From the Team McCandless Facebook Page:
“[Because of censorship] Coach Mac has tendered her resignation and as far as we know, no effort was made to retain her in this position. The job has now been posted as open for the next school year. Several students on both the newspaper and the yearbook staff considered resigning [...]
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A message to the students of Timberland High School
Part 2: Interview with European Union VP Wallstrom
This is the second and final part of the interview. Also present is Joe Hennon, her Spokesman. Part one is here
Part 2 Interview with Commissioner Wallstrom (31.05, 28.4mb, mp3)
Criticism, the citizens’ right to have a voice, how to tell if a Commissioner is doing a good job, getting rid of jargon, what frustrates her, advice [...]
Interview with European Union VP Wallstrom
This is the first of a two-part podcast with Commissioner Wallström, who has revolutionised the European Union’s strategy for communicating with citizens and has been a bold experimenter in using internet based technologies for putting their message out and encouraging debate between the institutions and citizens.
Whilst her efforts have not always been appreciated, to put [...]
William Morris Interview. New Century Foundation
Last week I interviewed William Morris of the Next Century Foundation. They are involved in conflict resolution in places such as Gaza, Iraq and also facilitate track 2 dialogues, for example arranging confidential discussions between Hamas and people who publically claim they’re not/ cannot talk to them. These meetings are a way of initiating [...]
Europe, Gaza and how the European Parliament works
We have two excellent interviews with Chris Davies, one of Britain’s most effective Members of the European Parliament and recently nominated as MEP of the Year.
He’s recently visited Gaza, and blogged from there. He’s also known for leaking a report into MEP’s expenses and was recently busted for posessing cannabis as part of his [...]
Podcast: Karina Garcia. Immigrant Rights Forum
ANSWER Coalition organizer Karina Garcia helped lead a large protest against Jim Gilchrist of the Minutemen at Columbia University on Oct 4, 2006. Days after, he stormed off the air on Democracy Now when she debated him. She speaks about that, and of how the virulent racism and hatred of Minutemen needs to be confronted [...]
Podcast: Karina Garcia: Fighting Minutemen and other right-wing attacks
Karina Garcia is Political Chair of Chicano Caucus at Columbia University and was a primary organizer of the anti-Minutemen protest that took the stage when Jim Gilchrist of the Minutemen attempted to speak there in October. A few days later on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now, Gilchrist refused to debate her and hurriedly left the studio [...]
Podcast: Juan Jose Gutierrez, Immigrant Rights
Juan Jose Gutierrez is founder of Latino Movement USA and a primary organizer of major immigrant rights marches, including the historic march of two million in L.A. on March 25. He talks about the struggle for amnesty and where the immigrant rights movement is headed now.
mp3 ( 11:36, 4.0 mb)
Recorded at a Party for Socialism [...]
Podcast: Eugene Puryear, Black liberation and the socialist struggle
Howard University student leader Eugene Puryear speaks on the movement for Black liberation and its relation to socialism, reparations, and the fight to right historic wrongs.
mp3 (12:33, 4.3 mb)
Recorded at a Party for Socialism and Liberation conference in L.A. on 11/11/06.
Podcast: Brian Becker. Meaning of the capitalist mid-term elections
Brian Becker is the National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition and a founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. He discusses what the overwhelming anti-Bush and anti-neocon vote last Tuesday means for the left, and why we need to build a independent people’s movement to create real change rather than let that dissent [...]
LatinAmerican resources a world away
Besides indulging in the occasional odd blog I also podcast. In fact it was through podcasting that I came upon Polizeros Bob in cyberspace — ie: yours and mein host — in the first instance. Now I got myself an LA franchise.
Among my podcastables is VenSol: the Venezuela Solidarity podcast. VenSol carries reports from [...]
Podcast. Bob Watada. Resisting the Iraq War
Bob Watada is the father of Ehren Watada, the first officer to refuse to serve in Iraq. He speaks of his son’s courageous choice not to participate in an illegal war based on lies, a war which violates the Constitution as well as the Geneva Conventions.
Bob served in the Peace Corps during the 60’s rather [...]
Podcasts: Lebanon – history and now
Two informative podcasts from 8/25/06.
ANSWER LA Forum: People’s Victory in Lebanon
Imperialism and the “New Middle East”
Nader Abuljebain, Palestinian author and historian, National Council of Arab Americans.
History and political development of Lebanon.
mp3 (40:36, 13.4mb)
Muna Coobtee, Free Palestine Alliance, Steering Committee ANSWER LA.
Current developments in Lebanon.
mp3 (27:31, 8.91 mb)
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Podcast: LAPD brutality press conference
Opening statements by Jim Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild.
The NLG and ANSWER LA will file multiple lawsuits and complaints against LAPD for their outrageous conduct during the anti-Minutemen protest on Saturday, including their unprovoked beating of demonstrators – even after they’d been clubbed and were lying on the sidewalk – and for not allowing [...]
Podcast: Richard Becker on Palestine, update
Our podcast of Richard Becker speaking about the crisis in Palestine on July 7 accidentally had the wrong url for the podcast.
Here’s the corrected url.
mp3 (48:30 min, 15.5 mb)
