Judy Bari vs FBI, lawsuit update: KPFA Flashpoints Radio (text/audio)

Wednesday, July 11, 2001 - Start Audio
-00:00 Dennis Bernstein: East Oakland, California, May 24, 1990: A bomb explodes in a car driven by forest defenders Judy Bari (link2) and Darryl Cherney of Earth First!.. A SF-based FBI \'terrorist squad\' arrives within minutes and quickly proceeds to frame Judy and Darryl and discredit them in the media. No genuine investigation is ever undertaken... Judy died of breast cancer in March 1997. A lawsuit against the FBI continues on behalf of Judi\'s children and Darryl Cherney
-02:20 Darryl Cherney 1990 jail cell interview..
-02:50 Judy Bari talked about the bombing..
-06:40 Noelle Hanrahan: interview w Judy\'s close friend, Karen Pickett, about the non-investigation. Karen told the FBI about the threats Judy had received.. they threatened to arrest Karen..
-11:45 music break \'Who bombed Judy Bari?\'
-13:00 Darryl Cherney current interview. About the progress of the lawsuit.. Air Force \'experts\' blew up 4 Subarus at a cost of $200,000 to the U.S. taxpayer... Joe Sherr, attorney for FBI, copied the lyrics of \'Redwood Summer Blues\' and \'Who Bombed Judy Bari\' from Darryl\'s website, DarrylCherney.com. He then grilled Darryl about the lyrics.. The lawsuit is a window into the soul of the cointelpro FBI.. Invitation to you to support the case, attend the upcoming trial in Oakland..
-23:30 music break more \'Who bombed Judy Bari?\'
-24:50 Dennis: interviews w singer, songwriter, troublemaker Utah Phillips (link2) and writer, speaker, historian Howard Zinn (link2).. Howard: The FBI is not supposed to be investigating people for their political beliefs.. Utah: Judy was a brilliant organizer.. I\'m a pacifist.. I went to talk to her about that (before the bombing) Utah then went to a loggers meeting with Judy in Willits (Judy thought that the bomb was planted in her car while they were in the meeting).. Utah saw the threatening letters Judy had received.. They rode to Berkeley together in the car.. Utah and Judy were both Wobblies.. Why Judy was a threat.. She was organizing a loggers union. Utah: When you hit em in the pocketbook that\'s when they turn vicious and try to kill ya
-37:40 Howard Zinn: the predilection of the FBI to engage in illegal activities against groups they don\'t like.. cointel program continued.. the Ross Gelbspan book about FBI.. J Edgar Hoover did not like negroes.. did not like (Martin Luther) King.. this colored the actions of the FBI..
-42:50 Utah: the bomb was sabotage against the non-violent Redwood Summer. This case is for all of us.. i don\'t know if we can win.. (but) we have to support it.. Howard: you are defending everybody who is thinking independently.. solidarity.. a larger battle than any one lawsuit, than any one action.. I sense the FBI knows we\'re in the right. Utah: Our movements have always been singing movements.. Judy was convinced we need to sing.. Utah\'s show, Loafers Glory, airs on KPFA 5PM every Sunday. Get Howard\'s book: A People\'s History of the United States at your local independent bookseller
-52:40 End today\'s show

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