0:08 - Two cities mourn mass shootings: live from El Paso, TX and Dayton OH

Lauren Villagran (@laurenvillagran) is a reporter with the El Paso Times and the USA Today Network, and covered the protests of Trump’s visit to El Paso yesterday. 

0:20 - Tom Gnau (@ThomasGnau) is a staff writer with the Dayton Daily News, covering the aftermath of the shooting and Trump's visit yesterday.

0:34 - Author Interview: R.O. Kwon (@rokwon) is a writer and a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow. The Incendiaries [1] is her first novel.

1:08 - KPFA News: In the wake of the deadly shootings in Dayton and El paso, disagreements on gun control have flared up yet again. This time, Trump seems to be advocating for some restrictions that some gun control advocates support, like taking guns away from people who show warning signs of dangerous behavior. However, Trump’s comments about people with mental illness proven divisive, and mental health advocates say it’s a distraction from the real problems. KPFA’s Sean Flanelly reports. 

1:13 - KPFA News: Thousands of people marched in cities across Colombia and around the world last week to protest the rising numbers of assassinations of social activists, human rights defenders and former members of the FARC guerrillas who had demobilized…They demanded that the country’s right wing president  President Ivan Duque (DOO-cay) guarantee their safety. Alexandra Ruiz Castillo (@AleRuizCastillo) reports from Bogota.

1:19 - Author Interview: James Brandon (@JBJustBE) produced and played the central role of Joshua in the international tour of Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi for a decade, and is codirector of the documentary film based on their journey, Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption. He’s the cofounder of the I AM Love Campaign, an arts-based initiative bridging the faith-based and LGBTQ2+ communities, and serves on the Powwow Steering Committee for Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) in San Francisco. Ziggy, Stardust and Me [2] is his first novel.

(Photo: Several of the El Paso shooting victims / Wikipedia [3])

[1] https://ro-kwon.com/

[2] https://www.justbejb.com/tour-and-appearances

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:El_Paso_shooting_victims.png

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0:08 - KPFA's Sean Flannely reports on protests at the Lawrence Livermore Lab over the development of nuclear weapons on the 74th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombings.

0:13 - Ather Zia (@aziakashmir [1]) is a poet and a political anthropologist who teaches Anthropology and Gender Studies at the University of Northern Colorado Greeley. She is the author of Resisting Disappearance: Military Occupation and Women's activism in Kashmir [2]. And founder and editor of Kashmir Lit [3] and co-founder of Critical Kashmir Studies [4]. Her latest op ed published in Al-Jazeera is titled: "There is reason to fear for the safety of every Kashmiri in India." [5]

0:34 - Valerie Martinez-Ebers is a professor of political science and director of Latina/o and Mexican American Studies at the University of North Texas. She joins to discuss the spike in hate crimes in regions where President Trump has held his rallies.

0:43 - Karen Krogh is a documentary and commercial photographer, and author of Love is the Spirit [6]: the journey of a courageous and resilience community, a book of photographs Love is the Spirit [7] documenting the 2008 shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and its aftermath.

1:08 - The Life and Legacy of Toni Morrison

Nikki Giovanni is one of America’s foremost poets, and has published numerous collections of poetry,  including the Emmy-award nominated The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection [8](2004). Her most recent publications include A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter [9]. A frequent lecturer and reader, Giovanni has taught at Rutgers University, Ohio State University, and Virginia Tech, where she is a University Distinguished Professor. 

Ayodele Nzinga (@wordslanger [10]) is founding director of Lower Bottom Playaz and a key part of the Black Arts Movement Business District, which is part of the community coalition appealing the current development plan with the Oakland City Council.

Tyson Amir (@tysonamir) [11]is an educator and author of Black Boy Poems, and the Black Boy Poems Curriculum.

Tongo Eisen-Martin (@tongoblackfire [12]) is a movement worker, educator and poet. His latest book is Heaven Is All Goodbyes [13].

1:10 - 1993 Toni Morrison Nobel Speech

Toni Morrison’s Nobel Prize lecture, a speech she gave in 1993 while accepting a Nobel Prize in Literature [14] for her novels, which the committee praised at the time for their “visionary force and poetic import, giving life to an essential aspect of American reality.”

1:26 - 1978 Reading Song of Solomon

Tony Morrison in 1978 reading the end of Song of Solomon.

1:36 - 1981 WBAI Interview [15]Toni Morrison speaks about adulthood

 

 

[1] https://twitter.com/aziakashmir

[2] https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780295744995

[3] http://www.kashmirlit.org/

[4] https://criticalkashmirstudies.com/

[5] https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/reason-fear-safety-kashmiri-india-190805143607160.html

[6] https://www.blurb.com/b/8917825-love-is-the-spirit

[7] https://au.blurb.com/b/8917825-love-is-the-spirit

[8] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39108.Nikki_Giovanni_Poetry_Collection

[9] https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34150764-a-good-cry

[10] https://twitter.com/wordslanger?lang=en

[11] https://twitter.com/tysonamir?lang=en

[12] https://twitter.com/tongoblackfire

[13] http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100115800

[14] https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1993/summary/

[15] https://archive.org/details/pra-IZ1151

0:08 - Cat and Mitch discuss the

0:20 - Filmmaker Stanley Nelson examines the rise of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and its impact on civil rights and American culture. The film combines archival footage and interviews with surviving Panthers and FBI agents to tell the story of the revolutionary black organization Black Panther Party [1].

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1:08 - Dr Michael Greger (@nutrition_facts) is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. He runs NUTRITIONFACTS.ORG [4] is a strictly non-commercial, science-based public service provided by Dr. Michael Greger, providing free updates on the latest in nutrition research via bite-sized videos. His latest book is How Not to Die and the How Not to Die Cookbook.

