Seeing Red Radio

Haiti, Melvin Jones III, MLK and Tony Cliff 2.2

seeingredradio — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:46:54 +0000

This week we look at the hidden history of Haiti and the devastation exacted by global capital long before the earthquake struck, juxtaposing Pat Robertson’s hateful words with the “curse” inflicted by the World Bank and others. Also, horrific video is released of a white Springfield, MA police officer beating an African-American man while he was subdued by other officers, we’ll examine the racist legacy of the officer in question and the city’s infamously brutal police department. The last half-hour includes two talks from the Seeing Red archives: Martin Luther King speaking about protest and SWP founder Tony Cliff on the revolutionary party.

Melvin Jones III following the beating by Springfield, MA police officers

Audio montage includes clips from Blackbox Radio, Al Jazeera, Raj Patel, Naomi Klein and Pat Robertson
What You’re Not Hearing about Haiti (But Should Be) by Carl Lindskoog
Obama Received $20 Million from Healthcare Industry in 2008 Campaign by Brad Jacobson
Tea Party Convention Squeezes Fans
Frustrated With Government Lies, Mexican Electricians Declare Wildcat Actions by Kristin Bricker
Savage Police Brutality Revealed by Gary Lapon
Audio of Paul Robeson Interview

Music:
Lafayette Afro-Rock Band – Hihache
Gift of Gab & Lateef – Kalakuta Show
Leadbelly – Bourgeois Blues
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – Stop Payin’ Taxes

Background music from John Zorn, Bad Plus, Utah Philips & Ani DiFranco and others

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Original version broadcast on Thursday, January 14th, 2010 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program length: 59:54

Posted in Broadcasts Tagged: Haiti, MLK Jr., Police Brutality, Tony Cliff

From Marx’s Capital to Capitalism in the 21st Century 2.1

seeingredradio — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:50:10 +0000

Alex Callinicos of the Socialist Workers Party at Marxism 2007 spoke on “From Marx’s Capital to Capitalism in the 21st Century”. This talk and many others can be found on the Resistance MP3 site. Hopefully, this will inspire you to pick up Marx’s master work, and if so, please check out David Harvey’s excellent online resource.

Here’s a link to one of Alex Callinicos’ best books, The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx

Music:
Red Shadow – In the Lobby
Bob Hill (Fred Hellerman) – Pity the Downtrodden Landlord
Dave Lippmann – I Hate Walmart
Ben Folds – Fred Jones Pt. 2
David Rovics – Strike a Blow Against the Empire
Thievery Corporation – The Richest Man in Babylon (G Corp Dub)
Inti-Illimani – El Pueblo Unido
Albino! – Democracy

Background Music by Charlie Hunter, Bonobo, Frankenstein, Crooklyn Dub Consortium, Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips, Beatmakin Troopa and others.

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Original version broadcast on Thursday, January 7th, 2010 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program Length – 59:53

Posted in Broadcasts Tagged: "Capital", Marxism, Marxist Economics

Can Capitalism Solve Climate Change? 12/17/09

seeingredradio — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:43:01 +0000

This edition we feature a talk by Alison Smith of the Socialist Workers Party and summarize the latest from COP 15 in Copenhagen.

The summit that was designed to fail by Nicole Colson

Music:
Mr. Lif – Earthcrusher
Jimi Hendrix – Earth Blues
J.B.’s Internationals – Nature
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – What’s Goin’ On/ Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Bjork – Earth Intruders
David Rovics – Everything Looks the Same

Background music by Tabla Beat Science – Biotech

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Original version broadcast on Thursday, December 17th, 2009 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program Length – 1:01:23

Posted in Broadcasts Tagged: Climate Change, Marxism

Chris Harman Tribute 11/12/09

seeingredradio — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:45:12 +0000

Please excuse the absence. We return with a tribute to the late Chris Harman who passed away in Cairo on the seventh of November, featuring a talk he gave on the Global Financial Crisis at this summer’s Marxism 2009 conference.

Chris Harman’s How Marxism Works

Music:
Joe Glazer – The Giveaway Boys in Washington
Amiri Baraka – Dope
Cobra Skulls – Time and Pressure
Rage Against the Machine – War Within a Breath
Saul Williams & DJ Spooky- The Pledge Remix
The Internationale

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Original version broadcast on Thursday, November 11th, 2009 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program Length – 58:52

Posted in Broadcasts Tagged: Chris Harman, Financial Crisis/Recession

The Russian Revolution Pt. 2 and Eugene V. Debs 11/05/09

seeingredradio — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:33:03 +0000

Thanks to all who helped Valley Free Radio with their kind support last week. This week we continue our discussion of the October Revolution of 1917 with a talk by Mark Steel and mark the 154th anniversary of America’s most famous socialist, Eugene V. Debs.

