In this episode, Gaza-based reporter Rami Almeghari talks with Rashid Khalidi, Historian and Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, about his book The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine. They discuss the very early history of the zionist movement in Palestine and Khalidi’s argument that it was, from the start, a settler-colonial endeavor.

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March marks four years since the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health failures and government inaction have forced communities to take matters into their own hands. On today’s show, we look at two groups steeped in the values of community care: the Auntie Sewing Squad and Pandemic Solidarity for the Long Future.

GUESTS:

Kristina Wong – founder of the Auntie Sewing Squad

J Mase III – organizer with Pandemic Solidarity for the Long Future

Gata – organizer with Pandemic Solidarity for the Long Future

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Today we share excerpts from “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,” a documentary filled with stories that still resonate today as women face new challenges around reproductive rights and sexual violence. The documentary tells the stories of the activists of the Women’s Liberation Movement that gained traction in the late 1960s and led to social and policy changes that set women on a path towards equality and reproductive justice. It also addresses the intersections of race and gender and the experiences of the Black women who were integral to this movement. Ultimately, this film is about activists, those who inspire, organize, and revolutionize the world by changing the standards and broadening what we think is possible.

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What does equity really mean? That might be an impossible question to answer objectively, but in this encore episode Ruchika Tulshyan, a workplace inclusion expert, and Ijeoma Oluo, a thought leader on race in America, discuss the subtle and overt ways white supremacy and anti-Blackness impact our experiences at work.

GUESTS:

Ruchika Tulshyan – Inclusion strategist, speaker and author of the bestseller Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work.

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This week’s show is preempted by special fund drive programming.

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Today’s episode is preempted by special KPFA Winter Fund Drive programming.

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On this special fund drive show, Brian Edwards-Tiekert talks with David Walker about Frederick Douglass and about the history of the Black Panther party.

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Today, we continue celebrating Black history and heritage with a special encore episode honoring an often forgotten civil rights figure, Bayard Rustin. The organizer of the 1963 march on Washington, Rustin was a trusted advisor to labor leader A. Phillip Randolph and to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As a gay man, a pacifist, and a practitioner of nonviolence, Rustin dedicated his life to racial equality, economic justice, and ending warfare. This episode combines film excerpts, insightful interviews, and speeches from this important contributor to the civil rights movement, who envisioned and organized for the best future.

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When Oklahoma passed a law limiting discussion of race in classrooms, Tulsa activist Kristi Williams rallied the community to create Black History Saturdays. Now, she says entire families are learning who they are by knowing where they come from.

GUESTS:

Kristi Williams – Tulsa activist and Founder of Black History Saturdays

Bracken Klar – Co-Executive Producer of Focus: Black Oklahoma, Vice-President of Tulsa’s Tri-City Collective

Carlos Moreno – member of Tulsa’s Tri-City Collective, journalist and author of The Victory of Greenwood and A Kid’s Book About the Tulsa Race Massacre

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