Thursday, May 10, 2007

May 8th

That Fresh Radio Piece

May 8th
# Fresh Piece

* Community Roots
o Dan Lewkowicz, cofounder of Community Roots, returns to TFRP to discuss the recent Mayday State of Emergency Concert organized by C.Roots. We also discuss the community service work of the group, mostly in nearby Langley Park, and what the future holds for C.Roots.
* Four Fifths
o Marlon Amprey, aka Four Fifths, joins us to share some of his spoken word pieces. He discusses in his poetry the state of hip hop today and the prison system. A black man used to be considered 3/5 of a person; we've advanced some since then, but as Marlon's taken name (Four Fifths) suggests, we're not all the way there yet.
* Cars, Global Warming and Solutions for Change
o We play part of a radio documentary from Free Speech Radio News produced by Martha Baskin.

# Media:

# Headlines:

* International
World Bank Panel Rules Wolfowitz Broke Bank Rules
Latin American Nations Unite to Form Bank of South
* Israel routinely abuses Palestinian prisoners, Seattle Times National
U.S. Blocks UN Visit to Texas Immigration Prison
* Chevron Seen Settling Case on Iraq Oil, NY Times Local
Investigators Declare Gaithersburg Day Labor Fire Was Arson, Washington Post
O'Malley Signs Nation's First Living Wage Law, Washington Post


# Stats

* Survey: More than 1/3 of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Approve of Torture, D-Now One In Eight Iraqi Children Die Before the Age of Five, D-Now Most Democratic Candidates Support Enlarging U.S. Military, D-Now

# Playlist

* 1 I & I Rest in Peace
* 2 Nina Simone Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
* 3 Dirty Dozen Brass Band Oop Pop A Dah Ft. Dizzy Gillespie
* 4 Brazilian Girls Dance Till the Morning
* 5 Never Ending Story
* 6 Tears for Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World
* 7 Creedance Clearwater Revival Fortunate Son
* 8 DragonForce Through the Fire and Flames
* 9 Chopin Revolutionary Etude

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

May 1st

That Fresh Radio Piece

May 1st
# Fresh Piece

* May Day
o Neha Singhal of the Asian American Student Union calls in to give a reportback on the May Day rallies in Washington, DC and we discuss issues of immigration.
* Tunnel of Oppression
o Once again, we cover the Tunnel of Oppression. It was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Stamp Student Union for 3 days after a whole school year of planning and building. The Tunnel is an interactive, multi-sensory exhibit designed by students to educate their peers about issues of oppression in today's society and inspire them to take action against injustices. This year's issues were Immigration, Race, Environment, Human Rights, the Drug War, Gender, Health, Queer Expression, and Media.

# Media:

# Headlines:

* International
Israel Commission Criticizes Olmert's Handling of Lebanon War, D-Now
* Gore Calls Canada Climate Plan a 'Fraud,' Associated Press National
Congressman Dennis Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment against Richard Cheney
* Sen. Durbin: I Knew the Public Was Being Mislead into the Iraq War, D-Now Local
Solution to preserve hospital may be uphill battle, PJ Gazette


# Stats

* We had Stats from the Tunnel of Oppression fact sheet.

# Playlist

* 1 Victor Jarra A Desalambrar
* 2 Public Enemy Don't Believe the Hype
* 3 I & I Rest in Peace
* 4 Mongo Santamaria Afro-Blue
* 5 Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers Theme
* 6 Moby In This World
* 7 Chopin Revolutionary Etude