Former Guatemalan Dictator Found Guilty of Genocide and NYC Firefighters Discrimination Case May 21, 2013 | 9:00 am

Last week, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that, in light of the City's "distressing pattern of limited FDNY minority hiring," broad relief ordered by the district judge to end discrimination in the FDNY was "entirely warranted."

As part of our Lawyers You'll Like series we're joined by attorney Anne O'Berry, she's the Vice President of the Southern Region of the National Lawyers Guild.

After weeks of powerful testimony the trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efran Ross Montt and his intelligence chief Jos Rodriguez Sanchez ended with a guilty conviction on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, the first time a former head of state had been found guilty of genocide in his or her own country.
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MOVE Bombing: 28th Anniversary, Assata Shakur Placed On FBI Terror List, and The Coalition of Immokalee Workers – Fair Food Program: Wendy’s May 14, 2013 | 9:00 am

This week marks the 28th anniversary of an armed police mission in Philadelphia that ended in a helicopter bombing of the headquarters of the group known as MOVE, killing six adults and five children, destroying 65 homes and leaving more than 200 people homeless.

Last week, the FBI placed Assata Shakur on its Most Wanted Terrorists list, while the state of New Jersey raised the bounty on her head to 2 million dollars. Assata also known as JoAnne Deborah Byron is an African American activist was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army.

Last year Trader Joe's and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers signed an agreement that formalized the ways in which Trader Joe's support the CIW's Fair Food Program, a hard won victory.. Since then efforts have turned to companies such as Publix supermarkets in Florida and the Wendy's fast food chain.
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IRS Allows Private Prison Corporation Tax Exemption Status and Bush Library Direct Action: We Will Not Be Silent May 7, 2013 | 9:00 am

Billboard companies, casinos and private prisons are among many American corporations declaring the status of special trusts in order to avoid paying federal taxes. The Corrections Corporation of America has quietly received permission from the Internal Revenue Service to switch it's status saving millions on taxes.

Late last month in Dallas, Texas, four living presidents and countless dignitaries attended the opening of the Bush Library. We Will Not Be Silent marchers carried the names of many who lost their lives in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bagram, Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prisons. They also carried names of civilians, US military and detainees tortured to death because of war crimes committed by the Bush Administration.
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Visiting Lynne Stewart, Maroon the Implacable Redux and How The British War On Terror Targets Women and Children April 23, 2013 | 9:00 am

Long time literary agent Francis Golden has for years visited inmates on death row. She’s recently returned from visiting Lynne Stewart in the Carswell Medical Facility in Texas.

We welcome back Teresa Shoatz, daughter of political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz who has spent 39 years in the US prison system. Russell Shoatz has been held under intense lock down for the past 21 years. He was locked up in 1972 for his activity as a member of the Black Liberation Army.

In the book Shadow Lives: How the War on Terror in England Became a War on Women and Children, author Victoria Brittain brings the reader close to these individuals who’s lives were capsized by war.
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Political Prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz, Living in Solitary April 16, 2013 | 9:00 am

Law and Disorder welcomes back Bret Grote, a member of Russell Maroon Shoatz's legal team. Political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz who has spent 39 years in the US prison system. As many listeners may know, Russell Shoatz has been held under intense lock down spending no more than one hour a day outside of his cell for the past 21 of those years. He was locked up in 1972 for his activity as a member of the Black Liberation Army. Bret gives us an update in recent developments of the case.

Attorney Andrea Costello tells how after a multi-year grassroots campaign and an equally long lawsuit, the morning after pill will finally be available to females of all ages on the pharmacy shelf, without a prescription or point of sale or age restriction. This is thanks to a recent federal court reversal of decisions from the FDA and DHHS, under both the Bush and Obama Administrations. The US now joins at least 63 other countries including the UK, Denmark, France and Ghana in making the morning after pill available without a prescription.
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How the US Undermined Peace In The Mideast And Suing The US Military For Spying On Peace Activist April 9, 2013 | 9:00 am

Attorney Omar Farah speaks with Michael Ratner about a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay Prison with more than half of prisoners from Camp 5 and 6 participating. This update and two more interviews.

Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East by author and historian Rashid Khalidi. The book focuses on 3 periods of opportunity for the United States to broker peace, one in the late seventies, the early nineties and 2010.

Attorney Larry Hildes, an NLG member made a Freedom of Information act request he got hundreds and hundreds of pages of what are called "force protection memos" and "threat assessments" from Ft. Lewis about Port Militarization Resistance, a group that he was involved with that did protest against the use of public ports for shipment of Striker Brigade equipment to the occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan. and one of the attorneys He subsequently became involved in bringing the case Panagacos v Towery.
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Fundamental Changes in Cuba? and The Supreme Court on Gay Marriage! April 2, 2013 | 9:00 am

Co-host Michael Smith and attorney Dennis James recently returned from Cuba on a trip led by the Center for Cuban Studies. The trip was undertaken to appreciate the fundamental changes now going on in Cuban law with respect to travel, home, car and business ownership.

Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on two historic cases that could establish the constitutional right for gay marriage. The first case, Hollingsworth v. Perry is a challenge to California's voter-approved ban of same-sex unions in 2008. The second case the Supreme Court heard was a challenge to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. This act bars married gay couples from receiving federal marriage benefits such as Social Security and family medical leave. Professor Katherine Franke of Columbia law School tells about the oral arguments.
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New York City Stop and Frisk Trial Begins March 26, 2013 | 9:00 am

Law and Disorder has been covering the stop and frisk case known as Floyd v City of New York and the New York Police Department. This is a federal class action lawsuit challenging New York City Police Departments’ practice of stopping and frisking hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers each year.

Fourteen years ago, the Cuban Five were convicted on conspiracy to commit espionage at some time in the future. Recently, prominent First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus joined the case of the Cuban Five. He’s help expose how US government paid journalists in Miami who received hundreds and thousands of dollars of payments from the office of Cuba broadcasting.

The Obama Administration has recently stepped up US military deployment within the French led military offensive to force out Islamist rebels in Mali, Africa. The U.S. Reaper drones are helping to provide targeting information for French aerial attacks. Those countries publicly supporting France include Canada, Belgium, Denmark and Germany. Meanwhile, human rights groups call for independent investigations into civilian deaths in Mali.
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The Search for Colonel James Steele: US Special Forces Veterans Links General Petraeus With Torture In Iraq March 19, 2013 | 9:00 am

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A 15-month investigation and documentary film by the Guardian and BBC Arabic has revealed how US colonel James Steele, a veteran of American proxy wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, played a key role in training and overseeing US-funded special police commandos who ran a network of torture centers in Iraq. Steele and another special forces veteran retired Colonel James Coffman reported directly to General David Petraeus. Petraeus as listeners may know was tasked with organizing Iraqi security services.
Guest - Patrick Farelly, a TV, radio and print journalist who has worked in the US and Ireland.
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Sequester As A Form Of Austerity In The United States March 12, 2013 | 9:00 am

We welcome Economics Professor and radio host Rick Wolff back on the show to discuss the current billion dollar cuts known as the sequester. The sequester is a massive reduction in US military and domestic spending of up to 85 billion dollars. This is a massive austerity policy that will send ripple effects throughout the US economy. Meanwhile, our guest Professor Rick Wolff points to corporations continuing to use cheap labor that is substituted for “costly” workers in the US and Europe. Professor Rick Wolff has exposed the flawed system of modern capitalism for many years, he joins us today to discuss the new austerity, called sequester as the inequalities of wealth continue to widen.
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Zero Tolerance Policy: School to Prison Pipeline? March 5, 2013 | 9:00 am

As many listeners may know, zero-tolerance school policies will punish any infraction of a rule regardless of whether it was an accident, a violation out of ignorance or extenuating circumstances. Schools normally forbid cell phones, profanity etc, but with a zero tolerance policy, breaking these rules often result in an inordinately harsh punishment such as suspension or expulsion. These policies are promoted to prevent violence and drug abuse in schools but for years critics have pointed out the subjective nature of these decisions on certain students with disciplinary problems. Some difficult students could become targets of the zero tolerance policy, become less educated by multiple suspensions and expulsion which often lead them into the criminal justice system.
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Priests of Our Democracy, The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge February 26, 2013 | 9:00 am

