Not Fit to Rule the Planet: Oil Spill Disaster, Vets Organizing Against Recruiters, the Importance of Dreams, the Actors' Gang in Prisons and A Better World Is Possible
Weekly Program
Raymond Lotta (Communist Political Economist); Matthis Chiroux (We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour); Sabra Williams & Elizabeth Doran (Actor's Gang Prison Project); Bob Avakian (Revolutionary Communist Party); Langston Hughes (poet)
Raymond Lotta digs into the Gulf Oil Spill and reveals how it is a capitalist oil spill in every conceivable way and points to how a socialist society would do things differently; Matthis Chiroux talks about a nationwide tour of resister vets and The World Can't Wait organization talking to high school students and organizing resistance to military recruiters signing students up to carry out war crimes around the world; Langston Hughes on the importance of Dreams; The Actor's Gang Prison Project talks about the transformative impact of theater in California prisons and how the state budget has slashed funding for the arts in prisons; Bob Avakian on "A Better World is Possible".
Michael Slate - Host and Producer Aidge- Production Assistant Henry Carson - Production Assistant Meleiza Figueroa - Engineer
Broadcast ready with music break embedded at 24:36 to accomodate local station id if needed. If you use all or part of the show - or if you simply check it out- let us know your thoughts, suggestions, criticisms, ideas and so on. Write to us at michaelslate@redfuture.com Sound Exchange info if needed: 1) Song: Capitalism (Buscemi's Jungalistic Dub Mix); Artist: The Eastenders; Album: Capitalism; Label: Poets Club Records/ GoodToGo; 2) Song: Rich Man's War; Artist: Steve Earle; Album: The Revolution Starts Now; Label: IndieBlu Music; 3) Song: Dreams; Artist: Langson Hughes; Album: The Voice of Langston Hughes; Label: Smithsonian Folkways; 4) Song: Straight to Hell Boy; Artist: Lily Allen featuring Mick Jones; Album: War Child- Heroes, Vol. 1; Label: 101 Distribution;