[caption id="attachment_373213" align="alignnone" width="597"] D.C. Police attempt to hold their ground outside the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. | Image by Blink O'fanaye is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 [1][/caption]
On today's show:
0:08 - We discuss the FBI's investigation into the January 6th capitol rioters with Nick Robins-Early (@nickrobinsearly [2]), a journalist based in New York focused on extremism, tech, and media disinformation and Michael German, a Brennan Center for Justice fellow with their Liberty and National Security Program and former special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
0:33 - Earlier this week, Black Lives Matter protestors have sued the City of Sacramento and Sacramento Police Department for alleged police violence. Tifanei Ressl-Moyer Senior Attorney at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (@lccrsf [3]) and co-counsel representing the case.
0:47 - liz suk (@liz_suk [4]), Executive Director of Oakland Rising joins us to discuss what's at stake with Oakland's redistricting process.
1:08 - We spend our second hour with Fredricka Newton, cofounder of the Huey P. Newton Foundation [5] and widow of the late Black Panther Party co-founder and movement leader, Huey P. Newton.
This interview features archival recordings of various speeches and songs that are listed below:
Part 1:
A speech Huey Newton gave in the 1968 Black Panther Documentary, Huey!
A song, "Give More Power to the People" by the Chi-Lites
Bobby Seale discussing the Panthers' survival programs on CBS News July 31st, 1971
Audio of the Free Huey Rally is also off the 1968 Black Panther Documentary, Huey!
Another song, "Brotha'" by Angie Stone
And a protest song: "Hell You Talmbout" by Janelle Monáe and various members of her Wondaland artist collective
Part 2:
A speech by Huey Newton off the album Huey Newton Speaks, first released in 1970.
"Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown
A call and response led by Huey Newton from the 1971 documentary film, The Murder of Fred Hampton
And the song, “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” by Nina Simone, performed live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1976.
[1] https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
[2] https://twitter.com/nickrobinsearly
[3] https://twitter.com/lccrsf
[4] https://twitter.com/liz_suk
[5] https://hueypnewtonfoundation.org/
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