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2006
Voices from the Frontlines radio shows
| Date |
Description
and audio links |
| 11/06/06 |
Hosted
by: Damon Azali and Lisa Adler
Lisa
Adler and Damon Azali discuss Prop1B:
the Highway and Air Pollution expansion tax and Prop 85: the
parental notification law that attacks a women’s right
to control her own body. listen
Diane
Takvorian and Tony LoPresti from
the Environmental Health Coalition discuss Proposition 90:
“Govt. acquisition, regulation and private property”.
listen
Lisa
Kung, from the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR)
discusses Proposition 83: “Sex offenders residence restrictions
and monitoring” which would allow permanent GPS monitoring
devices to be strapped to those who are convicted of any sex
offences, including public nudity and indecent exposure. listen
Songs:
Lupe
Fiasco
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Karo
Paulinho da Viola
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| 10/30/06 |
Hosted
by: Eric Mann
Eric
Mann comments on the significance of the recent federal
court ruling on the extension of the Bus Riders Union/MTA
Civil Rights Consent Decree. listen
Scott
Ritter, former United Nations weapons inspector in
Iraq, discusses his new book, Target Iran: The Truth About
the White House's Plans for Regime Change. listen
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| 10/09/06 |
Hosted
by: Eric Mann
Eric
Mann discusses the purpose and demands of the upcoming
October 17th Strategy Center and Bus Riders Union rally at
city hall. He takes comments from listeners on their views
of Mayor Villaraigosa's current policies. listen |
| 10/02/06 |
Hosted
by: Eric Mann
Commentary by Eric Mann. listen
Amanda Ballantyne, Field Organizer with Free
Press, and Sydney Levy, Program Director
of Media Alliance, discuss the serious implications of a recent
move by the FCC to eliminate the Newspaper-television cross-ownership
ban. listen
Sonali
Kolhatkar and Jim Ingalls, co-directors
of the Afghan Women's Mission and authors of a new book, Bleeding
Afghanistan: Washington, Warloads, and the Propoaganda of
Silence. listen |
| 9/25/06 |
Hosted
by: Lisa Adler and Damon Azali
Penny
Newman, Executive Director of Center for Community
Action and Environmental Justice, discusses Proposition 1B—the
$19.9 Billion dollar transportation bond that if passed would
give over $11 Billion dollars for highway and roadway construction.
listen
Eveline
Shen, Executive Director of Asian Communities for
Reproductive Justice, discusses Proposition 85, a parental
notification law that would require physicians to notify the
parent or legal guardian of a minor seeking an abortion 48
hours before performing the procedure. listen
Songs:
Damien Marley
Ise Lyfe
Kekele
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| 9/18/06 |
Hosted by: Tammy Bang Luu and Damon Azali
Ian Inaba, founder of the Guerilla News
Network (GNN) and creator of Eminem’s "Mosh"
music video, discusses his first feature length film, American
Blackout, a documentary that chronicles recurring patterns
of voter disenfranchisement and uncovers the tactics used
by the Republican Party in Georgia to unseat Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney. listen
Monami
Maulik and Shoshi Doza of DRUM (Desis
Rising up and Moving), discuss their recently released report:
Education Not Deportation: Impacts of NYC School Safety Policies
of South Asian Immigrant Youth. listen
Songs:
Ise Lyfe
John Lee Hooker
Kanda Bongo Man
Ramsey Lewis |
| 09/11/06 |
Hosted
by: Eric Mann
Commentary by Eric Mann. listen
Damon Azali and Patrisse Cullors,
reflect on there 2-week trip to the Gulf Coast as part of
a 5 person Labor/Community Strategy Center delegation whom
met with grassroots organizations and participated in the
one-year commemoration activities of Hurricane Katrina. Plus
listener call-ins listen
Songs:
Dead Prez
Mos Def
John Lee Hooker
LL Cool J |
| 08/28/06 |
Hosted
by: Tammy Bang Luu and Manuel Criollo
Monique Harden, co-founder and Director of
Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, discusses the fight
for the right of return and the work of rebuilding the Gulf
Coast through a human rights framework.
Norris Henderson, organizer with the New
Orleans Safe Streets/Strong Communities Campaign, discusses
the fight to reform the criminal justice system in the Gulf
Coast from the police to the jails to the courthouse.
