The Injustice System

Mack Mama and I will be talking about her experiences in prison and prison in general along with the injustice in the system. MACKMAMA is a new phenomenon in the Music Industry. The first female to start her own label, STARSTATUS ENT. before signing with a Major Label. As an independent artist she has the freedom to control her creativity and showcase her many styles. Mack is truly "O.B.G" an Original Bad Girl she did thirteen years behind bars for being a hustler, what ever she could do to make money she did with the exception of selling her body.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla survivor and retired film producer, Dave Schermerhorn gives his experiences of being aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and of being illegally detained inside an Israeli prison. Hazim Shafi talks about the humanitarian aspects of what life is like in Gaza, how the situation has degraded significantly over the years, and why these latest measures that have been announced are a sham. An Inside Story of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Attack and the Gaza Blockade. The video versions of this program open with a very condensed version of some extraordinary and shocking video of the illegal attack in international waters on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla compiled by CulturesofResistance.org. The video was hidden and smuggled out by peace activists and journalists who were aboard the flotilla and subsequently kidnapped by the IDF attackers. These talks were excepted from a conference entitled: Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis and the Failure of U.S. Policy. This event was recorded Friday, June 25th at 7 PM in St. Mark's Cathedral's Bloedel Hall., Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington. http://www.archive.org/details/The_Crisis_in_Gaza_raw_audio

Gaza Freedom Flotilla survivor and retired film producer, Dave Schermerhorn gives his experiences of being aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and of being illegally detained inside an Israeli prison. Hazim Shafi talks about the humanitarian aspects of what life is like in Gaza, how the situation has degraded significantly over the years, and why these latest measures that have been announced are a sham. An Inside Story of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Attack and the Gaza Blockade. The video versions of this program open with a very condensed version of some extraordinary and shocking video of the illegal attack in international waters on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla compiled by CulturesofResistance.org. The video was hidden and smuggled out by peace activists and journalists who were aboard the flotilla and subsequently kidnapped by the IDF attackers. These talks were excepted from a conference entitled: Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis and the Failure of U.S. Policy. This event was recorded Friday, June 25th at 7 PM in St. Mark's Cathedral's Bloedel Hall., Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington. http://www.archive.org/details/The_Crisis_in_Gaza_raw_audio

This panel will try to explore a variety of anarchist perspectives on the origins and impacts of incarceration, strategies and opportunities for resistance and prisoner support, and prison abolition. We will begin our discussion with a focus on the racialized militarization of justice, linking contemporary mass incarceration to a long-standing, white-supremacist confinement and genocide of Africans. We will go on to examine the particular challenges facing incarcerated women, discussing current strategies of resistance carried out by those behind bars, opportunities for solidarity and support from people on the outside, and ways abolitionists can support reform without inadvertently strengthening the prison system. Finally we will discuss, for a long-ass time, the importance of supporting political prisoners and how those efforts contribute to prison abolition more broadly. There will hopefully be time for meaningful and relevant questions and discussions following brief presentations by the speakers as well as opportunities to get involved in anti-prison work. But maybe not... Also see: http://www.archive.org/details/ShutUpWhiteBoyLetMeSpeak_793

The Many Faces of Imprisonment 26 April 2010 Bluestockings Bookstore 172 Allen Street, NYC http://www.bluestockings.com/ What does mass incarceration have to do with immigrant detention and the War on Terror? How are these all different names of the same repression? Join Laura Whitehorn (former political prisoner and editor of The War Before by Safiya Bukhari), Victoria Law (author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women), Jeanne Theoharis (Professor of Political Science and co-founder of Educators for Civil Liberties) and Ravi Ragbir and Marlon Peterson (Families for Freedom) for a discussion on the many faces of imprisonment. Links to the various projects: Safiya Bukhari book (edited by Laura Whitehorn): http://www.feministpress.org/books/safiya-bukhari/war Laura Whitehorn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Whitehorn more about Fahad Hashmi's case and the Special Administrative Measures: http://educatorsforcivilliberties.org/ and http://freefahad.com/ Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles Of Incarcerated Women http://resistancebehindbars.org/ Books Through Bars www.abcnorio.org/affiliated/btb.html Tenacious: a zine of Art & Writings by Women in Prison http://resistancebehindbars.org/node/19 http://www.archive.org/details/TheManyFacesOfImprisonment

