KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley eNewsletter, January 30, 2008: Largest Teach-in in US History, Presidential Primaries: Tsunami Tuesday, Grateful Dead Marathon, More!

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Focus the Nation Climate Change Teach-In
Presidential Primaries: Tsunami Tuesday
New Saturday Morning Additions
Annual Grateful Dead Marathon
The War Comes Home: Veterans Without Shelter and Medical Care
Rewind: Highlights From our Archives

Live! Thursday, January 31st, 2008, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm PST

KPFA brings you a day-long broadcast from the largest teach-in in US history, from the campus of San Francisco State University. The teach-in features nationally known experts and activists, including Van Jones, Michael Glantz and Dennis Martinez. Anchored by KPFA's Karolo Aparicio, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Michelle Chan-Fishell, Kris Welch, Davey D, and Nora Barrows-Friedman. For more information about Focus the Nation, visit focusthenation.org. Also see: Focus the Nation at San Francisco State.
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 starting at 5pm Pacific Time.

On February 5th, voters in 22 states will caucus and vote on the composition of roughly half the delegates at this year's Democratic and Republic national conventions (and more than a third of the delegates in the Green convention). It's the biggest Super Tuesday ever - and virtually guaranteed to determine which candidates will go to the mat for the presidency in November.

KPFA/Pacifica will bring you up-to-the minute voting results, speeches from winners and losers, and analysis of who's voting, why, and what it all portends for November. Veteran Pacifica broadcaster and Polk Award winner Larry Bensky will co-anchor from the studios of KPFA along with KPFA host and producer Aimee Allison. Additional contributions from Hard Knock Radio's Davey D.

KPFA Radio introduces two new programs from the Pacifica Network: Behind the News is a radical program of economics and politics hosted by Doug Henwood, acclaimed economic journalist and contributing editor to The Nation magazine. Behind the News originates from Pacifica Radio's WBAI in New York City. Uprising, the weekly digest of the daily program on Pacifica Radio's KPFK in Los Angeles, is hosted by award-winning broadcaster Sonali Kolhatkar, and provides news and analysis from a progressive, internationalist perspective. Uprising features regular commentaries by journalist Rahul Mahajan and Glen Ford of The Black Agenda Report.

Behind the News and Uprising will air on Saturdays at 10am and 11am respectively.

"With the global economy in precarious shape and left perspectives on war, the environment, racism and social injustice missing in the mainstream media, we are very lucky to be able to air these two excellent programs from Pacifica." - Lemlem Rijio, KPFA's Interim General Manager

KPFA's Annual Grateful Dead Marathon will take place Saturday, February 9 from 9am to 1am Pacific Time. The marathon will be webcast at kpfa.org, as well as DeadNet, nugs.net, gdradio.net. There will be many musical treats, of course, and a fine array of thank-you gifts including CDs, DVDs, books, and DeadNet Store gift cards. For more info visit Dead to the World host David Gans' blog.

New Report Looks at Veterans Without Shelter and Medical Care

On any given night 200,000 veterans sleep homeless on the streets of the United States. Increasingly those veterans are young people who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. The latest installment of KPFA Radio's acclaimed interactive website, Warcomeshome.org, features the first person accounts of US veterans who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan who are now homeless or without medical care. [Read the Report]

Africa Today
Current developments in Kenya. Interviews with Steve Ouma Akoth and Wanjiru Kamu. [Listen]

Against the Grain
Myths about immigration abound, as does a myopic focus on immigration to the US. Henrik Lebuhn reveals how undocumented immigrants in Europe are being targeted and policed. And in a new book Aviva Chomsky addresses 21 myths about immigration. [Listen]

Hard Knock Radio
Political Commentator Mumia Abu Jamal on "America's Martin, & Martin's America". Davey D speaks with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa about racial tension between Black & Brown people. Wyland interviews Zeph & Azeem. [Listen]

Guns and Butter
With William Pepper, author of "An Act of State: The Assassination of Martin Luther King", his second book on the King case. This presentation was given in Long Beach, California in January 2003, after the publication of the book. Part One & Part Two

Terra Verde
Treasure Island: Sustainable Island? Are Treasure Island's sustainability plans are dream or reality? [Listen]

The Morning Show
A look at Wall Street with Amaad Rivera and Doug Henwood, editor of the Left Business Observer. David Bacon update on the police assault on the Cananea mine in Mexico. The state of the City in Richmond, CA. Dr. Susan Wicklund on her book "This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor". [Listen]

Ritmos De Las Americas
Rosi Reyes interviews actor Gerardo Taracena from El Violin (The Violin). "One of the most amazing Mexican films in many a year."
[Listen]

Rock en Rebelión (English and Español)
Interview with Mexican band Bengala. Independent filmmaker Gustavo Vazquez, talks about his documentary Que Viva la Lucha, Wrestling in Tijuana. Milk, a new film by Gus Van Sant, featuring Sean Penn and Diego Luna. [Listen]