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 [...]

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 [...]

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)

Podcast: Richard Becker. Behind the Crisis in Palestine.

Becker, the West Coast Coordinator for the ANSWER Coalition, has travelled to the Middle East many times. He spoke about the history of Palestine, how the Palestinians were driven off their land illegally by Israel wiith the backing of the US, the goals of the US and Israel, and the current brutal invasion of Gaza.

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Podcast: Juan Jose Gutierrez. Immigrant Rights Movement

Juan Jose Gutierrez of Latino Movement USA details the birth and growth of the immigrant rights movement starting in 1968, continuing through the amnesty (signed by Reagan!) in 1986, to the huge, historic marches of March 25 and May 1 of this year.

Gutierrez was a major organizer of the massive anti-Prop 187 march in [...]

Podcast: Ed Begley Jr endorses Bill Paparian

Actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. endorsed Bill Paparian, who is running for US Congress as a Green, at Paparian’s primary night party at the Pasadena Hilton last night. As it turns out, they’ve been friends since high school.

Begley details why an environmentally sound approach is also economically sound in his endorsement of [...]