Flashpoints Radio, Nov 15, 2001 : Indybay

Thursday, Nov 15, 2001 - Start Audio <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/a.gif" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=25 WIDTH=52 ALT="for audio FAQ, click here"> -00:00<IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/dennis.jpg" align=right hspace=4 BORDER=1 HEIGHT=88 WIDTH=66 ALT="Dennis Bernstein photo"> Dennis Bernstein w Robert Knight and the Knight Report from NYC.. Robert: attacks from Left, Center, and Right on peacetime military tribunals proposed by U.S. government.. Afghan update.. BBC interviews Taliban chief, Mullah Omar: we will not accept a government of wrong-doers.. Robert: Kabul safe house yields "anarchist cookbook".. -04:48 Dennis: w Katie Sierra, high school student in West Virginia, decided to hand out flyers against war.. she was pushed around, called a terrorist, suspended for three days.. now suing the school for her rights.. Katie: a boy read the back of my shirt.. he cursed me.. the Principal asked me if I had the flyer with me *(describes).. Katie: if other people say they want to kill people, I should be able to say I don't.. Katie suspended for bringing the flyers to school.. for trying to start a 'peace club'.. Katie was told she could not speak, or display clothes or writings with her political belief.. a member of the Green Party helped her find support on the internet.. Katie: 15-20 kids wanted to join the club.. Principal told others that Katie 'wanted Afghanistan to win, and America to burn'.. Katie: Not True, and now he denies saying it.. now Katie has been recieving death threats.. Katie: I think that war only brings more war.. in kindergarden, we all learn to share and work out your problems.. Sissonville High School, Charleston, WV.. Principal Forest Mann.. his phone: 304-348-1954.. <A HREF="mailto:fmann [at] access.k12.wv.us,fanbase [at] flashpoints.net?subject=Polite Support for Katie">his email. (please be polite) -14:00 Dennis now w Katie's mother, Amy: I'm very proud of my daughter for standing up for what she believes in.. I support her 100%.. (although) we have different views about war.. many people are closed-minded here, racism, homophobia.. I don't agree with the 'anarchy' (her tee-shirt espouses).. how Amy learned that Katie was suspended.. Amy: on the way to get her, I was thinking.. why? if everybody can say, "go USA, yeah, bomb them", why can't someone say "no, stop the war"?.. there was a boy in her class, cuffed her, really made a scene.. used foul language, all he got was in-school detention.. Katie: I was in English class.. a guy.. he says the 'n' word all the time.. spit on my Mom's car.. slammed me against a locker.. Dennis: Are you afraid now to speak your mind? Katie: No, I'm, not afraid.. I'm pretty tough.. (*relates how she stood up to a group of boys today).. going to court the 27th of the month.. the Principal is friendly to her now.. Dennis: Do you consider yourself an anarchist? What does that mean to you? Katie: Yes, well I don't know.. I don't consider myself an anarchist.. I might at some point, I'm interested in it.. that was the purpose of the club (to educate ourselves).. we're not terrorists at all.. I made a statement before the school board.. Amy: I stood up, I was in the very back of the auditorium.. said 'why don't you just listen to her?'.. the parents were yelling.. saying that if Katie could wear her tee-shirt, they could wear their KKK hats, and rebel flags.. I hear people talk about it (the KKK).. Dennis: do you have a message for other students? Katie: stand up for what you believe in, don't let yourself get pushed around.. follow your intuition.. INLINE ACTION: EMAIL A POLITE NOTE TO THE PRINCIPAL, FOREST MANN, IN SUPPORT OF KATIE: <A HREF="mailto:fmann [at] access.k12.wv.us,fanbase [at] flashpoints.net?subject=Polite Support for Katie">fmann [at] access.k12.wv.us

 -27:00 music break, Michael Franti, 'Rock the Nation'
 -27:45
Noelle Hanrahan with a new commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal.. made during his weekly 15-min phone call.. "Patriot Games" by Mumia: what is patriotism.. one must speak truth to power.. about Barbara Lee, urging caution, casting the lone no vote on military retaliation.. garnered death threats.. but showing true patriotism.. you're either free or you're not.. EVENT: Community Discussion For Mumia, Friday Nov 16th at the Bayview Opera House, 4705 3rd Str at Oakdale, SF
 -34:xx Noelle Hanrahan w Nancy Harmashay and Abdeem Jabara, immigration attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights.. Mr. Jabara: now the U.S government says it wants to interview 5000 legal immigrant men from certain Middle Eastern countries .. calls interviews 'perfectly voluntary'.. Nancy: I'm concerned how wide ranging this investigation is becoming.. the government says these 5000 men are NOT suspected terrorists.. but the process is accelerating xenophobia, racial profiling, and encouraging more hate crimes.. about INS form I-94.. Mr. Jabara: people should not be asked about their political beliefs, religious beliefs.. many of these people come from countries where the government is a source of repression.. fearful of being asked questions.. we need to disseminate information.. you should know that you have the right to refuse to answer government inquisitions, you have the right to hire a lawyer.. the have the right not to have answer questions about religious or political beliefs.. EVENT: these two persons will speak at the Hastings School of Law, in San Francisco,Nov 19, 6-7:30PM, FREE.. also you can read the 'Know Your Rights' flyer, in English, Arabic, and Farsi at: National Lawyers Guild website.. fffffffffffNancy: so many 'new' laws interacting here.. difficult to know how to defend anyone's rights
 -43:xx James Tracy with Right to A Roof, a project of the Coalition on Homelessness.. James: tomorrow is 'National Day of Homeless Action'.. Noelle: now w Sam Dodge of Homes Not Jails and the Tenderloin Housing Clinic.. Sam: people are dying on the street.. (Sam is helping take over an abandoned building South of Market in SF).. San Francisco is quickly losing its working class.. the excessive profits from current rents, allow speculators to hold properties off the market).. about faith-based prayer circles.. more housing takeovers nationwide.. 20 cities -47:xx Noelle w the Pacifica Update w Michael Parenti.. Michael: Pacifica management playing his tapes during the fundraiser, without his permission.. not the first time Pacifica has done this..

 -55:30 End today's show.. today's review by john lionheart<hr>

Flashpoints Radio, Nov 15, 2001

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