Damon Azali, one of the hosts of Voices From
the Frontlines and lead organizer with the Labor Community
Strategy Center, discusses the Strategy Center's roll and
objectives in rebuilding New Orleans in collaboration with
the current peoples-led movement.
listen
Songs:
Mos Def
Gil Scott-Heron
Nina Simone
Dead Prez |
| 08/21/06 |
Hosted
by: Damon Azali and Manuel Criollo
Noura Erakat, national grassroots organizer
and legal advocate for the US Campaign to End the Israeli
Occupation, discusses the significance of the cease-fire between
Israeli and Hezbollah forces after weeks of fighting left
hundreds dead and many more injured. listen
Celia Brookman, of the William C. Velasquez
Institute, discusses the significance of 2006 National Latino
Congreso. Participants from all over the country included
thousands of Latino led organizations, business, unions, churches,
plus over 5,000 U.S Latino elected officials. listen
Jesse Milan Jr., Chair of the Board of Directors
for the Black AIDS Institute, discusses the 16th world conference
on AIDS held in Toronto. N/A
Songs:
Abdel Halim Hafez - Gana El Hawa
Rise- Public Enemy
Miles Davis
Fela Kuti
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| 08/14/06 |
Hosted
by: Tammy Bang Luu and Damon Azali
Olayeela Daste, of the Umoja Committee in
New Orleans, discusses her organization’s work and plans
for the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. listen
Jordan Flaherty, organizer with The New Orleans
Network and editor of Left Turn magazine, discusses the crisis
in the public school system in New Orleans since hurricane
Katrina. listen
Ai-Jen Poo, lead organizer for Domestic Worker’s
United in NYC and Erline Brown, a nanny and
organizer with DWU, discuss a report released by DWU and the
Data Center, titled: Home is Where the Work is: Inside New
York’s Domestic Work Industry, the first industry-wide
analysis of domestic workers by domestic workers. listen
Songs:
Pharrell
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| 08/07/06 |
Hosted
by: Eric Mann
Benjamin Ramos, of the Political Education
Project to Free the Cuban Five, discusses the current status
of the Cuban Five case. listen
Mtangulizi Sanyika, of the New Orleans based
African-American Leadership Project, a network of African-American
New Orleans community, religious, and business leaders, discusses
the right of return for all displaced peoples and organizing
efforts to include all displaced people in the reconstruction
process. listen
Malcolm
Suber, lead organizer with the People’s Hurricane
Relief Fund in New Orleans discusses the planned events and
activities in New Orleans to commemorate the one-year anniversary
of Hurricane Katrina. listen |
| 07/31/06 |
Hosted
by: Eric Mann
Mel
Weiss, Senior and Founding Partner of Milberg Weiss
Bershad & Schulman LLP, discusses the serious implications
of the Bush administration's Tort Reform Movement. listen
Dave
Zirin, author of What’s My Name, Fool? Sports
and Resistance in the United States, discusses the Barry Bonds
case, Major League Baseball “Faith Days and Nights at
the Park,” and racism in sports. listen
Songs:
Stevie Wonder
Abdel Halim Hafez
Eddie Palmeri |
| 07/24/06 |
Hosted
by: Tammy Bang Luu, Damon Azali
Damon
Azali: “10 reasons why LA needs 1,000 less
cops.” listen
Boots
Riley, co-founder of the hip-hop group the Coup,
disucusses their new album "Pick a Bigger Weapon",
and the role of progressive hip-hop. listen
Nizar Watad and Omar Chakaki, of
Phillistines and N.O.M.A.D.S respectively, discuss their new
Palestinian hip-hop compilation, "Free the P", the
first ever Palestinian hip hop album. listen
Bruce
Dixon, editor with the Black Commentator,, explains
the need for Black leadership in opposing Israeli apartheid.
