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We speak with writer, author and educator Jelani Cobb about the legacy of former NYC Mayor David Dinkins and the police riots of 1992. Later we speak with DJ Free Leonard about the plight of political prisoner Leonard Peltier. https://journalism.columbia.edu/faculty/jelani-cobb https://freeleonard.org/case/
American Indian Movement leader (although she doesn’t really accept that label) Madonna Thunderhawk joins us to discuss her life in the movement, activism to save the earth and the new film Warrior Women, featuring her and her daughter, Marcie. The film is available for free on PBS’s The World channel this month. Then I have a conversation with Lise … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we spend the entire hour remembering the life and times of Native American leader and AIM Founder Dennis J Banks. Well feature and in-depth interview with Bill Means, Banks’ co-founder of the American Indian Movement; well reminisce with his youngest sister Charlot Banks and well feature our Flashpoints interview with Dennis Banks … Continued
