COMMUNITY CONCERNS

  • Democracy Now! February 9, 1999

    Investigation into New York Police Brutality; Weapons of Mass Distraction |Investigation into New York Police Brutality Demonstrators are gathering today at NY’s City Hall to protest the killing of Ahmed Amadou Diallo, a 22-yr old Guniean immigrant who was killed last Thursday evening by four plainclothes police officers. According to police, the offeicers mistook Diallo…

  • Democracy Now! February 15, 1999

    Post Impeachment Analysis; Handgun Lawsuits |(24 Minutes) Post Impeachment Analysis After the acquital of President Clinton, a look at President Clinton’s legacy for women’s rights and civil rights. GUEST: Gwendolyn Mink, Author of BOOK: WELFARE’S END and the forthcoming book on sexual harrassment BOOK: HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. GUEST: Kevin Gray, Author, board member of ACLU. GUEST:…

  • Democracy Now! February 1, 1999

    An Interview With Death Row Inmate Shawn Sellers; Interview with Dr. Dorothy Lewis; |An Interview with Death Row Inmate Shawn Sellers If the U.S. Supreme Court does not intervene on his behalf in the next two days, Sean Sellers will become the first person in 40 years to be executed in the United States for…

  • Democracy Now! February 3, 1999

    Jackson Capital Center, Inc.; Kwame Ture Speech on FBI, CIA and MLK, Jr. |Jackson Capital Center, Inc. In the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s, Mississippi;s political and financial leaders who ruled with Jim Crow laws and used violence to terrorize and itimidate black communities. In the 1990’s, Miss. white financial and political elite has resorted to…

  • Democracy Now! October 22, 1998

    A Great and Mighty Walk–The Life and Work of John Henrik Clarke–Part I; Stolen Lives: A National Day Against Police Brutality |(33 Minutes) A Great and Mighty Walk–The Life and Work of John Henrik Clarke A recent documentary by filmaker St. Clair Bourne called John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk offers a rare…

  • Democracy Now! October 26, 1998

    Henry Can’t Hyde; Doctor Killing |(33 Minutes) Henry Can’t Hyde A look at Henry Hyde’s own dirty secret. No we’re not talking about his love affair, we are talking about his role in the Savings and Loan scandal and a money trail that stretches from Illinois to Arkansas to Washington. GUEST: Tim Anderson, independent bank…

  • Democracy Now!

    The Psychological Alienation of Black America; Interview With Joan Jara |(33 Minutes) The Psychological Alienation of Black America In a speech before his death two years ago, the renowned African American psychologist and mentor to Malcolm X, Amos Wilson, talks about inferiority complexes and the alienation of Black America. GUEST: Amos Wilson (died 1995) Asst.…

  • Eric Mann

    Director of the Labor Community Strategy Center and organizer for the highly successful Bus Riders Union gives this talk on U.S. Imperialism, Marxism and community organizing.

  • Richard Grossman

    Richard Grossman is the Director of the Program of Corporation, Law and Democracy, an organization established in 1993 to hold corporations accountable for their policy decisions which effects all aspects of our lives including our labor, civil rights and our environment. He is now most identified witht he movement to revoke the corporate charters of…