Voting Referendum for Trayvon Martin: Fight for the Soul of the Cities

Voting Referendum for Trayvon Martin: Fight for the Soul of the Cities

Eric discusses the voting rights referendum movement for Trayvon Martin that is taking place throughout the nation, and the work that the Fight For The Soul Of The Cities campaign is contributing towards that effort. Eric Also reads an article...

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Supreme Court Diminishes 1964 Voting Rights Act

Supreme Court Diminishes 1964 Voting Rights Act

Eric discusses the Supreme Court’s recent decision to vacate critical sections of the 1964 Voting Rights Act. Section 5 of the 1964 Voting Rights Act has served as a key provision in the efforts to target states which have a...

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Commentary On Russell Maroon Shoatz and Trayvon Martin

Commentary On Russell Maroon Shoatz and Trayvon Martin

Eric reads from Russell Maroon Shoatz's book, Maroon the Implacable. The book provides an important and historical narrative of Black and indigenous resistance against imperial and colonial powers in the Americas. The book is available for purchase here.  For more information, read Lisa Guenther's...

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Las Cafeteras in the KPFK house!

Las Cafeteras in the KPFK house!

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...

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Aquilina Soriano-Versoza, Director, Pilipino Workers Center S. California

Aquilina Soriano-Versoza, Director, Pilipino Workers Center S. California

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...

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JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information, BlockReportRadio.com

JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information, BlockReportRadio.com

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...

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