APRIL DRIVE 2024
by KPFK
KPFK IS ENTERING A NEW PHASE IN ITS HISTORY
KPFK is broadcasting from a new location in advance of refurbishment of its historic home by the building's new owners
HELP KEEP KPFK ON THE AIR AND LET'S MOVE KPFK FORWARD!
KPFK is broadcasting from a new location in advance of refurbishment of its historic home by the building's new owners
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$180.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityALAN WATTS Pacifica Radio Archives LIBRARY EDITION MP3 CD SET - Alan Watts Library Edition MP3 Disc Set. 28 hours of audio on 3 MP3-format audio CDs. This master collection from the Pacifica Radio Archives includes the Way Beyond the West series and the famed Philosophy: East and West series; also Insight and Ecstasy; Observations on the Beat Way of Life; Conscience and Concentration; The Art of Psychoanalysis parts 1 and 2; special tributes produced after Alan Watts' death; and more.
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$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityALAN WATTS 'Morals in a Floating World: Further Excursions into the Moral Dilemma.' Talks given at Diablo Valley College over 3 weeks in1966 - a general sweep of his views on life, religion, and love which might be valuable in these weird times. 3 talks on an MP3 CD, nearly 3 hours: 1.'Mysticism and Morals'; 2. 'The Game Theory of Ethics''; 3. 'Sexuality and Religion'.
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$60.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityWATTS, ALAN | CHANGES - CD Alan Watts, Tim Leary, Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg and Allen Cohen discuss LSD, art and life. Discussion took place on Alan Watts' houseboat in Sausalito in 1967 Audio CD, 66 minutes.
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$125.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityVOICES OF PACIFICA VOL 6 - CD Collection of the best of Pacifica's Alan Watts collection on 4 CDs, selected by Roy of Hollywood. 'Way Beyond the West,' 'Art of Psychoanalysis I and II,' 'Sahaja,' 'Love of Waters,'; 'Return to the Forest,' 'Zen Bones,' 'In the Spirit.' 4 hours 30 minutes. 4 CDs
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$60.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityP.R.A.: JIMI HENDRIX DOCUMENTARY MP3 CD - Documentary that compiles previously unheard and rare recordings exploring this musical legend; it includes music, of course, but also interviews with the people who knew Hendrix best. We?ll hear from members of Jimi?s family, blues singer John Hammond (who befriended the young Hendrix in Greenwich Village in 1966), Chas Chandler from The Animals (who brought Hendrix to England and became his manager), Noel Redding, Ornette Coleman, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Stevie Wonder, John Lee Hooker, and others. MP3 Disc / 3 hours 58 minutes
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$250.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityFor your $250 donation, KPFK and the Pacifica Radio Archives will send you the 'Voices That Change The World,' a massive 1300-hour collection of historic speeches and excerpts in MP3 audio format on a USB drive that plugs into your computer.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityENOUGH ALREADY: TIMETO END THE WAR ON TERRORISM - BOOK - In 'Enough Already: Time to End the War On Terrorism,' Libertarian Institute director and Anti-War Radio host Scott Horton argues that the war on terror has been counterproductive and is too costly to continue. He makes his case with a detailed history of these chaotic, tragic and above all futile conflicts.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 donation. Downloadable audio files of Los Angeles Theater Works performances by Culture Club, including: A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO; CHAVEZ RAVINE; RADIO MAMBO; BORDERTOWN; AMERICAN NIGHT. EMAIL REQUIRED.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 donation. Downloadable audio files of Los Angeles Theater Works performances, including: SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION; HOLD THESE TRUTHS; THE GRAPES OF WRATH; ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? EMAIL REQUIRED.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 donation. Full title: 'But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films.' From Turner Classic Movies. 5 copies available.