Priests of Our Democracy, The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge is the title of the recently published book by attorney Marjorie Heins. The book examines a very dark period in academic freedom within New York City’s municipal colleges. In the early 1940s, faculty, students and staff were the target of massive investigations into their political beliefs and associations. They hauled before tribunals of the New York State legislature, dozens were stripped of their careers.
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Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking February 19, 2013 | 9:00 am

In the past 2 years, we’ve discussed in many interviews and updates, the attacks on whistle-blowers and hackers. The emerging movement of programmers, hackers, open source software, online communities has challenged and exposed corporate and government control and surveillance, making them targets of prosecution. As many may know, our own Michael Ratner has represented whistle-blower Julian Assange, computer activist Jeremy Hammond, and has been a legal adviser to many others including the late Aaron Swartz. Today we talk with author Gabriella Coleman about her recently published book Encoding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking. It’s a good place to start for those learning about the political significance of free software, intellectual property and the morality of computer hacking.
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Senate Votes To Extends Warrantless Wiretaps For Five More Years: No Oversight, No Transparency February 12, 2013 | 9:00 am

Days before 2012 drew to a close, the U.S. Senate voted 73-23 to reauthorize the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five more years. This is the unconstitutional spying bill that violates the Fourth Amendment and gives vast unmonitored authority to the National Security Agency to conduct dragnet surveillance of American’s’ international emails and phone calls.
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The Central Park Five February 5, 2013 | 9:00 am

On April 19, 1989 a group of five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and convicted for the brutal rape of a white female jogger in Central Park, New York City. It was one of the highest profile criminal cases in the city. A New York court overturned the convictions of the five teenagers after a serial rapist confessed to the crimes. By this time of this confession, the five defendants had already served sentences of 7and 13 years. Now, the city of New York is refusing to settle a $250 million decade-long federal civil rights suit brought by the defendants. Attorney Roger Wareham talks more about the case and the Ken Burns documentary on the Central Park Five that could provide footage for the federal civil lawsuit.
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Mass Incarceration Epidemic January 29, 2013 | 9:00 am

On January 19, the Malcolm X Commemoration Committee 1199 SEIU activists presented the 17th Annual Dinner Tribute to the Families of our Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War. It was called Transforming Solidarity: Working Together to End Political Imprisonment and Mass Imprisonment and was held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Labor Center in NYC.
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Remembering the Life and Influence of Aaron Swartz January 22, 2013 | 9:00 am

Last week, computer activist and programmer Aaron Swartz allegedly took his own life. Swartz as many listeners may know helped develop RSS, essentially revolutionizing how people use the internet and was the key architect of Creative Commons. He believed information should be free and used his tech-saviness to promote his views. Many blame his unnecessary death on the stress of being the target of federal prosecutors who went after him for covertly downloading millions of public domain academic journals on the MIT campus using a non-profit university research portal. It’s unclear if Swartz broke any laws, MIT provided free access to anybody on campus including visitors without campus affiliation. Swartz has had run ins with the law before in connection with hacktivist activity and would’ve faced a 35 year sentence.
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Obama to Nominate John Brennan, ‘Kill List’ Architect, as New CIA Chief January 15, 2013 | 9:00 am

We welcome back retired CIA officer, Ray McGovern, now a political activist. McGovern was a federal employee under seven U.S. presidents in the past 27 years. Ray McGovern’s article on Consortium News: The Grilling That Brennan Deserves.
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FBI Considers The Occupy Movement A Terrorist Threat: The State of Civil Rights and Public Policy & Challenging The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 January 8, 2013 | 9:00 am

A few weeks ago the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund released secret documents obtained by Freedom of Information Act requests revealing that the Occupy movement was treated as a terrorist threat by the FBI. This is despite agency acknowledgement that the organizers called for peaceful protests.
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Turning Points in the History of Imperialism January 1, 2013 | 9:00 am

Today we’re joined by internationally renowned writer and activist Tariq Ali. Tariq is visiting from London where he is editor of the New Left Review.

