KMUD - Global Stuff

This podcast of Global Stuff brings back Stephen Zunes, author and expert on International issues, especially the Middle East and Israel and Palestine. Dr. Zunes discusses the situation in Gaza and how Biden’s policies continue to support Israel’s ongoing military actions. He also considers how Biden’s withdrawal from the Presidential race and the ascendency of Kamala Harris might affect US policies.

Dr. Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at
the University of San Francisco, where he served as founding director of
the program in Middle Eastern Studies. Recognized as one the country’s
leading scholars of U.S. Middle East policy and of strategic nonviolent
action, Professor Zunes has served as a senior policy analyst for Foreign
Policy in Focus project of the Institute for Policy Studies, an associate
editor of Peace Review, and a contributing editor of Tikkun until June
2024. From May-June, 2024, Dr. Zunes served as the Torgny Segerstedt
Visiting Research Professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Jimmy Durchslag has been the host of “Global Stuff”, a monthly guest
driven talk show for over 20 years. He has interviewed many prominent
scholars and leaders who clarify complex issues and provide
suggestions for positive change. He has a long experience as a manager
of several for profit and non-profit organizations. He is one of the
founders of Redwood Community Radio, the parent organization for
KMUD. He recently served as the Director of the Mainstream Media
Project, a nonprofit organization that scheduled expert guests for
interviews on talk shows both nationally and internationally.

This podcast of Global Stuff features two guests, recorded live on April
26, 2024. Planned Parenthood’s mission has always been to protect
health care, education, and reproductive freedom. They have
continued to provide quality services even when faced with ongoing
threats and challenges. Since the Supreme Court Dobbs decision, their
work has never been more vital, or more determined, even in the face
of increasing external pressures. Planned Parenthood of Northern
California is the umbrella organization for 20 counties in the state. In
this episode, I speak with Gilda Gonzales, President and CEO of Planned
Parenthood Northern California, and Anna Meldrum, Interim Regional
Center Director for the northern region. Together they supervise 18
health clinics in 20 northern California counties. They join me to discuss
the services they provide, who is eligible, how their work has adapted
since the Supreme Court decision and how they see reproductive rights
issues unfolding in the months ahead, including the potential impact on
the upcoming crucial fall elections.

Jimmy Durchslag has been the host of “Global Stuff”, a monthly guest driven talk show for over 20 years. He has a long experience as a manager of several for profit and non-profit organizations. He is one of the founders of Redwood Community Radio, the parent organization for KMUD. He recently served as the Director of the Mainstream Media Project, a nonprofit organization that scheduled expert guests for interviews on talk shows both nationally and
internationally.

This podcast of Global Stuff was recorded live on May 24, 2024. Jimmy
talks with Ken Grossinger about his latest book: Art Works: How
Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together (July 2023,
New Press). The book describes the multiple ways in which artists and
activists and artists have collaborated in the past and continue to do so
today to support actions for racial justice, immigrant rights, human
rights, economic equality. Music, movies, theater, graphic art, fine arts
all contribute to advancing social movements. Ken and Jimmy also
consider the role museums and philanthropy can play in going beyond
their traditional grounding in the status quo to support community art
projects that foster social change.
Ken Grossinger has been a leading strategist in movements for social
and economic justice for thirty-five years, in unions and community
organizations, and as director of Impact Philanthropy in Democracy
Partners. Among other cultural projects, he co-executive produced the
award-winning Netflix documentaries Social Dilemma and Bleeding
Edge. More information, including his playlist of songs, can be found at
https://www.artworksbook.com/

Jimmy Durchslag has been the host of “Global Stuff”, a monthly guest driven talk show for over 20 years. He has a long experience as a manager of several for profit and non-profit organizations. He is one of the founders of Redwood Community Radio, the parent organization for KMUD. He recently served as the Director of the Mainstream Media Project, a nonprofit organization that
scheduled expert guests for interviews on talk shows both nationally and
internationally.

Michael Zweig is the emeritus professor of economics and founding director of the Center for Study of Working Class Life at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is a lifelong activist and advocate for building a country that quote “treats its workers with respect, opposes war, conserves a healthy natural environment, and defeats the many forms of white supremacy and patriarchy that cause suffering among so many millions of people.” In this episode, originally broadcast in January 2024, Jimmy and Michael discuss his new book: Class, Race and Gender, Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism, a comprehensive history and examination of class in the United States and how the working class majority can take a significant role in shaping the direction of the country.

Joshua Landis is the Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He recently wrote the article that appeared in “Responsible Statecraft”: “US troops should have left Syria and Iraq long ago”. While Congress and the World focus on the wars between Israel and Hamas and Ukraine and Russia, less attention is focused on the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Joshua grew up in the Middle East and spent many summers in Syria before the Civil War that started in 2011.  In this episode, recorded in February 2024, Joshua discusses the current dire situation in Syria and the ongoing conflict there, as well as US involvement in Iraq and the turmoil in the region.

Abba Solomon is the author of two books on Zionism, The Miasma of Unity: Jews and Israel and The Speech, and Its Context: Jacob Blaustein’s Speech "The Meaning of Palestine Partition to American Jews." During this interview, recorded on November 24, 2023, Jimmy Durchslag and Abba discuss his recent article “Endangered and Dangerous Israel, Endangering Jews” and how the Israeli response to the Hamas October 7 attacks have escalated and exacerbated the conflict.

Jimmy Durchslag has been the host of “Global Stuff”, a monthly guest driven talk show for over 20 years. He has a long experience as a manager of several for profit and non-profit organizations. He is one of the founders of Redwood Community Radio, the parent organization for KMUD. He recently served as the Director of the Mainstream Media Project, a nonprofit organization that scheduled expert guests for interviews on talk shows both nationally and internationally.