Left Forum 2009 Women on the Margins: Incarceration and Resistance in the Current Era 19 April 2009 Pace University NYC Laura Whitehorn (former political prisoner and senior editor of POZ Magazine), Diana Block (California Coalition for Women Prisoners, The Fire Inside newsletter and author of Arm the Spirit: A Woman's Journey Underground and Back) and Joanne Macri (Immigrant Defense Project) Soffiyah Elijah - human rights attorney, Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute Victoria Law - Books Through Bars NYC, author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women and Tenacious zine A discussion about women, incarceration and resistance and why this issue is important at this point in time. We will challenge the audience to think about incarceration not just as imprisonment, but also other ways that women (such as immigrants) are locked away and how their experiences and issues may differ from both women in prison and immigrant men. www.leftforum.org/ http://www.archive.org/details/WomenOnTheMarginsIncarcerationAndResistanceInTheCurrentEra

Is the FBI infiltrating your group? This is the story about how the FBI infiltrated activists groups and put several people in prison for more than 20 years for basically what amounts to Thoughtcrimes. Eric McDavid was arrested (along with Zachary Jenson and Lauren Weiner) on January 13, 2006, as part of the government's ongoing Green Scare campaign. All three were charged with "Conspiracy to damage and destroy property by fire and an explosive." His arrest was the direct result of a government informant - known only as "Anna" - who spent a year and a half drawing him in and working with the FBI to fabricate a crime and implicate Eric in it. Anna was paid over $65,000 for her work with the FBI. Eric was imprisoned for what amounts to thought-crime - no actions were ever carried out, and Eric was charged with a single count of "conspiracy" - a powerful legal tool often used by the state to crush dissent. Friends of Eric present information about his case, which serves as a lens through which to study the basic concepts of entrapment, the use of informants, and government repression in general. Unfortunately, the use of these tools by the state is becoming more and more prevalent, and it's imperative that people understand how they work. This effects ANYONE who protests the Government. This could happen to anyone of us, including YOU! http://www.archive.org/details/FBI_Informants_In_Activist_Groups_-_The_Eric_McDavid_Story

Angryindian Radyo 08.01.2010 Ward Churchill discusses the history of colonialism in the Americas and presents his analysis on how we can best understand the mechanics of Aboriginal subjugation in order to effectively counter the process. Ward Churchill is a well known Indigenist activist and Fourth World intellectual from Occupied North America. http://www.archive.org/details/AngryindianRadyoAngryindianRadyo08.01.2010 28.51 min AngryindianRadyo 09.01.2010 Disturbing First Nations testimony concerning the realities of Occupied Canada plus probing commentary from Nation of Islam leader the Hon. Louis Farrakhan, a report on the genocide of Indigenous Palestinian, A look back at the history of the 3rd world Bandung Conferences, comments by Assata Shakur and archival audio of Bobby Seale addressing the African community. http://www.archive.org/details/InteligentaindigenaNovajoservo_IntelligentAboriginalNewsServiceAngryindianRadyo09.01.2010 56.10 min

Hiroshima Countdown, a documentary by Andrew Phillips.

"There are only two federal holidays in America named after a historical figure, Martin Luther King Day and Columbus Day. Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist whose dedication to the human rights of minorities in America changed history and the lives of minorities in America forever. Christopher Columbus was an early explorer of claimed Italian descent who brutalized, tortured, murdered, raped, sold into slavery and decimated indigenous populations of the Americas. One has to wonder why America would honor the atrocities against indigenous people with a holiday to honor the perpetrator of these acts. Why does the American government continue to honor, with a national holiday, a man with a legacy of genocide, who never set foot in the United States of American and whose own homeland, Italy, has no day to celebrate him. This paper explores the recorded history of the beginning of the American holocaust, the acts of Christopher Columbus, and the United States Government herofication of the perpetrators of genocide and the American Holocaust." http://www.archive.org/details/Enlightenment_on_Columbus_Day

