Illegal Art Protest: Day 1 (video/mp4 297.1MB) Day 1 of protests resulting from the original story found here: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/08/16/18801573.php
12 minute Video....
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:04PM
Public Display of Art ILLEGAL in Boulder, CO: The ‘Behind Closed Doors’ Investigation (video/mp4 143.9MB) Contact from a Boulder police officer and a follow up conversation with city employees confirms that the showing or selling of art is illegal in public in Boulder, CO. 11 minute video....
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:29AM
Audio postcard from Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners (audio/x-wav 57.4MB) Books 2 Prisoners sends books of all kinds to people incarcerated across the Deep South, and for almost every package delivered, they receive letters asking for more....
Posted: Wed Aug 9, 2017 6:20AM
Despite Artists' Opposition, Israeli Government-funded Show Starting at Lincoln Center 
An Israeli government-supported theater initiative begins tonight at Lincoln Center, despite a protest letter signed by over 80 artists. The Lincoln Center performances are taking place against a backdrop of heightened Israeli government repression of Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation in the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, and revelations that 43 Senators hope to implement a law that could make it a felony for Americans to support similar boycott protests against Israel....
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:07AM
Intersectional Community Organizing for Social Justice Roundtable, March 2017 (audio/mpeg 45.7MB) Panel on intersectional activism in New Orleans...
Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2017 7:11AM
Anne Hillerman: Song Of The Lion- A Legacy Series 
A review with mystery writer/author Anne Hillerman's new novel- SONG OF THE LION...
Posted: Wed May 3, 2017 7:01PM
Albert Woodfox: "Freedom Is A State Of Mind" 
The A3 Coalition has just published the latest issue of their newsletter, detailing Albert Woodfox adn Robert King's latest travels, plus a new Kickstarter campaign for the US release of a new UK documentary film about the Angola 3 entitled "Cruel and Unusual." The newsletter is reprinted here in full....
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:33PM
Imprint of Hope Are Making Iraq Great and Beautiful In addition to decorating the city’s walls, Imprint of Hope also paints orphanages, nurseries and public buildings, including a children’s cancer hospital....
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:45AM
Interview with Dj Jaffe - Focusing on Reforms for Untreated Serious Mentally Ill People (audio/mpeg 26.5MB) Dj Jaffe - Author of Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill - is a mental health advocate unafraid to speak the truth about the realities of untreated serious mental illness. He has been called radical by some and a gadfly by others but there is no doubt that his words resonate with many families unable to help their sick loved ones because the mental health system is completely dysfunctional....
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:24PM
Mardi Gras in New Orleans - The Black Indian Tradition and struggles with oppression. (audio/mpeg 19.3MB) Belden "Noonie Man" Batiste joins WTUL News and Views' DJ I'm Under The Bus on Mardi Gras Eve to discuss issues of cultural and economic oppression of the Mardi Gras Indian culture. Mardi Gras Day is symbolically the most important day for New Orleans Black Indians....
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:07PM
After writers' appeal, US literary festival will proceed without Israeli government funds 
Human rights advocates welcome the decision by PEN America to hold PEN’s annual World Voices literary festival without funding from the Israeli government. The decision followed a campaign and a call supported by leading literary figures asking the organization to reject Israeli government sponsorship. PEN America accepted Israeli government support for the World Voices Festival four of the previous five years, and despite writers’ opposition in 2016. PEN America did not, however, offer a rea...
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:11AM
Multicultural festival confronts ambassadors of Israel’s colonial system in Brooklyn 
On Saturday evening, February 4, about 100 New Yorkers braved an icy wind to protest the appearance of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company, and to do some dancing themselves, as part of a North American campaign for a boycott of the group’s tour. Batsheva is being boycotted by advocates for Palestinian rights due to its role as what Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls one of Israel's greatest cultural ambassadors. Batsheva’s North American tour is supported by the Ministry. The dance compa...
Posted: Tue Feb 7, 2017 1:43PM
Brooklyn Protest to Call for Boycott of Israeli Dance Company Batsheva 
New Yorkers will protest Batsheva Dance Company’s February 4 evening performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) due to their role as a cultural ambassador for the Israeli government. The protest will call for a boycott of Israeli cultural institutions like Batsheva that are complicit in Israel’s human rights violations....
Posted: Wed Feb 1, 2017 10:31AM
Endangered Species Mural at Standing Rock Supports Tribal Push to Protect Water, Sacred Land From Pipeline 
Dakota Skipper Mural Is Tenth Installment in National Endangered Species Mural Project...
Posted: Mon Dec 5, 2016 5:38PM
Dream Caravan 2016 (audio/mpeg 24.6MB) WTUL News and Views speaks with Organizers of the annual Dream Caravan, a community healing event hosted in New Orleans that focuses on the powerful healing potential of dreams....
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 11:26AM
2nd Annual New Orleans Palestinian Film Festival (NOPFF) (audio/x-wav 467.8MB) This weekend the New Orleans Palestine Solidarity Committee (NOPSC) will be hosting the city's 2nd annual Palestinian Film Festival. In addition to the films, there will be an educational panel on Saturday evening, after the film "Jews Step Forward" which is about people in the Jewish community who are taking a stand against Israeli apartheid and the illegal occupation of Palestine....
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:41AM
Anticapitalist and antifascist struggle in France in the wake of the state of emergency New video about the anticapitalist and antifascist struggle in France in the wake of the state of emergency in place after the latest terror attacks in 2015 and the Nuit Debout struggles...
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:30AM
For a World without Nuclear Risks 
In April 2016 the International Uranium Film Festival was held for the first time in Hollywood and it was a great event. Now the Uranium Film Festival plans to return to California and Hollywood in Spring 2017. We will bring a selection of new breath taking movies and must see documentaries about the nuclear power question - from nuclear bombs to nuclear waste - to Hollywood. In addition we are planning a nuclear panel discussion with nuclear experts and socially & environmentally respo...
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 5:15AM
SAG-AFTRA video game performers on strike In the early morning of Friday, the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced a strike against a dozen video game entertainment corporations, including Electronic Arts Productions, Inc., Disney Character Voices, Inc. and Warner Brothers Games, Inc. The strike was voted by 96.55 percent of the union’s membership back in October 2015 and applies to production commenced on or after February 17, 2015....
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 11:16PM