Brian Merchant is a technology columnist for the LA Times, and a founder of the speculative fiction outlet Terraform. His new book is Blood in the Machine: the origins of the rebellion against big tech. 
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Brian Merchant on what workers today can learn from the Luddites

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UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
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UpFront – May 10, 2024

0:08 — Asaf Elia-Shalev, staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, just out with “Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth.”
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The History of Israel’s Black Panthers

Palestinians refer to it as “Al Nakba”, which literally translates as “The Catastrophe”. It refers to the mass exodus of at least 750,000 Arabs from Palestine. Though most believe this event began in 1948, in fact, Al Nakba began decades earlier. (2 DVD set) THE PRICE OF OSLO This series traces the secret road to the Oslo Accords and asks why, 20 years on, peace remains elusive.
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Fund Drive Special: Al Nakba and The Price of Oslo Documentary

0:08 — Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. His Most recent book is  “The Hundred Years’ War On Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance [1917-2017].
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Fund Drive Special with Rashid Khalidi

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies.
0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
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Brian Merchant on what workers today can learn from the Luddites

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