Students at the UC Santa Cruz Human Rights Investigations Lab collaborated with UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center on open-source research focused on the ongoing human rights crisis in Chile, where massive anti-government demonstrations throughout the past year have been met with sometimes brutal government crackdowns. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Public Affairs] [S ... Show More
Sep 2025
From Sleepy Lagoon to Zoot Suit: The Irreverent Path of Alice McGrath
The Sleepy Lagoon case of 1942 became one of the most racially charged trials in U.S. history. Twenty-two Mexican American youths, mostly teenagers, were tried en masse for the death of José Díaz, though no witness placed them at the scene and the cause of death was never establi ... Show More
30m 55s
May 2024
Students Revolt: Campus Uprisings for Palestine
Alyson and Breht discuss the student-led protests for Palestine sweeping across American universities, the reaction to them by the ruling class elite and their attack dogs (the cops), lessons learned from previous movements over the past decade or so, parallels to 1968 and the an ... Show More
1h 9m
Feb 2020
Episode 70 - Unlawful use of force
Discussion of human rights violations in the protests begins at 20:55. Ben and Nizar analyze the news of the past week, including the so-called Deal of the Century, the 2020 budget, and the latest on the financial crisis, before diving in deep into human rights violations in the ... Show More
50m 5s
Apr 2022
Analyzing crisis impact and response in Lebanon
Dr. Hiba Khodr, AssociateProfessor of Public Policy and Public Management, and a visiting scholar this year at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, is systematically analyzing how the four simultaneous crises in Lebanon have impacted society and how civil society has responde ... Show More
22m 7s