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Explore the gripping events of the Trial of the Chicago 7, where prominent activist leaders faced prison time under a new federal anti-riot law. This trial followed the violent clashes between anti-war demonstrators and police at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Discover who the Chicago 7 were, including key figures like Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Thomas Hayden, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, Lee Weiner, John Froines, and Bobby Seale, and learn about their respective movements and roles in this historical event. #TrialoftheChicago7 #1968DemocraticNationalConvention #anti-wardemonstrators #federalanti-riotlaw #AbbieHoffman #JerryRubin #YouthInternationalParty #Yippies #ThomasHayden #RennieDavis #StudentsforaDemocraticSociety #DavidDellinger #NationalMobilizationCommittee #VietnamWar #LeeWeiner #JohnFroines #BobbySeale #BlackPanthers #WeirdHistory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2021, the year in review: Gary Younge on the Insurrection: what was the plan? Mike Davis on the Pandemic: beware of talk about "light at the end of the tunnel" Rick Perlstein on the Republicans' 40-year campaign to ban abortion. plus: we remember Rennie Davis- he died in February.

2021, the year in review: Gary Younge on the Insurrection: what was the plan? Mike Davis on the Pandemic: beware of talk about "light at the end of the tunnel" Rick Perlstein on the Republicans' 40-year campaign to ban abortion. plus: we remember Rennie Davis- he died in February.

For our last podcast of 2021, we want to remember two people who died in the past year, and listen again to our interviews with them. Rennie Davis was probably the New Left's most talented organizer, best known for the trial of the Chicago 7. He died on February 2 at his home outside Boulder, Colorado. He was 80. We spoke at an event for The Nation magazine in October, 2020.Also: Joan Didion died December 23—she was 87. She wrote personal essays about California in the sixties and seventies, collected in books like Slouching Toward Bethlehem and The White Album, and then about politics and history, especially her reports in Salvador and Miami. We spoke in October, 2003, at KPFK in Los Angeles, when her book about her family's California, Where I was From had just been published.Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On today's episode of T&S, we mourn the deaths of Rennie Davis and Johnny Pacheco and remember what they did throughout their lifetime. We also learn that SAG is now opening its doors to online influencers. We'll take a look at how the Australian Open went as well as Valentine's Day! To finish off, we go into the new variants of COVID-19. Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talksnsips/ https://www.instagram.com/cecy.encizo/ https://www.instagram.com/jayfoxx__/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Talks-Sips-105205538366787 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalksNSips TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talksnsips?lang=en * For the list of our resource links please visit: talksnsips.com/reminiscing-and-moving-forward * --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tem início em 24 de setembro de 1969 o julgamento conhecido como “Chicago Seven" (Os Sete de Chicago), diante do juiz Julius Hoffman. Os defensores, entre eles David Dellinger, do Comitê Nacional de Mobilização pelo Fim da Guerra no Vietnã (MOBE); Rennie Davis e Tom Hayden, do MOBE e Estudantes por uma Sociedade Democrática (SDS); e Jerry Rubin e Abbie Hoffman, do Partido Internacional da Juventude (Yippies), foram acusados de conspiração para incitar um distúrbio na Convenção do Partido Democrata, em 1968.Veja a matéria completa em: https://operamundi.uol.com.br/historia/37963/hoje-na-historia-1969-julgamento-condena-os-sete-de-chicago-por-conspiracao----Quer contribuir com Opera Mundi via PIX? Nossa chave é apoie@operamundi.com.br (Razão Social: Última Instancia Editorial Ltda.). Desde já agradecemos!Assinatura solidária: www.operamundi.com.br/apoio★ Support this podcast ★

