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This week on Full Circle, we’ll speak with an activist on the frontlines of the battle with ICE abducting our friends, families and neighbors. We'll talk about what happened in San Francisco on Tuesday when protesters put their bodies on the line while attempting to block ICE from abducting a person at immigration court. This activist also recently returned from the West Bank in Palestine as she w...

On this episode of Full Circle we bring it back here to the Bay Area and bring you news from a recent press conference and some information about an upcoming event coming to the Bay Area. We will hear voices from a press conference and rally opposing the early release of former Contra Costa County Sheriff Deputy Andrew hall. He actually killed two men suffering from a mental health crisis on two d...

This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine as well as Yemen and the Arabian peninsula. On tonight's show, college students from 11 Northern California universities speak out against the Trump administration's kidnapping of their fellow international students. We'll hear from the press conference they held yesterday at San Francisco State University. Then we’ll hear...

This week on Full Circle we will check in on the health of California water supplies. On tonight’s show we’ll hear voices and an interview from the SAve California Salmon, Water Protection Speaker Series, Where Does Your Water Come From? Then in the second half of the show we'll head to New York, where folks from, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) are presenting a bill that would...

This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine, and the resistance here at home. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear voices from an emergency rally to free Mahmoud Khalil. The rally was last Saturday at Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco. Among those voices will be students from San Francisco Universities. Then we’ll check in with Toby Blome (BloMay) of Shut Down Drone Warfa...

This Week On Full Circle, we turn our eyes and ears back to Palestine, Yemen and the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear from Sen. Chris Murphy D-CT and Pacifica Radio’s Democracy Now about the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil the Columbia University graduate that was arrested last week and the protests that followed. Then we’ll check in with Jon Elmer of the Electronic Intifada. He ho...

This week on Full Circle, we’ll hear from the People’s Arms Embargo as they blocked the entrances to Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield CA. We also will check in with Sophie, a high school student attending Contra Costa College, she is organizing a rally for Palestine on her campus in San Pablo. Part of their grievance is the suspension of professor Asad Kabir for speaking up about Palestine in an...

As the devastating war in Gaza continues and of course expanding now into the West Bank Lebanon Syria Iraq and Yemen. We continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine and the region. On tonight’s show, We’ll share information about the effort to block a 20 billion dollar weapons deal with Israel. After that update, we’ll hear from the Children’s Press Conference that was held Saturday at the Oak...

This week on Full Circle, We’ll share information about a couple of local Palestinian solidarity events happening here in the Bay Area. The Children's Press Conference In Oakland And another Potluck for Palestine. We’ll also share some Palestinian Solidarity songs.

On this episode of Full Circle, I will share the story of my cousin, Timothy Charles Lee. He was found lynched in a tree near the Concord BART station in 1985, today we call this MMIP, Missing or Murdered Indigenous People. In the second part of the show, we’ll hear from protesters who disrupted a Halloween event of State Senator Scott Weiner. The mainstream media made it out as an anti-Semitic at...

Last week on Full Circle we heard from two women from the organization “Soul Of My Soul”. They recently had a theater cancel their screening of the Palestinian film, “Where Olive Trees Weep”. The cancellation came after heavy pressure from Zionist organizations based mainly on the East Coast who targeted the theater and Livermore government officials. Then in the second half of the show, we’ll spe...

On this episode of Full Circle We’ll got an update on the Golden Gate 26, the protesters that earlier this year blocked traffic on the Golden Gate bridge demanding a ceasefire in Palestine. Also Contra Costa County is considering a guaranteed basic income. We'll hear from Loren Dalbert, the Program Manager at RCF Connects about what GBI is about and how you can add your voice. And to close out the...

Last week on Full Circle we kept our eyes and ears on Palestine and Lebanon. We also checked in with the Quinto family out in Antioch. Their loved one, Angelo Quinto was killed by Antioch police in 2020, they were back in court today. On this episode of Full Circle, we’ll hear from the student led day of action for Palestine marking one year of genocide. We’ll hear from the actions held in Berkele...