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$299.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$299 donation. Pair of tickets to an in-person Evolving Out Loud event led by author and 'transformational comedian' Kyle Cease, giving guidance on the work of transforming our lives and releasing what no longer serves us in order to become the highest version of ourselves. Thursday through Sunday, June 20-23, 2024, at the historic Alex Theatre, 216 N Brand Blvd in Glendale. Thurs. session 1 - 6 pm; Fri/Sat 9 am - 6 pm; Sunday 9 am - 4 pm. Mid-day meal breaks Fri, Sat, Sun. CREDIT CARD ONLY, EMAIL ADDRESS REQUIRED.
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$150.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityDerek Rydall: SOUL BLUEPRINT PROGRAM - This digital package includes Derek Rydall's 'Soul Blueprint Program.' Derek has also generously offered BONUS surprise gifts worth hundreds of dollars. This package from noted spiritual teacher and healer Derek Rydall includes more than 9 hours of Derek's transformational program to uncover your Soul's Purpose and fulfill your vision! Bonus gifts included! MUST get email address. please- donors will be sent instructions for online access after the fund drive.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 donation. Memoir charts Bonpane's journey from a young Irish-American woman, to a Maryknoll sister working in Chile, to a dedicated peace activist and director of the Office of the Americas. Through personal anecdotes and reflections, Bonpane offers an insightful and thought-provoking look at the inner workings of the peace movement and the challenges faced by activists on the frontlines.
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$65.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$65 donation. 'The PEOPLE?S SPIRAL of US HISTORY: From JIGONSASEH to SOLARTOPIA' tells America?s organic story in six thrilling cycles?from our Indigenous Mother to the imperial Trumpocalypse?and beyond. Fast, fun and full of fury, this passionate pageant pulls no punches. EMAIL REQUIRED - book will be sent as a PDF email attachment from author Harvey Wasserman.
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$60.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$60 donation. This project is a tribute to the late founder and director of Cuba's Los Van Van, Juan Formell. The CD features Van Van's iconic vocalist Mayito Rivera and Grammy Award winner rapper and songwriter Telmary Diaz among other guests. 5 copies available.
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$60.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$60 donation. Meaning 'life' in Spanish, 'V.I.D.A.' for Gonzalez is an acronym distilling his greatest creative inspirations, standing for Verdad, Independencia, Diversidad y Amor (Truth, Independence, Diversity, and Love). Featuring the next leap in his evolving Afro-Cuban modern rock-jazz sound, V.I.D.A. showcases Gonzalez at the height of his craft as a composer, pianist, and collaborator with an international cast of players at his side. 5 copies available.
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$2,000.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityDonor makes his or her way to New York City for a dinner with Amy Goodman and attendance to a taping of the Democracy Now TV show. DONOR MUST COVER ALL TRAVEL AND LODGING COSTS. PLEASE GET DONOR'S EMAIL TO PASS ON TO THE DEMOCRACY NOW! STAFF to facilitate arranging dates, etc.
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$60.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$60 pledge. Rooted in the eclectic and collective world of his live shows, Carlisle's third album and debut for Signature Sounds, Critterland takes up where his sophomore album, Peculiar, Missouri left off, transforming Peculiar's big tent into a Critterland menagerie and letting loose the weirdos he gathered together. The album is a wild romp through the backwaters of his mind and America, lingering in the odd corners of human nature to visit obscure oddballs, dark secrets and complicated truths about the beauty and pain of life and love. 5 copies available.
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$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$100 donation. This 3-CD set thoughtfully curates 51 songs from the studio albums and live recordings the Eagles released between 1972 and 2020. All of the band?s best-known tracks are here, including the #1 hit 'New Kid In Town,' 'One Of These Nights,' 'Best Of My Love,' 'Hotel California,' and 'Heartache Tonight.' The set also features plenty of fan favorites with songs like 'Desperado,' 'Victim Of Love,' and 'In The City.' The collection also highlights the Eagles? impressive touring legacy with more than a dozen electrifying live tracks. 10 sets available.
