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Tonight, we’ve got the Molotov Mouths joining us live in studio. They’re a group of poetic firespitters, based in the Bay Area, united by a single goal: Justice. Politically radical and radically personal, their poetry takes on issues of gentrification, gender, poverty, race, disability, and more. With their 15-year reunion coming up, the Molotov Mouths join us for a night of poetry and conversation.

Keep it locked right here on KPFA...

This Bay Area ... is the alpha and the omega of many of our life’s themes. After the Midterm Elections on November 6th, we should reflect a bit with some sounds and, at times, a few words.

Additionally, we want to acknowledge the passing of a Bay Area legend and member of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.  Mr. Melvin Dickson has died and we want to bring in Mr. Esebio Halliday to provide some perspective and knowledge about this giant in the community.

On tonight’s show, we will have:

-- A tribute for Mr. Melvin Dickson, as discussed with Mr. Esebio Halliday …

-- Post-Election thoughts …

-- Music in the soulful spirit of democracy.

All that tonight on Full Circle!

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We’re nearing that time of year again, the day when the barriers to the spirit world are said to be at their thinnest...

Here on Full Circle, we want to celebrate Nature’s cycle of death and rebirth by exploring some other costumes we may have tried on in the past...bodies that is. That’s right, tonight we will be speaking about past lives. We’re going to get a bit soulful and also a bit spooky at the same time here…

On tonight’s show:

• We will speak with Susan Lyons and Dianne Wallace about their

experiences helping others journey to their past lives and we will explore

the powerful impact this information has had on them and their clients.

• We will listen to accounts of real people who remembered their past lives.

All that and more, tonight on Full Circle.

WOMEN AT THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE JUSTICE

THE WOMEN’S ASSEMBLY AT THE GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT

On tonight’s show:

* We feature voices of women at the frontlines of climate justice.

* Lawyers, poets, indigenous leaders, regenerative farmers, and more!

* We’ll also discuss some changes that may be coming to a local, Bay Area monument- the historic women’s building in San Francisco.

ACTION NOTES: Last day to REGISTER to VOTE in the 2018 Midterms is OCTOBER 22, 2018. Already registered? This year, in particular … don’t be too sure! Visit Vote.org to check your registration! Check frequently. Check often! Check, like, a lot! Then … VOTE on November 6!

(PRE-RECORDED. This show first aired on March 23, 2018.)

Tonight we will have a conversation about the part of the human experience known as gender…

We welcome Rick Oculto and Nadi Suhaimi from Our Family Coalition. We’ll discuss how an expansive understanding of gender has been colonized out of us and how to begin re-integrating these concepts to build stronger communities.

This hour of Full Circle marks the end of our Fall Fund Drive -- but not the end of our work here at KPFA.  We will continue to bring you uninterrupted programming covering the most pressing issues of this day.  To support our work, please consider donating online at KPFA.org.  Any amount is deeply appreciated.

On tonight’s show: 

... We bring you an update on actions taking place around the Bay Area in support of animal and farmworker rights.

... And to mark the end of our fund drive, we’ll speak with our beloved, KPFA phone room volunteers who make it all happen.

... All that, plus some great music selected by our First Voice Apprentices.

That’s tonight on Full Circle.

On tonight’s show, we are remembering September Eleventh, and since I’m sure you heard enough about what happened in New York, we are going to talk about what happened in Chile on September Eleventh of 1973.

On tonight’s show, we’ll …

... Learn about what happened in Chile on that day, why it happened, and why it is still important …

... We will speak with Chilean filmmaker and composer Hector Salgado, who was living in Chile on this important date …

... We will listen to and discuss some excerpts from his film, "Special Circumstances," and we'll check out some of the soundtrack.

All that, tonight on Full Circle.

Tonight, we honor one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century: Dolores Huerta. Legendary civil rights leaders and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, Dolores Huerta has dedicated over 60 years to la lucha. Tonight we hear an EXCLUSIVE Full Circle recording of a speech Dolores delivered at the 50th anniversary gathering of the 1965 Grape Strike and Boycott in Delano, CA. You’ll also hear an EXCLUSIVE FULL CIRCLE interview with Jessica Congdon, co-writer and editor of the film, Dolores. Rebel. Activist. Feminist. Mother. All this accompanied by archival recordings of Dolores Huerta’s revolutionary speeches, spanning back decades.

At a time when gentrification and development for capital gains are taking over all major U.S. cities, there remain people and communities committed to doing things differently. Saru Jayaraman, Zach Norris, and Liam Chinn have always been those people and are at it again right here in Oakland, California. Their shared project is called Restore Oakland, a community advocacy and job training center that will launch in Spring of 2019.

Saru, Zach and Liam join me for the hour to discuss Restore Oakland - the history that led to its vision, the organizations literally coming together at the table to make it happen, how it will serve its community, how it challenges the status quo, and how it might serve as an example for justice-oriented development in other major U.S. cities.