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	Podcast:		KPFA - UpFront
	Episode:		East Palestine derailment chemical safety; Plus, Islamic Republic frees wave of political prisoners; Also,tenant protections for unincorporated areas of Alameda County
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:59:58
	Publish Date:		2023-02-16 07:00:05
	Description:		0:08 — Rebecca Burns is a reporter for the Lever, writing about derailment safety in Ohio. 0:20 — Greg Karras is an independent consultant, former senior scientist at Communities for a Better Environment, where he co-authored a report on the risk of running oil trains through the Bay Area. 0:33 — Wendy DeSouza, adjunct professor of Iranian studies at UC Davis’ Middle East South Asia program. Also the author of Unveiling Men: Modern Masculinities in Twentieth-Century Iran. 0:43 — Leo Esclamado, is the Co-Director of Organizing and Program Development for My Eden Voice, a community organization working in unincorporated Alameda County communities. Ethan Silverstein is a staff attorney at Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE). *Benyamin Ghafari, mentioned in this episode is a queer non-binary protestor, who has been arrested and whose whereabouts are unknown. The correct pronouns for Benyamin are they/them. The post East Palestine derailment chemical safety; Plus, Islamic Republic frees wave of political prisoners; Also,tenant protections for unincorporated areas of Alameda County appeared first on KPFA.
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