"There are only two federal holidays in America named after a historical figure, Martin Luther King Day and Columbus Day. Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist whose dedication to the human rights of minorities in America changed history and the lives of minorities in America forever. Christopher Columbus was an early explorer of claimed Italian descent who brutalized, tortured, murdered, raped, sold into slavery and decimated indigenous populations of the Americas. One has to wonder why America would honor the atrocities against indigenous people with a holiday to honor the perpetrator of these acts. Why does the American government continue to honor, with a national holiday, a man with a legacy of genocide, who never set foot in the United States of American and whose own homeland, Italy, has no day to celebrate him. This paper explores the recorded history of the beginning of the American holocaust, the acts of Christopher Columbus, and the United States Government herofication of the perpetrators of genocide and the American Holocaust." http://www.archive.org/details/Enlightenment_on_Columbus_Day

Sex, Drugs & Religion - Movie Audio MP3 Complete MP3 audio file for the 71 minute movie, "Sex, Drugs & Religion" by B.A. Brooks. (2010)....A great addition for all internet radio networks.... Save it, share it, send it, burn it or just listen to it.... Sex, Drugs & Religion, a 71 minute look into the wacky world of religion. Targeting groups from Catholics to Baptists, this movie exposes the idiocy that is associated to religion in general. Sex, Drugs & Religion is the fourth film release from B.A. Brooks and is quickly causing quite a stir in religious communities across the globe, while also hailing acclaim as a very entertaining, and insightful film experience by some seemingly more open minded individuals. In any case, sometimes the truth is hard to accept but if you can not be honest with yourself then just maybe this is not the film for you, but if you are ready to take a comedic journey into the cosmos then sit back and fasten your seat belt. Staring Chris Harper as the "Pastor Deacon Fred Smith" from the Landover Baptist Church, and Chuck Knipp as Betty Butterfield. Other clips include Bill Maher, Larry King, Sean Hannity, and Tom Cruise. http://www.archive.org/details/SexDrugsReligion-MovieAudioMp3 The movie http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/sex-drugs-religion/

A conversation with distinguished scholar and education reform theorist Bill Ayers about the Sixties, SDS, and the Weather Underground; about the educational system in America and efforts to reform it. Includes a discussion of Ayers' time as a fugitive with reflection on the tactics used by the Weathermen and other groups -- and attempts by the right wing to connect Ayers with presidential candidate Barack Obama during the 2008 elections. Guest: Bill Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois and a Senior University Scholar. Author, internationally-renowned education reform advocate, and social justice activist. Producer and host: Thorne Dreyer. Engineer: Tracey Schulz. http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio-2010-06-08-BillAyers

Barbara Hines is a famed immigration attorney and a clinical law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, who has been involved in landmark litigation defending the constitutional and statutory rights of immigrants. In 2000, Texas Lawyer Magazine named her one of 100 Texas “Legal Legends” of the 20th century. She and her students gained international notice for their work in drawing attention to the T. Don Hutto family detention center in Taylor, TX, where children were held in prison-like conditions -- leading to a successful ACLU lawsuit. In the early 70s, Barbara Hines was active in the women’s movement and the movement against the War in Vietnam and was a contributor to Austin’s underground newspaper, The Rag. We discuss all this, and the issue of immigration reform in America today.Host and producer: Thorne Dreyer. Engineer and co-producer: Tracey Schulz. http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2010-08-24

William Gheen: Voices from the Border & Meltdown in Mexico! William Gheen interviews Chris Burgard the creator of the new film called 'Border' along with Rusty Flemming the creator of the new film "Drug Wars: Silver or Lead". The team is also joined by "Leam" who is an American citizen that lives in a high drug and human traffic smuggling area on the US border with Mexico. William and the guests discuss the movies, the possible collapse of the Mexican government, the horrific violence in Mexico. Kidnapping, beheadings, torture, rape, and assassination have become rampant in Mexico and are spilling over into the US as the organized crime cartels increase their influence across America. Our children are being targeted with drugs like heroin, cocaine, and meth which are chemicals of mass destruction deployed against American families. Callers call in for comments and to receive free copies of the movie. Other topics discussed: Drug cartels in Mexico, border security, racism, illegal immigration, corruption, murder, government responses, North American Union, gun rights, Panama Deception, Operation Green Ice, FBI, CIA, NSA, Eurasia Group, etc... http://www.archive.org/details/WilliamGheenVoicesFromTheBorderMeltdownInMexico_990 89.56 min