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0:08 - Special Coverage: Mass shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH over the weekend by white supremacist terrorists; plus Trump's press conference live

we go to the President's press conference live, responding to the mass shootings over the weekend. Then, we're joined by Patrick Blanchfield (@PatBlanchfield), associate faculty member with the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, freelance writer, and author of the forthcoming book Gunpower [1] that examines the cycles of horror, outrage, and resignation that have defined American debates over guns, and the context of American violence and misogyny (out in Jan 2020).

1:08 - Critical background on President Trump stoking white resentment, racism and scapegoating POC to leverage political advantage and divide and conquer voters.

The Great White Hoax, featuring anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise, explores how American political leaders have been tapping into white anxiety, stoking white grievance, and scapegoating people of color for decades to divide and conquer working class voters and shore up political support. The film’s primary focus is Donald Trump’s race-baiting 2016 campaign for the presidency. 

Fund Drive Premium: The Great White Hoax: Donald Trump & The Politics of Race & Class in America, featuring Tim Wise by Jeremy Earp (DVD), yours for a pledge of $120 [2].

Interview with Tim Wise and Jeannine Etter (mp3), yours for a pledge of $100 [3].

 

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0:08 - Filmmaker Stanley Nelson examines the rise of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and its impact on civil rights and American culture. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution film combines archival footage and interviews with surviving Panthers and FBI agents to tell the story of the revolutionary black organization Black Panther Party [1].

Fund Drive Premium: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

1:08 - Harvest of Empire is a documentary that examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Adapted from the landmark book written by journalist Juan Gonzalez (@juangon68), the film tells the story of an epic human saga that is largely unknown to the great majority of citizens in the U.S., but must become part of our national conversation about immigration.

Fund Drive Premium: Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez (Book), yours for a pledge of $100 [2]. Get the DVD for $120, or BOTH for $200 donation to KPFA.

(Photo: Bobby Seale at John Sinclair Freedom Rally / Wikimedia [3])

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0:08 - Reaction and analysis on the second night of the Democratic debates, with KPFA's Mitch Jeserich.

0:30 - The state of California's water, illustrated

Obi Kaufmann (@Obikaufmann) is an artist and naturalist. He’s best known for his book, The California Field Atlas and he’s just out with a new book, The State of Water. 

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0:08 - Democratic debate analysis with Mitch Jeserich

0:30 - What you need to know for the next Big One

Andrew Alden (@aboutgeology [1]) is science writer, founder of a weekly blog on the geology of Oakland and former United States Geological Survey technical editor.

Jennifer Strauss is External Relations Officer at UC Berkeley Seismology Lab and Regional Coordinator for ShakeAlert Northern California. She is a co-author of the HayWired Earthquake Scenario.

1:40 – How community organizers and organizations are preparing for the emergencies we know are coming

Tur Ha Ak is the founder of Community Ready Corps (CRC) a liberation organization that combats white supremacy and actively builds and supports self-determination in 9 specific areas.

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0:08 - Obi Kaufmann (@Obikaufmann) is an artist and naturalist. He’s best known for his book, The California Field Atlas and he’s just out with a new book, The State of Water. 

Fund Drive Premium: The State of Water by Obi Kauffman (Book) for a $100 pledge and/or The California Field Atlas (Book) for $250, or BOTH for a $300 pledge to KPFA. [1]

0:34 - Rebecca Solnit is a writer, historian, and activist. She’s the author of over 20 books on feminism, Western and Indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection. Her most recent book is a radical fairy tale, titled Cinderella Liberator.

Fund Drive Premium: Cinderella Liberator by Rebecca Solnit (Book) for a $90 pledge, and/or Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas by Rebecca Solnit for a $150 pledge, or BOTH books for $200 to KPFA.  [2]

 

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0:08 - Harvest of Empire is a documentary that examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Adapted from the landmark book written by journalist Juan Gonzalez (@juangon68), the film tells the story of an epic human saga that is largely unknown to the great majority of citizens in the U.S., but must become part of our national conversation about immigration.

Fund Drive Premium: Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez (Book), yours for a pledge of $100 [1]. Get the DVD for $120, or BOTH for $200 donation to KPFA.

0:34 - Paul Ortiz is a professor of history at the University of Florida and the Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. He's the author of several books, his latest is An African American and Latinx History of the United States.

Fund Drive Premium: An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz, yours for a pledge of $80 to KPFA. [2] 

COMBO: All of the above, for a $250 pledge to KPFA [3].

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0:08 - What Is Democracy? by director Astra Taylor (@astradisastra) is a journey that spans from ancient Athens’ experiment in self-government to the United States reckoning with its racist past and the growing gap between rich and poor. Featuring philosophers, activists, workers, asylum seekers, and former prime ministers—this film connects the past and present, the emotional and intellectual, the personal and political, in order to provoke and inspire. 

Fund Drive Premium: What is Democracy? Yours for a pledge of $120 to KPFA. [1]

0:34 - The Great White Hoax, featuring anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) explores how American political leaders have been tapping into white anxiety, stoking white grievance, and scapegoating people of color for decades to divide and conquer working class voters and shore up political support. The film’s primary focus is Donald Trump’s race-baiting 2016 campaign for the presidency.

Fund Drive Premium: The Great White Hoax: Donald Trump & The Politics of Race & Class in America, featuring Tim Wise by Jeremy Earp (DVD), yours for a pledge of $120 [2].

Interview with Tim Wise and Jeannine Etter (mp3), yours for a pledge of $100 [3].

Fund Drive Special: UpFront Black Girl Magic Pack ($100) featuring over a dozen interviews with black women leaders, including Betty Reid Soskin, Andrea Ritchie, Samsarah Morgan, and many more.

 

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