Podcasts about rockefeller drug laws

This week we're going back to the 1970s with If Beale Street Could Talk! Join us as we learn about the Rockefeller Drug Laws, New York jails, the term "Holy Roller", and more! Source Brian Mann, "The Drug Laws That Changed How We Punished," NPR, available at https://www.npr.org/2013/02/14/171822608/the-drug-laws-that-changed-how-we-punish Fodei Batty, "How to Understand the Complicated History of 'Go Back to Africa'" Washington Post, available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/04/26/is-go-back-to-africa-always-an-insult-heres-a-brief-history-of-american-back-to-africa-movements/ African Americans in Ghana, Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/whp-origins/era-7-the-great-convergence-and-divergence-1880-ce-to-the-future/x23c41635548726c4:other-materials-origins-era-7/a/connecting-decolonization-in-africa-and-the-us-civil-rights-movement#:~:text=The%20desire%20to%20repatriate%E2%80%94to,building%20their%20new%20nation%2Dstate. Heather Ann Thompson, "How a Series of Jail Rebellions Rocked New York--and Woke a City," The Nation, 21 March 2019 https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/new-york-jail-rebellion-1970-tombs-mdc/   Daniel Chasin, "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: How New York's Bail Reform Saga Tiptoes around Addressing Economic Inequality," Cardozo Law Review 43, no. 1 (October 2021): 273-312 Aleza Van Brunt and Locke E. Bowman, "Toward a Just Model of Pretrial Release: A History of Bail Reform and a Prescription for What's Next," The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 108, no.4 (2018): 701-774. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48572970 https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/probation-and-pretrial-services/supervision/pretrial-risk-assessment/pretrial-release  https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/pretrial_detention/  https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/jails2024_table3.html  https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/incomejails.html Ngram: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22holy+roller%22&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3  Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “Holy Roller (n.),” March 2024. Gregg Kilday, "Making of 'If Beale Street Could Talk': How 'Moonlight' Oscar Winner Barry Jenkins Brought James Baldwin's 1974 Novel to the Big Screen," Hollywood REporter, available at https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/a-look-making-beale-street-could-talk-1160625/' Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/if_beale_street_could_talk/reviews Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Beale_Street_Could_Talk_(film)

Rebecca Chaiklin contacts us about doing a big cat version of Blackfish Hi Carole,  A phone call from a lady named Rebecca Chaiklin, a feature film producer.  She's doing a feature documentary on the wild life trade and is interested in coming out to BCR to film and interview you.  Her contact info is RebeccaChaiklin@gmail.com 917-439-6639. Call came in on 7/16 at 11:30 am. Diana Rao - Sent from my iPhone.    Fisher Stevens, The Cove Movie, RealTVfilms coverage of the Kat Kramer's screening of "Films That Change The World" at Bronson Studios Hollywood. Distributed by Tubemogul.  URL: http://www.celebritynetworth.com/watch/jzHVGUC9w-s/fisher-stevens-cove-movie-realtvfilms/   Academy award producer (The Cove) and actor Fisher Stevens and producer/director Rebecca Chaiklin are in Berlin film Festival after Sundance to present their new documentary ANOTHER WORLD.  Rebecca was both Director and Producer on The Party's Over (Last Party 2000), a feature documentary on the 2000 presidential election starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in Europe and SWSX in the US - and was released theatrically in over 30 cities around the US, as well as both theatrical and television broadcast throughout Europe.   Rebecca is the Producer on Poster Boy, an independent feature which premiered at the 2004 Tribeca and Locarno Film Festivals. Rebecca was the Producer on Men Make Woman Crazy Theory, a Zoe Cassavettes directorial debut, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and broadcast on Shotime.   Rebecca was the Producer on Hardball, a feature documentary on the first series of baseball games between the Cuban National Team and MLB, The Baltimore Orioles, Produced by Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana. Chaiklin was the Producer on Midnight in Cuba, a feature documentary chronicling the hopes and dreams of Cuba's younger generation, which premiered at The Berlin International Film Festival.   Currently Chaiklin is finishing The King of Soho, as both Director and Producer, a documentary film featuring Michael Pompa, an older Italian-American man who lives in New York City and has not travelled outside of 8 square blocks in over 54 years. Chaiklin is also directing a film on the war on drugs and hip-hop impresario Russel Simmon's campaign to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws.  Rebecca asked for photos of me which ultimately led to a scrapbook about my mom in Dec 2018.   Hi, I'm Carole Baskin and I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/   I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.     You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile   You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org   Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue   Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.

