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Real Change

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Ras Danny, KBOO Programmer of Higher Reasoning Reggae Time joined Ruth in the studio to talk about what "change" really means for those in lockdown and how much better his life is after he decided to change and stay out of prison forever. Be sure to check out the political ... Read more

Kenny Zulu Whitmore

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
  They call me Zulu... From a letter written to  Jenka Soderberg... 30 miles from the nearest town, hidden in the Louisiana hills, traveling along a long twisting road at a dead end you will find Angola, a former plantation now a prison the size of  Manhattan which is unli... Read more

Janet Hollaway Africa

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
MAY 13, 1985 BOMBING AND FIRE - Lt. Frank Powell prepares to drop the Bomb on innocent human beings! The Bomb - A Bomb that Killed - Murdered Women, Men and Children!  Janet Hollaway Africa is a member of the "back to nature group" MOVE. She and others were imprisoned wit... Read more

Janine Phillips Africa says; "Revolution is not a word but an application"

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Since this statement was written, Merle Austin Africa joined the ancestors. She died in prison, March 13, 1998. Revolution is not a word but an application, it is not war but peace, it does not weaken it strengthens, revolution does not cause separation it generates toget... Read more

Helen Woodson 61-year-old peace activist sentenced to fifty one months

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
  Nov. 25, 2004 The Kansas City Star: MARK MORRIS   "A 61-year-old peace activist was sentenced to fifty one months in prison Wednesday for threatening federal officials and pouring red paint and cranberry juice on a federal courthouse security station." "Helen Wood... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 04/24/09

Airs at: Fri, 04/24/2009 at 10:00am - 1:30pm
Friday April 24th: Political Prisoners in the USA Missed the special? Listen online here On the birthday of Mumia Abu Jamal, KBOO presents this special on Mumia and the many other political prisoners held in U.S. prisons including members of the Black Panther Party, 1960s ... Read more

Everyone's forgiven. Let's move on

April 21, 2009 Here's your White House Chief of Staff, speaking on ABC this past Sunday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cvp-7YOtRI&feature=player_embedded According to Rahm, it is the president's position that everybody involved in torture gets a free pass. The officials who... Read more

The torture memos

April 21, 2009 A little light reading. There will be a quiz. -A   Read more

Jailhouse Lawyers: A review from OSP

Airs at: Sun, 04/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Ruth reads a review of Mumia's new book "Jailhouse Lawyers" as told by Damon Lee Petrie, a prisoner/writer at OSP.  There will be a Book Party on Friday, April 24th at 7 p.m. at the Bread and Roses Center. @ 819 N. Killingsworth St. Read more

Mumia's Conviction Upheld

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Patrick Ryan, one of the organizers of Friends of Mumia of Portland, gave Ruth an update of today’s (04/06/09) U.S. Supreme Court ruling to let Mumia Abu-Jamal’s conviction stand. Also discussed were plans for Portland action, Saturday April 11th, at 10:00 am at Pioneer Squ... Read more