On today’s program we speak with Alicia one of the protesters from the Bay Area Bridge shut down. And later we hear from organizers gathered at the homes of Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf, Police Chief Sean Whent and San Francisco’s Police Chief Greg Suhr to protest the accelerated expulsion of Black and Brown people from … Continued
We play excerpts from Dr King speeches and intersperse it with protests at SFO.
How Black Women Led Birth of N.O.W. Daisy Bates speaks during the Aug. 23, 1963, March on Washington. Bates, mentor to the Little Rock Nine, was the only woman to speak at the event 50 years ago in which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. Source Times Record: … Continued
We talk with Cat Brooks of the Anti-police Terrorism project about upcoming activities for the MLK weekend. Later we speak with Marvin X about the Black Arts Movement and its history and establishing a Black Arts District in Oakland.
We speak with artist activist Jasiri X about his new album Black Liberation Theology.
We speak with artist activist Mic Crenshaw from KBOO in Orgeon about the militia take over and the larger issues around it. We speak with educator David Stovall about unrest in Chicago.
We hear accounts from mothers that lost the children to state sanction violence. This audio was recorded at the Black Lives Convening in Cleveland Ohio, 2015. The mother of Oscar Grant Jr., Kendrick Johnson, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner spoke. Also Erica Gordon-Taylor, the cousin of Emmett Till spoke began the discussion.
Up we’ll hear from Rosa Clemente as she discusses Black Lives Matter and American Racism. Ms. Clemente is a community organizer, freelance journalist and Hip Hop activist. In 2008, Rosa Clemente along with Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, became the first women of color ticket in American History. Born and raised in South Bronx, NY, Rosa Clemente … Continued
On today’s program we hear from Alicia Garza, activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter. Last month she spoke at United Nations’ Confronting the Silence: Perspectives and Dialogue on Structural Racism against People of African Descent Worldwide convening. The event is organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the … Continued
We speak with Kali Akuno from the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement who is in Paris for the Great Barrier Reef conference. He provides us details about the various demonstrations taken place in Africa, South America and Asian countries. Daily Kos Reporter Thandi Chimerenga gives an update about Chicago police chief being fired and then talks … Continued