We invite Kassandra Frederique, the Executive Director at Drug Policy Alliance and Tracie Gardner, Vice President of Policy Advocacy at Legal Action Center to help us explore the war on drugs through the lens of racial justice. We learn about the beginnings of drug policy, which started out punishing only the mode of opium use that was popular among Asian immigrants, the progression to the politics of Nixon changing his stance from one of therapeutic interventions to one of tough on crime during his run for presidency, the devastation the Rockefeller Drug Laws had on communities, and how the modern day war on drugs has seeped into every government system, as a form of controlling minorities. Kassandra and Tracie excellently explain how each governmental system has it's own version of the war on drugs, how professional health care has abandoned helping persons with mental health, and how the system continues to exclude people of color. The conversation further goes into how the systems that started out as discriminatory toward race, have further taken on discriminatory attitudes toward class, only leaving the wealthy in our society not impacted by it. In celebration of Black History Month, we acknowledge the impact these systems have had on the vulnerable minority population, and celebrate how amazing humans such as Kassandra and Tracie are leading the charge of policy reform to create a better landscape so that future generations won't have to be negatively impacted in the same ways and so we can create a safe and healing environment for all. Join the conversation by leaving a message, emailing us at RecoverySortOf@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, or find us on our website at www.recoverysortof.com. To learn more about Drug Policy Alliance, go here: https://drugpolicy.org/ To learn more about Legal Action Center, go here: https://www.lac.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/recoverysortof/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/recoverysortof/support

Check out my website at crisisofcrime.com. If you're enjoying the podcast, please consider donating at patreon.com/crisisofcrime Today's episode is about the War on Drugs. I start off with the history of illegal substances in the US, and then explore two different perspectives on how the War on Drugs started. One perspective is from Michelle Alexander, the author of The New Jim Crow, and the other is John Pfaff, author of Locked In. Additionally, I take a deep dive into the racist dog-whistle politics behind the War on Drugs. I finish speaking about what would happen if we decriminalized or legalized illegal drugs. Sources for today's episode: WLM. (2020). Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. The Wood Library Museum of Anesthesiology. Retrieved from: https://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/item/529/mrs.-winslow's-soothing-syrupHistorical Highlights. (2020). The Pure Food and Drug Act. History, Art, and Archives: The United States House of Representatives. Retrieved from: https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/Pure-Food-and-Drug-Act/ DEA. (2020). Illegal Drugs in America. Drug Enforcement Administration Museum. Retrieved from: https://www.deamuseum.org/idatour/index.html Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914, S. 785, 63rd Congress, (1914). ReaganFoundation. (2011, Aug 3). President Reagan's Address to the Nation on the Campaign Against Drug Abuse [video]. Youtube. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj8gAQ_cQ7QRichard Nixon Foundation. (2016, April 29). President Nixon Declares Drug Abuse “Public Enemy Number One” [video]. Youtube. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8TGLLQlD9M Pfaff, J. (2017). Locked In: The true causes of mass incarceration and how to achieve real reform. New York, NY: Basic Books. Alexander, M. (2012). The New Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. New York, NY: New Press. RDL. (2020). The Rockefeller Drug Laws. The Blanch Law Firm. Retrieved from: https://www.theblanchlawfirm.com/practice-areas/other-matters-we-handle/the-rockefeller-drug-laws/