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John Densmore: THE SEEKERS: MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MUSICIANS (AND OTHER ARTISTS) - Book
GLOBAL VILLAGE THURSDAY$80.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$80 Pledge. 'The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists),' book by John Densmore. The iconic drummer of The Doors investigates his own relationship with creativity and explores the meaning of artistry with other artists and performers in this compelling and spellbinding memoir. -
$180.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityALAN WATTS Pacifica Radio Archives LIBRARY EDITION MP3 CD SET - Alan Watts Library Edition MP3 Disc Set. 28 hours of audio on 3 MP3-format audio CDs. This master collection from the Pacifica Radio Archives includes the Way Beyond the West series and the famed Philosophy: East and West series; also Insight and Ecstasy; Observations on the Beat Way of Life; Conscience and Concentration; The Art of Psychoanalysis parts 1 and 2; special tributes produced after Alan Watts' death; and more.
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$65.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityHIDDEN BELIEF SYSTEMS - THE LOST WATTS TAPE - CD - Recorded Aug 13, 1973, possibly his last public talk. Lost until 1990. Watts talks about 'what unexamined assumptions underlie our commen sense?' 2 CDs.
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$50.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityALAN WATTS - IN THE SPIRIT - Rare interview of Alan Watts by Lex Hixon of WBAI, November 1972, about a year before his death.. Topic is Watts' autobiography 'In My Own Way.' 1 CD
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$65.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityART OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AND JUNG 2-CD SET with 'The Art of Psychoanalysis' I, II, and III plus 'Tribute to C.G.Jung.
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$65.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityThis vertical (18x24) poster of KPFK's limited-edition logo, was designed and signed by Shepard Fairey in honor of KPFK's 60th anniversary. Available now for a $65 donation in recognition of 2024 as KPFK's 65th anniversary year
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$50.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityKPFK REUSABLE GROCERY TOTE BAG - This is a newly designed reusable grocery tote bag that helps promote your favorite radio station KPFK! Red & black logo on grey tote (large enough for lots of items!)
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$5.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityHelp support the station and show your KPFK pride while spreading the word with this slick, and glossy bumper sticker.
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$160.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$160 donation. 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: A New Translation from the Persian.' The quatrains that make up the collected poems attributed to the 12th century Persian astronomer Omar Khayyam have enchanted readers for centuries. In this modern translation, complete with a critical introduction and epilogue, Juan Cole elegantly renders the verse for contemporary readers.
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$50.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$50 donation. Gift certificate redeemable at The Baked Potato, the legendary jazz venue down the hill from KPFK, at 3787 Cahuenga Blvd in Studio City. ?5 available. CREDIT CARD ONLY.
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$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$100 pledge. Ron Kovic, author of 'Born on the Fourth of July' and one of the country's most powerful and passionate antiwar voices, completes his Vietnam Trilogy with this poignant, inspiring, and deeply personal elegy to America. After years of social, political, and sexual turmoil, Kovic experiences a powerful epiphany that gives him a reason and purpose to live; a renewed faith and strength to carry on. Although his trauma is severe, his third memoir is ultimately the inspirational story of a survivor finding a way to rise above his depression and despair, forgiving his enemies and himself, and growing deeply committed to a new life.Signed by the author.
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$65.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$65 donation. Previously-unissued live solo recording, on CD, of 'The Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll,' Sister Rosetta Tharpe, captured at the auditorium of the Grand Theatre in Limoges, France on November 11, 1966. This is an official Record Store Day release on producer Zev Feldman's new 'Deep Digs' record label.
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$35.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$35 donation. Code to access a downloadable documentary video about the history of exploitation films, focusing on the careers of legendary producers David F. Friedman and Dan Sonney. Written by Eddie Muller and directed by 'Sexy Boomers' co-host Ted Bonnitt. EMAIL REQUIRED
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$65.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$65 donation. Downloadable 72-minute compilation of real Firesign Theatre televison ads from 1968-2000, including beyond-belief ads for Jack Poet Volkswagen, Carnation Instant Breakfast, A-1 Slacks, International House of Pancakes and more; plus rare advertising records for Warner/Reprise/Seven Arts and stuffed-crust pizza ads starring the gang from Nick Danger. Includes a 36-page PDF booklet with historical essays, vintage ad art and photos, and more. EMAIL REQUIRED - will be sent digitally.
