THE MICHAEL SLATE SHOW

By Anonymous (not verified) , 26 September, 2012
Author
Michael Slate

Larry Everest, journalist, Revolution newspaper, and author of Oil, Power & Empire - Iraq and the US Global Agenda, digs into the global forces at work in the Middle East and North Africa - imperialism and Islamic fundamentalism - in order for people to have the background info needed to figure out how to do the right thing in an increasingly dangerous situation.

Sandra Thomas tells the story of her 35-year-old daughter, Alesia Thomas, who was murdered by the LAPD for taking her children to the police station when she could no longer care for them herslef. Sandra asks why her daughter had to be killed instead of given medical help and why the cops have not been charged with murder.

Reg e Gaines, poet, reads his latest poem on the murder of Trayvon Martin last winter in Sanford, Florida.

Alan Blumenfeld & Mark Cecil, Actors, discuss their play "Cherry Docs" and what happens when a smug, liberal, Jewish attorney is appointed to defend an arrogant and whacked-out Neo-Nazi Skinhead
who murdered an Asian immigrant.

In an excerpt from the talk "Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible and What It's All About," Bob Avakian, Bob Chairman, RCP, USA, points out the system's conspiracy to get the cops off every time they brutalize or murder someone.