Saturday, June 13, 2009

6/13/2009 Community Gumbo

Listen | Democracy Now (6/9/09)
  • Shell to Pay Out $15.5 Million to Settle Landmark Lawsuit over Death of Nigerian Activist Ken Saro-Wiwa
  • Sen. Bernie Sanders and Nurses Union Leader Rose Ann DeMoro Urge Obama to Embrace Single-Payer Healthcare System

Listen | Democracy Now (6/10/09)
  • As Tensions Flare in Peruvian Amazon, Award-Winning Actor Q’orianka Kilcher Heads to Peru to Support Indigenous Rights

Listen | Democracy Now (6/11/09)
  • Longtime White Supremacist Opens Fire at DC Holocaust Museum, Killing Security Guard; Shooting is Third in as Many Months Linked to White Nationalist Groups

Music Played
Guitar Slim, "Down Through the Years"

Guitar Slim, "Guitar Slim Boogie - 2"

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

Monday, April 27, 2009

4/25/2009 Community Gumbo

Listen | White House, Senate Dems Oppose Torture Commission, Energy Lobbyists Tried to Debunk Global Warming Despite Own Scientists’ Findings, Activists Conclude Indigenous Climate Summit, and more. (4/24/09 Democracy Now)

Interview with Allison McCrary and Aaron Viles on why they are picking on Shell Oil at Jazz Fest this year. Sound not available for this show.

Allison McCrary is a 2nd year law student at Loyola College of Law, the President of Public Interest Law Group, and a local community organizer around the Wiwa v. Shell case. Ms. McCrary talked about the human rights case against Shell in US civil courts. The "Wiwa" in Wiwa v. Shell refers to Ken Saro-Wiwa, an activist, author, and leader of the Ogoni people in their battle to protect their native homelands from damaging extraction practices. Mr. Saro-Wiwa was arrested by the Nigerian government along with 8 other activists and sentenced to death by hanging which led to the sanctioning of the Nigerian government by the international community. Allison will be part of a group canvassing at this year's Jazz Fest to raise awareness about the human rights case. For more information about the local Wiwa Campaign go here: www.shelljazzfest.com.

Aaron Viles, Campaign Director for the Gulf Restoration Network talked about oil accountability and the impact that the oil industry has had on Louisiana's wetlands. He said if you go to Jazz Fest on Saturday May 2nd, look up. There will be a plane flying over the Fest with the message "Shell-Hear the Music-Fix the Coast You Broke". Mr. Viles said they raised enough money for two hours of fly time thanks to a video request by Dr. John.

Shell Oil value statement

Both Allison and Aaron agreed that Jazz fest is great and supporting Jazz fest is a good thing. They explained that they are campaigning at the Fest because Shell is sponsoring it and will be paying close attention to the festival.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

4/18/2009 Community Gumbo

Listen | Noam Chomsky on the Global Economic Crisis, Healthcare, US Foreign Policy and Resistance to American Empire (4/13/09 Democracy Now)

John Hiatt, "Our Time," New West, 2008

Eilen Jewell, "Gotta Get Right," eilenjewell.com

Listen | A Roundtable of Local Florida Journalists on the Future of Newspapers, the Role of Community Media and Cubans in Florida (4/9/09 Democracy Now)

Jose Conde y Ola Fresca, "El Chacal," Putumayo, 2008

Listen | The Challenge for Africa: Kenyan Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai on Obama, Climate Change and War (4/10/09 Democracy Now)

Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile, "Cassandra's Waltz," Nonesuch, 2008