0:08 – On Day 1, President Trump signed an executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. The order would affect any children born in the U.S. for whom neither parent has permanent immigration status. Immigrants’ rights advocates say this order is blatantly unconstitutional, violating the 14th Amendment. Two major lawsuits were immediately filed in response, one by a group of state Attorneys General and the other by civil rights groups. Aarti Kohli of Asian Law Caucus joins us to talk about the rights groups’ lawsuit and the history of Asian and Pacific Islander communities standing on the forefront of defending immigrants’ rights in the U.S.

0:33 – Giselle Garcia, a volunteer with NorCal Resist, explains what to do when you see ICE in your community and explains your rights in interacting with immigration agents. Alameda County, San Francisco, and Sacramento all have emergency rapid response phone hotlines that members of the public can call to confirm ICE’s presence and seek emergency legal help.

0:45 – Aja Arnold of independent Atlanta news outlet Mainline talks about the new podcast, “The Process is the Punishment,” covering the ATL 61, the 61 defendants indicted and swept up in a broad police crackdown against activism to save the Weelaunee Forest and prevent a police megalopolis from being built in the city. The activists are facing charges under Georgia RICO laws, which observers say is a tactic meant to quell free speech.

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00:08 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His legal scholarship focuses on Palestine, Israel, and U.S. policies toward the Middle East.

00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

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00:08 Hajar Yazdiha, Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California; now author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement [re-broadcast]

00:34 Martin Luther King Jr., recorded December 7, 1964 (days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo) giving an address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.

Because of the holiday, Corona Calls is delayed until Tuesday. Send questions to: [email protected]

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00:08 — Jehad Abusalim is Executive Director of the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA . He is also an editor for “Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire” (2022). He is from the city of Deir el-Balah in the Gaza Strip.

00:33 — Muhannad Ayyash is Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary and Policy Analyst at Al-Shabaka.

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00:08 — Iman Abid-Thompson is the Director of Advocacy and Organizing at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR).

00:20 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.

00:33 — Nathan Solis is a breaking news reporter with the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times.

00:40 — Tony Marks-Block is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies at CSU East Bay.

 00:50 — Joel Laucher is an insurance expert and Program Specialist at United Policyholders. He is also a former Chief Deputy Commissioner for the California Department of Insurance. 

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UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.

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Mitch Jeserich host the confirmation hearing of Mr. Peter B. Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense.

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00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.

00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

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Eugene Linden, veteran climate and science writer whose most recent book is Fire and Flood: A People’s History of Climae Change, from 1979 to the present  [this is a re-broadcast of an interview originally recorded in June 2022]

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00:08 Gabrielle Canon, climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent for Guardian US, most recently reporting from Pacific Palisades

00:12 Dani Anguiano, The Guardian‘s west coast breaking news reporter; also co-author of Fire in Paradise

00:20 Eugene Cordero, professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University.

00:33 Marissa Kendall covers homelessness for the nonprofit newsroom Calmatters

00:42 Nicole Santa Cruz is a reporter for ProPublica covering inequality in the Southwest

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00:08 — Abdullahi Halakhe is Senior Advocate for East and Southern Africa at Refugees International.

00:33 — Will Oremus is a Technology news analysis reporter for the Washington Post.

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