listen
Songs:
The Coup
FreetheP
Phillistines
N.O.M.A.D.S
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| 07/17/06 |
Hosted
by: Tammy Bang Luu, Manuel Criollo
Rayan
Elamine, program director of the San Francisco chapter
of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, discusses
Israel's current escalation and military aggression in Gaza
and Lebanon. listen
Mario
Cuellar, of Casa El Salvador discusses the current
wave of government repression and the reemergence of the death
squads in El Salvador. listen
Reverend
Lucius Walker and Ellen Bernstein, of Pastors for
Peace, discuss the recently updated plan released by the Bush
administration to undermine the Cuban government. listen
Songs:
Otis Reddings
U2
Silvio Rodriguez
Café Tacuba
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| 07/10/06 |
Hosted
by: Damon Azali, Eric Mann
Greg
Palast, investigative journalist and author of Armed
Madhouse (Penguin 2006) and The Best Democracy Money
Can Buy, discusses the 2006 presidential elections in
Mexico where conservative candidate Felipe Calderon was declared
President over Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador despite allegations
of voter fraud. listen
Kali
Akuno, member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement,
discusses the current conditions in New Orleans as we approach
the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. listen
Mike
Farrell, actor, activist, and president of Death
Penalty Focus, discusses recent discoveries of wrongful death
penalty convictions and executions. listen
Songs:
Rage Against The Machine
Steel Pulse
Fela Kuti
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| 06/12/06 |
Hosted
by: Tammy Bang Luu, Damon Azali
TJ
Crawford, chair of the 2006 National Hip Hop Political
Convention, discusses the organizing efforts in the hip hop
community and the plans for the upcoming convention. listen
Vijay
Prashad, Associate Professor of International Studies
at Trinity College, discusses the significance of the recent
Communist electoral victories in India. listen
Seung
Hye Suh, of the Korean Policy Institute, and Cheehyung
Kim, member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development,
give us a first hand account of last week’s events in
D.C. opposing the free trade agreement currently being negotiated
between South Korea and the U.S. listen
Songs:
Common
Damien Marley
Kim Hill
Stevie Wonder
|
| 06/05/22 |
Hosted
by: Damon Azali, Eric Mann
Dr.
Manning Marable, Professor of Public Affairs, Political
Science, History and African-American Studies at Columbia
University in New York City discusses his upcoming biography
of Malcolm X entitled: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.
listen
Songs:
Joao Gilberto
Ice Cube
Run DMC |
| 05/22/06 |
Hosted
by: Manuel Criollo
Hwa
Young Lee, U.S. Chair of the Korea Truth Commission,
discusses the current struggle of the Pyeongtaek farmers in
South Korea against the U.S. military.. listen
Bill
Goodman, legal director for the Center for Constitutional
Rights, discusses the current debate around illegal domestic
spying and the nomination of former director of the NSA, Michael
Hayden to head the CIA. listen
Ron
Gochez, of Unión del Barrio, discusses the
current state and next steps of the immigrant rights movement.
listen
Songs:
Charles Mingus
Talib Quali
Amparo Ochoa
Ali Primera
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| 05/15/06 |
Hosted
by: Tammy Bang Luu, Manuel Criollo
Marqueece
Harris-Dawson, executive director of Community Coalition,
discusses the current efforts to pressure LAUSD to give diplomas
to all graduating seniors regardless of their scores on the
California High School Exit Exam. listen
Tezozmoc,
member and elected representative of the South Central Farm,
discusses next steps in the effort to save the South Central
Farm. listen
Gregory
Akili, Senior Political/Community Organizer for SEIU
Local 1000 and member of Community Call to Action and Accountability
(CCAA), discusses the ruling to extend the Civil Rights Consent
Decree with LAPD. listen
Benjamin
Ramos, organizer with the Prolibertad Freedom Campaign,
discusses the implications of the recent re-incarceration
of Puerto Rican independista Antonio Camacho Negrón.
listen
Songs:
O-Maya
Rage Against The Machine
Public Enemy
Nina Simone |
| 04/24/06 |
Hosted
By: Manuel Criollo, Eric Mann
Liz
Sunwoo, coordinator of MIWON (the Multi-ethnic Immigrant
Worker Organizers Network) discusses their involvement and
objectives as a part of the 'We Are America Coalition'. listen
Jesse
Diaz, organizer for the March 25th Coalition and
one of the principle organizers for the upcoming May 1st General
Strike, discusses the plan for the May 1st General Strike.
listen
Marta
Sanchez, long-time organizer in the immigrant rights/Mexicano/Chicano
movement and currently living in Mexico City, discusses the
call for a national strike on April 28th in solidarity with
the May 1st day of action here in the U.S. listen
Songs:
Nas
Tego Calderon
Fabulosos Cadilacs
Ricardo Arjona |
| 04/17/06 |
Hosted
by: Damon Azali, Eric Mann
Eric
Mann, comments on the immigrant rights movement.
listen
Dr.
