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Jazz and Justice 12.25.07:
The Jazz & Justice crew revisited the politics and history
of Christmas with Mark Bolden, Charles Finch, Brother
Tehuti and much more.
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Voxunion Media 12.15.07: FreeMix
Radio was able to sit down with Claude Marks of
the Freedom
Archives to catch up on the San
Francisco 8 case and the larger issues of political
prisoners and mass incarceration.
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Jazz and Justice 12.03.07:
We were joined this week by Obi Egbuna of the Pan-African
Liberation Organization for a discussion of Zimbabwe
and the state of the African world.
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Voxunion Media : Black
Agenda Report Interview With Jared Ball, Candidate
for the Green Party's Presidential Nomination
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Voxunion Media Podcast 11.08.07: Our
second podcast in the series dealing with Immigratio??rn,
globalization and migration feature a clip from Randolph
Persaud's comments at a recent forum at the University
of the District of Columbiam. Hear his vies on H2 visa
workers, global capitalism and immigration, and more.
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Jazz and Justice 10.29.07:
We were joined this week by Joe Torres and Alexandra
Russell of FreePress for a discussion of media policy,
its societal impact and what can be done. All this plus
some audible treats!
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Voxunion Media Podcast 10.11.07: Immigration,
Migration, Globalization, that was the topic at a special
University of the District of Columbia panel recently.
Our first installment from this panel features remarks
by Bobby Austin, founder of the Urban League Review
and a Vice-President at the University..
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Jazz and Justice 09.24.07:
Enjoy excerpts from this week's show where we celebrated
the birthday of John Coltrane, discussed recent developments
surrounding ??r the Jena 6 and welcomed Reverend Coates
of the EnoughIsEnough campaign which is a grassroots
effort to challenge Deborah Lee (CEO of BET) to improve
their content and message.
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Jazz and Justice 09.17.07: New
Orleans Struggle is in the building! Common Ground founder
and Green Party candidate Malik Rahim joined the show
this week. We also were visited by human rights lawyer
Chokwe Lumumba for more discussion of the People's Hurricane
Relief Fund Tribunal. This week's show was guest hosted
by Elen Awalom of the Malcolm Gras??rsroots Movement.
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Jazz and Justice 09.10.07: This week we were joined by Steve Cokely, "the brother who names names." Global politics from an African-centered perspective.
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Jazz and Justice 09.03.07: The inimitable Face joined the show this week. We clipped an excerpt. The topic had been the labor movement, race and economics and as Face says himself, "the capitalization of the social disorder." A can't miss. All this plus sounds from Michael Parenti, Angela Davis and Ward Churchill.
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Roots Revolution Live! 08.27.07: Our ancestors did their part, now it's our turn to get up off our backsides and do something to improve the lives of the next generation. Understand who you are and where we are in this struggle. This week we spooned out some reggae tonic as a tribute to those observing Black August.
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08.13.07: VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III, an Africana studies pioneer, died this week. We paid tribute to him and his work with Mark Bolden. In our tribute we feature a classic Hilliard speech as he discussed the crisis facing African families, issues of identity, history and the culture wars. Hear our tribute below.
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08.06.07: VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. Black August Celebrated - To commemorate Black August we are reissuing this 2006 FreeMix Radio (FM6) Special Edition Black August George Jackson tribute mixtape. It features audio from the Freedom Archives and DC-area artists/activists reading excerpts of Jackson's writings. Music includes Head-Roc, Asheru, Hasan Salaam, Blitz and many more.
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FM10:
The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (DC Chapter) Special
Edition: This edition features sounds and voices
celebrating the legacy of Malcolm X by organizing in
his political footsteps. The mixtape will be hitting
DC-area streets for the next few weeks but here we offer
the online version and ask that it be spread widely.
Voices include DC chapter members as well as Dhoruba
Bin-Wahad and Amiri Baraka.
Music includes Pharoahe Monch, RhapsodE, Tupac, Head-Roc, Dead Prez, Black Market Militia, Elaine Brown, NY Oil. Asheru, Immortal
Technique and more.
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Roots Revolution Live! 08.27.07: Our
ancestors did their part, now it's our turn to get up
off our backsides and do something to improve the lives
of the next generation. Understand who you are and where
we are in this struggle. This week we spooned out some
reggae tonic as a tribute to those observing Black August.
