We start out today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup.
Then, Ruchelle Magee, the longest held political prisoner in the United States was freed just this week after 67 years of imprisonment due to unceasing community organizing as well as some shifts in “compassionate release” policies in the state of California. Joining us to discuss is Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, the executive director of the Bay Area chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and co-chair of the NLG’s Task Force on the Americas, as well as a former professor of human rights. We are also joined by Harold Welton, a member of the Coalition to Free Ruchell Magee and has been fighting for the liberation of Black people and all people for many decades, since being a member of the Southern California chapters of SNCC and then the Black Panther Party.
Check out the website for the Committee to Free Ruchell Magee: https://www.freeruchellmagee.org/
Donate for Ruchell Magee’s post-imprisonment support: https://fundrazr.com/82E6S2?ref=ab_3JUqVq1YXIm3JUqVq1YXIm
Then, as the heatwaves continue in the US south and southwest, temperatures inside of Texas prisons are reaching unbearable levels. Joining us to discuss is Paul Flahive, an Accountability Reporter for Texas Public Radio who has has been focused on Texas prison conditions.
Follow Paul Flahive’s most recent reporting: https://www.kut.org/people/paul-flahive
Follow Paul Flahive on social media: https://twitter.com/paulflahive?lang=en
Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is multi-hyphenated artist, actress, producing director, playwright, poet, dramaturg, performance consultant, educator, and community advocate Ayodele Nzinga. Ayodele is also Oakland’s poet laureate.
Check out Ayodele Nzinga’s website: ayodelenzinga.com
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