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Will San Francisco DA George Gascón charge the Ed Lee mayoral campaigns? (audio/mpeg 1.4MB) The news of misdemeanor domestic violence charges against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has obscured all other news in San Francisco, making the Chronicle and Examiner look like tabloid press. Meanwhile, as Mayor Lee encourages Sheriff Mirkarimi to resign, the investigation of Mayor Ed Lee's mayoral campaign, for campaign money laundering, and of the independent expenditure committee to elect Ed Lee, for absentee ballot tampering, seem to have fallen all the way off the radar. Except at KPFA. Aud...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 10:33am PST
Mendocino Country Independent News Hour (audio/mpeg 53.5MB) This week on the Mendocino Country Independent News Hour, we speak with Mendocino County 2nd District Supervisor, John Mccowen, about the federal threats against the county's 9.31 medical marijuana permitting program, the 1st of its kind in the nation to regulate the production of medical marijuana....
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2012 6:58pm PST
Commonwealth Club Microphone version (audio/mpeg 27.1MB) (audio 1:18:58)
Cleaner version of audio, mostly of those microphoned for the panel, although louder off-mic voices can be heard. Includes Caroline Moriari...
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2011 5:14pm PST
Open Air Mic Check version (audio/mpeg 24.9MB) (audio 1:12:37)
More off-mic audience comments can be heard in this version. Includes, as do both versions, Quan addressing media who flocked to her on sta...
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2011 5:14pm PST
Congo: A Tale of Two Presidents (audio/mpeg 1.9MB) Congo's national electoral commission has declared incumbent President Joseph Kabila the winner of the country's presidential election, but his leading challenger Étienne Tshisekedi, says that he has won and that he will consider himself the country's president from now on. Even the conservative International Crisis Group, an organization of international capital managers, former heads of government, foreign ministers, generals, high level officials, and international lawyers, have said that ...
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2011 4:33pm PST
San Francisco Mayor's Race: Monitor, Investigate, Certify? (audio/mpeg 1.3MB) KPFA Weekend News report, 10.30.2011 on ongoing investigations into alleged election law violations by San Francisco mayor Ed Lee's official campaign and his "independent expenditure" committee. Since this report was broadcast, Secretary of State Debra Bowen's Communications Director has responded that the Secretary of State will not comment on investigations, and that she she can only refer allegations to offices who do have the authority to prosecute. Whether federal investigators or pros...
Posted: Wed, Nov 2, 2011 11:26am PDT
Absentee ballot fraud for Interim Mayor Ed Lee? (audio/mpeg 1.7MB) KPFA Weekend News, 10.22.2011:...
Posted: Sun, Oct 23, 2011 10:47am PDT
Here's the KPFA Weekend News report, edited out of the longer newscast (audio/mpeg 1.7MB) Thanks for the heads up on the KPFA report. Here's the audio link for that news segment edited out of the longer newscast, and I'll upload it as well:
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Posted: Sun, Oct 23, 2011 9:51am PDT
San Francisco Rank and File Labor Divided on Pension Reform (audio/mpeg 1.6MB) On 09.18.2011, KPFA Weekend News spoke to SEIU 1021 shop steward, Green Party member, and labor and social justice activist Ramsés Téon Nichols about rank and file divisons regarding San Francisco pension reform measures, Propositions C and D on the November ballot....
Posted: Mon, Sep 26, 2011 5:51pm PDT
Egyptian Activist Ahmed Salah speaks at RCNV (audio/mpeg 58.3MB) On Sunday Aug. 21st 2011, Ahmed Salah spoke to about 40 people at the Resource Center for Nonviolence for almost two hours. He spoke about his experience being an activist before the January uprisings that removed the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak from power, as well as the role he and his movement played in the historic movements and uprisings in Tahir Square and other parts of Egypt. The first file is his presentation and runs about an hour and 4 minutes. The second audio file is 36 minut...
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2011 2:19pm PDT
Interim San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Breaks His Promise (audio/mpeg 6.7MB) Interim San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee broke his promise by entering the San Francisco Mayor's race on Monday, August 8th. KPFA produced this news summarizing the ethics allegations against the Run Ed Run campaign the night before....
Posted: Mon, Aug 8, 2011 3:23pm PDT
Interview: Teresa Asensio of Cherán, Michoacan (audio/mpeg 2.8MB) ...
Posted: Sun, Jul 3, 2011 11:38am PDT
Cherán: Community Self Defense in Mexico’s Drug War (audio/mpeg 4.0MB) Since April 15th, members of the P’urhépecha indigenous community of Cherán, Michoacán have self-organized community defense committees to protect themselves from violence amidst Mexico’s drug war. On June 26th a small caravan set off from Cuernavaca, Morelos to bring food supplies to Cherán, to show support for the community, which is both suffering from and resisting the drug war model imposed by Mexican president Felipe Calderón soon after he took office in 2006....
Posted: Sun, Jul 3, 2011 11:38am PDT
Redistricting- North Bay- Gary Wysocky (audio/x-wav 6.2MB) Santa Rosa City Council person, Gary Wysocky, in conversation with Redistricting Commissioner, Angelo Ancheta proposed a different configuration for congressional districts than the one released by the Commission late last week. Morning Mix, KPFA. Hosted by Adrienne Lauby and Anthony Fest....
Posted: Tue, Jun 14, 2011 2:30pm PDT
March 29 Mendocino Supervisors (audio/mpeg 30.0MB) Summary of Mendocino County Supervisors for the week of March 29th...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2011 2:54pm PDT
Winnemem-Wintu: Protecting Women's Rights of Passage (audio/mpeg 26.5MB) Caleen Sisk-Franco, Chief and Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem-Wintu discusses the Balas Chonas or Puberty Ceremony-which honors a girls transition into womanhood, her decision to declare war against the U.S. government, and her tribes work to return indigenous salmon to the McCloud River, for International Women's Day....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 8:16am PST
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gets a call from "David Koch" (audio/mpeg 2.1MB) Buffalo Beast Poses as David Koch, Calls WI Gov. Walker
February 23, 2011
Two MB mp3. About 10 minutes....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2011 1:07pm PST
"We're Not Leaving Until Mubarak Leaves" (audio/mpeg 26.1MB) This interview with Egyptian revolutionary socialist journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy was conducted on Saturday, February 5th at 8pm (Egyptian time). Due to time limitations we were only able to address half of the questions we had prepared. Below el-Hamalawy comments on the current decisive moment faced by those on the streets of Egypt, working-class participation and action, and the role of the army amongst other topics.
(included is audio file of interview for radio broadcast)...
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2011 10:59am PST
WBAI AfrobeatRadio on the Sudan Referendum (audio/mpeg 41.5MB) Are peace and self-determination possible for the Sudanese people, despite troops amassing in both north and the south, and vast oil wealth, concentrated in the South and coveted by competitive foreign powers? Ann Garrison reports on Sudan Referendum January Sat 8, on WBAI 99.5 FM NY, streaming live @ WBAI.Org at 4:00 PM EST. Guests: Mugume D. Rwakaringi, Rev. Dr. Nikita Imani, Peter Erlinder, Milton Allimadi....
Posted: Sun, Jan 9, 2011 9:44pm PST
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