In this week’s program, we will be commemorating 59th anniversary of the 1948 Al Nakba (catastrophe in Arabic) that resulted in violent uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their ancestral home. We will hear a talk by History Professor Ilan Pappe about his groundbreaking book entitled "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine." Professor Pappe … Continued
In this week’s program, U.C. Berkeley History Professor Beshara Doumani will be in conversation Israeli historian and journalist Tom Segev about his newly published book entitled “1967: Israel, the War and the Year that Transformed the Middle East.” During the program, we will also hear selections from the Souk System, a music CD by prominent … Continued
On tonight’s program, we will bring you the second part of an interview with UC Berkeley Sociology Professor Cihan Tugal. Shahram Aghamir will talk with Professor Tugal about the ruling party in Turkey, the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), and its shift toward embracing American economic, social and religious models. http://newleftreview.org/?page=article&view=2657 Later in the … Continued
In this week’s program, in commemorating the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, Khalil Benidb will talk with Professor Stephan Astourian, Executive Director of the Armenian Studies Program and Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at UC Berkeley. Later in the program, we will hear the first part of a two-part interview with U.C. Berkeley Sociology … Continued
In this week’s program, On tonight’s program, we will speak with Algerian-born scholar Azzedine Layachi, who is Associate Professor of Political science at St. John’s University in New York, about the latest and apparently synchronized terrorist violence in both Algeria and Morocco and the forces behind it. Later in the program, Shuka Kalantari will talk … Continued
Iraq’s refugee crisis and the tragic plight of nearly four million Iraqis displaced in the wake of the occupation; This week’s UC Berkeley conference entitled "America and its Wars"; and Pasolini meets Palestine!
In this week’s program, Economics Professor Sasan Fayazmanesh of the California State University, Fresno, will be in conversation with Shahram Aghamir on the role of the most influential pro-Israeli lobby group in the U.S., American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and Israel’s political establishment in the current standoff also involving Iran and the United States. … Continued
In this week’s program, we will hear a discussion on the controversy surrounding the Edward Said mural project in San Francisco State University. Later in the program, Nadine Ghammache will speak with our very own political cartoonist Khalil Bendib and Iraqi oud player Rahim Al Hajja. Both Khalil and Rahim will take part in La … Continued
