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Albuquerque Police Department is notorious for murdering citizens. This week on Occupy Radio, we interview professor and activist David Correia on the long history of APD brutality and the political permissiveness that perpetuates the problem. David Correia at University of New Mexico https://www.unm.edu/~dcorreia/David_Correia/ http://www.apdprotest.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Correia David Correia on APD History of Violence http://americanstudies.unm.edu/news/david-correia-on-apd-history-of-violence.html Video of […]
Keeping the faith while working for peace and justice isn’t always easy. This week on Occupy Radio, peace activist John Dear discusses how to cultivate resilience as we work for the long term vision of peace . . . even when it seems impossible http://www.fatherjohndear.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dear Jesuits dismiss peace activist John Dear from Society Peace […]
Occupiers from around the nation are hitting the road on their way to the Occupy National Gathering 2014. This week on Occupy Radio, we interview activist Julia Clark as she leads the Southern Caravan across Arizona, and also organizer Jackie Splain as she details the full NatGat of teach-ins, skill shares, General Assemblies, demonstrations, and […]
What does it take to build a world that works for everyone? This week on Occupy Radio, we talk with Ken Butigan, the director of Pace e Bene, about Campaign Nonviolence – a nationwide movement to end war, poverty, and the climate crisis. Citizens in 47 states and the District of Columbia are planning over […]
Class warfare has been a slanted story from the start, Occupiers. This week on Occupy Radio, we bring on radio host and blogger Egberto Willies to talk about how the rich will trumpet their persecution through the corporate media, while the attacks on the growing ranks of the poor are being covered mainly by citizen […]
Michigan’s Emergency Manger law was given sweeping powers over local governments in early 2011, and those powers were voted out by popular referendum in 2012. Now, in 2014, Michigan’s Emergency Manager law is stronger than ever. Rivera Sun and I talk with Claire McClinton of Flint, and Sylvia Orduno, of Detroit, Michigan. We discuss human […]
The Backbone Campaign has been fomenting art activism in communities around the country. This week on Occupy Radio, we interview founder, Bill Moyer, about their latest endeavor: the Rolling Rebellion for Real Democracy, and also about the origin and evolutions of this creative resistance organization. Listen on Archive.org: Download from Archive.org:
Government of the people, by the people and for the people has been replaced by government of, by, and for the highest bidder in the United States of America. This week on Occupy Radio we interview Kai Newkirk about 99Rise’s determination to get money out of politics, even if they have to occupy the California […]
Active Hope is a phrase that catches the imagination. As if somewhere between wishful thinking and weary despair there might be a powerful place of engaged active hope that could help activists and ordinary people alike deal with the story of our times that seems to be escalating in urgency and importance. This week on […]
How many steps would you take, Occupiers? A band of nearly 40 marchers is trekking 3000 miles from LA to DC, raising awareness about the Climate Crisis. He snagged one of the marchers, John Abbe, who originally started in Getch’s hometown of Eugene, Oregon, and passed through Rivera’s hometown of Taos, New Mexico. We asked […]
With a corrupt police force backing the dictates of an unconstitutional Emergency Manager, Whirlpool has just about seized control of Benton Harbor, Michigan. A campaign of violence and intimidation drove most residents away, and left those remaining living in nearly third world conditions. Rivera Sun and Getch talk with the Reverend Edward Pinkney, of the […]
Occupy Radio: Honey BEELUJAH! with Reverend Billy Talen, of the Church of Stop Shopping Listen on Archive.org: Download from Archive.org:
Approval ratings for the United States Supreme Court have been trending steadily downward since the Citizen’s United ruling gave Corporations unfettered spending power in U.S. elections. At the same time, public approval of the corporate-financed Congress is also at an all time low. But never fear, Occupiers, corporate profits have never been better. Listen on […]
Cecily McMillan was found guilty of assaulting the cops who assaulted her. The Nato 3 are in prison on trumped-up charges. Plus, we have empirical proof that the US Government only responds to money. More and more, serious change is only accessible to those who step outside the law, but the consequences can be tough. […]
Nearly half of all respondents in a recent Rassmussen poll believed a group of randomly selected people from the phone book would do a better job in Congress. American government is at a record level of dysfunction with a documented propensity for serving only those who can pay for service. Rivera Sun and Getch, talk […]
Maybe capitalism isn’t meant to last forever. Today, the climbing poverty rate is the only thing that can keep up with the surge in corporate profits. It looks like capitalism has taken us as far as it can. Now it’s beginning to consume itelf, and our social safety net, as well. Rivera Sun, and I […]
The post crash world is not a paradise for worker’s rights. Wages are at a 63 year low, while corporate profits are at an 85 year high, with more windfalls ahead. The last time America saw numbers like this was 1929, just before the Great Depression. Rivera Sun and Getch talk with Richard Monje, the […]
In G-Force, the 2009 Disney movie, a group of secret agent rodents stops a kitchen gadget robot apocalypse. In the real world, we’re in no danger from weaponized blenders, but our toasters just might be used in a denial of service attack. Rivera Sun and Getch talk with computer security, and privacy specialist, Bruce Schneier. […]
The American Security State crushed the Occupy Movement for camping in public space. But Occupy is only part of an epic battle to seize world economies and the environment back from corporate control. Get ready now, for the World Wide Wave of Action. Rivera Sun and Getch talk with Dave Degraw, the moving force behind […]
Against a tide of well-financed fossil fuel money, green energy is catching on, and it doesn’t look like it’s going away any time soon. For instance, 2013 was a banner year for solar power, with more solar energy coming online than the average nuclear power plant can generate. Rivera Sun and Getch talk with Bill […]
The Occupy movement formed out of the belief that our government, and the governments of the world no longer listened to the people, nor could they be counted on to keep their promises. Another group has had the same greivance for over 500 years. They’re not too fond of the whole Occupy concept either. Rivera […]
Michael Nagler, METTA Center for Nonviolence Listen on Archive.org: Download from Archive.org:
It’s beginning to sound like Occupiers and activists are fighting the power without their best tool. Music has always been an activist’s best weapon, but, other than drums, music is largely missing from today’s actions. Rivera Sun and Getch speak with Ysaye Barnwell, formerly of Sweet Honey in the Rock about music and activist culture, […]
The FBI is following the money as it switches from fighting crime to fighting terrorism. A sampling of its recet major terrorism cases seems to indicate it’s more interested in entrapment. Now the terrorism entrapment game is spreading to local police forces as well. Rivera Sun and I talk with investigative journalist, Kevin Gosztola about […]