This week on Full Circle we keep our eyes and ears on Palestine and Lebanon. And we also check in on some news out of the city of Antioch. On tonight’s show. We get an update on the upcoming week of actions here in the Bay Area marking 1 year of the aggression on Gaza. We’ll be speaking with a representative of Q.U.I.T, Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism for that update. Then later, CA is in the...

This week on Full Circle we turn our attention to Lebanon and we also check in on some local events from the past couple weeks. On tonight’s show, we hear from the “All Out for Lebanon" rally in San Francisco. We’ll also hear from the “Julian Assgage is Free" celebration that was held in Berkeley last week. Later we’ll hear from the ILWU local 6, they have walked off the job at Georgia Pacific in...

Tonight on Full Circle we will be in conversation with two of the musicians from the upcoming John Coltrane tribute concert. We’ll talk to upright bassist & bandleader Dewayne Oakley. And vocalist Bryant “Mr. B” Bolling. We’ll also hear live music from our guests who are inspired by John Coltrane. All that, and we’ll be asking for your support for this important media outlet, KPFA.

Last week on Full Circle we continued to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On last week’s show, we heard from a recent senate briefing, titled, Gaza, Public Health & Healthcare Access. The hearing featured the voices of doctors and healthcare workers who recently worked in Gaza. We also heard from Nora Barrows Friedman of the Electronic Intifada as she was in conversation with Rashid Khalidi, p...

This week on Full Circle, as the attempted genocide on Palestinians continues in Gaza and the West Bank we check in on a couple of local events. On tonight's show, we speak with Fatinah, an organizer with Unmute Humanity. She’ll speak about an upcoming webcast series, Voices Of Palestine and the upcoming 7th episode focusing on Muhammad Bhar the young Palestinian man with autism that was mauled to...

This week on Full Circle, as the attempted genocide on Palestinians continues in Gaza and the West Bank we check in on the anti Palestine or anti genocide movement laws that are being passed around the country and especiall here in California. And as rents continue to rise and evictions continue in California post pandemic, we check in on Antioch, the city just moved forward with a just cause for...

This week on Full Circle, as the devastation continues in Gaza we check in with Palestinians and members of Jewish Voice For Peace and get their thoughts on what did and didn’t happen at the DNC as it relates to Palestine. We’ll host a roundtable discussion on how the DNC treated the genocide in Gaza with Palestinians and Jewish Voice For Peace

Recently on Full Circle we heard from folks in the Berkeley Albany area who are focused on bringing better health, nutrition and welfare to the community. We hear from Dr Amelia Barili, UC Berkeley instructor, a past participant at the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant and a stellar instructor in Yoga, Qigong and meditation. Also UC Berkeley Gill Tract Community Farm participants, Aconnie James, Lady E...

This week on Full Circle we check in on some upcoming local events planned to help educate and bring awareness on the situation and history of Palestine. On tonight's show, we'll speak with renowned international speaker and author, Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac. Rev. Munther is a Palestinian faith leader and the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church of Bethlehem. Rev. Munther gained global...

Tonight on Full Circle, we will be in conversation with West Oakland to West Africa International Poetry Exchange. (WO2WA). We will talk about what they’ve been doing since the last time they honored us with their presence on Full Circle. We will also hear about their upcoming production, Lake Walking, Revolutionary Talking.

First Voice Graduate Stevie G speaks with folks from the Black Repertory Group about the history of the Theater group, their historic location and what the future holds for both.

Last Friday on Full Circle, as the devastation continues in Gaza, we spoke with a critical care physician and trauma surgeon, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa. He volunteered in Gaza and has returned to share his story. And in California, a thirteen year old Palestinian girl wearing a hijab was attacked and assaulted by a US combat veteran as she and her sister spelt out Free Palestine on a popular sand dune in...