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Paul George - Founder and Director of the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
Aug. 10, 2010, 9:49 p.m.
Paul George is the founder and director of the
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center. In this interview, he
talks about education and other current events. The website for the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center is
http://www.peaceandjustice.org/
Paul George's website is http://www.peacerant.org
Aug. 10, 2010, 7:56 p.m.
A remix I made of a clip of Angela Davis' lecture on the Prison Industrial Complex with Nas' Is Like.
Aug. 10, 2010, 6:44 p.m.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 11 PM to 1 AM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org
The Motherland Influence Aug. 8, 2010
Aug. 10, 2010, 6:41 p.m.
Two hours of African, Latin and Caribbean music.
Every Sunday 5:00-7:00 PM
Festival of politics, arts and music wraps up after 20 years
Aug. 10, 2010, 6:41 p.m.
Under the Volcano has been engaging and informing activists in the Lower Mainland since 1990. This year is its last year. We speak with founder and organizer Irwin Oostindie.
Police used little-known law to arrest and search G20 protestors
Aug. 10, 2010, 6:18 p.m.
An old piece of legislation, the Public Works Protection Act, was dusted off and used by Toronto police to violate the civil rights of protestors, according to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. We speak with CCLA legal counsel, Anthony Navaneelan.
Behind Brs; Behind the Mic- Prisoners Justice Day
Aug. 10, 2010, 6:09 p.m.
This is Behind Bars; Behind the Mic, a special production for the 25th annual Prisoners Justice Day. It is a co-production between CJSF 90.1 FM in Burnaby, BC, and Letters For The Inside- an SFU student group doing research for inmates.
First: Asia Czaspka from Justice For Girls about the experiences of female youth in custody. In conversation with Mandavni Dhami.
Second: Anthony, a former corrections officer, reflects on his experiences and the relationships among prison guards and between them and inmates. In conversation with Peter Driftmier.
Third: voices and music from the Fraser Valley Institution in Abbotsford, BC, has a women's choir. As documented by Leah Abramson.
Aug. 10, 2010, 4:30 p.m.
see www.wrir.org Tuesday Breakfast Blend for playlist
Aug. 10, 2010, 3:16 p.m.
Pirate Radio Song
Station ID WSQT
Palestine Today for August 9
War Update: more soldiers die
Desertion song(clip)
"Wikileaker" solidarity protest at Quantico Marine Base
Between the Lines on the Wikileaks documents
What if Army ads had health warnings?
Station ID WSQT
PROMO:Protest the School of the Americas November at Ft Benning, Ga
Ward 1 DC councilmember Jim Graham mkaes fool of himself at candidates forum
BP anti-commercial
Elves of Glover Park: SUV's vandalized in DC
ALF burns fur farm in Oregon
Station ID WSQT
GMO song
Between the Lines short: Gold Rush in Congo does not benefit the poor
Between the Lines short: Proposed new FBI Internet surveillance vs 1st Amendment
Between the Lines: Iran Sanctions could repeat 1990's Iraqi suffering
Solidarity rally for Bradley Manning at Quantico Marine Base
Aug. 10, 2010, 3:14 p.m.
On August 8, antiwar protesters showed up at Quantico Marine Barracks to demand the release or alleged "wikileaker" pfc Bradley Manning.
Aug. 10, 2010, 11:01 a.m.
Aug. 10, 2010, 10:54 a.m.
Aug. 10, 2010, 10:41 a.m.
With the recent fires in California and Russia it seemed like a good time for this. Composed from some recent news clips on the Californian and Russian fires, several essays about fire, with two short tales told by the cowboy poet Baxter Black and some relatively appropriate music to tie it all together.
136 (R) Chicken Chorus - Interspecies Sing
Aug. 10, 2010, 4:17 a.m.
Bucky Buckaw has an agenda to replace factory farming with backyard agriculture - one coop at a time. On this show Bucky answers Laura from Talahassee's question about chickens who cluck in unison.
Aug. 10, 2010, 2:51 a.m.
We're boozing in triplicate again. Promise not to do it next week; I just had a bunch of new records I wanted to play chunks of.
Saving the Prison Farms: It's time for civil disobedience
Aug. 10, 2010, 1:29 a.m.
A dairy farmer talks about her fight to save the prison farms and why she is willing to perform civil disobedience to do so.
Marking Prison Justice Day, on the inside and outside
Aug. 10, 2010, 1:25 a.m.
