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January 16, 2004
Talkin' Politics
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- youth news;
excerpts from a local anti-war, anti-RNC rally in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr;- organizers from the People's Primary starting today in New Hampshire;
- listener calls on the topic of the Republican National Convention (RNC), which is scheduled to take place in NYC in September. (We had planned to bring on activists from RNC Not Welcome, but that didn't work out)
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January 09, 2004
Policing the Police
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- youth news;
- a discussion about how various coalitions are working to hold the NYPD accountable through community involvement and demilitarization. Including guests from the Interfaith Coalition for Neighborhood-Police Partnerships, the Justice Coalition for Alberta Spruill and Ousmane Zongo, and the Campaign to Demilitarize the Police. The interview also previews an upcoming forum on police accountability in Harlem on January 15.
- a reportback from Big Jim of the Long Island Freespace on the New Labor Convergence that took place this week -- addressing issues youth and immigrant workers are facing in NYC;
- a brief preview of an MLK anti-war, anti-Bush, anti-occupation rally on January 15, with Nellie Bailey of the Harlem Tenants Council on the phone to explain the logistics.
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January 02, 2004
Urban Word, DRUM, and Families for Freedom
On this edition of Rise Up Radio:- youth slammers from Urban Word;
- DRUM on the wrongful detention of student Oladokun Sulaiman;
- Aarti Shahani from Families for Freedom, on the wrongful detention of Juan Jimenez.
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