Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 03-28-24



12 AM

For the Record with David Emory

Daves wraps up his (archival) interview with Peter Levenda, author of Hitler’s Legacy, about the incorporation of Nazis and Nazism into the military, espionage and other apparatuses of the national security state of the US and NATO after the end of World War II.



1 AM

Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate’

Programmed to Kill

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the worst terrorist attack in Moscow in two decades, and who or what could be behind it. They will then cover the latest from Gaza, where famine looms as Israel finds itself in a military and political boondoggle. They will also discuss Jeremy Loffredo's shocking video on the grassroots Israeli aid blockade, and Hekmat Aboukhater's undercover report exposing the anti-Syria lobby's latest push in Congress.



2 AM

The Final Straw Radio

Hani Almadhoun on Conditions in Gaza

First up, a conversation with Hani Almadhoun, a Palestinian-American journalist from Gaza and living in Virginia. Mr Almadhoun is also Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA, an independent charity to support the UN organization by the same name. In the chat, he speaks about conditions generally and for his family specifically in Gaza as well as the soup kitchen that his brother founded in north Gaza (https://www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-gaza-daily , on Instagram at @GazaSoupKitchen ).

Hani Almadoun on:

Instagram: @myhanitizer

Facebook: @alkabeer.alhani

Jay Ward Struggles To Be Released

Then, you’ll hear from James "Jay" Ward, a long-time abolitionist who has been incarcerated in Ohio for over half his life, since he was 15. Over the years, he has participated in the national prison strike of 2018, various hunger strikes, and other movements against the abuse and mistreatment of incarcerated people.

One of his major political goals is to educate the public about the struggles he and other prisoners face to create systemic change. Without a sentence reduction, Jay will likely spend the next 25 years in prison as well. Jay is currently raising funds to pursue post-conviction relief so that he can reunite with friends and family and begin a new life on the outside. Despite Jays best efforts, he was not able to visit his mother before she died of an illness in 2022. He would like the chance to spend time with his father, who is also in poor health, before he passes.



Jay's links:

GoFundMe link is here: https://gofund.me/60f1291b

His ID # is A517461 for those who want to connect via GettingOut.

Twitter / X: @DecarcerateUS

His mailing address is:

James Ward

A571461

P.O. Box 788

Mansfield, OH 44901



3 AM

Out-FM with John Riley, Stahamili Mapp and others from sister station WBAI

TRIBUTE TO JOAN GIBBS, BLACK LESBIAN MOVEMENT GIANT


Tribute to Joan Gibbs (1953-2024), Black Lesbian Attorney, Activist and Movement Giant


On Tuesday, March 26, Out-FM will present a tribute to the late Black /African-American lesbian leader and lifelong human rights stalwart, Joan Gibbs, who passed on March 14 at age 71. Joan was a brilliant strategic thinker and doer who was a forerunner of the intersectional action that’s now widely considered essential to progressive social change. We will hear several voices explaining her monumental significance to multiple movements. We will also hear Joan talk about her own history

and her views on the activist groups in which she played key roles. This will include her reflections on:

the importance of the late 70s/early 80s group DARE (Dykes Against acism Everywhere), which she co-founded and which, as she explained, fought both racism in the lesbian/gay movement and homophobia in the Black movement.

her representation of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) members at protests and in courtrooms. She considered ACT UP “one of the best expressions of progressive politics in its practice that has existed since the Civil Rights Movement.”


Joan was also an occasional contributing producer to Out-FM and a dear friend whom we miss tremendously. Joan Gibbs, Presente!

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Just a few highlights of Joan's long and illustrious career (thanks to Rosemari Mealy, Karen D. Taylor, and other colleagues for this information):


Over the years Joan Gibbs worked at the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and for 28 years was general counsel for the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College. In the

1970s, she was a key member of the National Lawyers Guild’s Grand Jury Project defending activists against intense grand jury abuse. Later, she became a leader in the National Conference of Black Lawyers and was co-chair of the Brecht Forum (sponsor of leftist educational and organizing events and courses) during the 2000s-2010s.


She not only litigated cases involving gender and racial justice, she represented organizations and political activists such as ACT UP (the overwhelmingly queer AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and Black Liberation leader Herman Ferguson. As an independent attorney, she also represented former members of the Black Panther Party such as Sundiata Acoli (co-defendant of Assata Shakur) in their efforts to overturn unjust convictions. In the 1990s, she played a key role in the legal and

political defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal, at a time he was facing execution.


Look for an announcement later about plans for a memorial in May.


Send messages of condolence to the family c/o: Maferefun (Mafe) Lavezzari, 487 Lincoln Place-Apt. 1D, Brooklyn, NY 11238



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Thom’s earlier live broadcast of his non-commercial version from 3/27/24