FRIDAY - You Don't Want to Miss This! New Speech by Bob Avakian Premieres Online; The Michael Slate Show - Stop Censorship in Prisons

From revcom.us: There has never been a speech like this on these questions - until now. Everyone who hungers for a radically different world, free of exploitation and oppression and all the needless suffering caused by this capitalist system, needs to see this film. Premiering Online at www.revcom.us Friday, October 19 Watch it... Spread it... Fund it Received via email.  We Recommend: Friday, October 19, 2018 10 - 11 AM - PDT The Michael Slate Show KPFK 90.7 FM  |  Listen Live Website  Twitter,  Facebook

End the Censorship of Books in Prisons: Prof. Betsy Ginsberg on the Importance of Fighting Censorship Thousands of books and other materials are being banned from US prisons. Illinois prisons recently banned Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, the Pulitzer Prize winning work by Heather Ann Thompson. (The Uptown People's Law Center has filed a lawsuit against the ban.) Betsy Ginsberg will join us to talk about the widespread practice of banning books from prisons, the importance of the case of Blood in the Water, and why it's so important to fight this censorship. Betsy Ginsberg is a Clinical Associate Professor of Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and the founder and director of the Civil Rights Clinic. The clinic focuses on civil rights and criminal justice and provides representation to individuals and groups whose civil rights have been violated by law enforcement officials. The clinic primarily litigates cases involving police misconduct and the constitutional and statutory rights of prisoners and detainees in federal court. Prior to her present position, Betsy Ginsberg taught at New York University School of Law., and worked as a Staff Attorney with the Prisoners’ Rights Project at the Legal Aid Society.  KPFK Fall Fund Drive Continues Support KPFK and The Michael Slate Show and Keep the Show on the Air It should be obvious to anyone listening to KPFK that the station is crucial in these times. We are seeing one after another progressive institution come under attack. Things are closing down, and the clampdown is continuing. People who listen to KPFK, and The Michael Slate Show, value it -- and need to support it -- in the dark times in which we live. We are offering Blood in the Water as a thank-you gift. If you haven't given, call 818-985-5735 during the show. You can contribute any time by going to the KPFK Pledge Cart. Give, and encourage others to give. Share this on social media. Tell your friends. Blood in the Water is the first definitive history of the 1971 Attica Prison Uprising, the state's savage response, and the prisoners' decades-long struggle for justice. This book is in high demand among the 2.3 Million prisoners in the U.S. -- and the authorities in one state, Illinois, have responded by banning the book from prisons. We're giving you the chance to Break the Ban, to get this book into the hands of prisoners at a time when incarcerated people have just staged one of the largest prison strikes in US history. We are partnering with the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund, who will facilitate getting the books to prisoners. On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Prison in New York. Holding guards and civilian employees hostage, the prisoners negotiated for improved conditions. But on September 13, the state sent hundreds of heavily armed troopers and correction officers into the prison. They killed thirty-nine men - hostages as well as prisoners - and severely wounded more than a hundred. Blood in the Water breaks through 50 years of state cover-up -- the lies of brutal, murdering prisoners that have been used to justify greater and greater horrors. CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN! FOR A CONTRIBUTION OF $100 OR MORE, YOU CAN REQUEST A COPY OF BLOOD IN THE WATER, BY HEATHER ANN THOMPSON. FOR A CONTRIBUTION OF $150 OR MORE, YOU CAN REQUEST BLOOD IN THE WATER FOR YOURSELF -- AND ANOTHER COPY TO BE SENT TO A PRISONER.