Saturday, May 30, 2009

5/30/2009 Community Gumbo

Listen | Democracy Now (5/22/09)
  • Human Rights Attorney Vince Warren: Obama’s “Preventive Detention” Plan Goes Beyond Bush Admin Policies
  • Environmental Groups See Divide over Landmark Climate, Energy Bill Weakened by Industry Lobbying
  • Native American Environmental Leader Tom Goldtooth: Climate Change Bill Fails to Address Indigenous Rights
Listen | Democracy Now (5/21/09)
  • Teaching Pioneer Deborah Meier on Obama’s Education Policy and the Future of Charter Schools
Listen | Democracy Now (5/19/09)
  • “Open the Gates that the Righteous Nation May Enter”: Rumsfeld Used Biblical Quotes in Top-Secret Iraq War Briefings for Bush
  • Grammy-Winning Soul Musician John Legend at UPenn Commencement: “A Commitment to Truth Requires a Commitment to Social Justice”
Music Played
Vetiver, "Down from Above"

Winfred E. Eye, "Oh So Free"

T.Rex, "Girl in the Thunderbolt Suit"

Cowboy Jack Clement, "Guess Things Happen That Way"

Azar, "Wetlands Dancehall"

Bob Dylan, "If You Ever Go to Houston"

Saturday, May 16, 2009

5/16/2009 Community Gumbo

Listen | Democracy Now (5/13/09)
  • Baucus’s Raucous Caucus: Doctors, Nurses and Activists Arrested Again for Protesting Exclusion of Single-Payer Advocates at Senate Hearing on Healthcare
  • Howard Zinn: “I Wish Obama Would Listen to MLK”

Listen | Democracy Now (5/14/09)
  • “Omnivore’s Dilemma” Author Michael Pollan’s New Advice on Buying Food: “Don’t Buy Any Food You’ve Ever Seen Advertised”

Listen | Democracy Now (5/12/09)
  • Doug Peacock on “Walking It Off: A Veteran’s Chronicle of War and Wilderness”

Music Played:
Edgar Blanchard, "Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong," Real Blues from New Orleans, Bandy Records.

Edgar Blanchard, "Won't Be Long," Real Blues from New Orleans, Bandy Records.

Edgar Blanchard, "Don't Need No Company," Real Blues from New Orleans, Bandy Records.

Saturday, May 09, 2009

5/09/2009 Community Gumbo

Listen | Democracy Now (5/05/09)
  • Senator Russ Feingold on Obama’s Escalation of the War in Afghanistan, Torture, State Secrets and Single-Payer Health Care
  • William Greider: “Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country”
  • 12-Year-Old US Citizen to President Obama: “I Want My Mom Back”
The Stone Center for Latin American Studies radio outreach project presents:
Listen | Latino wage disputes and victimization in New Orleans
Produced by Kiran Jain, Maggie Migliozatti, and Jessica Webb

Listen | The Latin American Studies major at Tulane
Produced by Andrea Pinto

These stories are part of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies' radio outreach project. The project is funded in part by the Center for Public Service and by a Title VI US Department of Education grant. For more information on the radio outreach project please visit stonecenter.tulane.edu or call 862-3143.

Listen | Democracy Now (5/7/09)
  • David Simon, Creator of Acclaimed HBO Series “The Wire”: As Profit Motive Guts Newspapers, Communities Lose Out

Music Played:
El Teatro Campesino, "Ninos Campesinos," Rolas de Aztlan, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Los Reyes de Albuquerque, "Corrido de Rio Arriba," Rolas de Aztlan, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Flor del Pueblo, "Soy del Pueblo," Rolas de Aztlan, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Saturday, May 02, 2009

5/02/2009 Community Gumbo

Listen | Democracy Now (4/29/09)
  • The “NAFTA Flu”: Critics Say Swine Flu Has Roots in Forcing Poor Countries to Accept Western Agribusiness
  • Ex-Virginia Tech Student Speaks Out Against Texas GOP Bill to Legalize Firearms on Campus
  • Prisoners at Federal Immigrant Detention Center in South Texas Stage Hunger Strike Over Alleged Abuses, Denial of Due Process
  • EXCLUSIVE: Jailed Houston Imam Zoubir Bouchikhi Speaks from Private Immigration Prison
  • Doctor in Sri Lanka Hospital Describes Casualties from Ongoing Conflict

The Stone Center for Latin American Studies radio outreach project presents:
Listen | The Latino immigrant experience in New Orleans
Produced by Taro Taguchi & Koplan Nwabuoku

Listen | The New Orleans Black-Brown coalition strengthens ties between the African-American and Latino communities
Produced by Melina Leodas

These stories are part of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies' radio outreach project. The project is funded in part by the Center for Public Service and by a Title VI US Department of Education grant. For more information on the radio outreach project please visit stonecenter.tulane.edu or call 862-3143.

Listen | Democracy Now (3/16/09)
  • Leftist FMLN Candidate Mauricio Funes Wins El Salvador Presidential Election, Ending Two Decades of Conservative Rule

Music Played:
Los Po-Boy-Citos, "Fried Neck Bones and Home Fries"

Los Mono, "Hecho esta"

Jose Cobles, "Sabor de engano"

Two-marimba ensemble of San Mateo Ixtatán, "Two marimbas in front of the church," Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Guatemala 1964