Friday - The Michael Slate Show: Carl Dix on Charlottesville; Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe on Nat'l Climate Assessment; Persecution of J20 Defendants

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This week: Charlottesville, Virginia and the Aftermath: Confronting Racist, Murdering Nazi Thugs Carl Dix, Representative of the Revolutionary Communist Party, and co-initiator of Refuse Fascism, joins us to talk about the Clash in Charlottesville and the aftermath. For a night and a day, Nazis, KKK and other White Supremacist and Fascist scum were in the streets in Charlottesville, Virginia, chanting Nazi slogans as well as racist and anti-LGBTQ chants, and attacking courageous anti-fascist protesters. One of them rammed his car into a crowd, murdering Heather Heyer, a life-long fighter for justice. These extreme reactionary forces have been encouraged and emboldened by the Trump/Pence Regime, and they've been increasingly active across the country. But what we saw in Charlottesville was a major leap. And it was welcomed, supported and encouraged by Trump himself. This demanded a response, and thousands have taken to the streets in city after city, condemning the White Supremacists and remembering the example of Heather Heyer. We'll talk about all this and where to now, with Carl Dix.  National Climate Assessment, a Conversation with One of the Authors, Katharine Hayhoe Katharine Hayhoe, one of the lead authors of the National Climate Assessment, has summed up its 600 pages in one sentence: It's real . . .It's us . . . It's serious . . . And the window of time to prevent dangerous impacts is closing fast. Some scientists have worried that the Trump regime might try to suppress or force changes in the report. Indeed, Scott Pruitt, a science denier who is the head of the EPA, has already attacked its conclusions. Katharine Hayhoe will talk about what the report says, what's happening with the planet, and why it's so important.    The Continuing Persecution of the Inauguration Day (J20) Protesters We'll hear from Stephanie Lacambra, Criminal Defense Staff Attorney at the Electronic Frontiers, joins us to talk about what they have called the unconstitutional methods being used by the prosecution against those who protested on January 20, Inauguration Day, and are facing long years in prison. The latest government move is a search warrant demanding detailed information on everyone who visited a protest website.

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Friday - The Michael Slate Show with Andy Zee: November 4, This Nightmare Must End. The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!

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This week: THIS NIGHTMARE MUST END ON NOVEMBER 4, 2017  Take To The Streets And Public Squares in cities and towns across the country, continuing day after day and night after night-not stopping-until our DEMAND is met: NO! This Nightmare Must End:  The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America! Andy Zee, co-initiator of Refuse Fascism, joins us to talk about where do we got from here, and what's got to happen. He recently wrote, "'This Nightmare Must End' captures how millions of people feel right now. This feeling is at times inchoate and, at others, it enrages. It disturbs sleep, dominates conversation. For immigrants and Muslims it is terror that is lived-a foreboding pervading every aspect of life. Where you never know if this is the day you will be snatched from family and the life you have made-perhaps to be returned to a place you don't know where you may face persecution or even death. "What people don't know, and need to know, is that THEY ARE THE WAY OUT OF THE NIGHTMARE . . . ." Read the whole presentation here PLUS, Listener calls. Toward the end of the show, we'll be taking your calls about November 4, This Nightmare Must End. Tune in for details.

August 19: Regional Conferences to Plan for November 4 Register Today! Click here to go to refusefascism.org and register Sat, August 19, 2017 Organizing Conferences This Nightmare Must End: The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America! Regional Conferences in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Austin, hosted by RefuseFascism.org Come Get Organized for nation-wide protests that begin November 4th and continue - night after night and day after day, growing from thousands to hundreds of thousands to millions - until our demand is met: This Nightmare Must End: The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! Millions feel that the Trump/Pence Regime is truly a nightmare and ache with the question of how to stop this unrelenting horror. The stakes are nothing less than the future of humanity and the planet itself. Who will end this nightmare? We will. Only the determined struggle of millions of people acting together with courage and conviction can drive this regime from power. Who should attend this conference? Students and youth, the faith community, representatives of organizations and people who are unaffiliated, artists and professionals, long-time activists and folks who have never protested before - everyone who wants to see the nightmare of the Trump/Pence Regime end and is willing to act together to accomplish this. We will start organizing now for: NOVEMBER 4, 2017 Take To The Streets And Public Squares in cities and towns across the country continuing day after day and night after night-not stopping-until our DEMAND is met: This Nightmare Must End: The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America! To contact RefuseFascism-SoCal: 323.946.1742     socal@refusefascism.org      FB: RefuseFascismLA

Friday - The Michael Slate Show: Sunsara Taylor, Defending Courageous Students at Claremont McKenna College; Alice Childress' "Trouble in Mind"; Jeffery Robinson, ACLU, on Trump's Long Island speech

Received via email.  We Recommend:   Friday, August 4, 2017 10 - 11 AM - PDT The Michael Slate Show KPFK 90.7 FM  |  Listen Live TMSS:  Website Connect on Twitter  |   Facebook This week: Sunsara Taylor, Defending the Claremont McKenna College Students and Getting Ready for the Future Sunsara Taylor, writer for revcom.us / Revolution newspaper, and co-initiator of RefuseFascism.org, joins us to talk about the harsh punishment given to students at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, for setting an example for people everywhere by shutting down a speech by the white supremacist and fascist Heather Mac Donald. Three students have been suspended for a year and two others suspended for a semester for the non-violent protest that stopped Mac Donald from spreading fascism and white supremacy, attacking the Black Lives Matter movement and portraying killer cops as victims. Defending these students, and others who may be targeted, is a crucial part of opposing fascism. Trouble in Mind, by Alice Childress, at the Theatricum Botanicum We'll speak with actors Earnestine Phillips and Max Lawrence, from Trouble in Mind, now at the Theatricum Botanicum. The play, by Alice Childress, was first perfomed in 1955. It portrays a group of mostly African American actors who begin rehearsals of a new play written by a white playwright, under the direction of a white director. During the course of the rehearsal, it becomes clear to one member of the Black cast that following the direction they are given would mean giving up part of their humanity.  Jeffery Robinson, ACLU, on Trump's "police state" speech in Long Island  We will also be joined by Jeffery Robinson, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, on his recent article "Donald Trump's Talk to Police Officers Was Police-State Authoritarianism Distilled to Its Essence".

