Professor michelle alexanders new book the new jim crow is a monumental, well researched piece of work that presents documented facts in down to earth english about the mass incarceration of black people within the united states national concentration camp system. Kpfa s chana karen wilsons interviews her mother, gloria wilson. The noted author and activist delivered the keynote address at. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the black mass. Culture critic jennifer stones commentary on social justice as reflected in film, television, theatre and mass media. Y esterday i learned that richard dawkins was deplatformed from a speaking event at liberal radio station kpfa in the town of berkeley, where he was scheduled to talk about his new book, science in the soul. In the united states today, one in every thirtyone adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven african. Ten years later, the show now known by the shorter title hearts of space was syndicated in the u. The black mass was a horrorfantasy radio drama produced by erik bauersfeld, a leading american radio dramatist of the posttelevision era. Published first in latin under the title missale romanum, the text is then translated and, once approved by a recognitio by the vatican congregation for divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments, is published in modern languages for use in.
Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Award for an especially notable book the eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of michael brown in ferguson. Kendi, whose provocative new book is titled, how to be an antiracist, says the notion that black people cant be racist is tainted by racism itself. Africanamerican males are being imprisoned at an alarming and unprecedented rate. Podcast available on itunes educator, author and workship facilitator jane elliott, in conversation with host veronica faisant, continues to pull back the layers of denial and misconception regarding racism in america. In response to the mass purge of programmers, the leadership of save kpfa started a new organization, take back kpfa. Bonnie, kpfa will cease broadcasting guns and butter effective immediately. In this stirring and insightful analysis, activist and scholar keeangayamahtta taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and black unemployment. Bauersfelds black mass productions were an influence on writerproducer thomas lopez zbs, who noted, in the 1960s, i was inspired by someone at kpfa in berkeley, eric bauersfeld. More than 200 employees and supporters of kpfa fm rallied outside the stations berkeley office yesterday to draw attention to a contentious weekend meeting in houston of the board of directors of. Several readers have commented that the black mass, was produced by kpfa, berkeley, ca, in the early 60s, and was an effective horror story. Listen to the interview and speech west delivered at saint marys. Death of halpin frayser ambrose bierce may 20, 1964. Thousands rally to defend kpfa radio socialist action.
Johnny depp, dakota johnson, and luke ryan in black mass 2015. Mike argues that the political economic evolution of the south has been the key to determining the peculiar nature of american politics. The bbc was compulsorily supported by a governmentimposed license system. Michael goldfield, professor emeritus at wayne state university on his new book, the southern key. The black lives matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists. Kpfa airs public news, public affairs, talk, and music programming. Kpfa interviews cornel west at smc by stmarysmedia st. The black mass was a horrorfantasy radio drama produced by erik bauersfeld.
Jack suggested the idea to erik bauersfeld, who taught aesthetics. More than 200 employees and supporters of kpfafm rallied outside the stations berkeley office yesterday to draw attention to a contentious weekend meeting in houston of the board of directors of. The organizers cancelled his talk because of his comments on islam which they categorized as abusive speech. The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police. Gender, punishment and the making of jim crow modernity.
Hello birmingham 1999 by ani difranco snip second segment of the broadcast consisted of a discussion with kenn burrows about a speaker series at san francisco state university called gandhiking season for nonviolence. The broad mass mobilizations in defense of free speech and kpfa demonstrate the great potential for a winning fight to preserve and expand listenersponsored radio in the bay area and nationally and to return all fired staff. The plight of political prisoners in iran the impact of sanctions. It was previously published in the san francisco bay view newspaper.
Genocide included hutus massacred by kagame forces. The station signed ontheair april 15, 1949, as the first. The two women are both lesbians, and the interview focuses on glorias coming to identify as a lesbian and the multiple psychiatric hospitalizations she endured to treat her depression and homosexuality. The hourlong newscast airs on all three stations each weeknight at 6.
Kpfas chana karen wilsons interviews her mother, gloria wilson. The station signed ontheair april 15, 1949, as the first pacifica radio station and remains the flagship station of the pacifica radio network. The black mass was a horrorfantasy radio drama produced by erik. The roman missal is the book containing the prescribed prayers, chants, and instructions for the celebration of mass in the roman catholic church. Mass incarceration of the black community prison activist. Kpfa will cease broadcasting guns and butter effective immediately. Roman missal united states conference of catholic bishops. The black mass was a horrorsupernatural anthology produced by kpfa us which was the result of a successful collaboration between erik bauersfeld producer, director, adaptor, actor and john whiting production director, both at. Doug henwood began doing behind the news on wbai, new york, in 1995. Lewis hill and the origins of listenersponsored radio in america. Kpfa news broadcasts news headlines throughout the day at 5. After mass listener support rescued kpfa and pacifica from a selfappointed pacifica national board pnb that was planning to sell kpfa or one of the other stations and take the community out of the network, new.