A lifer on his experiences on the inside and outside marking Prison Justice Day, an annual memorial and protest day and how the prison system is making PJD harder for those on the inside.
Mass Hunger Strike at Toronto Jail Inspired by Prison Justice Day
Aug. 10, 2010, 1:04 a.m.
Hundreds of prisoners are on hunger strike at Toronto East Detention Centre to protest inadequate conditions including healthcare, food and arbitrary lockdowns.
Aug. 9, 2010, 10:43 p.m.
Today we are speaking with Jason Lydon, who writes and maintains the website www.blackandpink.org. Black and Pink focuses on prioviding support to Queer and Trans prisoners in the United States, as well as, maintaining a monthly newsletter, a blog and an online store, www.blackandpinkart.org, which sells Queer and Trans prisoners artwork to folks on the outside. We will be speaking with Jason on the eve of Prisoner Justice Day about what Black and Pink does to support Queer and Trans prisoners, issues they face inside the prison walls and what queer resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex looks like today and in the future.
http://earfulofqueer.wordpress.com/
Aug. 9, 2010, 9:16 p.m.
listen to an interview with poet Kaie Kellough on the recently published book Maple Leaf Rag
Unsung heroes in the struggle for Medicare
Aug. 9, 2010, 9:08 p.m.
The name of Tommy Douglas is synonymous with universal healthcare in Canada. But grassroots activists in the community clinic movement also played a major role. Jim Harding has researched the history of the struggle for Medicare. Harding is a retired professor of environmental and justice studies at the University of Waterloo.
Aug. 9, 2010, 8:40 p.m.
The Sky Below: a film about the partition of India
Aug. 9, 2010, 7:25 p.m.
U.S. painter and director Sarah Singh travelled throughout India and Pakistan interviewing people and collecting music and images for this award-winning documentary. She talks with us about why she decided to make the film and how she went about tackling this catastrophic moment in the history of the sub-continent.
Aug. 9, 2010, 3:59 p.m.
Interview with Nagasaki survivor and peace activists
Adolescent Substance Abuse and Treatment Options
Aug. 9, 2010, 3:30 p.m.
disRespect - Sick Childrens' Hospital threatened withholding surgery for his daughter
Aug. 9, 2010, 3:24 p.m.
Sam Sansalone reflects upon the changes that must happen before disabled infants are safe in hospitals under public medicine.
If Music Could Talk - Aug 8, 2010
Aug. 9, 2010, 3:10 p.m.
Prop 8 flunks the U.S. constitutionality test + more LGBT news
Aug. 9, 2010, 2:41 p.m.
A U.S. federal judge flunks California's Proposition 8; Mexico City marriage equality withstands a Supreme Court challenge but a similar bill gets a chilly reception in Chile, cross-dressers get the lash in Sudan, Uganda's "kill the gays" bill is reportedly comatose in a parliamentary committee, and the mayor of Rekjavik shows how LGBT Pride celebrations can be a real drag.
disRespect - Jason Vitelli updates the care of Baby Kaylee Vitelli
Aug. 9, 2010, 2:28 p.m.
Since surviving attempts by Sick Childrens' Hospital to remove supports and precipitate the baby's death, Kaylee has run into refusal to treat her at all hospitals in Southern Ontario.
Aug. 9, 2010, 1:29 p.m.
This is the full 8-9-10 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.
On this weeks episode of Labor Express Radio we make good on a promise we made weeks ago. In June, I announced that Labor Express would devote time to looking at the issue of pensions and retirement security in the coming months, and today we finally make good on that claim. Will hear from Karen Friedman, Executive Vice President and Policy Director for the Pension Rights Center, about the attack on defined pension benefit plans in this country and how working people can join the center in their efforts to defend and improve retirement security.
In the second half of todayâs program will hear from Karen Lewis, the recently elected president of the Chicago Teachers Union. Will hear a speech she delivered at a âSave Our Schoolsâ public forum held on July 24th by the new leadership of the union. In that speech Karen talks about the unionâs efforts to fight the school boards attempt to force contract changes on the union mid-contract under a threat of more lost jobs and increased class sizes.
Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Monday morning at 10:00 AM on Chicago's Sound Alliance, WLUW, 88.7 FM. For more information, see our website at: www.laborexpress.org
and our homepage on Archive.org at:
http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio
or page at Radio4All.netâ¦
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Labor+Express+Radio