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7:08 — Evelyn Zepeda, organizing director of Western States Regional Joint Board

7:33 — Dez Fonseca, a UCLA PhD student organizer

7:45 — Carol Sobel, a civil rights attorney in Los Angeles

The post SEIU President Faces Federal Charges for Protesting ICE Raids; At Least 42 Arrested in Los Angeles ICE Protests appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 – John Feffer, Director of Foreign Policy in Focus

0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious

diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health

The post Updates on the Russia-Ukraine War; Corona Calls w/ Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

7:08 — Laura Carlsen, director of the Mexico-City based international relations think tank Mira: Feminisms y Democracies

7:20 — Jessica Mason-Pieklo, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of Rewire News Group. She also co-hosts the podcast Boom! Lawyered

7:33 — Steve Phillips, Founder of Democracy in Color

The post Mexico’s Ruling Party Sweeps Judicial Elections; Trump Rescinds Life Saving Abortion Care appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Lior Sternfeld, associate professor of History and Jewish Studies at Penn State University.

0:33 — Craig Aaron, president and co-CEO of Free Press.

The post Israeli Parliament in Disarray Over Draft Exemptions for Orthodox Jews; Trump Asks Congress to Defund Public Broadcasting appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Yael Schacher, director for the Americas and Europe at Refugees International.

The post SCOTUS Revokes Biden Era Parole Status for Migrants; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Explained appeared first on KPFA.

7:08  — Yael Schacher, director for the Americas and Europe at Refugees International

7:33 — David Dayen, executive editor of the American Prospect

The post SCOTUS Revokes Biden Era Parole Status for Migrants; The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Explained appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 – John Feffer, Director of Foreign Policy in Focus

0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious

diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health

The post Updates on the Russia-Ukraine War; Covid Calls w/ Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

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 Malcolm Harris, author of several books; the newest is What’s Left: three paths through the planetary crisis

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00:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.

00:33 — Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch is Executive Director of Middle East Children’s Alliance. He is a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank.

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