Laura Pulido, Associate Professor of Geography and
American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern
California, discusses her new book, Black, Brown, Yellow,
and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles. listen
Sheila
Jackson Lee, Congresswoman for the 18th Congressional
District of Houston, Texas (D-TX), discusses her thoughts
on immigration reform and the recent bill she submitted in
Congress. listen
Listener
call in: listen
Songs:
Black Opal Compilation
Slick Rick
Jay-Z |
| 04/03/06 |
Hosted
by: Manuel Criollo, Damon Azali
Damon
Azali, current organizer with the Los Angeles based
Labor/Community Strategy Center and the Strategy Center's
Community Rights Campaign, discusses the recent student walkouts
protesting HR4437 and comments on the black community's relationship
to the immigration rights movement. listen
Javier
Rodriguez, one of the lead organizers of the March
25th million person immigrant rights march that took place
in Los Angeles, discusses the history behind the pro-immigrant
mobilization, current demands, and next steps. listen
Glen
Ford, co-publisher of the Black Commentator,
an on-line progressive Black journal (www.blackcommentator.com),
discusses his latest commentary, "The Insanity of Black
Anti-Immigrant Politics". listen
Songs:
Ozomatli
Amparo Ochoa
El Gran Silencio |
| 03/27/06 |
Hosted
by: Eric Mann, Damon Azali
Dr.
Sikivu Hutchinson, editor of blackfemlens.org, an
online journal of progressive commentary and literature, discusses
her article, Gender 'Crash': Film exploits political and
social disenfranchisement of women of color. listen
Kali
Williams, organizer with the Oakland chapter of the
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement discusses their organizing efforts
against the FEMA evictions in New Orleans. listen
Walkout
clip with listener call-ins: Over 20,000 high school
students across Southern California walked our of class to
protest the Sensenbrenner bill, HR 4437. listen
Songs:
M1
Omaya
Digable Planets
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| 03/21/06 |
Hosted
by: Manuel Criollo, Tammy Bang Luu
Eric
Mann, Director of the Labor Community Strategy Center
and one of the hosts of Voices From the Frontlines,
reviews the Oscar-winning South African film 'Tsotsi'.
listen
Elizam
Escobar, former Puerto Rican political prisoner and
Lawrence Reyes, of the Alianza Puertorriqueño,
discuss the present situation of Puerto Rican political prisoners,
the struggle for Puerto Rican self determination, and the
exhibit; 'Not Enough Space' being held at Self Help
Graphics in East Los Angeles. listen
Leon
Sompolinsky, Research Director with Urban Habitat,
analyzes Governor Schwarzenegger’s $222 billion dollar
infrastructure bond proposal, a proposal that if passed, would
pour hundreds of millions of dollars into the construction
of more jails and highways. listen
Sueyon
Yi, Director of Special Projects for the National
Korean American Service andEducation Consortium (NAKASEC),
discusses March actions for immigrant rights opposing HR 4437
(Border Protection, Anti-terrorism & Illegal Immigration
Control Act). listen
Songs:
Hector Lavoe
Willie Colon
Marvin Gaye
Curtis Mayfield
Otis Redding |
| 03/13/06 |
Hosted
by: Eric Mann
Taylor
Branch, Pulitzer prize winner for the first volume of his 3 volume biography
of Martin Luther King Jr. (Parting the Waters), discusses
his new book, the third volume, At Canaan's Edge,
an important interpretation of the life of Dr. Martin Luther
King, covering the historically turbulent and revolutionary
years of 1965-1968, and ending with the assassination of Dr.