RADICAL LOVE - featuring Eleanora Kennedy, widow of legendary counterculture lawyer Michael Kennedy (Episode 14). In the newest edition of Cannthropology, host Bobby Black speaks with Eleanora Kennedy, the widow of legendary civil rights lawyer Michael Kennedy. Over the course of his long, controversial career, Kennedy represented and assisted many counterculture icons, including labor leaders Cesar Chaves and Dolores Huerta, Black Panthers founder Huey Newton, Weather Underground leaders Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, the Chicago 8's Rennie Davis, Brotherhood of Eternal Love founder Michael Randall, LSD guru Timothy Leary, and High Times founder Tom Forcade, from whom he essentially inherited the magazine after Forcade's suicide in 1978. As part owners of High Times, the Kennedys were responsible for protecting the magazine legally and overseeing its success for three decades, until Kennedy's death in 2016. Now, their life, love, and legacy are the subject of a new short documentary film from The New Yorker entitled Radical Love by Orange Sunshine director William Kirkley. 

In the newest edition of Cannthropology, host Bobby Black speaks with Eleanora Kennedy, the widow of legendary civil rights lawyer Michael Kennedy. Over the course of his long, controversial career, Kennedy represented and assisted many counterculture icons, including labor leaders Cesar Chaves and Dolores Huerta, Black Panthers founder Huey Newton, Weather Underground leaders Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, the Chicago 8's Rennie Davis, Brotherhood of Eternal Love founder Michael Randall, LSD guru Timothy Leary, and High Times founder Tom Forcade, from whom he essentially inherited the magazine after Forcade's suicide in 1978. As part owners of High Times, the Kennedys were responsible for protecting the magazine legally and overseeing its success for three decades, until Kennedy's death in 2016. Now, their life, love, and legacy are the subject of a new short documentary film from The New Yorker entitled Radical Love by Orange Sunshine director William Kirkley. The World of Cannabis Museum Project presents: Cannthropology—the potcast that explores the history of cannabis culture one artifact and interview at a time. Hosted by World of Cannabis executive director and marijuana media icon Bobby Black. In each episode, Bobby chooses a different item(s) from the museum's collection of around 500 rare antiques, artifacts, and artworks, and welcomes a different guest to help him explore the item's significance and place in cannabis history. Read our Cannthropology blog at worldofcannabis.museum/cannthropology and in our official media partner Leaf Magazine. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast, please contact us at cannthropology@gmail.com. SHOW LINKS Website: worldofcannabis.museum Facebook: Cannthropology, WOCMuseum, BobbyBlack420 Instagram: Cannthropology, worldofcannabis.museum, BobbyBlack420 Twitter: Cannthropology, WOCMuseum, @bobbyblack YouTube: WorldofCannabis, TheInfamousBobbyBlack Hashtags: #Cannthropology, #worldofcannabismuseum, #worldofcannabis #wocmuseum GUEST LINKS Website: Tribeca Film Festival - Radical Love, Radical Love Trailer Instagram: @contessaek Hashtags: #radicallovefilm #weatherunderground #hightimes #tribecafilmfestival The World of Cannabis Museum will showcase the influence of cannabis in art, music, film, news, medicine, and politics throughout the past century. From the early days of prohibition and "reefer madness," to its modern-day mainstream momentum and everything in between: from the legendary growers and breeders who created and propagated all of the iconic strains, to the smugglers who distributed them across the globe; from the activists who have fought for legalization, to the celebrities who have embraced it; from America's headshops to Amsterdam's coffeeshops; from the counterculture of the 1960s, the excesses of the '70s, and the Drug War hysteria of the '80s, to the rise of medical marijuana in the '90s and the march toward legalization and mainstream acceptance in the new millennium—all of this and more we plan to explore in this unprecedented exhibition. Coming soon! © World of Cannabis and Cannthropology are registered trademarks of Velleman Beheer B.V. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cannthropology/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cannthropology/support

