Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
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Guest: Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches early American and American Indian history. Her previous work includes Independence Lost, a finalist for the George Washington Prize, and The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent. She is a co-author of …
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IDF: A History of Israel’s Army of Occupation
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Guest: Haim Bresheeth-Zabner is a Professor of film studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. He is the author of An Army Like No Other: How the Israeli Defense Force Made a Nation. The post IDF: A History of Israel’s Army of Occupation appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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The Recall of Two Progressives in Oakland and Alameda County
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Guest: Darwin BondGraham is the Oaklandside’s Senior News Editor. He is the co-author of The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in Oakland. He has been covering the recalls of Oakland Mayor Shen Thao and of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. Photo credit: Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao by Amir Aziz, Oaklandside. & D…
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Racialized Housing Policy, Police Violence & Social Unrest
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Guest: Derek Hyra is a Professor of Public Administration and Policy and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Center at American University. He is the author of Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur. The post Racialized Housing Policy, Police Violence & Social Unrest appeared first on KPFA.…
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Daniel Schlozman is associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of When Movements Anchor Parties: Electoral Alignments in American History; and coauthor of The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. Sam Rosenfeld is associate professor of political science at Colg…
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How Class Struggle Birthed Democracy in the Ancient World
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Guest: Daniela Cammack is Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley. Her research and teaching focus on the history of democracy and constitutionalism. She is currently working on a book on ancient Greek democracy. The post How Class Struggle Birthed Democracy in the Ancient World appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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Guest: Martin Shaw is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Sussex University and Research Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals. He is the author of several books on Genocide and War including What is Genocide? The post Genocide: Its History & Meaning appeared first on KPFA.…
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The Six Far-Right Groups Weakening American Democracy
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Guest: Rena Steinzor is Edward M. Robertson Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey Law School. She is the author of Why Not Jail? (2014), The People’s Agents and the Battle to Protect the American Public (2010), Mother Earth and Uncle Sam (2007); and her latest, American Apocalypse: The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy (20…
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2024 Election: Integrity as a National Security Issue
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Guest: Karen J. Greenberg is the Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law. She is the author and editor of many books, including The Torture Papers; Subtle Tools; Rogue Justice; and her latest, Our Nation at Risk Election Integrity as a National Security Issue co-edited with Julian E. Zelizer. She is a permanent member of the Coun…
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The Complexities of Kamala Harris’ Candidacy
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Guest: Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist and Senior Editor covering race, economy, and democracy at YES! Media. She is the host of YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated TV and radio program on Free Speech TV and Pacifica Radio. She is also the author of Rising Up, Bleeding Afghanistan, and her forthc…
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Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special)
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Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of a special 2-hour Democracy Now, broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Audio for the first hour of Democracy Now can be found here. Information about the topics covered on today’s Democracy Now can be found here. The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (h…
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Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the DNC (hour 2 of 2-hour special)
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Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of a special 2-hour Democracy Now, broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Audio for the first hour of today’s Democracy Now can be found here. Information about the topics covered on today’s Democracy Now can be found here. The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at th…
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Paul Cooper of Fall Of Civilizations: In Conversation
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Guest: Paul Cooper is a podcaster, a historian, and the author of Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline. He writes, produces, and hosts the Fall of Civilizations podcast which explores the collapse of different societies through history. The post Paul Cooper of Fall Of Civilizations: In Conversation appeared first on KPFA.…
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Guest: Ilan Pappe is Professor of History at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine; A History of Modern Palestine; and his latest, Lobbying for Zionism on Both Side…
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Are Liberals Intolerant at Conservatives?
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Guests Jeff Spinner-Halev is the Kenan Eminent Professor of Political Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of several books including his latest, Respect and Loathing in American Democracy: Polarization, Moralization, and the Undermining of Equality co-authored with Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. Elizabeth Theiss-Mor…
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Unraveling the Misinformation about Homelessness in California
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Part I. Causes and Consequences of Homelessness in California Guest: Margot Kushel, MD is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, She is the Director of the Principal Investigator of the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH). Conducted by UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiati…
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Crisis in the Middle East: Israel and the Axis of Resistance
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Guest: Assaf Kfoury is a mathematician, computer scientist, and political activist. An Arab American of Lebanese-Palestinian background who grew up in Beirut and Cairo. Currently, he is a Professor of Computer Science at Boston University. He recently wrote Hamas: From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe published by the International Union of Sci…
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The Political Record of Kamala Harris
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Guest: David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of several books including his latest, Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power (2020) and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud (2016), which earned the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize. He won the Hillman P…
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Harris’s Pick for Vice-President
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Guest: John Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. He is the author of several books including his latest co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.” The post Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Harris’s Pick for Vice-President appeared first on KPFA.…
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Joe Biden’s Economy and Presidential Record
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Guest: Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. Find his weekly commentary at Beat the Press. Photo by Vladimir Solomianyi on Unsplash The post Joe Biden’s…
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Ancient North American Cities and Why People Left Them
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Guest: Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches early American and American Indian history. Her previous work includes Independence Lost, a finalist for the George Washington Prize, and The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent. She is a co-author of …
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The Mizrahi: From the Black Panthers to Likud
