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We speak truth to power! It’s kind of our thing.
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“Don’t even breathe near us.”
On Background Briefing, Karen Greenberg explains how lawlessness, impunity, and state violence intersect with a broader administration-wide campaign targeting women — from rhetoric to policy to deadly force.
Full interview: KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #ice #trump
On Background Briefing, Karen Greenberg explains how lawlessness, impunity, and state violence intersect with a broader administration-wide campaign targeting women — from rhetoric to policy to deadly force.
Full interview: KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #ice #trump
January 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
“This is a regime change where the regime hasn’t changed.” Historian Alejandro Velasco explains the paradox facing Venezuela as the same power structure operates under constant threat of U.S. intervention. Behind the News w/ Doug Henwood Thursdays @ 12pm.
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #VENEZUELA #BIGOIL
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #VENEZUELA #BIGOIL
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM
“This is a regime change where the regime hasn’t changed.” Historian Alejandro Velasco explains the paradox facing Venezuela as the same power structure operates under constant threat of U.S. intervention. Behind the News w/ Doug Henwood Thursdays @ 12pm.
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #VENEZUELA #BIGOIL
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #VENEZUELA #BIGOIL
Don’t let the onslaught of info leave you overwhelmed.
KPFA cuts through the noise with real reporting and deep conversations.
Thank us during fund drive 🫠
Tune in to KPFA 94.1 FM or stream at kpfa.org.
#KPFA #BayArea #MondayMotivation
KPFA cuts through the noise with real reporting and deep conversations.
Thank us during fund drive 🫠
Tune in to KPFA 94.1 FM or stream at kpfa.org.
#KPFA #BayArea #MondayMotivation
January 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Don’t let the onslaught of info leave you overwhelmed.
KPFA cuts through the noise with real reporting and deep conversations.
Thank us during fund drive 🫠
Tune in to KPFA 94.1 FM or stream at kpfa.org.
#KPFA #BayArea #MondayMotivation
KPFA cuts through the noise with real reporting and deep conversations.
Thank us during fund drive 🫠
Tune in to KPFA 94.1 FM or stream at kpfa.org.
#KPFA #BayArea #MondayMotivation
50+ hours of music. KPFA style.
You’re welcome. 👉👉
From 8pm tonight straight through 5am Monday.
Get eclectic and find your groove @ KPFA.
#kpfa #music #bayarea #resistancemusic #alldayallnight
You’re welcome. 👉👉
From 8pm tonight straight through 5am Monday.
Get eclectic and find your groove @ KPFA.
#kpfa #music #bayarea #resistancemusic #alldayallnight
January 10, 2026 at 3:56 AM
50+ hours of music. KPFA style.
You’re welcome. 👉👉
From 8pm tonight straight through 5am Monday.
Get eclectic and find your groove @ KPFA.
#kpfa #music #bayarea #resistancemusic #alldayallnight
You’re welcome. 👉👉
From 8pm tonight straight through 5am Monday.
Get eclectic and find your groove @ KPFA.
#kpfa #music #bayarea #resistancemusic #alldayallnight
National Book Award–winning poet Martin Espada joins Flashpoints to read his poetry and speak on the surge of racist attacks nationwide. Plus civil rights attorney Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, former National Lawyers Guild SF director.
5 PM | KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #poetry #art #resist
5 PM | KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #poetry #art #resist
January 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Thursday’s a good day to tune in!
FULL SCHEDULE @ KPFA.ORG
UpFront (7am) → Against the Grain (12pm) → Hard Knock Radio (4pm) → Apex Express (7pm) → Calling All Seekers (10pm)
Independent radio. No chaser.
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #ListenerPowered #IndependentRadio #BayAreaRadio
FULL SCHEDULE @ KPFA.ORG
UpFront (7am) → Against the Grain (12pm) → Hard Knock Radio (4pm) → Apex Express (7pm) → Calling All Seekers (10pm)
Independent radio. No chaser.
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #ListenerPowered #IndependentRadio #BayAreaRadio
January 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Thursday’s a good day to tune in!
FULL SCHEDULE @ KPFA.ORG
UpFront (7am) → Against the Grain (12pm) → Hard Knock Radio (4pm) → Apex Express (7pm) → Calling All Seekers (10pm)
Independent radio. No chaser.
