Friday, 9/9: The Michael Slate Show: Sunsara Taylor, "Birth of a Nation" and the attacks on Nate Parker; Carl Dix, Colin Kaepernick Puts it on the Line; + Marshall Crenshaw

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"Birth of a Nation" and the Attacks on Nate Parker Sunsara Taylor recently wrote, "On the eve of the major release of a new film, 'The Birth of a Nation,' which chronicles the heroic slave rebellion of Nat Turner, a huge controversy has broken out over 17-year-old allegations of sexual assault directed against the film's writer, director and star, Nate Parker." Despite the fact that Nate Parker was tried and found not guiltyyears ago, he's suddenly being attacked. What's up with this? Sunsara Taylor will join us to talk about this. She is a writer for  revcom.us and the key initiator of End Pornography and Patriarchy: The Enslavement and Degradation of Women. ****************************** Sit with Colin! Carl Dix wrote at revcom.us: "National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick called it right when he refused to stand up for the national anthem, saying: 'I am not going to stand up to show pride in the flag of a country that oppresses Black people and people of color.'" Carl Dix is a courageous freedom fighter from the 1960s who went on to become a revolutionary fighter and a communist. Dix spent two years in military prison for refusing to fight in the unjust Vietnam War.  He's a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, and a co-founder of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network.  ******************************************* Marshall Crenshaw Guitarist and singer-songwriter Marshall Crenshaw joins us. His musical career began in the early 1980s, when he was seen as a latter-day Buddy Holly. But as someone said, "he soon proved too talented and original to be anyone but himself." As a songwriter, he has written scores of compositions. He is also a talented performer. Last week on the show, fellow guitarist Wayne Kramer noted, "People think of Marshall as a great singer and songwriter, but he's a wicked guitar player. Every time I play with him, I get a guitar lesson."  Friday night, Marshall Crenshaw will be one of the headliners at Rock Out! 3, a benefit for Jail Guitar Doors.  You can watch the interview with Wayne Kramer, legendary guitarist and co-founder of Jail Guitar Doors, below.

Friday, 9/2: The Michael Slate Show: Wayne Kramer of Jail Guitar Doors; Palestinian Theatre Dis-invited in New York; Attacks on Students for Justice in Palestine

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Jail Guitar Doors In 2009, Wayne Kramer partnered with fellow musician Billy Bragg to found Jail Guitar Doors in the US. Its mission is to provide musical instruments and instruction to prisoners. Wayne Kramer and others will be performing in Rock Out! 3, a benefit concert at the Ford Theatre on September 9.  ****************************** Public Theatre in New York Cancels Production  of Palestinian Play Earlier this year, The Public Theatre in New York slammed the door on Palestinian artists. Without explanation, they backed out of an agreement with the Freedom Theatre of Jenin to be a partner in stagingThe Siege. The US Friends of The Jenin Freedom Theatre say they are still determined to bring the play to the US in the next year. There is a history of censorship of works of art that tell the story of the Palestinian people, or expose the towering crimes against humanity of the Israeli Zionist regime. In 2006, a performance of My Name Is Rachel Corrie, directed by the late Alan Rickman, was cancelled by the New York Theatre Workshop. We'll hear from Felice Gelman, from The US Friends of The Jenin Freedom Theatre.   ******************************************* Attacks on Pro-Palestinian Movement on Campuses We'll also speak with Robert Gardner, a UCLA student and member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Earlier this year, he found that posters had been put up around campus that called him and 15 other students "Jew haters" and "terrorist allies." This is part of a major new campaign funded by billionaire Sheldon Adelson to oppose the growing movement on campuses to support the Palestinian people.