King. listen
Songs:
Spearhead
Welfare Poets |
| 03/06/06 |
Hosted
by: Manuel Criollo, Tammy Bang luu
Sinclair
Thomas, professor of Latin American history at New
York University (NYU) and author of We Alone Will Rule:
Native Andean Politics in the Age of Insurgency (University
of Wisconsin, 2003), along with Forest Hylton, coediter
of Ya es otro tiempo el presente: Cuatro momentos de insurgencia
indígena (La Paz, 2003), discuss the indigenous-led
movement in Bolivia and the election of Evo Morales. listen
Diego
Cevallos, correspondent for the Inter-Press Service
in Mexico (www.ips.org) discusses the upcoming presidential
elections in Mexico and the Zapatista response to the front-runner
candidate Manuel Lopez Obrador. listen |
| 02/13/06 |
Hosted
by: Damon Azali, Manuel Criollo
Edward
James Olmos, actor, producer, director and community
activist, discusses his new film "Walkout".
listen
Moctesuma
Esparza, producer of "Walkout",
further discusses the film and his own involvement in the
1968 Chicano Blowouts. listen
Gregory
Akili, Senior Political/Community Organizer for SEIU
Local 1000 and member of the executive committee of Community
Call to Action and Accountability (CCAA) discusses the latest
in the Devin Brown case as well as the recent LAPD shooting
of Elio Carrion. listen
Songs:
Ruben Blades
Victor Jara
Ismael Rivera
Bobby Matos |
| 02/06/06 |
Hosted
by: Damon Azali, Eric Mann
Reverend
Lennox Yearwood, minister, community activist, and
CEO of the Hip-Hop Caucus, discusses the upcoming Emergency
Katrina Summit, a strategy meeting to launch the Gulf Coast
Renewal Campaign. listen
Toufic
Haddad, a Palestinian-American activist and writer
who has lived in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, discusses the
recent Hamas electoral victory. listen
Listeners
call in. listen
Songs:
Johnny Clarke
John Santos
Banda Black Rio
DJ Premier |
| 01/30/06 |
Hosted
by: Damon Azali, Eric Mann
Joe
Berry of the University of Illinois and the North
American Alliance For Fair Employment, discusses his latest
book Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to
Change Higher Education. listen
Tammy
Bang Luu and Manuel Criollo, hosts of Voices from
the Frontlines, provide first hand reports of the World Social
Forum from Caracas, Venezuela. listen
Dr.
Ruth Gilmore, long time prison activist, discusses
Governor Schwarzenegger's recent bid to build 100,000 new
public and private jail and prison cells in California over
the next five years. listen
Songs:
Gang Starr
Simon Diaz
Digable Planets
The Clash |
| 01/23/06 |
Hosted
by: Damon Azali, Eric Mann
Eric
Mann reviews the film Brokeback Mountain.
listen
Sergeant
De Lacy Davis, a sergeant with the East Orange, New
Jersey police department and founder of Black Cops Against
Police Brutality, speaks about his organization and his latest
book “A Crisis Action Call: Black Cops Against Police
Brutality.” listen
Kathay
Feng, executive director of California Common Cause,
discusses the history of the Voting Rights Act and what is
at stake with the upcoming renewal of several of its key provisions.
listen
Ansje
Miller, Program Director for Redefining Progress,
discusses the California Environmental Protection Agency Hearings
regarding Governor Schwarzenegger's recent proposal for an
80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in California by
2050. She also discusses a recently released study by Redefining
Progress on the impact of climate change in California. listen
Songs:
The Five Stairsteps
Kam
Alice Coltrane |
| 01/09/06 |
Hosted
by: Damon Azali, Eric Mann
Eric
Mann reviews Munich and Paradise Now.
listen
Jim
Lafferty, member and host of the National Lawyer's
Guild Radio show, speaks about the status of the Patriot Act,
Judge Alito, and Bush's domestic spying program. listen
Renee
Salcedo, of La Raza Centro Legal, speaks on HR 4437,
the "Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal
Immigration Control Act of 2005", an anti-Immigrant
legislation that was passed by the House and will be going
to the Senate. listen |
| 01/02/06 |
1
hour special interview with Scott Ritter by Eric Mann
Scott
Ritter, former Chief Weapons Inspector for the United
Nations Special Commission in Iraq, discusses his latest book,
Iraq Confidential.
listen (Part 1)
listen
(Part 2) |
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