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #ListenerPowered #IndependentRadio #BayAreaRadio
FULL SCHEDULE @ KPFA.ORG
UpFront (7am) → Against the Grain (12pm) → Hard Knock Radio (4pm) → Apex Express (7pm) → Calling All Seekers (10pm)
Independent radio. No chaser.
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #ListenerPowered #IndependentRadio #BayAreaRadio
The video doesn’t match the official story.
Ian Masters speaks with law professor Ana Pottratz Acosta about the killing of an unarmed bystander by an ICE agent in Minneapolis — and why DHS claims collapse under scrutiny.
Listen at kpfa.org
#ICE #Immigration #CivilRights #Minneapolis #KPFA
Ian Masters speaks with law professor Ana Pottratz Acosta about the killing of an unarmed bystander by an ICE agent in Minneapolis — and why DHS claims collapse under scrutiny.
Listen at kpfa.org
#ICE #Immigration #CivilRights #Minneapolis #KPFA
January 8, 2026 at 5:55 AM
The video doesn’t match the official story.
Ian Masters speaks with law professor Ana Pottratz Acosta about the killing of an unarmed bystander by an ICE agent in Minneapolis — and why DHS claims collapse under scrutiny.
Listen at kpfa.org
#ICE #Immigration #CivilRights #Minneapolis #KPFA
Ian Masters speaks with law professor Ana Pottratz Acosta about the killing of an unarmed bystander by an ICE agent in Minneapolis — and why DHS claims collapse under scrutiny.
Listen at kpfa.org
#ICE #Immigration #CivilRights #Minneapolis #KPFA
KPFA Wednesdays are just fabulous!
Wednesdays on KPFA bring sharp reporting, deep local stories, and music that wanders where the other stations won’t.
Oh, and no commercials.
Take a look. Tune in.
Full schedule at kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #wednesday #resist #realtalk
Wednesdays on KPFA bring sharp reporting, deep local stories, and music that wanders where the other stations won’t.
Oh, and no commercials.
Take a look. Tune in.
Full schedule at kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #wednesday #resist #realtalk
January 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
KPFA Wednesdays are just fabulous!
Wednesdays on KPFA bring sharp reporting, deep local stories, and music that wanders where the other stations won’t.
Oh, and no commercials.
Take a look. Tune in.
Full schedule at kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #wednesday #resist #realtalk
Wednesdays on KPFA bring sharp reporting, deep local stories, and music that wanders where the other stations won’t.
Oh, and no commercials.
Take a look. Tune in.
Full schedule at kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #wednesday #resist #realtalk
“Policing isn’t broken — it’s doing its job.”
Cat Brooks on why reform talk avoids naming the system — and how nonprofit funding keeps the ‘bad apples’ myth alive.
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#KPFA #HardKnockRadio #CatBrooks #WhiteSupremacy #abolition #bayarea @realcatbrooks.bsky.social
Cat Brooks on why reform talk avoids naming the system — and how nonprofit funding keeps the ‘bad apples’ myth alive.
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#KPFA #HardKnockRadio #CatBrooks #WhiteSupremacy #abolition #bayarea @realcatbrooks.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 AM
“Policing isn’t broken — it’s doing its job.”
Cat Brooks on why reform talk avoids naming the system — and how nonprofit funding keeps the ‘bad apples’ myth alive.
kpfa.org
#KPFA #HardKnockRadio #CatBrooks #WhiteSupremacy #abolition #bayarea @realcatbrooks.bsky.social
Cat Brooks on why reform talk avoids naming the system — and how nonprofit funding keeps the ‘bad apples’ myth alive.
kpfa.org
#KPFA #HardKnockRadio #CatBrooks #WhiteSupremacy #abolition #bayarea @realcatbrooks.bsky.social
The Pentagon has “supported” 2,500+ movies and TV shows — often with script access and influence. On Against the Grain, Ben Freeman explains how militarism gets sold as entertainment. KPFA 94.1 FM + kpfa.org
#KPFA #AgainstTheGrain #hollywood #cinema #military #bayarea
#KPFA #AgainstTheGrain #hollywood #cinema #military #bayarea
January 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The Pentagon has “supported” 2,500+ movies and TV shows — often with script access and influence. On Against the Grain, Ben Freeman explains how militarism gets sold as entertainment. KPFA 94.1 FM + kpfa.org
#KPFA #AgainstTheGrain #hollywood #cinema #military #bayarea
#KPFA #AgainstTheGrain #hollywood #cinema #military #bayarea
“The U.S. isn’t prepared to run Venezuela — or Cuba, or Colombia.”