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Guest: Asaf Elia-Shalev is an Israeli American journalist. He is a staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the author of the book, Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth. The post The Mizrahi: From the Black Panthers to Likud appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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The Life and Times of Huey P. Long
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM7fb_nVqCg&t=2s Guest: Robert T. Mann is a former professor of mass communication at Louisiana State University and former Congressional aide to Senator Russell Long, Huey Long’s son. He is the author of several books including, Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU. Feature photo: Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana, …
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Venezuela’s Presidential Elections: Nicolas Maduro, Right-Wing Opposition & US Policies
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Guest: Miguel Tinker Salas is an Emeritus Professor of History and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Pomona College. He is the author of several books on Latin American history including Venezuela: What Everyone Needs to Know; The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela; co-editor of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez and the Decline of an Exceptio…
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Host Mitch Jeserich takes listener’s calls to examine Kamala Harris’s statements and actions concerning Israel’s assault on Gaza and how the conflict in the Middle East has affected listener’s views of this year’s general election. The post Kamala Harris on Gaza appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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Letters and Politics – July 24, 2024
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A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – July 24, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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Letters and Politics – July 23, 2024
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A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – July 23, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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The Meaning of Biden Dropping Out of the Presidential Race
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A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post The Meaning of Biden Dropping Out of the Presidential Race appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC
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Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of Democracy Now, broadcasting from the RNC in Milwaukee. The first hour can be found here. The post Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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Anarchists & Communists In Asia’s Anti-Colonial Movements
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Guest: Moon-Ho Jung is Professor of History at the University of Washington and the author of Menace to Empire: Anti-Colonial Solidarities and the Transpacific. The post Anarchists & Communists In Asia’s Anti-Colonial Movements appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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Guest: Zusha Elinson is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where he covers America’s gun culture and industry. He is co-author of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, co-written with Cameron McWhirter. The post A History of the AR-15 appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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French Elections 2024: The Left, Center, and Rejection of the Far-Right
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Part I. French Elections 2024: The Left, Center, and Rejection of the Far-Right Guest: Tony Cross is a journalist who used to work for Radio France Internationale and sometimes reported for Free Speech Radio News. He occasionally blogs on theravingreporter.com Part II. Geniuses at War David A. Price is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He i…
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Guest: Damien Lewis is an award-winning writer who spent twenty years reporting from war, disaster, and conflict zones for the BBC and other global news organizations. He is the bestselling author of more than twenty books, many of which are being adapted into films or television series; his latest is Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, …
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The California Redwoods: A History of Plunder & Resistance
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Guest: Greg King is an award-winning journalist and activist credited with spearheading the movement to protect Headwaters Forest, in Humboldt County, California. He is the author of The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods The post The California Redwoods: A History of Plunder & Resistance appeared first on K…
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Guest: Jason De León is an anthropologist who spent nearly seven years following and interviewing human smugglers in Mexico. He is a professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies and director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also executive director of the Undocumented Migration Project and…
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George Kennan: The Cold War Architect Who Opposed The War
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Guest: Frank Costigliola is the author of Kennan: A Life between Worlds. He is also a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. The post George Kennan: The Cold War Architect Who Opposed The War appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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Unraveling the Imperial Presidency and the Supreme Court’s Decisions
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Host Philip Maldari is joined by national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine, John Nichols, to debunk the politics of the first presidential debate and the Supreme Court’s decisions. Photo credit: Wikimedia commons The post Unraveling the Imperial Presidency and the Supreme Court’s Decisions appeared first on KPFA.…
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Homosexuals & Communists in the First Half of the 20th Century
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Guest: Aaron S. Lecklider is Professor of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston and author of Love’s Next Meeting: The Forgotten History of Homosexuality and the Left in American Culture. The post Homosexuals & Communists in the First Half of the 20th Century appeared first on KPFA.…
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Guest: Ryan Grim is The Intercept’s D.C. Bureau Chief and the host of the podcast Deconstructed. He authors the newsletter Bad News. He is the author of the books “This Is Your Country on Drugs” and “We’ve Got People;” and his latest The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution. The post The Israeli Lobby & the Squad appeared first on KPFA…
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An Age of Coexistence in Palestine
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Guest: Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He is the author of the Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World. The post An Age of Coexistence in Palestine appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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A History of Jewish Anti-Zionism: From The Communist Party to The New Left
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Guest: Benjamin Balthaser is associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend. He is the author of Anti-Imperialism Modernism: Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, and Dedication, a personal history of growing up in a Jewish “red diaper” family. His forthcoming book fro…
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Guest: Dr. Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with broad interests in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and Women’s and Gender Studies. She is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual History Society. She…
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On Juneteenth: A Conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed
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Guest: Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. The author of Pulitzer Prize–winning The Hemingses of Monticello and her latest, On Juneteenth. Feature Photo by Oladimeji Odunsi on Unsplash The post On Juneteenth: A Conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed appeared first on KPFA.…
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John C. Calhoun: Defender of Racial Slavery & White Democracy
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Guest: Robert Elder, professor of history at Baylor University. Author of the book Calhoun: American Heretic. The post John C. Calhoun: Defender of Racial Slavery & White Democracy appeared first on KPFA.द्वारा KPFA
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Bill Clinton & the Transformation of American Capitalism
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Guest: Nelson Lichtenstein is Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include State of the Union: A Century of American Labor, and his latest, A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism coauthored with Judith Stein (1940–2017). The post Bill Clinton & the Transformat…
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