Steal This Radio w/Mitchel Cohen

First aired on Tuesday August 18, 2009

Mitchel Cohen interviews candidate for NY City Council Mark Winston Griffith, in a ride-ranging discussion of how to organize locally and why run for office.

 

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– Attorney Leonard Weinglass discusses the trials and tribulations of the Cuban Five. The show first aired on Tuesday August 11.

 

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2009

Guest Fran Luck discusses the Women’s Liberation movement and “What is radical feminism”. Fran’s terrific radio show, “Joy of Resistance: Multicultural Feminist Radio,” can be heard once-a-month on WBAI (99.5 FM) in NYC.

Music:
Dory Previn, “Did Jesus Have a Baby Sister”
Chicago Women’s Liberation Rock Band, “Mountain Moving Day”
Simone White, “I Didn’t Have Any Summer Romance”

 

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9 actors in the studio perform The SHAKESPEARE SHOW by Jenny Greeman and John Hudson, with actors from The Dark Lady Players. The play argues that the author of Shakespeare’s plays was actually the Jewish feminist poet Amelia Bassano Lanier (1569-1645). A major article about her appears in the Summer 2009 issue of THE OXFORDIAN. You can read a draft at http://www.scribd.com/doc/15488374/New-Shakespeare-Theory

And the first volume of Lanier’s biography “THE DARK  LADY; THE WOMAN WHO WROTE SHAKESPEARE” can be bought online at
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16441192/The-Dark-Lady-the-Woman-who-wrote-Shakespeare-Vol-1
CONTACT EMAIL; Darkladyplayers@aol.com .

The first 50 listeners who write to DarkLadyPlayers@aol.com will be sent Volume 1 for FREE!

 

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Featuring the great music, in French, of MAP: Ministere des Affaires Populaires, from their album “Les Bronzes Font du Ch’ti”. Also, songs by Marie Cherrier, “Live À la Cigale”.

- Philippine workers in Saudi Arabia to be whipped and imprisoned for holding a “gay” party, while U.S. government says nothing.

- Mitchel Cohen talks about his trip to Europe and his speaking engagements and activities in France and Germany.

- Arrests under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, as reported in the Berkeley underground newspaper, Slingshot. http://www.AETA4.org

- NYC Mayor Bloomberg rounding up and gassing geese.

- The life and death of Chicago surrealist Franklin Rosemont.

- Political prisoner Daniel McGowan’s letter about secret “Communication Management Units” at Marion prison, and the psychological experiments done on Moslem and political prisoners in the U.S.  http://www.SupportDaniel.org

- Elections in Iran, and the debate within the U.S. Left. Professor Kaveh Ehsani vs. James Petras.

 

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Jenny Greeman (in for Mitch Cohen) explores summer theatre festivals. She is joined by Michael Hardart, Associate Director of the Metropolitan Playhouse (offering East Village Festival August 4th-23rd) and Carly Robins, Assistant Activist Coordinator/Charities Liaison representing the Planet Connections Festivity (running now and through June 28th). Jenny herself speaks about the New Perspectives Theatre Company’s Women’s Work Lab Short Play Festival (August 17th-23rd). Buy your tickets now! www.metropolitanplayhouse.org; www.planetconnectionsfestivity.com; www.newperspectivestheatre.org

 

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The Black Achievement Fund. Jenny Greeman (still in for Mitch Cohen) interviews Arkee Hodges, President and Founding Member and Jesus Powell, Founding Member of The Black Achievement Fund. A revolutionary new idea for community development and financial empowerment through Conscious Capitalism. An idea whose time has come! The Fund launches June 20th 2009 at 177 Macdonough Street, Bed Stuy, Brooklyn ($25 Fundraiser with food, drink, music, art). For more information: www.blackachievementfund.org

 

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