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War of Information w/ Tiana Reid

In the US, traditional media censorship of pro-Palestinian voices didn't start October 2023. A new report on Zionism's chilling effect on journalists is out this week, spotlighting how some reporters and editors self-censor, and corporate outlets kee…

Zionists and Counterinsurgency in Stop Asian Hate with Dylan Rodriguez

Dylan Rodriguez is back to talk about his new piece: "How the Stop Asian Hate Movement Became Entwined with Zionism, Policing, and Counterinsurgency." Launching off the murders of Asian sex workers in Atlanta in 2021, The Asian American Foundation...

Silicon Valley Imperialism f/ Erin McElroy

Erin McElroy is back to talk about fresh release "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Starting in the 2010s, the post-socialist Romanian government created special visas to attract tech corporations and digital nomads. They hoped to create a mini-San...

We Keep Each Other Housed f/ West Side Tenants Association

Nonprofits could never: Three members of the autonomous West Side Tenants Association/WSTA discuss the evergreen problem of charity; what movements gain by putting collectivism before individualism; how knowing your neighbors is the most effective an…

Keep Masks in Healthcare f/ Jillian Crochet, Senior and Disability Action

Politics have turned COVID into a dirty word, but , a Senior and Disability Action member, is working to get the San Francisco Department of Public Health to keep masking requirements in medical facilities and jails beyond April 30, when they're set.…

Queens of the Intifada, Part 2 f/ Lady Bunny

Well-known drag artists have been using their platforms to combat the genocide in Gaza since last October. In part two, Lady Bunny takes on virtue signaling politicians, and describes her suspicions around the . Check for Nicki Jizz, host of locally…

Queens of the Intifada, Part 1 f/ Nicki Jizz

Well-known drag artists have been using their platforms to combat the genocide in Gaza since last October. In this first part, Nicki Jizz, host of locally beloved drag night Reparations, explains how politics and drag mix. Check part two for Lady...

RE-RELEASED: "Mental Health" Jail Expansion, f/ Thatcher Sady and Tory Becker

Instead of demanding free housing or health care, some people think the answer to homelessness is to build "mental health" jails and forced "rehab" centers to stow unhoused people, indefinitely. With and Tory Becker, from Gay Shame. In other news…

YBCA's Neoliberal Nothingspeak on Palestine f/ Ralowe Ampu

On February 15, eight artists altered their works at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in solidarity with Palestine. Ralowe Ampu is on to talk about the YBCA's neoliberal nothingspeak response to the artists' - and now many staffmembers' -..…

Why the US Fears a Liberated Haiti f/ Pierre Labossiere and Charlie Hinton

Pierre Labossiere and Charlie Hinton (Haiti Action Committee) speak on common threads between Haiti and Palestine, and how US-enabled death squads are creating chaos in the first country to come out of a successful slave uprising. Sad...