In October 2021, the UK’s Bristol University fired professor David Miller, accusing him of anti-semitism. Last week a government labor tribunal ruled that he was fired for his work exposing Zionism. He spoke with Pacifica’s Steve Zeltzer.
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Over 400 healthcare workers in Gaza have been bombed and murdered by the Israeli Defense Forces or IDF. Healthcare workers in the US have been organizing nationally to get medical organizations to oppose the US supported genocide in Israel. On Friday February 9, healthcare workers and others rallied outside the San Francisco-Marin Medical Society’s annual gala at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, where Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and California State Senator Scott Wiener were in attendance. The society has ignored its members’ pleas to oppose the genocide.
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JR Valrey of Block Report Radio interviewed internationally renowned historian and author, Dr. Gerald Horne about the South African legal case charging Israel with genocide at the International Court of Justice in the Hague. Horne is the author of more than thirty books including his most recent work, “I Dare Say” and “Acknowledging Radical Conversations.”
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Amazon Fulfillment Center JFK8 in Staten Island New York is the first warehouse where workers voted for a union. They voted for the Amazon Labor Union to represent them, defeating a major union busting attack. The vice president of the local, Michelle Valentin Nieves, spoke to Pacifica’s Steve Zeltzer.
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Pacifica’s Don Debar took a look at one Central American country that has made some remarkable progress in the past decade. He speaks with Nicaragua-based journalists Stephen Sefton and Camila Escalante.
And that concludes today’s edition of Capitalism, Race & Democracy. We thank all of Pacifica’s sister stations and affiliates who contribute to the production of this show. Today’s program was produced by the Capitalism, Race & Democracy collective, with contributions from Akua Holt, Steve Zeltzer, Ann Garrison, and Polina Vasiliev, and hosted by Thomas O’Rourke.
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Music:
MC Abdul – Shouting At The Wall (Official Video)
Chi-Lites – Give More Power To The People!!
Bob Marley – Redemption song (Music video)
