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00:08 — Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, previously principal political affairs officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria.

00:33 — Jake Werner, Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute. His research examines the emergence of great power conflict between the US.

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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 — Josh Jackson is a writer, photographer. He advocates for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Through his Forgotten Lands Project, he employs storytelling and visual narratives to inspire engagement with California’s unknown landscapes. His latest book is The Enduring Wild: A Journey Into California’s Public Lands.

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00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

00:33 — Rishi Iyengar is a reporter at Foreign Policy, covering the intersection of geopolitics and technology. Prior to joining FP, he spent six years at CNN Business as India editor in New Delhi.

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00:08 — John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation.

00:33 — Marisa Kendall is a reporter covering California’s homelessness crisis for CalMatters. Ben Christopher is a reporter for CalMatters covering housing policy.

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

The post Fund Drive Special: Israel’s Plan to Expand Its Seize on Gaza; Palestinians Face Starvation from Humanitarian Aid Blockade 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 Melanie Benesh is Vice President of Government Affairs at Environmental Working Group

00:33 Mario Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at NYU. Her forthcoming book is What to Eat Now

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00:08 Peter Linebaugh, emeritus professor of History at the University of Toledo, and the author of many many books, including The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day [originally recorded in 2016]

00:33 Fred Glass, author of From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement (and formerly communications director for the California Federation of Teachers, and instuctor in Labor and Community Studies at the Community College of San Francisco) [originally recorded in 2017]

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

00:20 — Dan Russell is  UPTE President & Chief Negotiator. Liz Perlman is Executive Director of AFSCME Local 3299.

00:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years.

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