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.

Full Circle 09-20-2024 Tribute To John Coltrane

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 Antioch, one of Antioch’s largest employers. And we’ll close out the show with some sound from the 10 year anniversary memorial  for Pedie Perez, the unarmed young man who was killed by Richmond police in 2014.

Full Circle 09-27-2024 Lebanon Palestine and Local Events

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 news again making positive changes. The city council just passed Just Cause for Eviction adding that to the list of tenant protections along with Anti Harassment and Rent Control. We’ll hear from the activists at the signing ceremony.  And, Antioch just hired a new City Manager, this comes with the specter of racism and a DOJ investigation that was launched after racist comments were posted on social media, including one post calling for the return of hanging to the town square. We’ll hear from the new City Manager herself as she was officially hired and introducing herself to the public.

Full Circle 10-04-2024 Actions Marking 1 Year of Genocide on Gaza and Local news From Antioch

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 Berkeley CA. Then later, we’ll get a short update on the Quinto family’s day in court..

Full Circle 10-11-2024 Student Day of Action And Angelo Quinto Manner of Death Challenge

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 attack. We’ll hear from the protesters themselves as to why they protest the Senator’s policies

Full Circle 11-01-2024 Timothy Charles Lee and State Senator Scott Weiner interrupted

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.

Full Circle 11-08-2024 Local Palestinian Solidarity Events

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 Oakland Children’s Hospital Research Center. Including an interview with organizers of the Children's Martyrs Display that was erected at the event.

Full Circle 11-15-2024 The Childrens Press Conference

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 all staff email. We’ll speak with professor Kabir as well.

Full Circle 11-22-2024 Peoples Arms Embargo and Contra Costa College Student Action for Palestine

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 Warfare. They have a week of actions coming up at Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico. She’ll tell us all about it and how to get involved if you’re interested.

Full Circle 03-21-2025 The Resistance To Genocide Here AtHome

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 from a book launch event for the novel “Vanished” The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda. We’ll hear excerpts featuring the publisher and the author Ahmed Masoud. And we’ll close out the show with our friends from The Electronic Intifada and hear from Jon Elmer as he updates us on the United States Aggression on Yemen and their response.


Full Circle 04-04-2025 University Student Press Conference-Vanished Book Release-Electronic Intifa Resistance Report on Yemen

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