On Democracy Now!, historian Miguel Tinker Salas argues that recent moves aren’t imperial control, but the spectacle of empire — and a dangerous fantasy of domination.
Democracy Now M-F 6 & 9am
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#KPFA #Venezuela
On Democracy Now!, historian Miguel Tinker Salas argues that recent moves aren’t imperial control, but the spectacle of empire — and a dangerous fantasy of domination.
Democracy Now M-F 6 & 9am
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
“The U.S. isn’t prepared to run Venezuela — or Cuba, or Colombia.”
On Democracy Now!, historian Miguel Tinker Salas argues that recent moves aren’t imperial control, but the spectacle of empire — and a dangerous fantasy of domination.
Democracy Now M-F 6 & 9am
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #Venezuela
On Democracy Now!, historian Miguel Tinker Salas argues that recent moves aren’t imperial control, but the spectacle of empire — and a dangerous fantasy of domination.
Democracy Now M-F 6 & 9am
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#KPFA #Venezuela
Your Monday radio, covered.
News, voices, resistance, and music — all day on KPFA.
From UpFront in the morning to a music takeover at night, we’ve got you covered.
Full schedule at kpfa.org
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #mondaymotivation #monday #news #realtalk #community
News, voices, resistance, and music — all day on KPFA.
From UpFront in the morning to a music takeover at night, we’ve got you covered.
Full schedule at kpfa.org
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #mondaymotivation #monday #news #realtalk #community
January 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Your Monday radio, covered.
News, voices, resistance, and music — all day on KPFA.
From UpFront in the morning to a music takeover at night, we’ve got you covered.
Full schedule at kpfa.org
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #mondaymotivation #monday #news #realtalk #community
News, voices, resistance, and music — all day on KPFA.
From UpFront in the morning to a music takeover at night, we’ve got you covered.
Full schedule at kpfa.org
94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #mondaymotivation #monday #news #realtalk #community
Legal scholar Geoffrey Corn says the U.S. action in Venezuela likely violates international law — and may be unconstitutional. He breaks down why the self-defense argument doesn’t hold.
KPFA will keep covering developments as they unfold.
📻 KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
KPFA will keep covering developments as they unfold.
📻 KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
January 3, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Legal scholar Geoffrey Corn says the U.S. action in Venezuela likely violates international law — and may be unconstitutional. He breaks down why the self-defense argument doesn’t hold.
KPFA will keep covering developments as they unfold.
📻 KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
KPFA will keep covering developments as they unfold.
📻 KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
Debuts today at 5PM on Flashpoints: US Intervention Watch with Kevin Pina — a weekly briefing tracking US wars, sanctions, covert ops, and military power the corporate media avoids. From Washington to the Global South.
KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #military #imperialism #realtalk
KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #military #imperialism #realtalk
January 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Debuts today at 5PM on Flashpoints: US Intervention Watch with Kevin Pina — a weekly briefing tracking US wars, sanctions, covert ops, and military power the corporate media avoids. From Washington to the Global South.
KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #military #imperialism #realtalk
KPFA 94.1 FM | kpfa.org
#kpfa #bayarea #military #imperialism #realtalk
Rare KPFA archive interview (circa 1980) with legendary director Jack Arnold. Recorded at Universal Studios, Arnold reflects on Creature from the Black Lagoon, early 3D filmmaking, and a career that shaped science fiction cinema.
Listen at kpfa.org
#KPFA #FilmHistory #BayArea #Cinema #Scifi
Listen at kpfa.org
#KPFA #FilmHistory #BayArea #Cinema #Scifi
January 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
New Year’s Eve gratitude post
Thank you for choosing KPFA as your station of choice and keeping independent, listener-powered radio strong.
Also: it’s the last day to donate and grab a thank-you gift.
Future you will approve.
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#KPFA #ListenerPowered #HappyNewYear #SupportIndependentMedia
Thank you for choosing KPFA as your station of choice and keeping independent, listener-powered radio strong.
Also: it’s the last day to donate and grab a thank-you gift.
Future you will approve.
kpfa.org
#KPFA #ListenerPowered #HappyNewYear #SupportIndependentMedia
December 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New Year’s Eve gratitude post
Thank you for choosing KPFA as your station of choice and keeping independent, listener-powered radio strong.