In a rare opportunity to learn about the filmmaking process, we bring you an exclusive Q&A with the executive producer of Oscar-nominated Netflix movie The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).Aiysha Jebali sits down with film producer Ryan Donnell Smith to find out what exactly a movie producer does and how to become one on big budget films like his.Have you ever wondered:Why are so many movies filmed in Atlanta, Georgia? What are the tax benefits for filmmakers shooting in Georgia? What are the different types of film producers?What does a line producer do?How do I become a movie producer?We cover all this and more as we discuss the business of filmmaking with the executive producer of Academy Award-winning director Aaron Sorkin's Netflix film.Winner of a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) tells the true story of the trial against civil rights activists and anti-Vietnam war protestors in 1969. This group of individuals all  protested against the Vietnam War at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Their main charge was conspiracy to incite a riot, even though most of the accused were, in fact, not connected previously.A monumental and politically-charged trial took place under President Nixon's presidency and is remembered for the farce it became. The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Tom Hayden, Alex Sharp as Rennie Davis, Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman, Jeremy Strong as Jerry Rubin, John Carol Lynch as David Dellinger, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Bobby Seale, Ben Sherman as Leonard Weinglass, Mark Rylance as William Kunstler, Danny Flaherty as John Froines, Noah Robbins as Lee Weiner and Frank Langella as Judge Julius Hoffman.Presenter: Aiysha JebaliVideo Editor: Millie HaywardSecond Editor, Visual Effects & Artwork: Richard WilliamsAudio Podcast Editor: Danny Morrison (COMING SOON)Transcription by: Nicole MitchellImage of Ryan Donnell Smith: The Riker BrothersStills courtesy of Netflix / Persona PR

The New Humanity With Donald J. Trump the President of the United States, fear and divide is enveloping the country like the new normal that follows a great seismic shift. Watching the news, you can see for yourself. One segment of America seems gleefully empowered while another feels the urgent imperative to push back hard https://selfdiscoverymedia.com/2017/12/23/rennie-davis-shows/

The New Humanity is a treasure for today's emerging movement and Protest Nation. Delivering inspiration and know-how for building a movement, Chicago 7 legend Rennie Davis, one of America's most experienced movement leaders, brings you a roadmap for how to change the world today. Buy book here. https://selfdiscoverymedia.com/2017/12/23/rennie-davis-shows/

In this special episode, host and narrator Krista Smith presents conversations with three individuals intimately acquainted with the events surrounding “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and its aftermath. They include actor Troy Garity, the son of Tom Hayden (played in the film by Eddie Redmayne) who was a leader of the Students for a Democratic Society and later became an effective and highly respected California Senator and prolific author. And two of the actual defendants in the trial: Rennie Davis and Lee Weiner. Davis, also a leader in the SDS, and considered by many to be the greatest organizer of his generation, was a prominent figure in the antiwar movement. Sadly, Davis passed away earlier this year. Weiner, a community activist who served as a marshal with the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (Hayden and Davis were also co-directors of MOBE alongside David Dellinger), published his political memoir “Conspiracy to Riot” last year. Each of these individuals shared their feelings about the film, their reflections on the time, and what life looked like following the trial.

Warning: Explicit Conversations About Politics, Culture, & Sexuality It's Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, Ballentine's Day (ok, Capt'n Max made that one up), Chinese New Year, National Tortellini Day, Single Awareness Day (a listener tells us about that one) and World Bonobo Day (#GoBonobos!) 2021, and we celebrate them all, especially LUPERCALIA, the original pagan Valentine's Day that marks the coming of Spring with the race of hormones, the howl of the wolf, the sensual, consensual sting of the whip and the lusty, fun-filled blessings of Pan, the horned, horny, mischievous and ecosexual god of the wild. Here in Bonoboville, we've celebrated the Lupercal, V-Day and all the High Holidays of Love with a fabulous flogging festival, Commedia Erotica reenactments, live music and a wild bacchanalian orgy of orgies for over 10 years. But it's 2021, and we're still making our masked and physically-distanced way through the treacherous Coronapocalypse, so it's just my #1 Valentine and me (plus able engineer Unscene Abe), broadcasting this special, heartfelt episode of F.D.R. (F*ck Da Rich) radio, featuring one of the greatest stories hardly ever told, the primeval tale of the Lupercal. We also say R.I.P. to Hustler publisher, Free Speech fighter and “interracial” porn pioneer, Larry Flynt, as well as Chicago 8 (and 7) antiwar activist Rennie Davis, and we roll our collective eyes over the “Gutless Offensive Pathetic” (GOP) refusal to convict twice-impeached Capitol Riot-inciter and all around a-hole, Donald J. Trumpty Dumpty. Not that we expected him to be found guilty by a “jury” of many who are also guilty. But first our F.D.R. Love Train takes the time warp through the Italian countryside just outside of Rome, and we venture into the deep dark womb-like cave of the Lupercal, where the ancient Holiday of the Heart was born… Can't get enough of V-Day's amazing origin story? Read more and check out the hot pix and videos: https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-valentine-lupercalia  Need to talk PRIVATELY about something you can't talk about with anyone else? You can talk with us… Call the Therapists Without Borders of the Dr. Susan Block Institute anytime: 213.291.9497. For more information, visit https://drsusanblockinstitute.com/phone-sex-therapy  We're here for YOU.