Friday, 8/26: The Michael Slate Show: Wendy Graf's "Please Don't Ask About Becket"; " The Other Slavery - Indian Enslavement in America"

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Please Don't Ask About Becket A play about growing up and struggling with the choices the world presents,Wendy Graf's newest work, Please Don't Ask About Becket, follows the lives and relationship in an upper-class Los Angeles family.   Emily and Becket are twins born into a well-off family. Charismatic Becket is loved by all, and Emily is his closest friend. As they become teens, they face turning points that will impact the rest of their lives, and Emily is torn between her continued love for her brother and the need to live her own life.  Please Don't Ask About Becket is compelling drama that draws you in and holds you from the first moment. We'll hear from Wendy Graf, and actors Rachel Seiferth and Hunter Garner.  ******************** In The Other Slavery, The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America,  Andrés Reséndez tells the little-known story of the enslavement of countless native people in the Americas, including the US. This slavery lasted into the 20th Century, and was particularly brutal in California, where whole peoples were enslaved.  The forced labor of native people helped provide the foundation for the US economy. We'll hear excerpts from a longer interview with Andrés Reséndez. The whole interview will be available at TheMichaelSlateShow.com after the show.

Fri., 8/19 - The Michael Slate Show with Joey Johnson, Notorious Flag Burner: Drop the Charges on the RNC 16!

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Drop the charges on Joey Johnson  and the RNC16 now! On July 20, outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Joey Johnson was surrounded by a circle of members of the Revolution Club, who created a safe space for him to burn the American flag. Joey led chants, "1, 2, 3, 4 -- Slavery, Genocide, and War! 5, 6, 7, 8 -- America Was NEVER Great!" The flag went up in flames. This warmed the hearts of people all over the world: a powerful statement that American lives are NOT more important than other people's lives. The system hit back immediately, trying to send the message that this will not be tolerated. As the flag started to burn, police attacked, arresting Joey and 16 others, the RNC 16. They were given serious charges - and the authorities have piled on even more charges, including charging two of the protestors with felonies. We'll hear the latest on all this from Joey Johnson, whose Supreme Court case Texas vs Johnson established flag burning as protected speech. Joey Johnson is a supporter of the Revolutionary Communist Party.

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Dread Scott Revolutionary artist Dread Scott has been creating inspiring, beautiful and provocative works of art for decades. Some of his works, including A MAN WAS LYNCHED BY POLICE YESTERDAY, were recently included in a show called For Freedoms at the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York. He describes it as an updated version of a flag that the NAACP used to hang from their national headquarters in New York whenever someone was lynched, "A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY." In the late 1920s and early '30s they would hang this from their headquarters as part of their anti-lynching campaign. ************************************** Kingdom of Earth This rarely seen, late work of Tennessee Williams is the savage,sexually-charged and brutally funny story of three outcasts trapped in an isolated, once elegant Mississippi farmhouse by an encroaching flood. Written in the late 1960s, its metaphorical and taboo themes of race, gender and human survival are still just as sharp today.  We'll sit down with the three actors, Susan Priver, Daniel Felix de Weldon and Brian Burke. Playing at the Odyssey Theatre.

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Democratic National Convention American Flag Burns at DNC! Carl Dix, Joey Johnson, Revolution Club Declare: "AMERICAN LIVES ARE NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES" Photo: Nicholas Isabella In Philadelphia, Hillary Clinton, flanked by her "diverse" crew of big-time exploiters and dominators, wannabes, and double-dealing, double-talking Democratic hustlers, is trying to lure and lull those who can't stomach Trump to line up behind the "inclusive" banner of a serial war criminal and proven aider and abettor of the mass imprisonment of Black youth! Many have been disgusted and alarmed by the "choice" offered in this election. Thousands have been in the streets.  Carl Dix will talk about who Hillary Clinton is, what it means to have an election where you can choose between a fascist and a war criminal, as well as the two futures that are confronting people. Carl Dix is a representative of the Revolutionary Communist Party, and co-founder, along with Cornel West, of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network.  ---------------------------------------------------------------- Recorded in Hollywood Recorded in Hollywood is the story of John Dolphin's record store, Dolphin's of Hollywood. This was not just a record store with with a DJ or an iconic music gathering place for rebellious teens of all races during a time of segregation. For many people who traveled to the original Central Avenue shop -- sometimes even secretly -- it was home. At the same time, it was hated by the establishment and attacked by the police.  We'll sit down with Producer Lou Spisto, and Author and Producer Jamelle Dolphin. Currently at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.