House Full of Black Women: The Meaning of Canaries, a sites-specific dance theater piece addressing issues of displacement, the well-being of Black women and girls and the continuing abuse and exploitation of sex trafficking in Oakland. We speak with director/choreographer, Amara Tabor Smith and Ellen Sebastian Chang the theater director of the “episodes” House is … Continued


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Living the Next Economy Convergence and Emeryville Lawmakers to Vote on Policy to Address Income Inequality

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We speak with Yvonne Holt and Aya De Leon about Living the Next Economy Convergence, a collective of individuals, community organizations, and social entrepreneurs working to lift up socially just, ecologically sustainable economic solutions. Also we speak with Jennifer Lin, a spokesperson with the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) about the push … Continued


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The Murder of Kayla Moore; Silicon Valley’s Film Festival; and America’s War on the Poor.

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On today’s program we discuss the murder of Kayla Moore by Berkeley Police with Maria Moore, a member of the Justice for Kayla Moore Campaign. Later we hear from Baba Shaka about Silicon Valley’s Film Festival and his involvement in SNCC, as he looks back on the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party. And … Continued


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Inmates, Protest Forced Slave Labor Conditions in US Prisons

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Prisoners are on the front lines of wage slavery, where refusal to work while in prison results in inhumane retaliation and participating in slave labor contributes to the mechanisms of exploitation. Nation-wide prison pay for inmates starts at 15cents an hour. Which is $1.20 a day. Inmates throughout the country are being economically exploited for … Continued


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In Conversation with Cat Brooks and Erika Huggins.

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We hear from long-time activist Erika Huggins, a former Black Panther Party member and Cat Brooks, a key organizer with the Anti-Terror Police Project, discuss organizing, self-care, community protection, police brutality, being women in the movement and Black Lives Matter.