As part of KPFA's ongoing Fund Drive, today's show includes audio from the serial documentary The Untold History of the United States, narrated by Oliver Stone. The documentary explores the less discussed elements of prominent historical occurrences, and the seditious role the U.S. played in instances such as the Cold War and the Russian Revolution.

The second hour of this mornings broadcast explores the ideas of Adam Smith through the documentary film Capitalism. A 6 part exploration from Icarus Films, the first chapter of the movie unpacks Adam Smith's ideas about the free market, the invisible hand, and explores the underpinnings of Capitalism as a system.

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In the aftermath of the earthquakes that struck Mexico last week, residents are self-organizing disaster response efforts, and aiming increasing skepticism at their government. We talk to people in Oaxaca and Mexico City. Then: a historical dive on earthquakes in the Bay Area -- and how they changed the world's understanding of plate tectonics.

Update: Our first guest recommended this site to find places you can donate to earthquake relief efforts in Mexico: http://comoayudar.mx/world.html#cards [1]

Guests: 

Abraham Berumen, an architect who has been volunteering to assess building safety in Mexico City

Laura Carlsen, Director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy

Shannon Young, independent journalist based in Oaxaca City

John Dvorak, geophysicist and author of Earthquake Storms: the fascinating history and volatile future of the san andreas fault

Dr. Jennifer Strauss, External Relations Officer at UC Berkeley’s Seismological Lab, Regional Coordinator for ShakeAlert Northern California

 

Image: by AntoFran [2] via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0.

[1] http://comoayudar.mx/world.html#cards

[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ciudad_de_M%C3%A9xico_-_Terremoto_Puebla_2017_3.jpg

On this morning's show, UpFront airs clips taken from Constructing the Terrorist Threat, a documentary film in which Deepa Kumar, one of the nation’s foremost scholars on Islamophobia, investigates how the Muslim community in the U.S. has been scapegoated post 9/11, despite the reality that the majority of terror attacks are carried out by non-Muslim white Americans.

During the second half of the show, listen to audio from The Occupation of the American Mind narrated by Roger Waters. The documentary film engages with the question of pro-Israeli politicking and its influence on how the U.S. has responded in the midst of the Palestine-Israel conflict. The film looks closely at taxes, media coverage, and pro-Israel lobbying.

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This morning's broadcast includes audio clips from Icarus Film's Capitalism, the six part documentary that tackles the history and economic forces involved in today's Capitalist system.

In the second half of the episode, listen to clips from the documentary film The Great White Hoax wherein Tim Wise discusses how white anxiety has been politically deployed in order to marginalize people of color and garner political support.

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First off on today's show, we hear about Hurricane Maria's impact on Puerto Rico from Salvador Tio in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a veteran civil rights attorney and a member of the movement for Puerto Rican independence. 

Next, Sarah Hayley Barrett, a freelance journalist based in Mexico City, gives an eyewitness account of the destruction in Mexico City and community response to the tragedy. Then, we hear from Diego Melgar, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon and an expert on large earthquakes in Mexico. He grew up in Mexico City and remembers the rebuilding of the city in the wake of the 1985 earthquake.

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Salvador Tio, veteran civil rights attorney and a member of the movement for Puerto Rican independent

Sarah Hayley Barrett, freelance journalist based in Mexico City

Diego Melgar, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon and an expert on large earthquakes in Mexico

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On September 15, 2017 former police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted for the charge of first degree murder of Anthony Lamar Smith. Cathy 'Mama Cat' Daniels tells UpFront about the front-lines of protests in St. Louis, informing listeners about what is happening on the ground, detailing egregious police action.

After speaking with Mama Cat, the show features excerpts from the Pacifica Radio Archive's collection of archival Fred Hampton recordings and an interview between Cat Brooks and Fred Hampton, Jr.

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Guests:

Cathy "Mama Cat" Daniels, an activist with the Ferguson Frontline and founder of PotBangers

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On today’s show, Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks dig into the archives to bring you Jimi Hendrix: The Radio Documentary from Pacifica Radio Archives.

Then, James Forman, Jr. joins Cat Brooks to discuss Forman's book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. They discuss the ways race, incarceration and justice have intersected throughout American history.

 

Guests:

James Foreman Jr., Professor of Law at Yale University and former law clerk for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Today's broadcast includes critically selected clips from Illan Ziv's film Capitalism that engages with the popularly accepted and often un-interrogated myths that prop up our existing economic system. The six part documentary is an in depth look at the social forces that create and propagate capitalism through interviews with such noteworthy thinkers as Dr. David Graeber, Professor Thomas Piketty, and Professor David Harvey.

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After the news, as part of KPFA's fund drive, an interview with John Nichols' about his new book Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America and how to best and better understand the American right wing. Additionally, excerpts from Shakti Butler's Cracking the Codes, which uses a variety of interviews to develop an understanding of systemic racial inequality and economic inequity.

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Guests

John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for the Nation and author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America

Dr. Shakti Butler, founder and president of World Trust Educational Services, which produces films and curriculum to tackle racism, as well as director and producer of five documentaries about racial equity

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This morning's episode includes clips of Dick Gregory, who died this past August, speaking throughout his long career as a comedian, civil rights activist, and social critic. Gregory speaks at the Congress of Racial Equality in June 30th, 1967, takes comedic shots at Richard Nixon as part of a standup set from 1974, and delivers an impassioned speech at a Freedom Rally in 1963. 

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