KPFA Special – Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

Guest: Gregory P. Downs is a history professor at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of several books including his latest, in collaboration with Anthony E. Kaye (1962-2017), Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History. Anthony E. Kaye (1962–2017) taught history at Pennsylvania State University and was the vice president of scholarly programs at the National Humanities Center. An influential scholar of Atlantic slavery and American history, he served as an associate editor of The Journal of the Civil War Era. His final book, Nat Turner, Black Prophet, was completed with the assistance of Gregory P. Downs, a professor of history at the University of California, Davis. The post KPFA Special – A History of Nat Turner’s Slave Revolt appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Richard Wolff is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He is the host of the weekly program, Economic Update and is the author of several books including Understanding Capitalism. The post KPFA Special – Richard Wolff on Harris, Trump, & the Economy Part 2 appeared first on KPFA.

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 Sides of the Atlantic. The post KPFA Special – Lobbying for Zionism: A History appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Arlie Russell Hochschild is a Professor Emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of many books, including Strangers in Their Own Land, and her latest, Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right.  The post KPFA Special – Arlie Hochschild on the Pride Paradox & the Rise of the New Right appeared first on KPFA.

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 KPFA Special – In Conversation with Paul Cooper of Fall Of Civilizations appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Richard Wolff is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He is the host of the weekly program, Economic Update and is the author of several books including Understanding Capitalism.   The post KPFA Special – Richard Wolff on Harris, Trump, & the Economy Part I appeared first on KPFA.

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 Give Me Liberty! and coeditor of Interpreting a Continent: Voices from Colonial America. Her latest book is Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. The post KPFA Special – Native Nations: A Millennium in North America appeared first on KPFA.

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.

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. & DA Pamela Price at Protect the Win.org The post The Recall of Two Progressives in Oakland and Alameda County appeared first on KPFA.

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.