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| Stream
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08.13.07:
VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. Dr.
Asa G. Hilliard III, an Africana studies pioneer,
died this week. We paid tribute to him and his work
with Mark Bolden. In our tribute we feature a classic
Hilliard speech as he discussed the crisis facing African
families, issues of identity, history and the culture
wars. Hear our tribute below.
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08.06.07:
VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. Black August Celebrated
- To commemorate Black
August we are reissuing this 2006 FreeMix Radio
(FM6) Special Edition Black August George Jackson tribute
mixtape. It features audio from the Freedom Archives
and DC-area artists/activists reading excerpts of Jackson's
writings. Music includes Head-Roc, Asheru, Hasan Salaam,
Blitz and many more.
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| Liner
Notes
07.30.07:
VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. This week's "redux"
features our interview with Professor
Ward Churchill. Churchill describes the nature of
his recent removal from the University of Colorado.
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Dr. Jared Ball's Statement of Candidacy
for the Green Party Nomination for President
- I have accepted an invitation to do this for several
reasons. First among them are the horrendous and entirely
unacceptable conditions of a majority of the people
of this nation and world. To best address those conditions
a new party is needed, a new style of politics is needed
and we are developing just that kind of campaign. READ
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07.16.07:
VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. Happy birthday Assata
Shakur! This week we paid tribute to sister Assata with
sounds and music reflective of the struggle of which
Assata has become a leading symbol and inspiration.
We were also joined by Soffiyah Elijah whose legal work
has been instrumental in helping protect and promote
the struggle of so many political prisoners and others.
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07.11.07:
VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. This week's "redux"
features interviews from recent shows with author Raymond
Lotta with whom we discussed, again, the recent placement
of a monument to the "victims of communism" in Washington,
DC and Auragin of the Hueman Prophets with whom we discussed
this week's Hip-Hop Theater Festival in Washington,
DC and more.
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07.02.07:
VOXUNION Media - Jazz & Justice. This week's "redux"
features our tribute to Kwame Ture (b. 6/29/41 - d.
11/15/98). Jazz & Justice airs on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington,
DC and worldwide via live stream at wpfw.org Mondays
1-3p (EST).
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Reporting from the U.S. Social Forum: While thousands
gathered at this week's U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta
some thought it necessary to discuss colonialism as
the central problem affecting various groups in varying
ways. Those leading the discussion were Anita Rios of
the Green Institute and Green Party, Jared Ball of FreeMix
Radio, Elaine Brown former chairperson of the Black
Panther Party, Audrey Thayer of the White Earth Nation
and Green Institute, Jared Wilkens of Democracy Unlimited
and Tom Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network
Anita Rios and Jared Ball
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FM10: The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (DC Chapter)
Special Edition: This edition features sounds
and voices celebrating the legacy of Malcolm X by organizing
in his political footsteps. The mixtape will be hitting
DC-area streets for the next few weeks but here we offer
the online version and ask that it be spread widely.
Voices include DC chapter members as well as Dhoruba
Bin-Wahad and Amiri Baraka.
Music includes Pharoahe Monch, RhapsodE, Tupac, Head-Roc,
Dead Prez, Black Market Militia, Elaine Brown, NY Oil.
Asheru, Immortal
Technique and more.
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06.19.07: WPFW 89.3 FM "The Redux:"
Highlights from this week's pledge-drive wrap up where
in part 1 we talk about Malcolm X and his relevance
in the 21st century and in part 2 we have an in-depth
interview with Columbia University professor Manning
Marable about his latest book Living Black History,
Black leadership and the missing chapters of Malcolm
X's autobiography.
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06.17.07: Pan-Africanism,
Communism, Juneteenth and the Concept of Freedom
This past week saw the commemoration of Juneteenth and
President Bush's honoring of the "victims
of Communism." The following audio reflects the
attempt of some to consider what each event means for
communities
of African descent around the world.
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FreeMix Radio 05.28.07: A
special statement and call to action regarding the Copyright
Royalty Board, copyright law and intellectual property
rights as they relate to a lock down of our cultural
expression and thought. The recent ruling of the Copyright
Royalty Board threatens to further limit our ability
to communicate freely. The decision has already caused
VOXUNION MEDIA to cease our online archive of our Pacifica
Network radio show here in Washington, DC, threatens
to force into bankruptcy roughly 85% of all internet
radio stations and continues to demonstrate the importance
and necessity of FreeMix Radio: The Original Mixtape
Radio Show.
