Greetings and sal you take us on a previous episode of watching the hawks we covered how the United States was running a wild west style smash and grab when it came to securing valuable medical supplies during this pandemic germany brazil and other countries around the world were claiming that the United States government was either swooping in and out bidding them after sales were already finalized or the us was just playing downright stealing or as we like to call it here confiscating everything from face masks to ventilators as the item sat on the tarmac in china waiting to be shipped off to the country that rightfully purchased them all appears that theres no holds barred loop grab perpetrated by the United States federal government has of course found its way back home yes well to pull state officials and local Health Groups from massachusetts to illinois to texas have been so. Sounding the alarm that various federal agencies have been scooping up shipments of personal protective
Birthday of the u. K. Labor party whose trade unionist and socialist beginnings began a new age in Political Representation of the working class we ask a former labor cabinet minister whatever happened to raising the scarlet stamp to tie all the civil coming up today is going on the ground 1st extradition proceedings are underway today in london as the usa tries to get its hands on the most famous publisher and journalists in the world Julian Assange faces 175 years in jail in the q. C. For the usa james lewis is citing former cia spy jeffrey sterling to secure the australian wiki leaks found his Removal Division Jeffrey Skilling now joins me via skype from st louis in missouri jeffrey thanks so much for coming on the show so you know all about the tactics of the u. S. Deep state racism persecution at the cia what do you make of your name being quoted in court if i didnt read their name dropping. The course of their position and saying i guess they were referring back to the certain. T
Either me ok and join the stream today a new novel about a mexican families migration to the u. S. Well look at why the book is striking a nerve with american latinos online. Ringback journalists covering organized crime and Drug Trafficking and you are in a string. The book is called american and it tells the story of a middle class mexican woman and her 8 year old son who was forced to flee for their lives and seek refuge across the u. S. Border. Although mused. Heard immigration. And this story really opened my heart and changed the way i will see migrants. Oprah loves the book it has the coveted spot in the Oprah Winfrey book club and donna praised by the authors john grisham and stephen king as well as Mexican American authors Sandra Cisneros and Erika Sanchez the novel which is it was written by an author who is neither mexican nor a migrant is now the center of a debate over who gets to tell stories of historically marginalized people critics online say the book is rife with ste
Thank you for being with us organizing todays event in my Live Audience here in San Francisco you can always visit us at www. Commonwealth club. Org and with the upcoming schedule. With cohost of morning edition of npr with jesse and john fremont thank you for coming. [applause] thank you everyone im delighted you could come this afternoon one of the most beautiful cities in the world San Francisco and to talk about jesse and john fremont to had some issue with the creation of california as we know it is so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. And then on the july a delayed flight from los angeles and then to be picked up by a car and driven by a car the thing about live radio but with San Francisco traffic but really you will not make your exact time. [laughter] but 8 00 a. M. Pacific time and still on the road creeping up the freeway seven or 9 miles an hour but looking out the right side San Francisco bay is out there and the Southern Suburbs with the hills i
Their lives and seek refuge across the u. S. Border. Although mused. Heard immigration. And this story really opened my heart and changed the way i will see migrants. Oprah loves the book it has earned a coveted spot in the Oprah Winfrey book club and donna praised by the authors john grisham and stephen king as well as Mexican American authors Sandra Cisneros and Erika Sanchez the novel which is it was written by an author who is neither mexican nor migrant is now the center of a debate over who gets to tell stories of historically marginalized people critics online say the book is rife with stereotypes and cultural misrepresentations the controversy also highlights the issues that result from a lack of diversity in a white dominated u. S. Publishing industry joining us to talk about this in Long Beach California William Gerber she is a writer. Artists whose wife he shared book review of america and helped spark a more critical look at the novel isnt Louis Missouri Sanchez Prado he is