Jun
11
2013
Four members of Las Cafeteras joined me in the studio - David Flores, Leah Gallegos, Hector Flores, and Daniel French - to share their exhilarating music, politics, and creativity.
Video links: They performed two pieces while in the studio, click...
Jun
11
2013
Aquilina Soriano-Versoza, Executive Director of the Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California joined me for a wide ranging discussion that started with understanding the national struggle to win legal rights for domestic workers -- a Bill of Rights for...
Jun
10
2013
By Eric Mann originally published in Colorlines Magazine on June 10th, 2013.
Make Demands, Try the System
George Zimmerman will go on trial today for the murder of Trayvon Martin. But let’s be clear, within the defense’s opening arguments, for many who follow...
May
27
2013
The Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles:
What progressive activists can learn from a grassroots campaign against transit racism.
By Eric Mann originally published in The Nation Magazine on May 27th, 2013.
On November 6, 2012, as progressive voters cheered the re-election of Barack...
May
07
2013
JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information in Oakland, California and the host of BlockReportRadio.com. Strongly influenced by Malcolm X and the Black Panthers, JR is a powerful and uncompromising voice against police brutality and unaccountability, what he calls...
May
07
2013
I spoke with Ashley Franklin, an organizer with the Community Rights Campaign of the Labor/Community Strategy Center, about a big upcoming event happening this May 14, 2013 called the School Climate Bill of Rights. We also discussed a central...
