THE MICHAEL SLATE SHOW

By Anonymous (not verified) , 29 February, 2012
Author
Michael Slate

"Banned Books, Fixed Football Games and Biting Humor"

Tony Diaz, author and organizer, speaks about the Librotraficante
caravan organized to defy the banning of books under Tucson's law ending
the teaching of ethnic studies. Diaz aims to smuggle books and build
underground libraries with the help of his gang of writers.

Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party, talks about the fixing of
football games and the promotion of a low-talent, fundamentalist
christian quarterback.

Keith Knight, political cartoonist, talks about his new book, "Too
Small to Fail," and about the politics and humor of editorial cartooning
and the unique experience of being a young Black cartoonist in a place
like America.