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FreeMix Radio 05.10.07: We
sat down with Dedrick Muhammad of the Institute for
Policy Studies to talk about the Black/White Wealth
Divide. Click below for this first of an on-going series
where we look at the actual economic condition of African
America and how this relates, is essential to, the political
economy of the United States.
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Hip-Hop and the Corporate Music Industry - A Four Part
Series Professor Ball examines corporate power,
the fraudulence of pop culture, and the colonization
of Black America, as seen through the focal lens of
Hip-Hop.
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Roots Revolution Live! 04.23.07: Barack
Obama and 'the legacy of slavery'; sisters from the
continent and the African Diaspora add their voices
to this stale and divisive argument.
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Roots Revolution Live! 04.22.07: This week we enjoyed a quick chat with Angelique Shofar, Wellness Coach and Yoga Instructor about Sexual Wellness and other things health.
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Jazz & Justice 04.16.07: Today we discussed DC Emancipation Day and its international implications with our guests Rick and Michelle Tingling-Clemens. We also heard music from Gil Scott Heron, Jayne Cortez, DJ EuRok, NYOIL, Head-Roc, Eddie Kane, Freddie Hubbard and more. We also heard clips from Dr. James Turner of the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University.
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Jazz & Justice 04.09.07: This week we celebrated the Spring Equinox (some call it "passover" or "easter") and the birthday of Paul Robeson. We heard music from John Coltrane, The Els featuring Asheru, Julius Hemphill, Oscar Peterson, KRS-One, Charles Earland, Common and Alice Coltrane. The celebration included a look at the African origins of major Western religion by Charles Finch and Brother Tehuti. All this plus the world premier of Heru Walks a remix of Kanye's original by Kasba.
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Jazz & Justice 04.02.07: We were joined by Obi Egbuna of the Pan-African Liberation Organization and Head-Roc for a discussion of Zimbabwe and pan-Africanism. We also heard from Kwame Ture plus music from John Coltrane, Dead-Prez, Roy Ayers, Sonny Fortune, Bob Marley, The Coup and more.
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Jazz & Justice 03.26.07: We were joined by
Obi Egbuna of the Pan-African Liberation Organization
and Head-Roc for a discussion of Zimbabwe and pan-Africanism.
We also heard from Kwame Ture plus music from John Coltrane,
Dead-Prez, Roy Ayers, Sonny Fortune, Bob Marley, The
Coup and more.
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Jazz & Justice 03.26.07: This week we heard
from Drs. Amos Wilson and James Turner and community
thoughts on yet another "nigger!" incident. This plus
music from legendary DC poet Face, Naima Jamal, new
KRS-One, Gil Scott Heron, The Coup and more.
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FreeMix Radio Report 03.21.07: Reverend
Lennox Yearwood and the Hip-Hop Caucus was in DC this
week to launch their Make Hip-Hop Not War Tour. FreeMix
Radio was there and caught up with some of the artists
involved including Head-Roc, Hasan Salaam, DJ Chela,
A Alikes, ReadNex Poetry Squad and Akir. For more visit
hiphopcaucus.org
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Jazz & Justice 03.12.07:This
week we celebrated Women's HERstory month with music
from Jill Scott, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Lauryn
Hill, Billie Holliday and more. We also took community
calls on the subject and discussed differing views of
Oprah Winfrey as a "Black leader."
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Hip-Hop, Mass Media and 21st Century Colonization by
Dr. Jared Ball: "Given the societal need and
function of mass media and popular culture, all that
is popular is fraudulent. Popularity is in almost every
case an intentionally constructed fabrication of what
it claims to represent. Too few who comment on the lamentable
condition of today’s popular hip-hop seem to grasp this,
the political nature of the nation’s media system, nor
the political function that system serves..."
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FreeMix Radio: The Original Mix Tape Radio Show FM9:
It's here! The mixtape as emancipatory journalism
is hitting the streets. Featuring everything you shouldn't
miss!
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Jazz & Justice 03.12.07: This week
we completed our winter pledge drive by having a discussion
of political organizing with Bill Fletcher. We also
played portions of an interview with Soffiyah Elijah
and Claude Marks of the Committee
for the Defense of Human Rights who are currently
working to free the eight former Black
Panthers arrested in January on 35 year-old charges.