We talk with the chairperson of a Colorado Springs citizen commission that's examining policing: from racial bias to crisis response to use of force. Then, assessing Colorado's special needs parole law. Also, we remember anti-war and civil rights champion Rennie Davis. Plus, Colorado native Tia Fuller brings her love of jazz to Pixar's new movie, "Soul."

We talk with the chairperson of a Colorado Springs citizen commission that’s examining policing: from racial bias to crisis response to use of force. Then, assessing Colorado’s special needs parole law. Also, we remember anti-war and civil rights champion Rennie Davis.

An interview with the late Rennie Davis an activist of our times. The New Humanity is a treasure for today's emerging movement and Protest Nation. Delivering inspiration and know-how for building a movement, Chicago 7 legend Rennie Davis, one of America's most experienced movement leaders, brings you a roadmap for how to change the world today. Buy book here. the late wonderful Rennie Davies. https://selfdiscoverymedia.com/2017/04/12/eco-17-16-a-new-way-of-living-with-rennie-davies/

Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill: Harold Meyerson says he won't reduce it. Also: the Republicans, and the impeachment. Plus: Biden and Black America: Barbara Ransby comments. And Ella Taylor reviews "Dear Comrades!", the Russian film about a massacre of striking workers in Russia in 1962. Finally, we remember Rennie Davis -- he died on Feb. 2.

Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill: Harold Meyerson says he won't reduce it. Also: the Republicans, and the impeachment. Plus: Biden and Black America: Barbara Ransby comments. And Ella Taylor reviews "Dear Comrades!", the Russian film about a massacre of striking workers in Russia in 1962. Finally, we remember Rennie Davis -- he died on Feb. 2.

In the first segment of this week's Marc Steiner Show, we discuss how the left can make its voice heard in the incoming Biden administration with Bill Fletcher, a racial justice, labor, and international activist and author of numerous books, including "They're Bankrupting Us!", and organizer and activist Shana East, a member of the Coordinating Committee for the Illinois Poor People's Campaign and the founder of the grassroots campaign Illinois for Bernie. In the second segment, we talk to Rennie Davis, one of the members of the Chicago 7 and the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, about "The Trial of the Chicago 7," recently released on Netflix. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.

In the first segment of this week's Marc Steiner Show, we discuss how the left can make its voice heard in the incoming Biden administration with Bill Fletcher, a racial justice, labor, and international activist and author of numerous books, including "They're Bankrupting Us!", and organizer and activist Shana East, a member of the Coordinating Committee for the Illinois Poor People's Campaign and the founder of the grassroots campaign Illinois for Bernie.In the second segment, we talk to Rennie Davis, one of the members of the Chicago 7 and the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, about "The Trial of the Chicago 7," recently released on Netflix.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.

