We Are All Still Trayvon Martin and the Fight to Remove the Bull's Eye from the Backs of Black and Latino Youth
Will Jerry Brown Close Pelican Bay Prison? (tags)
Democratic Governor Jerry Brown is under a federal mandate to release thousands of prisoners from California's overcrowded concentration camp-prisons. Abolishing the entire prison-punishment system and the death penalty would be best, replacing it with job training for decent-paying jobs in one year for those under 50 and lifetime good pensions for those over 50. He could start by closing Pelican Bay Prison, a vicious hellhole that would make Hitler proud.
Sunsara Taylor on The Michael Slate Show (tags)
Sunsara Taylor, writer for Revolution newspaper, and Richard Falk, Special UN Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied territories.
The Michael Slate Show on KPFK 90.7 FM, broadcast January 29, 2010.
The continuing crisis in Haiti.
Larry Everest on Iran, Douglas Fischer on climate change, Jennifer Pizer on Prop 8, statement from Revolution newspaper on Haiti.