We also heard music from Head-Roc, Charles Mingus, Pharaoh
Sanders, Amina and Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Mos
Def and more. .
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Roots Revolution Live! 03.11.07: Tribute
to the great work of Buring
Spear, an unapologetic Garveyite and premier musician
from St. Ann, Jamaica- layered with the voice of Angela
Davis - it's Women's History month afterall. Enjoy!
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Jazz & Justice 03.05.07: This week
we conclude our portion of the pledge drive. Thank you
all for your support. But we did this in style. Head-Roc
joined the show to donate his Negrophobia
album as a thank you gift and we chopped it up with
his music and that of Archie Shepp, Killer Mike, Charles
Mingus, Asheru, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and much
more. We talked about the Black Power movement and mass
media, Black "leadership," DC's underrepresented views
of war protest, the music industry and more.
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2 |
FreeMix Radio News 03.05.07: FCC Signs
Payola Agreement with Major Radio Companies: Paul
Porter of Industry Ears joins us for a quick response
to the recent agreement reached between the FCC and
the Big 4 radio station owners.
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Jazz & Justice 02.26.07: Part 2 of
our tribute to Malcolm
X.We were joined in studio by Dr. Todd Burroughs
as we paid homage to Malcolm and Mumia Abu-Jamal all
the while spinning music from Wu-Tang Clan, Archie Shepp,
Mos Def, Vijay Iyer, Nex Millen and more. We also aired
rarely heard audio from the documentary Brother Minister
and speeches on Malcolm X and his image by Amiri Baraka
and Dhoruba Bin-Wahad.
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1 | Part
2 |
Jazz & Justice 02.19.07: Malcolm
X was assassinated on February 21, 1965.This week
was the first of our two-week long tribute to the man
whose life continues to impact the world. Listen to
clips of his speeches and interviews plus music from
Miriam Makeba, John Coltrane, Gil Scott-Heron, Amina
& Amiri Baraka, Sonny Fortune, DJ Spinna, Head-Roc,
Immortal Technique, Juel Ortiz and more. Part two takes
place next week during our pledge drive. Please consider
pledging during the show (Monday 1-3p EST) to help support
community radio and Jazz & Justice.
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Jazz & Justice 02.12.07: This week
we were joined by the mayor of DC hip-hop Head-Roc
and Suncere Ali Shakur for a discussion of our visit
to New Orleans. Suncere has been in New Orleans
since the breaking of the levees and talked about his
experience as a member of Common
Ground, the politics of organizing and concerns
over white paternalism and Black inactivity. The show
featured music from Jay-Z, Head-Roc, Nina Simone, Lil'
Wayne, Mos Def and the Rebirth Jazz Band.
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Jazz & Justice 02.05.07: February 6,
2007 marks the 62nd birthday of Robert
Nesta Marley. We dedicated this show to his memory
and legacy by welcoming Suzette
Gardner and Dr. Michelle Stephens. Both women shared
their knowledge and perspective as scholars, journalists
and Jamaicans expanding the commonly-held views of Marley.
We dispelled some myths, conjured others and, of course,
played his music.
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Jazz & Justice 01.29.07: We welcomed
Glen Ford and Bruce Dixon of BlackAgendaReport.com
for a discussion of race, politics and Black "Leadership."
Is Barak Obama the most "dangerous" man in the nation?
Where are Russell Simmons and Oprah Winfrey leading
us? These topics, including a portion of an interview
done last year with Elaine Brown on mass incarceration
and political prisoners, and much more were covered
as were some questions and comments about race-based
talk being "divisive." We also welcomed Chrystal Williams
of the University of Maryland to talk with us about
her upcoming Black Music Week events. To this we added
the music of Curtis Mayfield, Hasan Salaam, Freestyle
Fellowship, James Brown, Ken Boothe, Syl Johnson and
Ghostface.
Part
1 | Part
2 |
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& Justice: Today's show was a special tribute
to Dr. King. Part
1 featured King himself and music from Dead Prez,
Head-Roc, Archie Shepp, Jack DeJohnette, Wise Intelligent
plus a special DocuMix from Melki. Part
2 featured music from Blitz, Immortal Technique
and commentary from Mumia Abu-Jamal, a breakdown of
US mainstream media's image assassination prior to the
physical one - including a look at the FBI's Counter
Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) - and Bill Fletcher
bringing us from then to now through a look at King
and the labor movement.
