Mumia Abu Jamal

Mumia Abu Jamal

Aired September 4th, 2012 Click here to download. Mumia Abu-Jamal  discusses black political thought, the great thinkers, movement builders, decolonization of the mind, his biggest political influences and political "menticide" of today's youth. Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American political prisoner currently serving a life...

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Pete White of the Los Angeles Community Action Network

Pete White of the Los Angeles Community Action Network

Police harassment of the homeless community, gentrification, and the fight for their civil rights. Pete White is Founder and Co-Director of the Los Angeles Community Action Network, also known as (LA CAN), which organizes and trains low-income and homeless persons in LA's downtown to help...

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Jay Levin of Fix Our America

Jay Levin of Fix Our America

Jay will tell us about his latest political work as the lead founder of the organization Fix Our America and the effort to amend the constitution. Jay Levin, is a journalist, activist, and founder of the LA Weekly. Levin has worked...

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Cinthia Gonzalez on The Labor Community Strategy Center’s Civil Rights Rally

Cinthia Gonzalez on The Labor Community Strategy Center’s Civil Rights Rally

Cinthia Gonzalez discusses The Labor Community Strategy Center's Civil Rights rally: President Obama: Enforce, Restore, Expand Our Civil Rights! and the broader work of the Bus Riders Union and training young organizers as a youth organizer with the Community Rights...

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Van Jones of Rebuild the Dream

Van Jones of Rebuild the Dream

Van Jones, president and co-founder of Rebuild the Dream, discusses the U.S. economy, foreclosures, student loans, Obama, Occupy, and what it means to build the movement. Rebuild the Dream describes their organization as: A platform for bottom-up, people-powered organizing, teach-ins, online...

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Kim McGill of Youth Justice Coalition

Kim McGill of Youth Justice Coalition

Kim McGill, an organizer with the Youth Justice Coalition of Los Angeles, discusses recruiting and training young organizers around the issues of the juvenile injustice system, police and prison funding, the school to prison pipeline, what it means to build a...

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