Jessie at 818-985-2711 x 513 to sign up for a shift or visit www.kpfk.org. And tune in for some exciting program and new thank-you gifts! …
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Jun 08 2010
Progressives Challenge Incumbents in Primaries Across Nation
Voters in several states including California head to polls today to vote for their party’s nominations and ballot initiatives as primary season is in full swing. Results from earlier elections reveal that incumbents are no longer safe from challenges from both sides of the political spectrum. In May, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter lost his seat to Joe Sestak in the …
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