Part
I & II
MLK
Jr. on Roots Revolution Live!
This week's show is livicated to the memory of Martin
Luther King Jr. served up with conscious dancehall dub
and a surprise appearance from one of our favorite ladies..
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Jr. Day Special Presentation
What King really had to say [PowerPoint
Download] Compiled by Dr. Jared Ball
FreeMix Radio linked up with Julie C in Seattle
this week and returns with her Seattle-based newsletter.
Check it out to see what she and their chapter of the
Zulu Nation are doing.
In April of 2005 FreeMix Radio had an exclusive interview
with Elaine
Brown. We spoke about her career as a member, and
one-time head, of the Black Panther Party, her work
as a prison abolitionist, hip-hop, activism and more.
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FreeMix
Radio: The Original Mix Tape Radio Show FM8: A
new year's mix including music from: Pharaohe Monch,
Head-Roc, Paris, Blitz, Nas, Common, Floetry, Hi-Tek,
and much more. Also included is the launch of Project
Blackout/Whitewash and FreeMix's Top 10 Stories Under-reported
in 2006 with special guest host The Angry Emcee. You
cannot afford not to hear this...
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& Justice: The inaugural new show featuring
an eclectic mix of music, news and interviews hosted
by Jared Ball. This week included interviews with activist
and photographer Ernie Paniccioli, Paul
Porter and Opio
Sokoni covering a range of issues from hip-hop politics
and history to media, payola and upcoming events, projects,
etc. Jazz & Justice airs Mondays from 1p-3p online at
wpfw.org and, of course, in the Washington, DC area
on WPFW 89.3FM.
Part
I & II
DaveyD
on Breakdown FM-The Audio Rebellion is Real!
w/ Minister of Information JR (Part
I & II)
and Jared Ball (Part
III)
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RADIO: The Original Mixtape Radio
Show FM7
Music: Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Sizzla,
Ghostface, Spinna, Hi-COUP, Blitz, Pharaoh Monch, Wildchild,
M.O.P., Flawless Blak, Nas, Papoose, D'angelo, AZ, CL
Smooth, Serious Jones, Premier, Common, Dead Prez and
our first EMCEE CONTEST to win FREE STUDIO TIME
from our good friend Bomani Armah.
News/Interviews: DC Radio CO-OP interviews
Dead Prez plus: Johonna McCants discusses Carceral Studies
and the Prison Industrial Complex, Nas and Pharoah speak
and Mumia Abu-Jamal and Snoop talk pimping
Note: The mixtape as emancipatory
journalism is just now coming ready for its DC-area
distribution. Here is the exclusive online edition which
we encourage people to copy, burn, distribute as widely
as possible. Those interested in receiving copies of
the actual mixtape(s) please contact us.
Announcement: Those interested in
publishing academic articles, essays, poems, etc. should
check out the Journal
of Global Culture from Words, Beats and Life.
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While in Memphis, TN for the National Conference on
Media Reform convened by Free Press we thought it important
to get a mic in front of many of those not included
as keynote speakers representing ideas not included
as central to the gathering. So here are what some of
that sounded like. Some of the voices heard include
The
Freedom Archives, Pro-ject
Pro:Project, CounterSpin, Youth Media Council, Center
for Community Change, Block Report Radio/Prisoner of
Conscious Committee, See
Jane, R.E.A.C.Hip-Hop,
Martha's
Table Teen Project, LinkTV,
Third
World Majority, Main
Street Project
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White Liberals and Glass Houses: A Reminder that Black
Radical Journalism is a Tradition. "Even as
they decry the practice of exclusion among the mainstream
press the white left-led media reform movement does
the same to Black American and domestic or local news..."
by Jared Ball READ>>
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RADIO: Reverend Lennox Yearwood of the
Hip-Hop
Caucus visited the classroom for a discussion of
hip-hop, organizing, political struggle, religion and
much more.
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09.27.06>
FREEMIX
RADIO: Selena Jones and Tim Jones of Martha's
Table Teen Program in Washington, DC discuss their content
analyses of popular hip-hop lyrics.