I suppose kpfa are afraid their wellinsured windows will be smashed by the black block if they are seen to promote wrongthink. Out of the more than 11 million black adult males in the u. The broad mass mobilizations in defense of free speech and kpfa demonstrate the great potential for a winning fight to preserve and expand listenersponsored radio in. Winner of the 2016 lannan cultural freedom award for an especially notable book the eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of michael brown in ferguson, missouri and eric garner in new york city have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against black people and punctured the illusion of.
Alicia garza on the first black census and galvanizing. Culture, politics and nature from oakland, berkeley and other towns throughout alameda and contra costa counties. Reading follow the money, radio voices for peace and justice, an anthology of 20092016 kpfa flashpoints interviews, would probably discomfit him because its full of tragedy. At one point in the new jim crow, professor alexander presents evidence that more black people are enslaved. Jason ng is hong kongbased attorney who heads the progressive lawyers group. As soul and jazz stations went off the air one by one, there was still emmit powell and his saturday morning gospel show on kpfafm in berkeley. Jul 26, 2017 a principled and reasonable letter, mick. Black mass was born in 1963, the brainchild of jack nessel, who was the. Bauersfeld was the director of drama and literature at kpfa from 1966 to. Anyone who has read his book god delusion knows there are installments one could parse from the book where he.
If you missed mondays show you can always donate and choose a gift online at. The black mass the witch of the willows january 29, 1964. The irish mob, the boston fbi, and a devils deal will be read by many. Weve received an avalanche of negative calls and emails from listeners about your uncritically airing of views by a holocaust denier, climate denial and casting the parkland mass shooting survivors as crisis actors. After mass listener support rescued kpfa and pacifica from a self appointed pacifica national board pnb that was planning to sell kpfa or one of the other stations and take the community out of the network, new democratic bylaws were written and adopted. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Drawing upon black feminist criticism and a diverse array of archival materials, sarah haley uncovers how black women were imprisoned and brutalized in the late 19th century and early 20th. The black mass old time radio otr series 19631967 mp3. Winner of the 2016 lannan cultural freedom award for an especially notable book. The book tells the story of the trial that pepper won on behalf of the king family in 1999 in a memphis court where a jury of 6 black and 6 white jurors unanimously found loyd jowers and unnamed government conspirators guilty of murdering martin luther king.
The plight of political prisoners in iran the impact of. Genocide included hutus massacred by kagame forces by ann garrison this following is the transcript of a broadcast on pacifica radio station kpfa. Photographer karen krogh on resilience and healing from mass shootings. Jan 09, 2017 in 1990 i was asked to write a monograph about kpfas early history for a danish scholarly journal. With the advent of the capture of whitey bulger by the fbi in june of 2011, dick lehr and gerard oneills book, black mass. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Another fine syndicated horror program, on a par with murder at midnight. Kpfa studios in berkeley produced the black mass, that adapted classic horror literature for radio back in the 1960s. Kpfa cancels richard dawkins speech because of his tweets about islam submitted 2 years ago by bhill68.
In 1990 i was asked to write a monograph about kpfas early history for a danish scholarly journal. This is a first hand account of how whitey bulger, and steve flemmi became part of the fbi as informants, and in turn the fbi became informants for. Wbais nowformer program director, who seems more interested in hawking miracle cures than political analysis, dropped it 2010, but it lives on at kpfa thursdays at noon, pacific time. This week on kpfa radios womens magazine we hear a recent talk by professor sarah haley about her new groundbreaking book no mercy here. The noted author and activist delivered the keynote address at saint marys. The kpfa was the first station to broadcast a radio show specializing in space music, with the debut of stephen hill and anna turners music from the hearts of space in 1973.
A program that investigates the relationships among capitalism, militarism and politics. Its readers urged me to expand it into a book, and so in 1994 i extended a concert gig in canada into a research trip across the us. Mar 04, 2017 the black mass was a horrorfantasy radio drama produced by erik bauersfeld, a leading american radio dramatist of the posttelevision era. The programs are as long as the text requires and vary in length. The source was the original 7 inch reels and quality is excellent. Bartleby the scrivener herman melville date the boarded window ambrose bierce february 12, 1964. Follow the money, from obama to trump black agenda report. Kpfa interviews cornel west at smc by stmarysmedia st marys. Abebooks, an amazon company, offers millions of new, used, and outofprint books.
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