Chicago 7 Rennie Davis tells Dr. Marissa the truth about 1969 Have you watched the Netflix special The Trial of the Chicago 7? The film is based on the infamous 1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the countercultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Well my guest today is Rennie Davis, one of the 7 who will separate fact and fiction about what really happened! Episode sponsored by www.BestYou.Co

Well there's no better time to talk about Peace, Hope and Love in Action during this fluxed up time! So today Live in my Zoom studio is one of the Chicago 7 Peace Activists Rennie Davis, his partner Kirsten Liegmann who are spearheading an event called www.Hope1111.com and Tzadik Rosenberg - Greenberg, a Global visionary leader who has gotten me involved in Whole Person Activation events that started 10-10-20 that included a prayer in Chinese from yours truly and an Opening Prayer by MBB and talk by Dr. Deepak Chopra, and continues with a Love-In-Action segment in the 11-11-20 Whole Person Unification. Episode sponsored by www.BestYou.Co and www.SpiritAwakening.Org

Based on a true story, a group of eight defendants, charged with the conspiracy to incite violence during the 1968 Democratic Convention, fought their way to help change the system and to show that the government of the United States is much more biased than we believe it is. The eight defendants were Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin (head of the Youth International Party, better known as the Yippies), David Dellinger (leading part in the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam), Tom Hayden and John Froines (part of the organization ("Students for a Democratic Society"), Lee Weiner (also part of the Students for a Democratic Society), Rennie Davis (notable anti-war activist), and Bobby Seale (the head of the Black Panthers). These men helped to change the court and highlight how biased the government really is. This video is all about Black Lives Matter and the injustice in our law enforcement system then and now. I really go off the whole time and there are definitely some times where I recompose myself but this video is so special to me because it's way I can share my voice and my encouragement to be proactive and to make a change. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kilig-in-circumstances/support

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (on Amazon Prime) is a sequel to 2006's Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Sacha Baron Cohen returns as the titular character. And: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (on Netflix) is Aaron Sorkin's film depiction of the 1969 trial of Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale. Here, Baron Cohen plays Hoffman. Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take: Pioneering drummer Viola Smith has died, aged 107The original 'hep girl' played a big part in the acceptance of female musicians Jerry Jeff Walker, a Trailblazer of the Cosmic Cowboy Sound, Passes Away at 78The country icon was, as fellow musician Lucinda Williams put it, an "American treasure." Mutiny! Prince Andrew 'could be sacked' as Commodore of Britain's most famous yacht club over his links to Jeffrey Epstein -- and be replaced by Duchess of Cambridge A Glance at Daily Life Among the Caretakers of Britain's Small IslandsStationed off the coast of Britain, island wardens manage preservation of their small speck of land -- while coping with extreme weather and limited access to the mainland 15 Years On, The Lonely Legacy Of 'Shadow Of The Colossus' Time Magazine replaces its name on cover for first time in 100 yearsEditors replaced "TIME" with the word of the moment: "VOTE." This Election, David Duchovny Wants to Go on Record"Sadly, it's a little prophetic at this point," actor-musician says of his new anti-Trump song "Layin' on the Tracks" What was fun?As we adjust to the "new normal," something's missing. Beethoven Has a First NameIt's time to "fullname" all composers in classical music. F*ck Sliders An East Dallas Home's Halloween Decorations Prompt Multiple Police Visits And Now, a Sinkhole Full of Rats Hollywood's Masked Killers Want You to Know How Hard Their Job IsThe actors who played Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Leatherface discuss the misconceptions around playing Hollywood's masked bogeymen. American Accident​: All the Presidents' Movies GUESTS: Jacques Lamarre - A playwright and director of client services at Buzz Engine Mercy Quaye - Founder and principal consultant for The Narrative Project and a columnist with Hearst Connecticut Media Group Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harold Meyerson reviews Biden's excellent recent poll results in swing states, and looks at the Democrats' long standing problem with white male voters, and what can be done to bring them back into the party. Also: The one union that's doing door-to-door precinct work during the pandemic. Also: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7' – the new Aaron Sorkin film - is the most-widely reviewed movie in America right now; 250 critics have written about it. Of course it's about the trial of leaders of the antiwar protests at the Democratic National Convention in 1968 in Chicago --the indicted included Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Bobby Seale, Davie Dellinger, John Froines and Lee Weiner – and we have a conversation with Lee Weiner – about the movie, and what really happened. Plus: This week more than ever we need a bit of relief from the election --maybe the new Borat movie? Sasha Baron Cohen's return with his memorable character from ‘Khazakstan'--but of course it's all about “President MacDonald Trump.” Ella Taylor will talk about “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”