Friday - The Michael Slate Show: Carl Dix, Revolution Summer, Chicago; Birthright, A War Story, Women and Abortion; Sounds of #J15

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This week: Carl Dix on Revolution Summer in Chicago Carl Dix, a representative of the Revolutionary Communist Party, and co-founder of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, is in Chicago with the Revolution Club. All summer, the revolutionaries have been in Chicago with the message:  This Summer in Chicago Will NOT Be a Bloodbath of Killing Each Other; This Summer Will NOT Be Free Rein for Police to Murder and Terrorize Black and Brown People; This Summer We Get Organized for Revolution to Emancipate All of Humanity. The brutalizing,fascistic police have unleashed terror on the people, raiding holiday cook-outs, declaring a daytime martial law curfew, arresting revolutionaries, and threatening and harassing anyone who steps out to support them. People in the neighborhood have responded by blowing whistles, taking videos of the cops. The revolutionaries have vowed not to back down or turn their backs as people are terrorized -- and as the fascist Trump regime sends in more cops and continues to threaten the people.  "Birthright - A War Story," Interview with Director Civia Tamarkin BIRTHRIGHT: A WAR STORY is a feature length documentary that examines how women are being jailed, physically violated and even put at risk of dying as a vicious anti-woman movement tightens its grip across America. This is the real-life "Handmaid's Tale." Civia Tamarkin is the Director, Writer and Executive Producer. She is an award-winning investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker and former former television news executive. Voices from July 15, The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! We'll hear voices from several rallies around the country on July 15. Hundreds, in several major cities, took to the streets and raised a unified demand: THE TRUMP/PENCE REGIME MUST GO! This signifies something new -- An organized force proposing a bold plan to demand that an entire regime be removed from power because it is fascist and what that would mean for the future of humanity and the planet.

JULY 15: Protest and Demand - THE TRUMP/PENCE REGIME MUST GO!

"The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!" is the demand of nationwide protests taking place in towns and cities across the USA on Saturday, July 15. These protests are organized and supported by a broad coalition of groups. In several cities, including Los Angeles, they have been threatened by counter-protesters. 

IN LOS ANGELES - JULY 15 @ 3 PM

 at Hollywood & Highland 

In Los Angeles, contact Refuse Fascism at 323.946.1742  SoCal@RefuseFascism.org 

Science and The New Communism - Monday,June 5th, 3 pm @ The Black Forum, UCLA

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Friday - The Michael Slate Show: Concerts vs. the Trump Regime; Bob Avakian, "What if . . . ?"

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This week: TEAR DOWN THIS WALL! A Dresden Orchestra Stages a Huge Happening at the US-Mexico Border We'll speak with Sven Heinrich from The Dresdner Sinfoniker, a contemporary symphony orchestra from Dresden, Germany, who will stage a concert at Parque del Mar in Tijuana, Baja California, between 11 AM - 4 PM on Saturday, June 3. The location is right at the US border.  The orchestra said, "With this happening we are not only protesting against President Trump's proposed border wall, but also against the isolation and nationalist policies around the world. Together, we will demonstrate that music knows no boundaries and art can help to build bridges across all barriers."   Grand Performances Summer Season in Los Angeles At a time when the Trump administration is looking to disembowel the arts and deport immigrants, Grand Performancesis flying in the face of the attacks on immigrants and Muslims with eclectic programming choices representing immigrants from Columbia, Iraq, Iran, Mexico, the LGBT community and more. The series of free concerts takes place at the California Plaza in Downtown LA, from June 2 - September 23. We'll be talking with Nurit Smith, Deputy Director of Grand Performances. She recently said, "In a world filled with uncertainty it's now more important than ever to have a safe haven, a place of refuge to make one feel uplifted."   Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, an Excerpt fromRevolution and Religion, the Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion, a Dialogue Between Cornel West & Bob Avakian We'll hear Bob Avakian (BA), talking about "What if . . . ?" The times we're going through right now underline the importance of people getting into BA. See below for an announcement of an important program this coming week at UCLA, "Science and the New Communism, Why Knowing What's True Has Everything to Do With Getting Beyond This World of Horrors, A Presentation and Exchange on the New Communism developed by Bob Avakian". * * * * *  Science and Revolution Why Knowing What's True Has Everything to Do With Getting Beyond This World of Horrors A Presentation and Exchange on the New Communism developed by Bob Avakian Join us for a discussion of what the breakthroughs in the New Communism have to do with getting beyond a world where "might makes right." Presenter: Andy Zee, spokesperson for Revolution Books, NYC, speaking on behalf of The Bob Avakian Institute Discussants: Andrew Apter, Professor of Anthropology and History, UCLA Juan Gómez-Quiñones, Professor of History, UCLA Monday June 5, 2017, 3:00 to 5:00pm The Black Forum, Haines 153, UCLA