KPFA - UpFront

0:08 — Basav Sen is Director of the Climate Justice Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.

0:33 — Maureen Tkacik is investigations editor at the American Prospect and a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project.

0:45 — Yael Schacher is the director for the Americas and Europe at Refugees International.

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0:08 — Walter Turner, host of KPFA’s Africa Today, professor of contemporary African affairs at College of Marin, president of Global Exchange.

0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills.

0:45 — Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor at Slate and host of the podcast “Amicus”

The post African National Congress Loses Majority in South Africa Elections; Budget Battle in San Francisco; Plus, A Look at Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions 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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0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies.

0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation

Steve Phillips is founder of Democracy in Color, and author of How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good  (just re-released in a revised second edition)

The post Guilty on all counts. What’s next? appeared first on KPFA.

00:09 Donald Trump’s first criminal prosecution is now in a jury’s hands/

Jeremy Stahl is Jurisprudence editor at Slate. 

Shirin Ali is an associate writer for Slate.

00:27 UAW Strike over UC’s response to Pro-Palestinian protests spreads to UCLA, UC Davis

Aya Konishi, Graduate Student in UCLA Department of Sociology and Recording Secretary for UAW Local 4811’s UCLA Unit

00:35 California’s legislature prepares its response to Governor Newsom’s proposed budget cuts

Chris Hoene is executive director of the California Budget and Policy Center

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0:08 — Ilan Pappe is the Director of the European Center of Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. His books include Ten Myths About Israel and A History of Modern Palestine.

0:33 — Naysan Rafati is Crisis Group’s Iran Senior Analyst. His research is focused on the Iran nuclear deal and Iran’s regional policies.

The post Historian Ilan Pappé Israel’s Continued Invasion of Rafah; Plus, What Comes Next in Iran After President Ebrahim Raisi’s Death? appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies.

0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Michael Mann, Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology Emeritus at UCLA; Honorary Professor at the University of Cambridge; author most recently of On Wars [this is a re-broadcast of an interview originally recorded in September 2023]

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0:08 — Kenneth Roth is a Visiting Professor at the Princeton School for Public and International Affairs, previously executive director of Human Rights Watch.

0:20 — Louis Charbonneau is the United Nations director at Human Rights Watch. 

0:33 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His research and writing focus on international legal aspects of Palestine/Israel and on U.S. policies toward the Middle East.

0:45 — Barry Trachtenberg, is Professor and Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History at Wake Forest University. His research focuses on modern European and American Jewry and the Nazi Holocaust.

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