Harold Meyerson reviews Biden’s excellent recent poll results in swing states, and looks at the Democrats’ long standing problem with white male voters, and what can be done to bring them back into the party. Also: The one union that’s doing door-to-door precinct work during the pandemic. Also: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ – the new Aaron Sorkin film - is the most-widely reviewed movie in America right now; 250 critics have written about it. Of course it’s about the trial of leaders of the antiwar protests at the Democratic National Convention in 1968 in Chicago --the indicted included Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Bobby Seale, Davie Dellinger, John Froines and Lee Weiner – and we have a conversation with Lee Weiner – about the movie, and what really happened. Plus: This week more than ever we need a bit of relief from the election --maybe the new Borat movie? Sasha Baron Cohen’s return with his memorable character from ‘Khazakstan’--but of course it’s all about “President MacDonald Trump.” Ella Taylor will talk about “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”

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Mike Davis argues that climate change is bringing “extinction events” to native land cover around the world (https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/california-fire-drought-climate/) . Extreme fires are one of the main forces bringing this apocalypse—spurred in places like California by white flight among Trump supporters to high-fire-danger areas. Also: The new Aaron Sorkin film, Trial of the Chicago 7, opened on Netflix this past weekend. Of course it’s about the 1969 trial of leaders of the antiwar movement, including Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Rennie Davis—and we have Rennie Davis as a guest. He was the New Left’s most talented organizer, and he talks about the film and the real history of those protests—and also politics today. Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: http://thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.

For people of a certain age...The Chicago 7 represents a disturbing time in American History. For those who were too young to have experienced the events all across America, simply look around you today. Large groups of protesters in the streets and parks. Violence between police/militia and citizens. Politics at its center with changes in cultures a close second. Racism was a spark...Martin Luther King Jr had been assassinated months earlier. 1000's had died in the war in Vietnam and Richard Nixon was in the White House. The Democratic National Convention was in Chicago,  along with the National Guard, 12,00 Chicago Police Officers, and 10,000 demonstrators. The demonstrators were lead by the Yippies (Youth International Party) and their leaders were Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin along with Tom Hayden and Rennie Davis.  There was an 8th defendant Bobby Seale a founder of the Black Panther Party. The lawyers who represented the accused were perfect for this legal battle. William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass.  The action in the courtroom was so wild, The 7 and their lawyers were charged with over 150 contempt's  of court It's fair to say that the timing of this film and its subjects is perfect for today's audience which has been watching the Trump administration make many of the same moves as Nixon. Our guest is Aaron Sorkin, the writer, and director of The Trial of the Chicago 7. (just premiered on Netflix this week) You know him from The West Wing and Network. He wrote the screenplay for A Few Good Men, Moneyball and won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network This film ranks as one of his very best. The audio was captured from a virtual press conference several weeks ago...  Enjoy Aaron's great background on the story and the shoot.  Makes the film experience even better.  

Rising temperatures mean rising seas levels, which mean more flood plains, which means more poorly valued, high-flood risk homes. Next, one of the Chicago Seven who now lives in Colorado remembers the turbulent year of 1968. Then, Hazel Miller sing Aretha. Also, DCPA remakes "Oklahoma!" with an all-black cast. Finally, photos give us a look at deep space.

The Murder of Fred Hampton began as a film portrait of Hampton and the Illinois Black Panther Party, but half way through the shoot, Hampton was murdered by Chicago police. In an infamous moment in Chicago history and politics, over a dozen policemen burst into Hampton's apartment while its occupants were sleeping, killing Hampton and fellow Panther Mark Clark and brutalizing the other occupants. Filmmakers Mike Gray and Howard Alk arrived a few hours later to shoot film footage of the crime scene that was later used to contradict news reports and police testimony. “You can jail the revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution…You might murder a freedom fighter like Bobby Hunton, but you can't murder freedom fighting.” – Fred Hampton. Recently restored and reworked by Gray, The Murder of Fred Hampton is a chilling slice of American history. (Excerpt from mike-gray.org) Featuring: Fred Hampton, Bobby Rush, Rennie Davis, Edward Hanrahan For More Information: The Murder of Fred Hampton A Facets Cine-Notes Booklet The post The Murder of Fred Hampton appeared first on KPFA.