Also: it’s the last day to donate and grab a thank-you gift.
Future you will approve.
kpfa.org
#KPFA #ListenerPowered #HappyNewYear #SupportIndependentMedia
Thank you for choosing KPFA as your station of choice and keeping independent, listener-powered radio strong.
Also: it’s the last day to donate and grab a thank-you gift.
Future you will approve.
kpfa.org
#KPFA #ListenerPowered #HappyNewYear #SupportIndependentMedia
An Epstein survivor speaks again.
This New Year’s Eve on Flashpoints, KPFA airs Part 2 of Marina Lacerda’s interview. Known in court records as “Minor Victim 1,” her testimony helped bring Epstein to justice.
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#KPFA #Flashpoints #SurvivorVoices #Accountability #Justice #IndependentMedia
This New Year’s Eve on Flashpoints, KPFA airs Part 2 of Marina Lacerda’s interview. Known in court records as “Minor Victim 1,” her testimony helped bring Epstein to justice.
kpfa.org
#KPFA #Flashpoints #SurvivorVoices #Accountability #Justice #IndependentMedia
December 31, 2025 at 5:44 AM
An Epstein survivor speaks again.
This New Year’s Eve on Flashpoints, KPFA airs Part 2 of Marina Lacerda’s interview. Known in court records as “Minor Victim 1,” her testimony helped bring Epstein to justice.
kpfa.org
#KPFA #Flashpoints #SurvivorVoices #Accountability #Justice #IndependentMedia
This New Year’s Eve on Flashpoints, KPFA airs Part 2 of Marina Lacerda’s interview. Known in court records as “Minor Victim 1,” her testimony helped bring Epstein to justice.
kpfa.org
#KPFA #Flashpoints #SurvivorVoices #Accountability #Justice #IndependentMedia
New Epstein revelations: estate emails and reporting that traces Epstein’s relationship with Ehud Barak into a broader influence network. On Background Briefing, Nina Burleigh breaks down what’s emerging and why much of it is still ignored. Listen: kpfa.org
#KPFA @ninaburleigh.bsky.social
#KPFA @ninaburleigh.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
New Epstein revelations: estate emails and reporting that traces Epstein’s relationship with Ehud Barak into a broader influence network. On Background Briefing, Nina Burleigh breaks down what’s emerging and why much of it is still ignored. Listen: kpfa.org
#KPFA @ninaburleigh.bsky.social
#KPFA @ninaburleigh.bsky.social
Conservative campus groups didn’t just “show up” in the 1960s. They were funded, mentored, and trained to counter student movements and build a pipeline into power.
Against the Grain airs Mon 12pm on 94.1 FM KPFA or kpfa.org. #KPFA #AgainstTheGrain
Against the Grain airs Mon 12pm on 94.1 FM KPFA or kpfa.org. #KPFA #AgainstTheGrain
December 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Conservative campus groups didn’t just “show up” in the 1960s. They were funded, mentored, and trained to counter student movements and build a pipeline into power.
Against the Grain airs Mon 12pm on 94.1 FM KPFA or kpfa.org. #KPFA #AgainstTheGrain
Against the Grain airs Mon 12pm on 94.1 FM KPFA or kpfa.org. #KPFA #AgainstTheGrain
In 1929, when capitalism collapsed, American workers didn’t go right — they went left.
On Economic Update, Richard Wolff explains how unions and mass organizing won Social Security, a minimum wage, and federal jobs programs.
Listen to the episode @ kpfa.org
#KPFA #LaborHistory #EconomicUpdate
On Economic Update, Richard Wolff explains how unions and mass organizing won Social Security, a minimum wage, and federal jobs programs.
Listen to the episode @ kpfa.org
#KPFA #LaborHistory #EconomicUpdate
December 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
In 1929, when capitalism collapsed, American workers didn’t go right — they went left.
On Economic Update, Richard Wolff explains how unions and mass organizing won Social Security, a minimum wage, and federal jobs programs.
Listen to the episode @ kpfa.org
#KPFA #LaborHistory #EconomicUpdate
On Economic Update, Richard Wolff explains how unions and mass organizing won Social Security, a minimum wage, and federal jobs programs.
Listen to the episode @ kpfa.org
#KPFA #LaborHistory #EconomicUpdate
“We are all targets — and the way that we win is by linking arms.”
