2/11/2007 And in our Second Hour... |  |
The Internationale is one of the most widely-recognized songs in the world. Originally written in 1871, after the suppression of the Paris Commune, the song has now been translated into dozens of languages. It has been a rallying cry for major movements, as well as for working people in general around the world...
Listen to clips from the documentary film, "The Internationale," featuring Billy Bragg, Pete Seeger and others. The inspiring film, available on DVD when you pledge your support to KPFA this hour, features recordings of the song in many languages and musical styles. | |
2/4/2007 A Three-Hour Special from 9:00 - noon | |
In our first hour...
Calvin Trillin is the author of 25 books, many of which portrayed his late wife, Alice, as someone who had, "a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day." Five years after her death, Trillin has written "About Alice," a loving tribute to her. We'll air part of an interview of Trillin by host Larry Bensky. You'll have an opportunity to get a CD copy of the full interview, plus Trillin's book, and a recording of
him reading the book.
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2/4/2007 In our Second Hour | |
The subpoena of journalist Sarah Olson to testify in the court martial of Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada has been ped. Another independent journalist, Josh Wolf remains in federal prison for refusing to turn over to a federal grand jury his unedited video footage of a 2005 G-8 summit protest. Both took the position that it is not the journalist's job to participate in prosecutions. But, many other journalists have taken a different position, and many say the American media is increasingly becoming a cheerleader for federal policies. Our guests: Sarah OlsonPondra Perkins, Staff Attorney at First Amendment Project, representing Josh Wolf Eric Boehlert, author of "Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush." You'll have a chance to get Boehlert's book, plus a CD recording of "The Press on the War and the War on the Press," a panel Boehlert was on at last month's National Conference on Media Reform. | |
2/4/2007 In our Third Hour | |
Molly Ivins, America's most widely syndicated progressive journalism died this week at the age of 62. A tribute to her sharp analysis, wit and humor.
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1/28/2007 In our First Hour... | |
First, an interview with artist and author Dorothy Fall... Her new book about her late husband is "Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar." Bernard Fall was one of the first people to predict that America's participation in the Vietnam War would be a disaster.
Then, Washington Post journalist Anthony Shadid on Iraq. Shadid won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, and is the author of "Night Draws Near: Iraq's People In the Shadow of America's War" (Picador).
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1/28/2007 And in our Second Hour... | |
Reflections on Death and Dying.
Surgeon Pauline Chen is the author of "Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality" (Knopf).
Anneli Rufus, East Bay Express writer, is the author of "The Farewell Chronicles [How we really Reaspond to Death]" (Marlowe & Company).
Martin Sanchez is a long-time direct-services volunteer at Maitri, a San Francisco long-term 24-hour care facility for people living with AIDS. | |
1/21/2007 In our First Hour... | |
Where did you buy your last new pair of jeans?
No matter where you bought it, before it reached the store it's "life" probably began in a factory in China...
Micha Peled's documentary "China Blue" goes into a jeans factory in China and takes a look at the working conditions of the young women who make the jeans. The film brings up U.S.-China political and trade relations and economic issues, in addition to labor issues...
Our guests:
Filmmaker Micha Peled's "China Blue" is screening starting January 19th at the Rafael Film Center in Mill Valley.
Sharon Hom is the Executive Director of Human Rights In China
Robert L. Terrell is a professor of communications at California State University East Bay. He lived for years in China, where he was a reporter. | |
1/21/2007 In our Second Hour... | |
There are some in Congress talking about cutting off funding for the U.S. occupation of Iraq...
There are many more among the American people organizing to demand that Congress do just that...
Our guests:
Ruth Flower, a specialist on military budgeting with the Friends' Committee on National Legislation
Michael Eisenscher, organizer for US Labor Against the War | |
1/14/2007 In our First Hour... | |
Media Reform
The National Conference on Media Reform is on this weekend in Memphis...
We'll talk about a few of the things we can do to improve media in the United States.
Our guests:
Jeff Chester, founder and executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, and author of the new book, "Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy" (The New Press, January 2007).
Nick Schou, writer for the L.A. Times and OC Times, author of the new book, "Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb" (Nation Books, January 2007).
Jennifer Pozner, founder and Executive Director, Women in Media and News.
Sarwat Husain, Chair, Council on American Islamic Relatoins - San Antonio, and Editor, Al-Ittihaad "Unity" Monthly | |
1/14/2007 And in our Second Hour... | |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
We'll talk with the editors of Volume VI of the King Papers.
Our guests:
Susan Englander, PhD U.S. History
Reverend Troy Jackson
Reverend Gerald Smith | |
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