Friday - The Michael Slate Show: Sunsara Taylor; RNC 16, Flagburners at Trump's Convention, on Charges Dismissed; "La Razón Blindada"

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Friday, September 15, 2017

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This week: Sunsara Taylor, Driving Fascists Off Campus, and the Shameful Attacks on Antifa UC Berkeley has emerged in the cross-hairs of fascists. In particular, Ben Shapiro, an intellectual advocate for fascism, and Milo Yiannopoulos, an outright fascist provocateur, are scheduled to appear on campus this month.The fascists are saying this is only the beginning. Steve Bannon, Ann Coulter and others have reportedly been invited for several days of Nazi events in late September. The UC administration and the Berkeley City Council have gone into full collaboration-with-fascism mode. The university has now officially "locked down" the campus to prevent protests against these fascists. Halls closed, classes rescheduled, IDs required. An "increased and highly visible" police force will enforce this "perimeter." The Berkeley City Council outrageously voted to give the pigs permission to use pepper spray, a chemical weapon banned in Berkeley since 1997, on the protesters. This occurs at a time when Antifa has come under a sustained, many-sided and very dangerous political attack, including from liberal and some "progressive" voices. RefuseFascism.org issued a statement this week exposing these attacks, and upholding the legal and fundamental right to self-defense, for Antifa and anyone else. We'll talk with Sunsara Taylor, writer for revcom.us/Revolution newspaper, and one of the co-initiators of RefuseFascism.org. She is currently in Berkeley, and will be participating in the Berkeley speak out: against white supremacy, misogyny & fascism.  NEWS FLASH:   Cleveland Prosecutors Drop Felony Charges Against the Republican Convention Flag-Burners! We'll be talking with some of the RNC 16. From press release: "Big Defeat For Trump," Says Flag Burner Joey Johnson." Cleveland prosecutors were forced to drop felony charges against Niko and Bo yesterday, after over a year of persecution. "Niko and Bo are free," said Joey Johnson, who won the 1989 Supreme Court case making it protected speech to burn the flag. Johnson and the two defendants held a press conference today at the (IN)Justice Center Lakeside Entrance Cleveland, OH. Johnson would not say whether they would burn flags in celebration. "Just tell Trump, Pence and the rest of those fascists that we're just getting started. Wait 'til November 4!" said Johnson, referring to a day when daily mass demonstrations are planned to begin all across the country demanding the ouster of Trump and Pence. La Razón Blindada ("Armored Reason") at the 24th St.Theatre La Razón Blindada ("Armored Reason") is a witty and provocative play, written and  directed by Argentine playwright Arístides Vargas. It was triply inspired by the classic novel El Quixote by Cervantes, The Truth About Sancho Panza by Franz Kafka, and testimonies from Chicho Vargas and other political prisoners held in Rawson Prison during Argentina's "Dirty War" of the 1970s. Jesus Castaños Chima and Tony Durán reprise their roles as political prisoners who are allowed to interact with one another for one hour a week - but must remain in their chairs and never stand. As they entertain each other with stories of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, we witness the power of the imagination to transport them, and us, despite repressive conditions and even as we remain bound to our seats. Now at the 24th St. Theatre. We'll sit down with actor Jesus Castaños Chima to talk about the play.    To contact RefuseFascism-SoCal: 323.946.1742    socal@refusefascism.org  FB: RefuseFascismLA Learn more at RefuseFascism.org