A writer and filmmaker, Tariq has written more than 2 dozen books on world history and politics, including The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power, The Obama Syndrome and On History. We talk specifically about several turning points in global history, the Occupy movement and US elections. .
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Marijuana Laws: State Votes v. Federal Government December 18, 2012 | 9:00 am

Washington State and Colorado are the first political jurisdictions to legally approved marijuana to be regulated like alcohol. However, federal laws explicitly criminalize marijuana transactions and the federal government can continue to enforce those laws by blocking the progress of state initiatives. For example, it’s likely that the federal authorities will step in when large transactions and large scale production begin in Washington or Colorado. Meanwhile, the Colorado provision allows personal possession of up to an ounce of marijuana and the growing up to six plants at home.
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Facing The U.S. Prison Problem 2.3 Million Strong December 11, 2012 | 9:00 am

As many listeners may know the United States has incarcerated more people than any other country in the world, and also within the history of humanity. The newly published book titled Facing The U.S. Prison Problem 2.3 Million Strong by Shawn Griffith gives the reader a rare perspective from an ex convict who served a 20 year sentence in some of the harshest conditions. These include being confined to a small cement cell in the late Florida summer without sheets, laying in pools of sweat on a plastic covered mattress. Vindictive prison guards and case workers in the criminal justice system had made life nearly unbearable for Shawn Griffith. His book hopes to inspire movement building among the families of prisoners to develop a non-profit corporation called the Prisoner Family Union.
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Who Bombed Judi Bari December 4, 2012 | 9:00 am

Who Bombed Judi Bari? is a recently released documentary film about the car bombing of labor and environmental organizer Judi Bari. Judi Bari was a natural leader that rallied thousands of activists to camp out and protest the clearcutting of red wood forests during the timber wars in 1990′s. Though Judi was crippled and in chronic pain from the car bomb, she went on to sue the authorities for civil rights violations winning a settlement but eventually died from cancer seven years after the bombing.
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JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters by Jim Douglass November 27, 2012 | 9:00 am

JFK, The Unspeakable, is the first book of 3 on the assassinations of the 1960s. Orbis Books has commissioned author James W. Douglass to write about the murders of JFK, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, and his the third will be on the assassination of Bobby Kennedy. The heart of JFK the Unthinkable, is not how Kennedy was killed or how Kennedy became a threat to the systemic war machine, but why DID Kennedy die? Author James Douglass says Kennedy knew that he would die and had the guts to stand up to the system and take the hit. This narrative was lost for decades, obscured by disinformation about Kennedy’s character and the conspiracy of his assassination. One review summarizes Douglass’s book in this way : JFK’s belated effort to turn America from an armed culture of victory to a member of an international peaceful world was shot down in Texas for a reason.
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National Lawyers Guild at 75 November 20, 2012 | 9:00 am

Hundreds of National Lawyers Guild members and allies gathered to celebrate the organization's 75th anniversary at the Law for the People convention in Pasadena, California. We hear excerpts from speeches from the National Lawyers Guild Convention by Attorney Jim Lafferty The 2012 Law for the People Award was given to Jim Lafferty.
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The Moral Challenge of ‘Kill Lists’ by Ray McGovern November 13, 2012 | 9:00 am

Russell Tribunal on Palestine: Attorney Diana Butto

The final session of the Tribunal focused on the responsibility of the United States of America and the United Nations regarding the Israeli breaches of international law towards Palestine and Palestinians. There is now a situation in which Israel has achieved a status of immunity and impunity, facilitated by the US, despite its complete disregard for the norms and standards of international law. We hear an excerpt of a speech by Human Rights Attorney Diana Butto at the Russell Tribunal on Palestine.

Guest – Raymond L. McGovern, retired CIA officer turned political activist. McGovern was a Federal employee under seven U.S. presidents in the past 27 years. Ray’s opinion pieces have appeared in many leading newspapers here and abroad. His website writings are posted first on consortiumnews.com, and are usually carried on other websites as well
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Crisis in Syria Update, Russell Tribunal on Palestine, and Locking Away Children for Life without Parole November 6, 2012 | 9:00 am

The Black Agenda Report's Glenn Ford on Syria
Phyllis Bennis on The Russell Tribunal on Palestine
ACLU's Deborah LaBelle on Locking Away Children for Life without Parole
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Torture and Impunity: The U.S. Doctrine of Coercive Interrogation & When Boston Police Spy on Free Speech, Democracy Suffers October 30, 2012 | 9:00 am

It’s an undisputed fact: both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations actively engaged in various methods of torture, and have done so with impunity. Despite initial public outrage at graphic images from the bowels of Abu Graib and Guantanamo prisons, government-sponsored torture has, on one level, come to be accepted as integral in the several perpetual wars waged by the United States. References to torture are now commonplace, sprinkled throughout the mainstream media and in popular culture references. Even discussion of different forms of torture has, in ways, become abstract.

