TRGGR Radio * May 25 2012* – VA Hunger Strike

Posted: May 26, 2012 by trggradio in Activism, Adwoa Masozi, Mac Gaskins, Mumia Abu Jamal, Prison Indurstrial Complex, Red Onion State Prison (VA), Virginia Hunger Strike Solidarity
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Over the past two years incarcerated men and women in some of America’s most notorious prisons including Georgia, Ohio, California (on two occasions), and now in Virginia, have organized in protest to a range of human rights abuses behind bars. In most of these cases, incarcerated men and women have issued their protest in the form of hunger strikes. On Tuesday, May 22nd, prisoners at Red Onion State Prison in Wise County, Virginia went on hunger strike; today is day four of their strike. Red Onion State Prison is Virginia’s first super-maximum security facility, which began admitting incarcerated individuals in 1998. In 1999, just a year after its opening, Human Rights Watch reported that, “the Virginia Department of Corrections has failed to embrace basic tenets of sound correctional practice and laws protecting inmates from abusive, degrading or cruel treatment” at Red Onion. For insight into the strike and the strike demands, we are joined on the phone by ADWOA MASOZI of the Institute for Policy Studies, and MAC GASKINS, a former inmate at Red Onion State Prison. They are two organizers with a newly formed coalition called Solidarity with Virginia Hunger Strikers. Visit the site to read the HUNGER STRIKE DEMANDS.

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Part 2: Exonerations, Brian Banks, Black Male Unemployment, Mumia

Guest Bios:

Mac Gaskins is from Richmond, VA. He considers himself a liberated prisoner, having spent 14.5 years in prison with 4 of those years being inside Red Onion State Prison. Mac is anti-prison/PIC activist and organizer, and a founding member of Supporting Prisoners and Acting for Radical Change (SPARC).
Adwoa Masozi is from Newark, NJ. She has been an organizer since the age of 9 when she started a food program feeding the homeless in the cities of East Orange and Newark, NJ. Since then, she has been active in NJ groups like People’s Organization for Progress and NJ Peace Action. Currently, she’s a member of Supporting Prisoners and Acting for Radical Change (SPARC) and EMPOWER DC.

“My Black is Brighter than the Dark,” Bey

Posted: May 25, 2012 by trggradio in Activism, Hip-Hop, Mos Def/Yasiin Bey
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Stigma of Incarceration Panel – Mount Holyoke College, April 11, 2012

Posted: April 26, 2012 by trggradio in Activism, Charles Wilhite, Community Organizing, Hip-Hop, Jared A. Ball, Jasiri X, Marc Lamont Hill, Mumia Abu Jamal, Rosa Clemente, SAMI, Trayvon Martin, U.S. Apartheid
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The Untouchable Caste of the United States:
The Stigma of Incarceration and the Metamorphosis of Legal Discrimination
Mount Holyoke College – South Hadley, Massachusetts – April 11, 2012

A panel featuring Rosa Clemente, Jasiri X, Jared Ball, and Marc Lamont Hill; moderated by Chris Tinson; also featured: Emahunn Campbell of Students Against Mass Incarceration (SAMI) speaking on the Charles Wilhite case, and closing inspiration by Nyle Fort. Enjoy & Spread!!

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TRGGR RADIO 4.20.2012 Edition

Posted: April 23, 2012 by trggradio in Activism, Africa, Education, Hip Hop Worldwide, Hip-Hop
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On this packed episode we are joined by Dr. Nat Turner, assistant professor of education at UMass, Amherst and Tyson Rose, who along with Turner, is currently offering the undergraduate course Hip-Hop Nation Language and Literacy Practices. We talk about the approaches taken in the class and some of the strategies and challenges of Hip-Hop in the Academy. In the second half of the show we speak with Jaymes Winell, a local student organizer with the group Preserving Our Civil Rights, a group organizing against Secure Communities (S-Comm), a collaboration between Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) and local police departments. Later, we hear from Dr. George Gathigi, visiting assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Arts at Hampshire College. Professor Gathigi’s work explores the history and evolution of Hip-Hop and Popular Culture in East Africa, specifically focusing on Kenya and Tanzania. Finally, we send a special note of congratulations to one of our interns, Sam De Pilar, who recently won a design award for his Sneakers4Success project from the School of Management. Steady move makin’. Enjoy!!

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TRGGR Radio – 4. 6. 2012

Posted: April 7, 2012 by trggradio in Activism, Kali Akuno, Police Brutality, Trayvon Martin, Tucson Arizona, Violence
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The murder of Trayvon Martin has once again thrown into question the well-being of Black and Brown lives in America. As national attention has focused on the dynamics of Trayvon’s case, and as many continue to hit the streets in his honor, numerous other cases have since surfaced. In what appears to be a regular occurrence, unarmed Black men and women (mostly youth) are made victims of excessive and often deadly force by local police, various militarized entities, or by self-appointed vigilantes. A recent study entitled: “Trayvon is ALL of US” emphasizes that Trayvon Martin’s murder was not an isolated event, but one that “demonstrates Black life continues” to be regarded with short worth.” Joining us on this episode is one of the authors of the study, Kali Akuno, organizer and activist of the US Human Rights Network and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement.

In the second part of the show, we speak with Micaela Diaz-Sanchez and Adelina Anthony about Anthony’s upcoming performance, “LA HOCICONA SERIES: An Original X-X-Xicana Comedic Triptych of Scandalous Proportions”. LA HOCICONA SERIES is the culmination of 3 years work and the comic-political vision of national touring artist and acclaimed Xicana lesbian performer, Adelina Anthony. The series highlights 3 different solo shows that consciously mix the genres of stand-up comedy, political theater, and performance art. Later Harmonie updates listeners on how they can help Commerce High School journalism students visit the Newseum in D.C., and we also hear from Reese a pre-trial incarcerated brother currently serving federal time in Greenfield MA. Enjoy the gumbo!

Part 1: Kali Akuno

Part 2: Micaela Diaz-Sanchez and Adelina Anthony & more

Roundtable Discussion on the murder of TRAYVON MARTIN 3.30.12

Posted: April 3, 2012 by trggradio in Activism, Hip-Hop, I Mix What I Like!, Jared A. Ball, Jasiri X, Justice for Charles, Politics, SAMI, Solidarity, Springfield, Trayvon Martin
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Peace, check out this power-packed two hour episode of TRGGR Radio as we discuss the murder of Trayvon Martin. Rosa Clemente, REC and Chris join forces in conversation with Julie Chang Shulman, Roberto Lovato, Ajamu Baraka, Jasiri X, Jared Ball, and Emahunn Campbell of Students Against Mass Incarceration (SAMI) for a coast-to-coast cipha session about how we organize for racial justice in the wake of Trayvon’s death, and the ongoing effort to free Charles Wilhite.

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TRGGR with Nia Robinson 3.16.12

Posted: March 23, 2012 by trggradio in Activism, Environmental Justice, Green Politics, Hampshire College, Hip-Hop, Immortal Technique, Nia Robinson
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Peace, we recently sat down with critical environmental activist Nia Robinson to discuss organizing principles, Black folk in the environmental justice movement, and the politics of intersectionality. Enjoy!

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