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George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 FM interviews Robert Bryan, Mumia's lead attorney, about recent developments in his case, including the long awaited ruling by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals released on March 27, 2008....
Posted: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 11:56am PDT
Listen Up Northwest is a collaboratively produced radio magazine featuring stories of communities in action throughout the Northwest. Each broadcast highlights the work of skilled community radio producers and artists from our region, including Alaska, British Columbia, Washingon, Idaho, Montana and Oregon....
Posted: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 8:41am PDT
Presentations from the 1st annual nyc bookfair held on 14-15 April 2007...
Posted: Wed, Mar 19, 2008 4:00pm PDT
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In this new interview (03/08), Ramona Africa talks about observing the MOVE 9 trial, before she actually became a member of MOVE. The video also features archival footage from the documentary "MOVE," made by Cohort Media, and narrated by Howard Zinn. The intro spotlights the public beating of Delbert Africa, while the conclusion features the illegal destruction of MOVE's house and the fraudulent "conspiracy" charge used to convict the MOVE 9....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 12:22am PDT
All 9 MOVE men and women were convicted in one of the longest (and most contentious) trials in city history, on dubious charges of 3rd degree murder of a city cop engaged in the raid on their home, and related charges. Even if all the charges were true (and they most certainly are not), the sentence 30 to 100 years can only be termed grossly excessive. At the time of trial, 3rd degree carried a sentence of 71/2 to 15 years --so essentially the MOVE people got more than double, and indeed, qua...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2008 11:22pm PDT
Almost 30 years after the Aug. 8, 1978 police siege on MOVE's West Philadelphia home, the remaining eight prisoners are eligible for parole. Phil Africa is asking for people to write letters of support to The Parole Board....
Posted: Fri, Feb 22, 2008 11:50pm PST
Native American activists and their supporters began the Longest Walk 2 today from Alcatraz Island to Washington DC – trekking across the country to raise awareness about global warming and the movement to protect sacred sites. The five month-long coast-to-coast journey commemorates the 30 year anniversary of the original Longest Walk in 1978....
Posted: Tue, Feb 12, 2008 8:38am PST
For several years in the '80's and '90's, stories raced through communities of people being seduced, drugged, and when they awakened, to their horror, an internal organ, like a kidney, had been removed....
Recently, it has been reported that there is a brisk and bustling business in a country touted as 'the world's largest democracy', where the illicit sale of kidneys has become a kind of cottage industry!...
Posted: Mon, Feb 11, 2008 9:40am PST
I speak, of course, of Cynthia McKinney, the bold, outspoken former congresswoman from Georgia, who spoke out against the Iraq War when it wasn't popular.
She is running on the Green Party, according to published reports, but the media has virtually ignored this fact....
Posted: Sat, Feb 2, 2008 9:29am PST
Whenever I've heard the phrase 'first Black president' with regards to former U.S. President William J. Clinton, it's always disturbed me....
This sense of nonchalance seems to suggest that being 'black' is synonymous with dillydallying with women (not one's wife), or playing a musical instrument that has been closely identified with Black music (jazz)....
Posted: Fri, Feb 1, 2008 8:31am PST
In Houston, Texas, those who were the staunchest supporters of the now embattled D.A. there, Harris County's Chuck Rosenthal, are now calling for his resignation....
Posted: Mon, Jan 28, 2008 1:10pm PST
This is an audio segment about the struggle in 2000 to defend 5 Charleston, South Carolina longshore members of ILA 1422.
6 min.mp3...
Posted: Wed, Jan 23, 2008 3:43pm PST
Speaking on behalf of The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Martin Luther King III speaks out for both Mumia Abu-Jamal and The MOVE 9 political prisoners from Philadelphia....
Posted: Wed, Jan 16, 2008 3:28pm PST