International Criminal Court files war crimes charges against Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and another high ranking official for child abductions from Ukraine Slovakia says it will join Poland in sending fighter jets to Ukraine. President Joe Biden calls for tougher penalties on executives of failed banks. California Governor Gavin Newsom pledges to transform San Quentin’s … Continued
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Davey D speaks with the former district attorney of San Francisco Chesa Boudin about legal happenings in San Francisco and the current leadership. Later we bring you to The Healing Project, a multimedia installation that shares stories from incarcerated people about how the trauma of imprisonment has impacted their lives and families.
What do college athletes, prison laborers, welfare recipients, and graduate students in the sciences have in common? According to sociologist Erin Hatton, they’re all workers who face a particular form of coercion. She discusses what these workers’ circumstances tell us about work under contemporary capitalism. She’ll also consider the situation of prisoners pressured into dangerous … Continued
While entrepreneurship figures into most histories of the US, the centrality of capitalism and class struggle tend to be missing. Hence as a population, we often have no idea about the enormous conflicts that have taken place in this country. Historian Steve Fraser discusses the glaring absences in histories of the US without class struggle. … Continued
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Some might argue that the direct line between, when the first ship with 20 plus enslaved Africans arrived on the shores of Virginia, in August 1619; to the start of Black August movement; and the current call for action within the prisons are all interconnected. For 400 years, the African American struggle has been constant. … Continued
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On today’s show we hear an in depth panel discussion on mass incarceration moderated by and featuring Michelle Alexander, Marc Lamont Hill, Vonya Quarrels. photo credit @LSPC
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Legal Services for Prisoners with Children 40th Anniversary Gala featuring a conversation with Children, a conversation with Michelle Alexander, Marc Lamont Hill, and Vonya Quarles. Presented by All of Us or None and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. A Celebration of Freedom & the Movement
Fear is a central part of American life — and has been so at least since the early Cold War, according to historian Elaine Tyler May. She argues that while there are many things that Americans should be deeply concerned about, including climate change and vast wealth inequality, we are obsessed with threats like crime, … Continued
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On today’s show we hear an in depth panel discussion on mass incarceration moderated by Davey D and featuring Michelle Alexander, Marc Lamont Hill, Vonya Quarrels
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we speak with former lifer, Sabir Lockett about how he gained his freedom, transformed his life and became a freedom fighter and advocate. And later Graal Swartz of Soul Mechanix stops by to discuss Black music and the band’s upcoming event.