“THE GILLIGAN MANIFESTO” WILL DEBUT AT 12TH ANNUAL LA FEMME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SATURDAY OCT. 22 Writer-Director Cevin Soling’s highly anticipated documentary, The Gilligan Manifesto, will be the Saturday night presentation at the La Femme International Film Festival on Oct. 22 at 6 pm at Laemmle’s Music Hall Theater Venue 2 in Beverly Hills. If you missed Cevin Soling on today's show, listen here! Just one year after the Cuban Missile Crisis, radio and television writer Sherwood Schwartz began filming his comedy classic Gilligan's Island, which depicts seven Americans shipwrecked on a deserted island. Soling’s film reveals that this seemingly innocuous sitcom was actually an analogue for a post-apocalyptic world where survivors had to rebuild civilization as this was a major concern during the Cold War where many families had fallout shelters in their homes. What is even more shocking is that the society the castaways create is founded on Marxist Communism. Soling’s revelation was published in the prestigious academic journal, Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture. To convert his article into a feature documentary, Soling interviewed creator Sherwood Schwartz. He also spoke with Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells, who played the Professor and Mary Ann, and several professors from Harvard. “Sherwood Schwartz often noted that he conceived Gilligan’s Island as a social microcosm where people from all walks of life would have to figure out how to get along,” Soling said, “but he confessed to me, in his last interview, that the show was deliberately designed as lowbrow humor in order to conceal its political message. For this reason, American audiences never realized that the show celebrates Marxism and lampoons Western capitalism and democratic governance.” “The most transgressive message conveyed by Gilligan’s Island is that it shows how much better off people are in under true communism – not the dictatorship government the Soviets and McCarthyites called communism. The characters that represent the pinnacle of success in capitalist society – the millionaire and the movie star, become whole people and establish social bonds that they never could have otherwise. On the island, their lives cease to be empty.” La Femme board member Deborah Gilels served as associate producer on the documentary which was edited by Joe Davenport and narrated by Rennie Davis, who, along with Abbie Hoffman was a member of the Chicago Seven. David Jackson’s Showcase Entertainment is selling the worldwide rights. Cevin Soling produced and directed the first theatrically released documentary on education, The War on Kids, which was honored as the best educational documentary at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival and has been broadcast on The Documentary Channel and The Sundance Channel. Soling wrote, produced, and directed Ikland, which documented his efforts to rediscover the lost Ik tribe of northern Uganda, who were famously disparaged in the early 1970s as the worst people in the world. The film won Best Documentary Content at the Boston International Film Festival and was heralded by the NY Times and other major media outlets. Last year, he completed Mr. Cevin & the Cargo Cult, a documentary about a tribe in Vanuatu who worship America, and is currently working on The Summer of Hate, a documentary on the Beatles’ controversial observations on religion and racism during their tour of America in 1966. ABOUT THE FILM At the height of the Cold War, Gilligan's Island depicted seven Americans living in an analogue of a post-apocalyptic world where the survivors have to rebuild civilization. Remarkably, the society they create is pure communist. Interviews with the show's creator and some of the surviving actors, as well from professors from Harvard, reveal that Gilligan's Island was deliberately designed to be dismissed as low brow comedy in order to celebrate Marxism and lampoon Western democratic constructs. Laemmle’s Music Hall theater is located at 9036 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.lafemme.org/festival or at the box office prior to the screening. For a special discount coupon, please visit: http://www.lafemme.org/tickets/individual-film-screening-discount/ password : special (all lower case)