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09.26.06>
FREEMIX
RADIO: Carceral Studies Working Group-Analyzing
the Prison Industrial Complex. An Interview with Johonna
McCants.
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09.01.06>
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RADIO: Dre Oba of The Shield magazine welcomed
us in his office for a discussion of his journalistic
work, the state of hip-hop politics and the media.
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09.17.06>
Paul
Porter was interviewed by Chuck D for Air
America Radio. The discussion centered on the crisis
of Black Radio, payola, consolidated ownership of media
and its impact on Black consciousness and struggle.
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09.10.06>>
Roots
Revolution Live! with DJ Soul Rebel - this
week we reflected on the annual Black Family Reunion.
Soul Rebel supported by soothing reggae sounds read
from 'The Breeding of Slaves' a chapter of
the "I
Was A Slave" series.
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FREEMIX
RADIO: Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)
convened two panels today. The first was a look at "The
New Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO)"
at which activist/comedian Dick
Gregory gave the closing remarks. This panel was
hosted by Jason
Parker.
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Head-Roc
and Noyeek the Grizzly Bear Performance - Stream
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Lisa
Fager and Asheru
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Dr.
Jared Ball - Stream
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Reverend
Lennox Yearwood - Stream
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RADIO: The Original Mixtape Radio
Show FM6
Special Black August: George Jackson Tribute.
This edition is dedicated to the memory of George Jackson.
In this mix hear artists, activists, family, loved-ones
and comrades read excerpts from Jackson's works plus
great music from Head-Roc, Asheru, Lil Wayne, Wise Intelligent,
Wu Tang Clan, Blitz, Hasan Salaam and more...
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09.01.06>
Dre Oba of The Shield magazine welcomed us in his office
for a discussion of his journalistic work, the state
of hip-hop politics and the media.
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09.01.06>
Blitz, the Ghana-born Brooklyn emcee stopped by and
engaged us in this enlightening discussion on hip-hop,
pan-Africanism, the music industry and more, plus peep
his skills on the mic. Another can't-miss interview
with a can't-miss emcee.
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09.01.06>
Dr. Scot Brown joined us by phone for a discussion
of his book Fighting for US: Maulana Karenga, The US
Organization, and Black Cultural Nationalism. With few
historical studies of this organization and particular
aspect of the continuing Black/African America struggle
this interview is the perfect compliment to our support
of Black August. From US to hip-hop, we got it all right
here.
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08.15.06>>
FREEMIX
RADIO - Footage from this year's Black
August event hosted by the Malcolm X Grassroots
Movement. Interviews with Dre Oba, Blitz, Umi &
Scribe, M1, Immortal Technique, CL Smooth and more.
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08.06.06>>
Roots Revolution Live! with DJ
Soul Rebel and guest Nadya Sbaiti,
film producer/director (Arabs
& Terrorism, About
Baghdad) discuss her Lebanese roots and the challenges
Lebanon faces with the current Israeli incursion.
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07.30.06>>
Suzette Gardner (aka DJ
Soul Rebel) guest hosts WPFW 89.3 FM's
"Africa
Meets Africa"--this week discussed Independent
Journalism and the state of affairs in the Congo with
Independent Journalist Mvemba
Dizolele.
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07.16.06>>
DJ
Soul Rebel aka Suzette Gardner guest hosts
WPFW 89.3 FM's "Africa
Meets Africa"--this week we introduced our
audience to the founders of Ubuntu Village Inc and discussed
Afro-Funk and Afro-Beat with Washington DC based band
Chop Teeth. New music, poetry and more!
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06.27.06>>
Blackademics
- The Blackademics were joined this week by Makani Themba-Nixon
and Dr. Todd S. Burroughs for a discussion of comic
books and the representation of "Blackness."
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06.20.06>>
Claude Marks of the Freedom
Archives recently joined FreeMix Radio
for a discussion of prison politics, media and continuing
political struggle
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06.16.06>>
FREEMIX
RADIO and Voxunion Media presents an interview
with Cynthia McKinney (D-GA).
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05.30.06>>
Blackademics
- DC legendary hip-hop. Live band, in-studio performance.
Extended show. 'Nuff said. Haven't seen them live? We
brought the show to you. The Els featuring Asheru were
live in-studio so we gave them the entire hour and them
some. Real hip-hop and more. From the staff here at
the Blackademics, you're welcome.