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The Massachusetts National Lawyers Guild, along with the ACLU, recently issued a report detailing how the Boston Police Department has worked with its local fusion center to spy on lawful activities. The Center was established in the wake of 9/11 to more effectively share “terrorism-related” information among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies as well as with private entities.
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Russell Tribunal on Palestine October 23, 2012 | 9:00 am

Update on the Ruseell Tribunal on Palestine
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Anti-Drone Action: Code Pink Delegation to Pakistan + 11 Years of War In Afghanistan October 16, 2012 | 9:00 am

Medea Benjamin on the anti-drone delegation to Pakistan and Phyllis Bennes on the 11th Anniversary of the Afghanistan War
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Universal Jurisdiction: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Shell / Bush 6 Case In Spain October 9, 2012 | 9:00 am

This week the US Supreme Court will decide if corporations could be held liable in U.S. courts for violations of international human rights law in the land mark case Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. The case was brought by families of seven Nigerians who were executed by a former military government for protesting Shell’s exploration and development and is pushing to hold corporations accountable for human rights violations. The Supreme Court will also consider how the Alien Tort Statute Claim can be used the Kiobel case. A one sentence law that goes back to 1789 when the first judiciary act was brought in the United States. We’ve discussed this statute with several past guests including attorneys Peter Weiss and Rhonda Copeland who were instrumental in beginning the first cases in which human rights violations, taking place in other countries could actually be litigated in the United States.

We also discuss the recent amicus filing by a group of international human rights organizations and experts before the Spanish Supreme Court. The brief asks the Spanish Supreme Court to overturn a decision not to pursue a criminal case against six former officials from the Bush administration for their role in directing and implementing a systematic torture program. Past shows with Katherine Gallagher
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Father-Daughter Dance Controversy & The Democrats: A Critical History October 2, 2012 | 9:00 am

In Rhode Island, the Cranston School Department recently announced that it is banning traditional "father-daughter" and "mother-son" activities. citing a violation of federal law.

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We hear from with author Lance Selfa, who wrote the book The Democrats: A Critical History. It offers a realistic assessment of the Democratic Party and examines the nature of the party beyond the campaign rhetoric and media hype.
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The Russell Tribunal on Palestine & The Chicago Teachers’ Strike September 25, 2012 | 9:00 am

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine is holding its fourth and last session in New York City, October 6 through the 7th. This public session focuses on the denial of the Palestinian right to self determination and the role of the US and the United Nations. This tribunal will draw attention to the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestinian Territories and how Israel continues to act with impunity under international law. There will be many speakers at this event including Ilan Pappe, Noam Chomsky, and Cynthia McKinney. We talk today with Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and poet Alice Walker and Dennis Banks, a Native American leader, activist and author. Both of whom will be speaking at the tribunal.

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The Chicago teachers, with deep community support, have won a good victory last week in their ten day strike. their victory, while not complete, defends one of the great gains of the American people, public education, against the neo-liberal goal of supplanting it with private for profit non union charter schools. The teachers strike was about more than wages and hours. They fought against the dismantling of public schools in favor of for profit charter schools, a project that both the democrats from Obama down to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emannuel, champion.
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Department of Defense Declassifies Report on Alleged Drugging of Detainees + Adnan Latif – the Face of Indefinite Detention – Dies at Guantánamo September 18, 2012 | 9:00 am

Hosts discuss a recently declassified report on alleged drugging of Guantanamo detainees with Attorney Shane Kadidal.

