On today’s show we follow up on a story we covered when it first broke: the state of Louisiana is sending children to Angola prison – one of the most notoriously violent prisons in the country – where the children prisoners are being tortured. We speak with Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, Senior Reporter for The Appeal, a worker-led nonprofit news organization. She writes on prison and jail conditions, and wrongful convictions, and her latest article in the Appeal is called Louisiana Imprisons Children in a Former Death Row Unit: The Kids Say it Haunts Them.
Read Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg’s article: https://theappeal.org/angola-prison-children-death-row-louisiana/
Follow Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethweill
Then, in the first 10 days of 2023, three people have been killed at the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LA chapter of Black Lives Matter Grassroots is organizing in solidarity with the families directly impacted. We speak to Baba Greg Akili, who is a core team member of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, and the Director of the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute. He is also an Instructor at the UCLA Labor Studies Department.
Check out Black Lives Matter Los Angeles‘ website: https://www.blmla.org/
Follow Black Lives Matter Los Angeles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BLMLA
Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is rapper, cultural architect and entrepreneur Damon Turner, who creates sounds, experiences and initiatives that envision and build a world fit for thriving. Today’s show features his song called #BLMhere.
Check out Damon Turner’s website: https://www.iamdamonturner.com/
Check out Damon’s Trap Heal’s website: https://trapheals.com/
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