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05.10.06>>
Blackademics
- This week we paid special tribute to Damu Smith and
discussed the continuing struggle with author, activist
and all around politico Kevin Powell.
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05.06.06>>
Saba
Saba, Ugandan Hip-Hop on FreeMix Radio
 This
highly political and talented emcee passed through DC
and we covered a lot of ground. In this hour we discussed
Ugandan and African hip-hop, pan-Africanism, continuing
South African apartheid, played some tracks from his
latest mixtape and gave a special rest in peace to Damu
Smith.
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04.30.06>>
FREEMIX RADIO was recently in Seattle where
we caught up with LaRue. This war veteran emcee gets
open and honest about Iraq, war and his feelings about
the role of an emcee in his position.
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04.30.06>>
FREEMIX RADIO Dr. Michelle A. Stephens joined
us to discuss her article Babylon's 'Natural Mystic':
The North American Music Industry, and the Incorporation
of Transnationalism.
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04.27.06>>
FREEMIX RADIO Does NPR... well, sort of - The
Funkinest Journalist, Dr. Jared Ball gave an interview
to an intern at National Public Radio regarding a high-school
oratorical contest at which he was the keynote guest
speaker. NO SURPRIZE - we were recently told that no
part of the interview would air - no reason given.
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 04.26.06>>
Words, Beats and Life and FreeMix Radio/Voxunion Media
present: An interview with Michael Wanguhu director
of Hip-Hop Colony: The Kenyan/African Hip-Hop Explosion.
Our discussion covered a wide range of topics
addressed in this new documentary from African colonization
to the international influence of U.S. hip-hop.
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04.25.06>>
Blackademics
- This week we welcomed professor, poet and one-woman
show performer Kim Ellis aka Dr. Goddess and sister
Faye Williams of SisterSpace and Books. This highly
enlightening and entertaining show where we give you
poetry, comedy, community activist information/inspiration
and a whole bunch more!
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04.18.06>>
Blackademics
- We welcomed three University of Maryland students
who spent their spring break with Katrina On the Ground
helping victims of the levee failures in New Orleans.
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04.17.06>>
Roots
Revolution Live! - Live from the Washington
DC Emancipation Day Parade; we spoke with Washingtonians
observing and celebrating the USA's first Compensated
Emancipation Day at the parade.
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04.14.06>>
Opus
Akoben Hits the Classroom! - DC Hip-Hop
pioneers Opus Akoben were on-hand in the classroom of
Jared "Dr. J"Ball for a discussion of their
recent travels to "the Middle East," hip-hop
and politics and more!
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04.10.06>>
Roots
Revolution Live! - Is Illegal Immigration
Hurting African-Americans? Interviews with African-Americans
who attended the National Immigration Rally on The Mall
in Washington DC.
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04.04.06>>
Blackademics
- This week we were joined by Hasan Salaam and the Fifth
Column for some powerful hip-hop and conversation.
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04.03.06>>
FREEMIX RADIO - What is really going on at
Duke University and this "alleged" rape? Hear
from North Carolina's own Duke U. professor and MC J.
Bully.
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04.02.06>>
FREEMIX RADIO - An interview with MELKI author
of the Hip-Hop Science Fiction Novel, "21
Hustle"
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04.01.06>>
FREEMIX RADIO - FM3 is HERE! click4info
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03.27.06>>
Black America and Media Policy - Lawyer and
activist Chanelle Hardy of Consumers
Union and HearUsNow.org
joined FreeMix
Radio for a discussion of media policy and Black
America.
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03.22.06>>
Exclusive Dr. Ron Walters
spoke with us about the recent Return to Gary
Black Economic Empowerment Conference, Black
America and the global economic order and the use of
the word "nigger/nigga" as it related to public
policy and law.
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03.21.05>>Blackademics
- This week included an interview with Dr. Ron
Walters of the University of Maryland and discussions
of recent news including the "nigga"
defense against hate crimes and more on Katrina.
All this and sounds from Lauryn Hill, Asheru and Storm
the Unpredictable.
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03.20.06>>
Chuck D (of Public Enemy) - The FreeMix Radio Interview.
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03.16.06>>Hip-Hop
Caucus Katrina Rally-in defense of victims of the levee
breakages in New Orleans who are currently being evicted
from their federally-funded “housing.”
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