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A prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base since 2002 died last week. Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif was a 32 year old from Yemen who was allegedly suicidal and mentally ill. Latif won a U.S. court order for his release but it was overturned on appeal. In 2009, President Obama imposed a moratorium on Guantanamo prisoners from Yemen after a Yemeni trained Nigerian was found with a bomb in his underwear on a Detroit bound plane in 2009. Latif is the ninth prisoner to die at Guantanamo Bay prison.
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Attorney Heidi Boghosian Speech: National Special Security Events – RNC / DNC September 11, 2012 | 9:00 am

We hear a presentation by our own Heidi Boghosian. Heidi spoke at an event sponsored by station affiliate WSLR FM 96.5 - Sarasota, Florida. As the executive director of the National Lawyers Guild, Heidi had coordinated and organized legal observers during the Republican National Convention in Tampa and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. While in Florida, Heidi delivered a talk about the eroding civil rights of protesters during National Special Security events, pre-event surveillance and tactical strategies deployed by police.

Heidi Boghosian is the executive director of the National Lawyers Guild, a progressive bar association established in 1937. She has published articles on policing, protest and the First Amendment including Punishing Protest and The Assault on Free Speech, Public Assembly, and Dissent (North River Press, 2004). Her book reviews have been published in The Federal Lawyer magazine and the New York Law Journal.
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A Challenge to a Brutal Anti-Latino Law & Mondoweiss: Israel Trip and the Future of Palestine August 21, 2012 | 9:00 am

Sheriff Joe Arpaio recently went on trial in Arizona for discriminating against Latinos and for usurping federal authority with roundups of undocumented immigrants. In a related action, a coalition of groups is asking a federal court to block enforcement of Section 2(B) of SB 1070, the Arizona law that compels all law enforcement agencies in that state to enforce the Arpaio model.
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The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story of the Suspect Behind the Largest Security Breach in U.S. History. August 14, 2012 | 9:00 am

We continue to look into the the Bradley Manning story, the biggest whistle-blower case in US history. Attorney Chase Madar joins us in the studio, he’s the author of The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story of the Suspect Behind the Largest Security Breach in U.S. History. The book moves through Manning’s childhood and up to what led him to allegedly upload volumes of classified secret information to Wikileaks. Madar highlights the value of publicly exposing the endless criminal and immoral actions while government secrecy spins out of control, classifying 77 million documents a year. He also asks what can be done to protect Bradley Manning as a whistle-blower. Since his arrest 2 years ago, Manning’s formal court martial proceedings are not scheduled to begin until February 2013, and as many listeners know the most lethal charge is aiding the enemy.
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John Gerassi: Unrepentent Radical Educator August 7, 2012 | 9:00 am

Professor John (Tito) Gerassi, once an editor at Time magazine, then at Newsweek. He obtained his PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was a long time civil rights and anti-war militant and author / editor of ten books plus scores of articles and pamphlets published on both sides of the Atlantic. He was Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York. Professor Gerassi discussed his book, Unrepentant Radical Educator: The writings of John Gerassi, edited and with interviews by Tony Monchinski (Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education)
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Two Heavyweights: Chris Hedges and Richard Wolff July 31, 2012 | 9:00 am

Chris Hedges - Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
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Richard Wolff - Occupy the Economy Part 2
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed Over Boycott of Israeli Goods & Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism PART 1 July 24, 2012 | 9:00 am

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed Over Boycott of Israeli Goods and Also, Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism PART 1
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Campaign To Release Russell Shoatz From Solitary Confinement Into General Population & Glenn Greenwald: Challenging the Surveillance State, Breeding Conformists July 17, 2012 | 9:00 am

Campaign To Release Russell Shoatz From Solitary Confinement Into General Population & Glenn Greenwald: Challenging the Surveillance State, Breeding Conformists
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RFID: Microchips and US Soldiers / Search Engine Privacy July 3, 2012 | 9:00 am

On Law and Disorder for July 3, KKFI listeners get an update on the extent to which RFID technology is intruding in our daily lives.
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The Federalist Society: How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals April 30, 2013 | 9:00 am

Has the Department of Justice been taken over by a conservative organization little known to the average citizen? In the recently published book titled The Federalist Society: How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals authored by attorney Michael Avery and Danielle McLaughlin track the movements of a small group of conservative law students and their influence.

Later in the show a presentation by internationally acclaimed Pakistani writer and film maker Tariq Ali during a New York City book launch of his new book The Stalinist Legacy: Its Impact on Twentieth Century World Politics.
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