Che on My Mind

Che on My Mind is an impressionistic look at the life, death, and legacy of Che Guevara by the renowned feminist poet and activist Margaret Randall. Recalling an era and this figure, she writes, "I am old enough to remember the world in which [Che] lived. I was part of that world, and it remains a part of me." Randall participated in the Mexican student movement of 1968 and eventually was forced to leave the country. She arrived in Cuba in 1969, less than two years after Che's death, and lived there until 1980. She became friends with several of Che's family members, friends, and compatriots. In Che on My Mind she reflects on his relationships with his family and fellow insurgents, including Fidel Castro. She is deeply admiring of Che's integrity and charisma and frank about what she sees as his strategic errors. Randall concludes by reflecting on the inspiration and lessons that Che's struggles might offer early twenty-first-century social justice activists and freedom fighters.

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Mad Bomber Melville by Leslie James Pickering

A white, working-class revolutionary, Sam Melville’s guerrilla bombings set in motion a flood of armed radical actions across the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Once imprisoned, Melville became a key organizer and a crucial element of the notorious Attica prison riots, uniting prisoners across racial barriers and making the ultimate sacrifice for revolutionary change. Tracing his short life and rapid political development, this book highlights a much-needed example of an undying and uncompromising struggle for justice and liberation.

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The Last Days of John Lennon

The greatest true-crime story in music history, as only James Patterson can tell it.

With the Beatles, John Lennon surpasses his youthful dreams, achieving a level of superstardom that defies classification. “We were the best bloody band there was,” he says. “There was nobody to touch us.” Nobody except the original nowhere man, Mark David Chapman. Chapman once worshipped his idols from afar—but now harbors grudges against those, like Lennon, whom he feels betrayed him. He’s convinced Lennon has misled fans with his message of hope and peace. And Chapman’s not staying away any longer.

By the summer of 1980, Lennon is recording new music for the first time in years, energized and ready for it to be “(Just Like) Starting Over.” He can’t wait to show the world what he will do.

Neither can Chapman, who quits his security job and boards a flight to New York, a handgun and bullets stowed in his luggage.

The greatest true-crime story in music history, as only James Patterson can tell it. Enriched by exclusive interviews with Lennon’s friends and associates, including Paul McCartney, The Last Days of John Lennon is the thrilling true story of two men who changed history: One whose indelible songs enliven our world to this day—and the other who ended the beautiful music with five pulls of a trigger.

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Ted Rubenstein : Inside Info on Larry Flynt , Mich Werbell & More

Ted Rubenstein returns to discuss his work for Flynt Publications, Larry Flynt, Mitch Werbell, Mae Brussells & Gordon Novell

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Guerrilla USA: The George Jackson Brigade and the Anticapitalist Underground of the 1970s

“We are cozy cuddly/armed and dangerous/and we will/raze the fucking prisons/to the ground.” In an attempt to deliver on this promise, the George Jackson Brigade launched a violent three-year campaign in the mid-1970s against corporate and state institutions in the Pacific Northwest. This campaign, conceived by a group of blacks and whites, both straight and gay, claimed fourteen bombings, as many bank robberies, and a jailbreak. Drawing on extensive interviews with surviving members of the George Jackson Brigade, Guerrilla USA provides an inside-out perspective on the social movements of the 1970s, revealing the whole era in a new and more complex light. It is also a compelling exploration of the true nature of crime and a provocative meditation on the tension between self-restraint and anger in the process of social change.

Guerrilla USA: The Georg

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Tim Tate – Interesting Films

Ed is joined by the founder of Interesting Films, Tim Tate.

In an interview covering many topics – notably Conspiracy of Silence and Children Of The Master Race. Discussions include the Nazi scheme of WW2, Jimmy Savile, The Yorkshire Ripper, Ingrid von Oelhafen, the BBC scandal, Jeffrey Epstein & Prince Andrew, Satanic Ritual Abuse and much more - the whole wide gamut of his work and research.

He talks of censorship and difficulties getting research out there, of how the messenger is targetted and not the object of the story. He also talks in depth about the tragic case of Troy Bonner.

BACKGROUND

Mr Tate’s work has been seen and commissioned by all major British television, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 networks – as well as the Discovery Channel, A&E Networks & Al Jazeera International.

Several of these films have won awards, including honours from: Amnesty International, Royal Television Society, New York Festivals, National Academy of Cable Broadcasting (US), UNESCO, Association for International Broadcasting and International Documentary Association.

Book Links : Hitler’s Forgotten Children, The Yorkshire Ripper – The secret murders,

Website: Interesting Films Personal Site

Twitter: Tim Tate
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Hank Harrison : Soaked in Bleach

Hank Harrison , father of courtney Love shares his opinions about the documentary Film Soaked In Bleach

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JJ Mazzucotelli

Ed Opperman is joined by JJ Mazzucotelli who had filed a story about the Reno Police Department recruiting and using armed militia to police the streets. Obviously such people are not bound by the same rules and regulations as standard, authorised and oathed Officers. It would appear they are not bound to the same consequences for their actions, either.

Twitter: JJ Mazzucotelli

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Daniel Zupansky - Trophy Kill: the Shall We Dance Murder. The Trial and Revelations of a Psychopathic Killer

On July 1st, 2003 Susan Sarandon called police from the set of the Miramax movie Shall We Dance to report the theft of some of her jewelry, including a gold necklace. The next day Sidney Teerhuis calmly walked into a police station to report waking from a drunken blackout to find his acquantance dead in the bathtub. At the rented room police found the victim dismembered, beheaded, sawn in half, disemboweled and castrated with the chest sliced open and all of the internal organs gone! One eye had been removed and the body posed, crudely reassembled. Susan Sarandon's stolen gold necklace was found a few feet away from the murder-horror spectacle. Obsessed with celebrity, his role models-serial killers, with Susan Sarandon's stolen jewelry, Sidney hatches a diabolical plan to achieve his ultimate fantasy...

Daniel Zupansky is the host and producer of True Murder-The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History and author of Trophy Kill-The Shall We Dance Murder-The Trial and Revelations of a Psychopathic Killer.

Book : Trophy Kill: The Shall We Dance Murder

Facebook : Daniel Zupansky

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Harry Freedman - Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius

Ed is joined by Harry Freedman, who has spent the last few years looking at the work of legendary singer/song writer and poet Leonard Cohen.

Mr Freedman tells Ed how he uncovered the spiritual traditions that lie behind Leonard Cohen's profound and unmistakable lyrics. Cohen himself was deeply learned in Judaism and Christianity, the spiritual traditions that underpinned his self-identity and the way he made sense of the world.

It is a voyage into the allusions, allegorical structures and theosophical imagery Cohen put together so well in his work which is both profound and eternal.

Book: Mystical Roots of Genius

Website : Harry Freedman

Cohen Websites: Leonard Cohen

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