Mayor Garcetti and MTA Board Votes to Raise Bus Fares

Mayor Garcetti and MTA Board Votes to Raise Bus Fares

Despite having a five billion dollar a year budget of tax payers money, the Los Angeles MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) board has voted to raise bus fares across the board-with the exception of student passes. A monthly...

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On this show Eric Mann of The Labor Community Strategy Center, Alan Minsky Director of Programming on KPFK, and Mark Maxwell host of KPFK's Show RISE, bring to you the listeners Audio clips of Malcolm X, Angela_Davis, Harry Belafonte,...

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Stephen F. Cohen: Soviet and Post-Soviet Policies Were Viable Alternatives

Stephen F. Cohen: Soviet and Post-Soviet Policies Were Viable Alternatives

In this interview by Eric Man, Stephen F. Cohen revisit the Soviet Union and post-Soviet history. Cohen discuss Soviet leaders such as Nikolai Bukharin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Mikhail Gorbachev, and...

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Stop and Frisk, Bus Fare Hikes, Green House Gases, What’s Next in the Attacks Against Black and Brown

Stop and Frisk, Bus Fare Hikes, Green House Gases, What’s Next in the Attacks Against Black and Brown

Through public policies such as stop and frisk , fare evasion, black and brown communities are increasingly being politically attacked and criminalized. Couple that with the MTA's inadequate public transportation and bus fare hikes, and scores of...

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Afro-Asian Composer and Activist Fred Ho: On Social Justice and Inner Harmony

Afro-Asian Composer and Activist Fred Ho: On Social Justice and Inner Harmony

Fred Ho is a one-of-a-kind Chinese American baritone saxophonist, composer, writer, producer, political revolutionary, and self-described cancer warrior and extreme raw foodist. His music, his world view, and his politics are very inspiring and thought provoking. Fred spoke and played...

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Neidi Dominguez: Moving Forward With A Strong Vision for Immigrant Justice.

Neidi Dominguez: Moving Forward With A Strong Vision for Immigrant Justice.

Leading immigrant activist Neidi Dominguez has written an article called Our Vision Is More Than a DREAM: What's Next for Immigrant Youth?. In the article Neidi discuss some of the successes, set backs, struggles, and future vision in...

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