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$50.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$50 pledge. Downloadable audio book 'Where's My Fortune Cookie?' as read by Phil Proctor, chronicling his experiences as a student, actor, founding member of the Firesign Theatre, and more. EMAIL REQUIRED
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 pledge.'Where's My Fortune Cookie?' by Phil Proctor, chronicling his experiences as a student, actor, founding member of the Firesign Theatre, and more. Autographed by Phil.
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$150.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$150 pledge. From Pacifica Radio Archives, a jump-drive containing over 50-plus hours of historic recordings of Radio Free Oz, a revolutionary, free-form radio call-in show on KPFK, from 1966 to 1978. Initially hosted by Paul Robbins and Peter Bergman, the self-appointed 'Wizard of Oz,' it marked the beginnings of what later became Firesign Theatre, a cultural phenomenon of brilliant, improvisational lunacy courtesy of David Osman, Phil Austin, Peter Bergman and Phil Proctor.
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$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$100 donation. Classic, first official 'live' album released by the Dead, recorded at concerts at the Avalon Ballroom and Fillmore West in early 1969. Features tracks Dark Star', 'St. Stephen,' 'The Eleven,' 'Lovelight,''Death Don't Have no Mercy,'and 'And We Bid You Goodnight.' 180-gram vinyl pressing, mastered from original analog tapes. 2 copies available.
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$250.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$250 donation. Pair of 3-day General Admission passes to the 14th Annual California Roots Music and Art Festival, Friday through Sunday, May 24-26 2024 at the Monterey County Fair and Event Center, 2004 Fairgrounds Rd, Monterey, CA 93940 10 PAIRS AVAILABLE - EMAIL AND PHONE REQUIRED - TICKETS WILL BE EMAILED. Performers include Arise Roots, Artikal Sound System, Burning Spear, Claire Wright, Collie Buddz, Coyote Island, DMP, Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley, E-40 and Too Short, The Elovaters, The Expendables, Fortunate Youth, The Green, Ice Cube, J Boog, Kabaka Pyramid, L.A.B, Little Stranger, Living Legends, Lupe Fiasco, Pepper, Rawayana, Rebelution, Souls of Mischief, Stephen Marley, Stick Figure, Tribal Seeds, Tropidelic, The Wide Eyed Kids, Xavier Rudd, Ziggy Marley,
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$50.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$50 donation. 'Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles County Rock.' This is the coffee table book catalog of the exhibition currently on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. The book features many West Coast Americana artists including Emmylou Harris, the Byrds, Dwight Yoakam, Linda Ronstadt, Gram Parsons and more, plus essays about L.A. landmarks the Troubadour and the Ash Grove (the latter essay authored by Mary Katherine). 5 copies available.
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$60.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$60 donation. Rare, long out of print collector's item by the Grammy-winning Americana duo Larkin Poe, Rebecca and Megan Lovell, recorded in 2005 when, with their sister Jessica, they were a teenage bluegrass band called The Lovell Sisters. 5 copies available.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 donation. Rhino Records 'Now Playing' series compilation of 10 of Judy's classic tracks: Turn Turn Turn; So Early, Early In The Spring; Suzanne; Both Sides Now; Since You Asked; Someday Soon; Who Knows Where The Time Goes; Amazing Grace; Cook With Honey; Send In The Clowns. Vinyl LP, 10 copies available.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 donation. LP reissue of Tony's best-known recording, pressed on 180g Translucent Red Vinyl, in a hand-numbered limited pressing of 500 copies. 5 copies available for KPFK donors.
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$60.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$60 donation. Traditional and contemporary British ballads sung and played on banjo guitar, autoharp and concertina. 5 copies available.
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$65.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.SizeQuantity$65 donation, in honor of KPFK Radio's 65 years on the air. Off-white graphics on black shirt, displaying Roots logo on front, hosts listed on the back. Select from sizes Small, Medium, Large, X-Large and Double-X-Large.
