Dr. Vanessa Liles, Co-Project Director at PT Partners and Education Consultant speaks about the powerful work she and members of the PT Barnum neighborhood in Bridgeport are engaged in, organizing against racism, oppression, and for self-determination, and the work they're doing to keep each other safe during the Coronavirus pandemic.

For more on PT Partners and to support their work:

https://www.facebook.com/PTBarnumapartments/

E-mail: [email protected]

* Democrats Fail to Fight For Working Families in Coronavirus Emergency Funding Bills David Sirota, political commentator, columnist, former advisor to Bernie Sanders presidential campaign Producer: Scott Harris;

* White Supremacist and Right Wing Extremist Groups Exploit Pandemic to Disseminate Hate & Violence Kevin E Grisham, PhD., Asst Dir Research, Assoc Prof of Global Studies at Cntr for Study of Hate & Extremism Producer: Scott Harris;

* Mutual Aid Organizing Responds to Coronavirus Pandemic Anthony Barroso, a member of the Semilla Collective Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor of economics at St. Mary's College, explains how the neoliberal economic model made the US a sitting duck for an all-systems collapse. Access his commentary at www.jackrasmus.com.

Interview by Richard Hill

Tune into Band Central Radio's podcast - first heard on WPKN Independent Community Radio 89.5 FM with hosts Andy Kadison, Rob Fried and our incredible guest Juanita T. James of Fairfield County's Community Foundation. Join us for this discussion on COVID-19 and the impactful ways many community organizations are responding.

Apollo 13 LMP Fred Haise discusses his discusses the service module explosion & perilous flight of Apollo 13

Music:

Beginning: "A Piece of Space History", Andy Poniros

End: "2001 Funk", Lary Benigno

JFK audio clip of Rice University speech is from national archives

Stanley Heller of Promoting Enduring Peace and The Struggle Video News speaks about the upcoming Gandhi Peace Awards, the April 25th CT Climate Crisis Mobilization #CT4ClimateJustice virtual rally, recent prison protests, and the digital release of Stan's book, Zionist Betrayal of Jews: from Herzl to Netanyahu.

For more info on the Gandhi Peace Awards:

www.pepeace.org

For more info on Stan's book:

www.thestruggle.org

For more info on the CT Climate Crisis Mobilization:

https://www.facebook.com/CTClimateCrisisMobilization/

And to join the Twitter actions on the 25th, tweet to CT elected officials using the hashtag, #CT4ClimateJustice.

Angel Terri Domech, the great Cuban conga drummer, toured the world for many years with the Buena Vista Social Club and now performs with the Tropicana Cabaret in Havana.

I spoke with Angel in the sitting room at my casa particular on Calle Barcelona (Havana centro) on Feb. 19. Portions of the interview are in Spanish.

Special thanks to David Oquendo for his help to make this interview possible.

Interview by Richard Hill.

Music intro: Septeto Habanero

Outro: Los Munequitos de Matanzas

Musical insert: Grupo Afro Cuba

* Trump & GOP Governor’s Move to Re-Open the US Economy Will Trigger New Wave of Infections and Death Michael A. Carome, M.D., Director, Public Citizen’s Health Research Group Producer: Scott Harris

* Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Lawsuit Seeks to Free At-Risk Immigrant Inmates from Massachusetts Prison Aseem Mehta, a 3rd-year Yale Law School student & intern with Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic Producer: Melinda Tuhus

* In Post-Pandemic Economy Labor Unions Will Face Both Dangers and Opportunities Alexandra Bradbury, Editor and Co-director of Labor Notes magazine Producer: Scott Harris

The New York Times wrote, “His work has influenced Brian Eno and other musicians associated with the rock world… Pitches scrape against other pitches like a speeding automobile sideswiping a row of parked cars. Sum and difference tones pile up until they sound like an orchestra of strings or an immense chorus of voices. So much is going on that one finds oneself listening first to one level of detail, then to another, and only gradually learning to hear everything at once.” In Part 2 we also listen to two of his compositions spanning forty years.

Intermedia artist Phill Niblock discusses his early years in NY and the beginnings of his art making at Judson Church and the founding of the Experimental Intermedia Foundation by Elaine Summers. Phill discusses his thick, loud drones and microtones as we listen to Feed Corn Ear and Hurdy Hurry. He says, “What I am doing with my music is to produce something without rhythm or melody, by using many microtones that cause movements very, very slowly.”