Melina Abdullah on Hard Knock Radio lays out the real choice facing us in 2026: capitulation or collective resistance. Full roundtable at kpfa.org
#KPFA #HardKnockRadio #Solidarity #FreePalestine @docmellymel.bsky.social
Melina Abdullah on Hard Knock Radio lays out the real choice facing us in 2026: capitulation or collective resistance. Full roundtable at kpfa.org
#KPFA #HardKnockRadio #Solidarity #FreePalestine @docmellymel.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
“We are all targets — and the way that we win is by linking arms.”
Melina Abdullah on Hard Knock Radio lays out the real choice facing us in 2026: capitulation or collective resistance. Full roundtable at kpfa.org
#KPFA #HardKnockRadio #Solidarity #FreePalestine @docmellymel.bsky.social
Melina Abdullah on Hard Knock Radio lays out the real choice facing us in 2026: capitulation or collective resistance. Full roundtable at kpfa.org
#KPFA #HardKnockRadio #Solidarity #FreePalestine @docmellymel.bsky.social
On Against the Grain, Sasha Lilley speaks with Leigh Claire La Berge, author of Marx for Cats, about how animals, especially cats, have shaped Marxist thought and revolutionary ideas of liberation. Can we imagine a different economy — and a different relationship to animals?
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#kpfa #marx
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#kpfa #marx
December 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Looking for music that actually sticks?
KPFA’s S.O.O.O. is back with our DJs’ Top 5 Albums of 2025 — real humans, real taste, real heart. No algorithms.
Explore it at https://loom.ly/GLss-_8
#KPFA #SOOO #HumanCurated #MusicWithHeart
KPFA’s S.O.O.O. is back with our DJs’ Top 5 Albums of 2025 — real humans, real taste, real heart. No algorithms.
Explore it at https://loom.ly/GLss-_8
#KPFA #SOOO #HumanCurated #MusicWithHeart
December 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Looking for music that actually sticks?
KPFA’s S.O.O.O. is back with our DJs’ Top 5 Albums of 2025 — real humans, real taste, real heart. No algorithms.
Explore it at https://loom.ly/GLss-_8
#KPFA #SOOO #HumanCurated #MusicWithHeart
KPFA’s S.O.O.O. is back with our DJs’ Top 5 Albums of 2025 — real humans, real taste, real heart. No algorithms.
Explore it at https://loom.ly/GLss-_8
#KPFA #SOOO #HumanCurated #MusicWithHeart
On Wednesday’s Flashpoints, Sara Blanco speaks with Marina Lacerda, an Epstein survivor known in court records as “Minor Victim 1.” She helped hold Epstein accountable and shares what justice really takes. 🎧 kpfa.org
#KPFA #Flashpoints #SurvivorVoices #Justice #epsteinlist #epstein #endtrafficking
#KPFA #Flashpoints #SurvivorVoices #Justice #epsteinlist #epstein #endtrafficking
December 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
On Wednesday’s Flashpoints, Sara Blanco speaks with Marina Lacerda, an Epstein survivor known in court records as “Minor Victim 1.” She helped hold Epstein accountable and shares what justice really takes. 🎧 kpfa.org
#KPFA #Flashpoints #SurvivorVoices #Justice #epsteinlist #epstein #endtrafficking
#KPFA #Flashpoints #SurvivorVoices #Justice #epsteinlist #epstein #endtrafficking
Capitalism isn’t natural. It was built.
Historian Sven Beckert explains how capitalism is historical, political, and shaped by struggle. That means the future isn’t written yet.
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#KPFA #BackgroundBriefing #Capitalism @svenbeckert.bsky.social @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social
Historian Sven Beckert explains how capitalism is historical, political, and shaped by struggle. That means the future isn’t written yet.
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#KPFA #BackgroundBriefing #Capitalism @svenbeckert.bsky.social @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Capitalism isn’t natural. It was built.
Historian Sven Beckert explains how capitalism is historical, political, and shaped by struggle. That means the future isn’t written yet.
kpfa.org
#KPFA #BackgroundBriefing #Capitalism @svenbeckert.bsky.social @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social
Historian Sven Beckert explains how capitalism is historical, political, and shaped by struggle. That means the future isn’t written yet.
kpfa.org
#KPFA #BackgroundBriefing #Capitalism @svenbeckert.bsky.social @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social