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$250.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityPaul Robeson "Portraits of the Artist" 4-DVD Box Set - Package From the Criterion Collection celebrating All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson (1898-1976). Includes 4 DVDs of 8 Robeson films, including: 'Body & Soul,' 1925; 'Borderline,' 1930; 'The Emperor Jones,' 1933; 'Sanders of the River,' 1935; 'Jericho,' 1937; 'The Proud Valley,' 1940; 'Native Land,' 1942; the 1979 documentary 'Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist'; plus a booklet of essays and more.
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Breaking the Silence: OUR HARSH LOGIC: ISRAELI SOLDIERS' TESTIMONIES FROM THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES - book
SOJOURNER TRUTH$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$100 donation. From Breaking the Silence: OUR HARSH LOGIC: ISRAELI SOLDIERS' TESTIMONIES FROM THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. In this landmark work, which includes more than a hundred soldiers' testimonies collected over a decade, what emerges is a broad policy that is as much offensive as defensive.' Our Harsh Logic' is a supremely significant contribution to one of the world's most vexed conflicts. 400 PAGES -
$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$100 pledge. Dave Emory interviewed by Jim Di Eugenio.
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$60.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$60 pledge. Downloadable PDFs of the series made up of the four volumes: Volume 1: The Unfinished Symphony (July 2021); Volume 2: Open vs Closed Systems Collide (November 2021); Volume 3: The Birth of a Eurasian Manifest Destiny (April 2022); Volume 4: The Anglo-Venetian Roots of the Deep State (January 2023). EMAIL REQUIRED.
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Joshua Green: THE REBELS... THE STRUGGLE FOR A NEW AMERICAN POLITICS - BOOK
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT$150.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$150 donation. Joshua Green tells the human story of the rise and fight of Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from the 2008 financial crisis on, as outrage over the unfairness of the American system formed a flood tide of political revolution. the Democratic party found itself riven by culture war issues between its centrists and its progressives. Whether the Democrats can bridge their divisions and home in on a vision that unites the party in the face of the most violently deranged political landscape since the Civil War will be the ultimate test of the legacies of all three characters. 12 copies available. -
$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity'The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy.' This latest installment in Hartmann's Hidden History series reveals exactly how the government and corporations are tracking our every online move and using our data to buy elections, employ social control, and monetize our lives. He traces the history of surveillance and social control, looking at how surveillance began to be employed as a way to modify behavior. Delving into the Constitutional right to privacy, Hartmann reminds us of our civil right and shows how we can restore it.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 donation. HIDDEN WAR ON VOTING -BOOK You will receive the book The Hidden History Of The War On Voting: Who Stole Your Vote And How To Get It Back - written by Thom Hartmann, America's #1 progressive radio host.
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$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$100 donation.'Be The Revolution' reveals how Occupy Wall St. organizers strategically activated their national network of activists to fuel the grassroots movement that propelled Senator Bernie Sanders? campaign to change the course of American history. The book is a gonzo adventure into the heart of the grassroots movements that challenged the Democratic establishment and as well joined the historic pipeline fight at Standing Rock. The book also offers important insights into the rise of QAnon and neofascism,and a theory of change to guide the development of the movements urgently needed to take on national and global crises.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 pledge. Pair of tickets to premiere screening event of film 'I Am Gitmo,' a dramatization based on true events about a Muslim schoolteacher accused of terrorism and imprisoned and tortured at Guantanamo Bay. Thursday, 5/2/24 beginning at 5:45 pm with a red-carpet cocktail reception, followed at 7 by the film screening and discussion with director Phillippe Diaz, cast members, and experts including Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism, who will also receive a Human Rights Award at the event. 10 pairs available. Writers Guild Theater, 135 Doheny Dr, Beverly Hills. CREDIT CARD ONLY, get phone and email - names will be on guest list at event.