*The Walrus and the Elephants: John Lennon's Years of Revolution, James A. Mitchell. In late 1971 John Lennon left London and pop stardom behind and moved to New York City, eager to join a youth movement rallying for social justice and an end to the Vietnam War. Lennon was embraced by radicals and revolutionaries, the hippies and Yippies at odds with the establishment. Settling in Greenwich Village, the former Beatle was soon on the front lines of the antiwar movement, championing causes and inspiring solidarity—and suspicion. Seen as a savior by a generation in need of cultural heroes, Lennon was just as passionately hounded by a government anxious to silence enemies within its borders.The Walrus and the Elephants is told by the unlikely cast of friends, among them the members of Elephant's Memory, who were some of the few who got to know the man behind the Beatle. Exclusive interviews include writer and feminist leader Gloria Steinem; Congressional Black Caucus cofounder Ron Dellums; "Chicago Seven" veteran Rennie Davis; immigration attorney Leon Wildes; and legendary poet-activist John Sinclair, whose imprisonment for marijuana—ten years for two joints—kicked off Lennon's American journey. It was a busy year of making music and controversial TV appearances, allies and enemies. It was a time of great change in America, one that saw the end of the movements of the sixties, the beginning of a new era. The Walrus and the Elephants is a look back at that time and at the John Lennon who joined the revolution, through the eyes of those who dreamed, rallied, and fought alongside him.  

Author James A. Mitchell tells the story that no one else can tell .. He has had many conversations with those who were part of it ! In late 1971 John Lennon left London and pop stardom behind and moved to New York City, eager to join a youth movement rallying for social justice and an end to the Vietnam War. Lennon was embraced by radicals and revolutionaries, the hippies and Yippies at odds with the establishment. Settling in Greenwich Village, the former Beatle was soon on the front lines of the antiwar movement, championing causes and inspiring solidarity—and suspicion. Seen as a savior by a generation in need of cultural heroes, Lennon was just as passionately hounded by a government anxious to silence enemies within its borders. The Walrus and the Elephants is told by the unlikely cast of friends, among them the members of Elephant's Memory, who were some of the few who got to know the man behind the Beatle. Exclusive interviews include writer and feminist leader Gloria Steinem; Congressional Black Caucus cofounder Ron Dellums; "Chicago Seven" veteran Rennie Davis; immigration attorney Leon Wildes; and legendary poet-activist John Sinclair, whose imprisonment for marijuana—ten years for two joints—kicked off Lennon's American journey.It was a busy year of making music and controversial TV appearances, allies and enemies. It was a time of great change in America, one that saw the end of the movements of the sixties, the beginning of a new era. The Walrus and the Elephants is a look back at that time and at the John Lennon who joined the revolution, through the eyes of those who dreamed, rallied, and fought alongside him.  

In the first half, Nancy speaks with Rennie Davis. Davis first attained national prominence in the '60s as a member of The SDS and as one of the "Chicago 7" along with Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, et al. Today, he is a light worker, actively engaged in expanding human consciousness and spiritual awareness. He is president of the Foundation for a New Humanity (www.ffh.org), a group dedicated to these goals and "the decision to create a new direction on earth and author our own lives." In this quest, they support "breakthrough technologies" and "discoveries that (will) change the daily life and basic understanding of most people should they reach mainstream commercial markets." In this interview, he speaks about "the 14 senses" and vibrational states, as well as his own decades long journey.

In the first half, Nancy speaks with Rennie Davis. Davis first attained national prominence in the '60s as a member of The SDS and as one of the "Chicago 7" along with Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, et al. Today, he is a light worker, actively engaged in expanding human consciousness and spiritual awareness. He is president of the Foundation for a New Humanity (www.ffh.org), a group dedicated to these goals and "the decision to create a new direction on earth and author our own lives." In this quest, they support "breakthrough technologies" and "discoveries that (will) change the daily life and basic understanding of most people should they reach mainstream commercial markets." In this interview, he speaks about "the 14 senses" and vibrational states, as well as his own decades long journey.