Music:
Chumbawamba – Pass It Along
Joe Glazer – Old Bolshevik Song
Playing For Change – Talkin’ About a Revolution
Cobra Skulls – Time and Pressure
David Rovics – You Ain’t Done Nothing If You Ain’t Been Called a Red
Utah Philips – Popular Wobbly
Mr. Lif – Welcome to the World

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Original version broadcast on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 8 PM EDT on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program Length – 1:06:35

Posted in Broadcasts Tagged: Eugene Debs, Russian Revolution of 1917

V. I. Lenin: The Russian Revolution Part One 10/15/09

seeingredradio — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:11:41 +0000

In honor of the 92nd anniversary of the Russian Revolution, we present the first in a three part series, beginning with Ian Birchall’s talk, “The Rebel’s Guide to Lenin” from Marxism 2005 and available, along with many other informative talks, at Resistance MP3. For a collection of Ian Birchall’s articles for the IS, check here. Next week, we’ll devote to a talk on another significant participant in those momentous events, Leon Trotsky.

Music:
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Time Come
Leroy Smart & Friends – Sufferation in the Ghetto
Pete Seeger – Eyes on the Prize
Linval Thompson – Mr. Bossman
Rage Against the Machine – Year of Tha Boomerang
Mark Blitzstein & the New Singers – The Internationale

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Original version broadcast on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program Length – 1:04:13

Posted in Broadcasts Tagged: Russian Revolution of 1917, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

G20 in Pittsburgh, Financial Crisis, Joe Hill and John Lennon 10/08/09

seeingredradio — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:36:55 +0000

This week’s edition features moments from Pittsburgh’s G20 Protests, an analysis of what the Bank Bailout could have bought us, bits of audio surrounding the Health Care Reform debate and remembrances of the musical giants, Joe Hill and John Lennon.

Ashley Smith from the International Socialist Organization in Pittsburgh.

“Don’t Pay for a Failed System” by Tony Iltis, from the book, “Meltdown: A Socialist View of the Financial Crisis”
Recession’s Over from Colbert Report
Obama’s Done Nothing from SNL
John Lennon Speech

Music:
Politicians in my Eyes – Death
Joe Hill – Billy Bragg
Working Class Terror – God Leighton
Gimme Some Truth – John Lennon
There’s Power in the Union – Utah Philips
Casey Jones – Pete Seeger
Concrete Jungle – Bob Marley & the Wailers
The Internationale

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Original version broadcast on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program Length – 1:06:53

Posted in Broadcasts Tagged: Financial Crisis, G20, Joe Hill, John Lennon

October’s Release from the Archive

seeingredradio — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:26:27 +0000

A show slightly dated by the Bush references, but the new regime that pilots America’s Imperial Juggernaut has barely altered course. It includes sections of a Noam Chomsky talk we’ve played before (sorry for the repetition), as well as Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Malcolm X and music by the likes of Billy Bragg, Utah Philips, Saul Williams, Masada, DJ Spooky, Fela Kuti and others.

Music:
Marching Song of the Covert Battalions – Billy Bragg
Pledge of Resistance – Saul Williams
World Turned Upside Down – Billy Bragg
VIP – Fela Kuti
to name a few…

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Original version broadcast on Thursday, July 24th, 2008 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program Length – 57:52

Posted in Broadcasts Tagged: Howard Zinn, Malcolm X, Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky

The US Constitution and the Rebellion that Shaped It, Pt. 1 9/17/09

seeingredradio — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:56:51 +0000

Stepping back into local history, this edition of SRR examines the US Constitution and the rebellion that woke up the Founding Fathers; Shay’s Rebellion, which took place in the hills and valleys of Western Massachusetts. We include excerpts of talks by Howard Zinn and Michael Parenti.

Toward an American Revolution: Exposing the Constitution and other Illusions by Jerry Fresia

Music:
Who is This America? – Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Down on Penny’s Farm – The Bently Boys
Excuse Me Mr. – Ben Harper
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy – David Rovics
Take Back the Power – Asian Dub Foundation

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Original version broadcast on Thursday, September 17th, 2009 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program Length – 1:13:47

Posted in Broadcasts Tagged: Shay's Rebellion, US Constitution

The Roots of Capitalist Crisis and Early American Class Struggle 09/03/09

seeingredradio — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0000

In this edition of Seeing Red, we feature another talk from the site Resistance MP3’s on the rate of profit and the roots of Capitalist crisis by former SWP member, Rob Hoveman. We include a short segment of Howard Zinn speaking of class struggle in colonial America. Finally, we conclude with a look back on this day in Revolutionary History.

Music:
We Will Stop You – ZSK
The Politics of Sneaker Pimps – Public Enemy
The Ghost of Tom Joad – Junip

Additional background music by Maceo & the Macks, RJD2, Destroy Babylon, DJ Spooky & Mr. Scruff.

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Original version broadcast on Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program Length – 1:06:36

Posted in Broadcasts Tagged: Day in Revolutionary History, Marxist Economics, Socialism