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KPFA - Letters and Politics

KPFA - Letters and Politics

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 Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.2025KPFA 312700 Political Science Politics & Government
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  • Ending Isolation with Terry A. Kupers

    Ending Isolation with Terry A. Kupers
    Sep 2 2025
    Guest: Dr. Terry A. Kupers is a psychiatrist and professor emeritus at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. He is an expert on the intersection of mental health and incarceration and is the author of several books including Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars, Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation, and most lately, Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement co-authored with Christopher William Blackwell (Autor), Deborah Zalesne (Autor), and Kwaneta Harris. The post Ending Isolation with Terry A. Kupers appeared first on KPFA.
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    Less than 1 minute
  • The Black Wobbly: Ben Fletcher

    The Black Wobbly: Ben Fletcher
    Sep 1 2025
    Guest: Peter Cole is a professor of history at Western Illinois University in Macomb and a research associate in the Society, Work and Development Institute at the University of the Vitvatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Cole is the author of the award-winning Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area and Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia. He coedited Wobblies of the World: A Global History of the IWW. He is the founder and codirector of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project. The post The Black Wobbly: Ben Fletcher appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Dispossession: The Indian Removal Act of 1830

    Dispossession: The Indian Removal Act of 1830
    Aug 28 2025
    Guest: Claudio Saunt, author of Unworthy Republic:The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory. Claudio Saunt is the Richard B. Russell Professor in American History at the University of Georgia. The post Dispossession: The Indian Removal Act of 1830 appeared first on KPFA.
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    46 mins
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