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Violet Moller: THE MAP OF KNOWLEDGE: HOW CLASSICAL IDEAS WERE LOST AND FOUND - Book
LETTERS AND POLITICS$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityViolet Moller: THE MAP OF KNOWLEDGE: HOW CLASSICAL IDEAS WERE LOST AND FOUND - B - 'How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities.' Violet Moller's thrilling history tracks three crucial books as they were passed hand to hand through seven cities during a perilous thousand-year journey of survival. After the great library at Alexandria was destroyed, Baghdad, Cordoba, Toledo, Salerno, and Palermo were rare outposts of knowledge in a dark world, Foundational works on math, astronomy, and medicine by Euclid, Ptolemy, and Galen eventually reached Venice, the major center of scientific printing, where their legacy was assured. -
$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$100 donation. Pair of tickets to Idina Menzel in her 'Take Me or Leave Me' tour, Tuesday, 7/23/24 at 7 pm at the Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Blvd (at Western Ave), Los Angeles. 5 pairs available. CREDIT CARD ONLY - get phone and email, tickets will be emailed.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 donation. Pair of tickets to Jazz Bakery presentation of jazz pianist Fred Hersch, influential improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, collaborator, and recording artist, Saturday, 4/27/24 at 8 pm at the Aratani Theatre of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, 244 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012. CREDIT CARD ONLY, get phone and email. Names on guest list at event. 3 pairs available.
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$75.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$75 donation. Pair of tickets to Music Circle presentation of flautist Ronu Majumdar and his son Hrishikesh performing on bansuri (Indian Flutes), with Sri Subhajyoti Guha on tabla. Saturday, 4/27/24 at 6 pm at the Herrick Chapel at Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles 90041. CREDIT CARD ONLY, get phone and email. Names on guest list at event. 4 pairs available.
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$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$100 donation. Pair of tickets to Gustavo Dudamel leading the L.A. Philharmonic in John Williams' 'Olympic Fanfare and Theme,' Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony, and the commissioned Violin Concerto by Gabriela Ortiz, with soloist Maria Duenas. 8 pm Saturday on 5/11/24 at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles. 2 pairs available, Credit Card only. EMAIL NEEDED - TICKETS WILL BE SENT ELECTRONICALLY.
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$80.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$80 donation. This collaboration blends Huun-Huur-Tu?s trademark throat singing and traditional Tuvan instruments with the modern production and instrumentation from Grammy-nominated producer and musician Carmen Rizzo (Seal, Alanis Morissette, Coldplay) and Grammy-Award winning musician Dhani Harrison. Recorded all over the world ? from Los Angeles to Europe and Russia to Dhani?s very own F.P.S.H.O.T. Studios in Henley-on-Thames, UK ? this beautiful album is mesmerizing from start to finish. Limited-edition, clear vinyl LP, 15 copies available.
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$100.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.QuantityLetters and Politics U.S. HISTORY COLLECTION - Mitch Jesserich curates a collection of his in-depth interviews on US History. EMAIL REQUIRED. Download link will be sent as time allows during the Fund Drive.
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$120.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$120 pledge. Walls traces the full arc of Thoreau's life, from his early days in the intellectual hothouse of Concord, Massachusetts, when the American experiment still felt fresh and precarious, By the time he died in 1862, at only forty-four years of age, Thoreau had witnessed the transformation of his world from a community of farmers and artisans into a bustling, interconnected commercial nation. Drawing on Thoreau's copious writings, published and unpublished, Walls presents a Thoreau vigorously alive in all his quirks and contradictions. Running through it all, Thoreau remained a passionate naturalist, who, long before the age of environmentalism, saw tragedy for future generations in the human heedlessness around him.
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$60.00 per monthThis gift has already been selected. Select again to add more.Quantity$60 donation. Pair of tickets to Mothers' Day Brunch, with Tierra, Elvia Cadena and Mariachi Folklore, hosted by Cee Cee Valencia of 93.5 KDAY-FM. Sunday, May 12 at 10 am at the Canyon Club, Montclair, 5060 E. Montclair Plaza, unit 2020. 5 pairs available, credit card only. Get phone and email.