Posted on
August 05, 2010 by
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The Kent State Massacre, 1970
The Pentagon is calling for a crackdown on Wikileaks and a shutting down of the site; we’ll have an update on the Wikileaks story from a military perspective; also, we’ll have a special report on the Kent State Truth Tribunal, produced by Michael Moore, as the Tribunal prepares to take testimony from West Coast witnesses this weekend; we’ll also have a report on seven people who are still in jail on high bails after being arrested in the post Mehserle verdict actions in Oakland three weeks ago.
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Guests:
Michael Prysner, Iraq War Veteran now working with the ANSWER Coalition and March Forward
Emily Kunstler, Producer of the Kent State Truth Tribunal as well as ‘William Kunstler, Disturbing the Universe‘
Laurel Krause, Producer of the Kent State Truth Tribunal and Sister of Allison Krause, one of the victims of the 1970 National Guard attack on Kent State
POCC Minister of Information JR and the Block Report featuring Matt Garrity
Tags: Johannes MehserleKent StateMichael MooreMinister of Information JROscar GrantWikileaks
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Posted on
July 09, 2010 by
Flashpoints
[podcast]http://aud1.kpfa.org/data/20100709-Fri1700.mp3[/podcast]
We have a series of reports from last night’s post-verdict protests and rage from the streets of Oakland. We’ll present a collage from last night’s street action, and we’ll speak with Anita Johnson from Hard Knock Radio and Jesse Strauss from Flashpoints who were on the ground watching it all unfold. Also we’ll speak with Pablo Alvarado, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network with a response to Obama’s decision to contest the Arizona laws in the courts. And we’ll have Flashpoints en Espanol with Miguel Perez
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Guests:
Anita Johnson, Hard Knock Radio
Jesse Strauss, Flashpoints Special Projects Producer
Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Netwowrk
Tags: Immigrant RightsJohannes MehserleOscar Grant
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Posted on
July 09, 2010 by
Flashpoints
By Jesse Strauss
As the Oakland community begins to understand the meaning of Johannes Mehserle’s involuntary manslaughter verdict, the streets exploded angrily last night.
Mehserle is the former BART cop who killed Oscar Grant on New Year’s morning, 2009. As Grant was lying face down on a BART platform, Mehserle stood up, grabbed his firearm, aimed down, and shot Grant. Mehserle’s next action was to handcuff the wounded 22 year old father before calling for any kind of medical assistance. Oscar Grant was killed that morning, but the Oakland community will never forget his name. Read the rest of this entry →
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Posted on
July 08, 2010 by
Flashpoints
[podcast]http://aud1.kpfa.org/data/20100708-Thu1700.mp3[/podcast]
Oscar Grant
The Flashpoints team will be joining the Hard Knock Radio team for joint coverage today.
We’ll devote today’s entire show to the Oscar Grant verdict, just
announced an hour ago; we’ll be joined by activists from the Bay Area, where Grant was murdered on New Year’s Day, 2009; we’ll also be joined by activists and community members near the courthouse in Los Angeles.
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Posted on
July 02, 2010 by
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By Jesse Strauss
Oakland Stores Closed - Preparing for Street Rebellions
The trial of Johannes Mehserle, the cop who killed Oscar Grant, has re-awoken a rebellious campaign against police brutality in Oakland, California.
Oscar Grant, of course, was the unarmed young father who was pulled off a BART car for allegedly fighting early in the morning of January 1st, 2009. Read the rest of this entry →
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Posted on
July 01, 2010 by
Flashpoints
[podcast]http://aud1.kpfa.org/data/20100701-Thu1700.mp3[/podcast]
Supporters of Oscar Grant outside the LA courthouse
Please note: Upcoming town hall meeting for Oscar Grant. It is this Saturday at Olivet Institutional Missionary Baptist Church, 807 27th st, Oakland. Click HERE for more info.
We’ll get an update on the BP volcano and what’s going on in Mississippi at the Gulf: we’ll speak to the state director of the Sierra Club for Mississippi and the director of First Responders there; also, we’ll have an in-depth look at the Oscar Grant-Johannes Mehserle trial, as both the defense and the prosecution conclude their closing arguments; we’ll also take a look at what could come of the community reaction to the verdict; finally we’ll hear from a Pakistani human rights campaigner who works with domestic workers in Lahore.
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Guests:
Louis Miller, State Director of the Sierra Club in Mississippi
Linda St. Martin, Director of First Responders in Mississippi
Thandisizwe Chimurenga, LA-based independent journalist
Aige Patterson, activist with the LA Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant
Bushra Khalik, Pakistani women’s rights activist, speaking tonight at the Socialism Conference in Oakland
Palestinian community activist
Heyman
Richard Becker
Labor community committee, in solidarity with the Palestinian people
[podcast]http://aud1.kpfa.org/data/20100630-Wed1700.mp3[/podcast]
Tags: Gulf GusherJohannes MehserleOscar GrantPakistan
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