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The Food Crisis and the Fallacy of the Market (audio/mpeg 28.4MB)
(audio 1:22:51)
Anuradha Mittal from the Oakland Institute, facilitated by Erik W. (This was a replacement talk for one scheduled with Jeffrey St. Clair.) ...
Posted: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 10:04am PDT
The Border Crossed Us: Immigration and the Nation State in the 21st Century (audio/mpeg 24.7MB)
(audio 1:11:56)
Elizabeth Terzakis, Nativo Lopez, Roger Dyer, and more, moderated by Josh O. In English y en español. [July 4th]
Unfortunately, first 1...
Posted: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 10:04am PDT
Principles of Communism and the Communist Manifesto (audio/mpeg 30.3MB)
(audio 1:28:15)
Kurt Kreuger, facilitated by Sarah T. [July 4th]...
Posted: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 10:04am PDT
Oscar Grant, San Francisco 8 and the History of Political Repression in America (audio/mpeg 40.2MB)
(audio 1:56:57)
Richard Brown, Jack Bryson, and Dana Blanchard, moderated by Jesse H. [July 4th]...
Posted: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 10:04am PDT
Media as a Weapon: Speaking Truth to Power (audio/mpeg 39.2MB)
(audio 1:54:03)
Alan Maass David Barsamian, John Pilger, and Rose Aguilar, moderated by Jeff B. [July 4th]...
Posted: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 10:04am PDT
Town Hall on BART and June 30th Day of Action to End the Death Penalty, 6/27/09: audio (audio/mpeg 17.3MB)
The Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant on June 27th focused on the many continued failings of BART and the upcoming Day of Action to End the Death Penalty on June 30th. Speakers included Minister Keith Muhammad, several community members, former Oakland City Councilmember Wilson Riles, and Delane Sims and Natasha Minsker from the ALCU's campaign against the death penalty.
Minister Keith Muhammad discusses the "American Experiment" and how it has not lived up to its promise historically...
Posted: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 11:59pm PDT
Community Speakers, moderated by Remona Tascoe (audio/mpeg 9.6MB)
(audio 27:58)...
Posted: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 11:59pm PDT
Wilson Riles - former Oakland City Councilmember (audio/mpeg 5.3MB)
(audio 15:21)...
Posted: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 11:59pm PDT
Delane Sims and Natasha Minsker (audio/mpeg 6.8MB)
(audio 19:55)...
Posted: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 11:59pm PDT
Town Hall on Mehserle, BART, NOBLE, Meyers-Nave, & OPD's Jimenez, Oakland, 6/20/09: audio (audio/mpeg 32.6MB)
At the June 20th Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant III, Minister Keith Muhammad touches on the historical nature of injustice for African descendants in America and then discusses the preliminary hearing and arraignment for Johannes Mehserle. He calls it "testilying" when every BART officer in court claimed they didn't hear gunfire when Oscar Grant was murdered. He mentions how offensive it is that Marysol Domenici is slated for a promotion to train other BART officers in crowd control ...
Posted: Sat, Jun 27, 2009 11:20pm PDT
Uncle Bobby Johnson, mother Wanda Johnson, and godmother Diana Marks (audio/mpeg 5.2MB)
(audio 15:06)
Cephus "Uncle Bobby" Johnson announces the creation of a new DVD movie that highlights and humanizes the life of Oscar Grant III that the fami...
Posted: Sat, Jun 27, 2009 11:20pm PDT
Full audio of Oakland NOBLE forum on BART police review (audio/mpeg 51.2MB)
(audio 2:29:07)
Note that the corporate media went AWOL for this second forum, apparently having done all they cared to by partially checking in at the SF f...
Posted: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 4:33pm PDT
Full audio of 6/23/09 Oakland Public Safety Committee meeting (audio/mpeg 24.8MB)
(audio 1:12:10)
City Administrator Dan Lindheim speaks first and voices his opposition to the proposal.
Missing a few minutes of audio during back and fo...
Posted: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 4:51pm PDT
Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant, Oakland, 6/13/09: audio (audio/mpeg 22.9MB)
After an introductory prayer by Pastor Gordon Humphreys of Olivet, Minister Keith Muhammad speaks about current issues surrounding the trial of Johannes Mehserle for the murder of Oscar Grant, building police accountability at BART with civilian oversight, the racial profiling of those such as the POCC's JR Valrey who are facing charges from the January 7th Oscar Grant rebellion, the ongoing police harassment in Hayward of those who were on the platform with Oscar Grant on January 1st, and st...
Posted: Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:34pm PDT
BART Chooses Oversight Model & Ties Board's Hands with Supermajority, 6/15/09: pdf & audio (audio/mpeg 20.4MB)
Being on this beat, I ended up on June 15th at a meeting of the BART Police department subcommittee, who are talking about developing a citizens review committee for BART police. Its a really important process, and it's in direct reaction to the killing of Oscar Grant.
Below is the first piece of three from the full audio of the meeting here:...
Posted: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 9:06am PDT
Subcommittee meeting audio 2 of 3 (audio/mpeg 25.6MB)
(audio 1:14:25)...
Posted: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 9:06am PDT
Subcommittee meeting audio 3 of 3 (audio/mpeg 9.1MB)
(audio 26:32)...
Posted: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 9:06am PDT
La Onda Bajita Productions (audio/mpeg 21.7MB)
La onda bajita Productions presents OFF THE CHAIN. With an interview with Lindsay Colmi, and live call ins about the Abortion issue....
Posted: Mon, Jun 15, 2009 4:42pm PDT
Town Hall for Justice on Victory of Murder Charge for Mehserle, Oakland, 6/6/09: audio (audio/mpeg 25.4MB)
Despite the best effort of Johannes Mehserle's defense team and the dishonest testimony of his fellow BART police officers, Judge Don Clay declared at the conclusion of the preliminary hearing on June 4th that Mehserle will indeed stand trial for the murder of Oscar Grant III. At the June 6th Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant, Minister Keith Muhammad, Oakland City Councilmember Desley Brooks, and Oscar Grant's uncle Cephus Johnson spoke about the preliminary hearing, the disturbing lies ...
Posted: Sat, Jun 13, 2009 10:11pm PDT
Desley Brooks, Oakland City Councilmember (audio/mpeg 4.4MB)
(audio 12:46)
Desley Brooks speaks about being appalled by the lies of the BART police in the court room. She notes that the corporate media did not report ...
Posted: Sat, Jun 13, 2009 10:11pm PDT