KPFA - UpFront

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.

00:33 — Joshua Collins is reporter covering human rights, climate and immigration in Latin America. His Substack is Pirate Wire Service.

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00:08 — Joe Eskenazi is managing editor and columnist at Mission Local.

00:20 — Monique Berlanga is Executive Director Centro Legal De La Raza.

00:33 — Jehan Laner is Senior Staff Attorney at Immigrant Legal Resource Center.

The post Trump Calls Off Federal Surge San Francisco, How the Bay Area Can Protect Immigrant Community from ICE Raids appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Jim Daley is investigations editor at South Side Weekly.

00:18 — Kimi Lee Organizer with Bay Resistance, one of the local organizations that’s been doing training and organizing in anticipation of a federal crackdown here. 

00:33 — Deborah Lee co-executive director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, currently at the Sanctuary Faith Vigil underway in Oakland, across from Coast Guard Island, at Dennison and Embarcadero.

00:40 — Tim Redmond is founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. 

The post How is the Bay Area Preparing for the Deployment of Federal Troops and What Can We Learn from Chicago appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 —  John Nichols is the executive editor of The Nation.

00:33 —Eugene Cordero is professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University.

The post Government Shutdown Hits Third Week; Plus, Report Shows Emissions plateau, but atmospheric Carbon Keeps Rising appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Muhannad Ayyash is Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary and Policy Analyst at Al-Shabaka.

00:33 — Jacqueline Sweet is an investigative journalist. Her work has been published in the likes of The Intercept, The Guardian, POLITICO and Mother Jones. 

00:45 — Freddy Brewster is a reporter for the Lever. 

The post Israel Continues to Ignore Terms of Ceasefire, Dropsite News Investigates Network of Canary Mission Connections; Plus, the Tech Companies Benefiting from an Inflated Defense Budget appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.

00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

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00:08 – Mariah Blake, investigative journalist just out with the book They Poisoned the World: Life and death in the age of forever chemicals

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UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.

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00:08 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.

00:33 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His most recent book is Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power (2020).

The post Gaza Ceasefire Violations & Hostage Releases; Plus, China’s Rare Earth Minerals Export Restriction appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.

00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

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