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KPFA - Letters and Politics

Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.

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Hamas & Its Multiple Facets

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/29

Guest: Paola Caridi is a journalist, historian, and the author of Hamas: From Resistance To Government (2nd edition, translated to English). The post Hamas & Its Multiple Facets appeared first on KPFA.

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Is There a Deep State?

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/28

Guests: Charles Derber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. He has written several books on politics, democracy, fascism, corporations, capitalism, climate change, war, the culture wars, and social change, most recently, he is the co-author with Yale Magrass of Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America. Yale Magrass is a Chancellor Professor of Sociology at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. He is the author/co-author of many books, most

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59:57

Gideon Levy on Israel’s Assault on Gaza

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/24

Guest: Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author. He writes regularly for Haaretz with a focus on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Most recently, he is the author of The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe. He has won a number of humanitarian awards for his work on the Israel/Palestine conflict including the Olaf Palme award in 2016 and in 2021, Israel’s top award for Journalism, the Sokolov Award. The post Gideon Levy on Israel’s Assault on Gaza appeared first on

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When President John Adams Tried to Overthrow Democracy

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2024/10/23

Guest: Corey Brettschneider is a professor of constitutional law and politics at Brown University. He is the author of The Oath and the Office and his latest, The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It. The post When President John Adams Tried to Overthrow Democracy appeared first on KPFA.

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How Google Monopolized Almost Everything

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/22

Guest: Barry C. Lynn is the executive director of the Open Market Institute, the author of Liberty from All Masters, and a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine. His latest article THE ANTITRUST REVOLUTION: Liberal Democracy’s last stand against Big Tech can be found here.Featured image: Harper’s Magazine Cover Story, October, 2024 The post How Google Monopolized Almost Everything appeared first on KPFA.

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Shirley Chisholm, A Revolutionary Thinker

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/21

Guest: Zinga A. Fraser is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at Brooklyn College and Director of the Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women’s Activism. She is the author of Shirley Chisholm in Her Own Words: Speeches and Writings. The post Shirley Chisholm, A Revolutionary Thinker appeared first on KPFA.

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Nathan Robinson on The Elections and U.S. Foreign Policy

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/17

Guest: Nathan J. Robinson is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Current Affairs magazine. He is the author of Why You Should Be a Socialist, Responding to the Right, and his latest, The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World co-authored with Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus at MIT and Laureate Professor at the University of Arizona. The post Nathan Robinson on The Elections and U.S. Foreign Policy appeared first on KPFA.

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Fascism, History, and Education. Then, Silicon...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/16

Part 1. Fascism, History, and EducationGuest: Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of many books, including How Fascism Works; How Propaganda Works; and his latest, Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future. Part 2. Silicon Valley’s Techno-Feudalism Guest: Cédric Durand is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Geneva and a member of the Centre d’économie Paris Nord. He is the author of Fictitious

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59:58

Polarization in the US: Past and Present

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/15

Guest: Eric Schickler is the Jeffrey & Ashley McDermott Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Racial Realignment, Investigating the President, and Filibuster. His latest is Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era co authored with Paul Pierson.Guest: Paul Pierson is the John Gross Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California,

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Waorani Leader Nemonte Nenquimo’s Fight to Save the...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/14

Guest: Nemonte Nenquimo is a leader of the Waorani people, cofounder of the Ceibo Alliance, and an internationally acclaimed activist. Born in the Amazon region of Ecuador in 1985, she is a winner of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize and was named to TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020 list (lauded by Leonardo DiCaprio). She is the author of the book We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People co-authored with Mitch Anderson. Guest: Mitch Anderson is the founder and executive director of

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59:58

The Weimar Republic

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/10

Guest: Benjamin Carter Hett is a Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at City University of New York. He is the author of several books including, The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons The post The Weimar Republic appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

How Native Nations Reclaimed Oklahoma

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/09

Guest: Rebecca Nagle is an award-winning journalist and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She is the writer and host of the podcast This Land. She is a Peabody Award nominee and the recipient of the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, and the Women’s Media Center’s Exceptional Journalism Award. She is the author of the book By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land. Rebecca Nagle is also the host of the podcast This Land. The post How Native Nations Reclaimed

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Norman Solomon on Gaza, the Middle East, the Media,...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/08

Guest: Norman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. He is the author of War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine. His latest article “Escalation dominance” and the new nuclear threat: We face more than 1,000 Holocausts can be found on Salon.com The post Norman Solomon on Gaza, the Middle East, the Media, and the Democratic Party appeared first on KPFA.

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A Settler Colonial Project & the Meaning of the...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/07

Guest: Dr. Hatem Baziam is a Professor of Islamic law and theology at Zaytuna College. He is also a Senior Lecturer at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of several books including Palestine: …it is Something Colonial and Erasing The Human: Collapse of The Postcolonial World and Refugee Immigration Crisis. The post A Settler Colonial Project & the Meaning of the October 7 Attack appeared first on KPFA.

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A History of the Gang Wars in East Los Angeles

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/03

Guest: Randol Contreras is an Associate Professor of Sociology, Media, and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside. His research focuses on the intersection of history, social structure, and biography, which sheds light on how crime emerges and influences the behavior and meanings of people. He is the author of the award-winning book The Stickup Kids: Race, Drugs, Violence, and the American Dream; and his most recent, The Marvelous Ones: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Resistance in

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Vance and Waltz & the Elusive K.O. Punch

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/02

Guest: Ruth Conniff is Editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner. She is the author of Milked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers which won the 2022 Studs and Ida Terkel award from The New Press.The post Vance and Waltz & the Elusive K.O. Punch appeared first on KPFA.

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The Scopes Monkey Trial: A Battle About Science,...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/10/01

Guest: Brenda Wineapple is an award-winning author of several books including ‘The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation and her latest, Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation. The post The Scopes Monkey Trial: A Battle About Science, Religion, Truth, and Freedom of Thought appeared first on KPFA.

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Helena Cobban on the Escalation of the War: Israel,...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/09/30

Guest: Helena Cobban is a writer and researcher on international affairs with a special interest in the Middle East. She is the author of several books including her latest “Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters” co-authored with Rami Khouri. Her writing can be found at Globalities.org. Book Events – Helena Cobban in the Bay Area: October 8, 6:30 pm, Marin County, CA “An Evening with Helena Cobban” The Palestinian-rights leader/activist Anna Rogers is hosting a house party in San Rafael,

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The Luddites & the Origins of the Rebellion Against...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/09/26

Guest: Brian Merchant is a journalist focusing on technology and the future of work. He is the author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, and his latest, Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. He is also a founder of Terraform, Vice’s science fiction outlet. The post The Luddites & the Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech appeared first on KPFA.

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KPFA Special – The Life, Times & Influence of Audre...

KPFA - Letters and Politics ·

2024/09/25

Guest: Alexis Pauline Gumbs is the author of several works of poetry and of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Animals, which won a Whiting Writers’ Award in 2022. In 2023, she won a Windham Campbell Prize for her poetry. Her latest book is Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde.The post KPFA Special – The Life, Times & Influence of Audre Lorde appeared first on KPFA.

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