Jason Flom (Social Justice Activist, Music Industry Executive & Host of the "Wrongful Conviction" Podcast) joins Tank Sinatra this week and they discuss how Jason got involved in criminal justice reform, working with the FAMM organization (Families Against Mandatory Minimums), being a founding board member of the Innocence Project, the origin of the Rockefeller Drug Laws, how wealth effects outcomes, the need to put blame on other people, selfish altruism, school zone laws and so much more!Follow the whole show on Instagram: @ItsJasonFlom, @Tank.Sinatra, @TanksGoodNews, @GaSDigital

Anthony Papa is an artist, writer, freedom fighter, noted advocate against the war on drugs and co-founder of the Mothers of the New York Disappeared. Mr. Papa's stinging opinion pieces about the drug war have appeared in news sources across the country. He is a frequent public speaker and college lecturer on his art and criminal justice issues.  Currently he is Manager of Media Relations for the Drug Policy Alliance. Mr. Papa is the author of 15 to Life: How I Painted My Way to Freedom (2004), a memoir about his experience of being sentenced to state prison for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense under New York's draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws.

In 2009, New York reformed its notorious Rockefeller Drug Laws. Ten years later, veteran drug law reform activists Anthony Papa and Terrence Stevens join “Drugs and Stuff” to reflect on the destruction the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws wreaked on so many New Yorkers and share their thoughts on the reforms. Anthony Papa, manager of media relations for the Drug Policy Alliance, was handed a mandatory minimum fifteen years to life for a first-time nonviolent drug law offense. While incarcerated, Anthony became a highly renowned artist. He became the first person in New York to receive clemency and a pardon. Terrence Stevens, a disabled drug law reform activist, is the founder and CEO of a Harlem-based nonprofit organization that assists children affected by parental incarceration and impacted by the criminal justice system. Terrence was paralyzed from the neck down with Muscular Dystrophy when he was cruelly sentenced to fifteen years to life on a first-time low-level, nonviolent drug offense. He was granted clemency in 2001 after serving 10 years.

We were lucky to talk with Bernard Noble, who recently came home after serving more than 7 years in a Louisiana prison. Bernard was finally granted parole after being sentenced to 13 years for allegedly possessing two joints of marijuana. You’ll hear all about this grave injustice directly from the man whose case drew national attention as an example of extremely harsh drug sentences in the United States, and how an entire family is tragically affected when a parent is sent to prison. We were also joined by DPA's Anthony Papa, who became the first person in New York State history to receive both clemency (from Gov. George Pataki 1997) and a pardon (from Gov. Andrew Cuomo 2016) after he was unfairly sentenced to 15-to-life for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense under New York’s draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws. This discussion between two men who served a number of years behind bars because of the war on drugs is powerful and, at times, heart-breaking. If you want to support Bernard, you can give here: https://www.youcaring.com/bernardnoble-1182699

As the opioid epidemic continues to increase, we take a look back at the Sixties when the War on Drugs, a federal effort to decrease illegal drug use, was beginning to take shape. It was a decade of intense change in America as political assassinations took place, the Black power movement rose, and the Vietnam War intensified. It was also a time that conservatives, scared about the future of their country, were beginning to fight back. No one understood this more than Richard M. Nixon during his second run for president in 1968. Nixon knew that many people, especially southern whites, were afraid of the social progress that the country was making at the time. He also knew that drug use and crime were going up and that tapping into the fears and anxieties, while tying them to race, may have been just the strategy he needed to win. “The wave of crime is not going to be the wave of the future in the United States of America,” Nixon said in 1968 as he accepted the Republican nomination, becoming the law and order candidate.It worked, and when he was elected he decided to make good on his promise, focusing not only on crime, which is often a state issue, but drugs. Drugs were a federal issue that was gaining traction among the public and in the political realm, as heroin use spread among both Americans at home and US soldiers in Vietnam.Christopher Johnson looks at the beginning of the War on Drugs in America, from it’s roots with the Southern Strategy, to the strange support for methadone treatment centers, to the so-calledRockefeller Drug Laws in New York. “America’s public enemy number 1 in the US is drug abuse,"declared Nixon in 1971 as he launched the War on Drugs. “In order to defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.” Though he didn’t utter the phrase, Nixon's "War On Drugs" was a costly offensive whose long-lasting impact on drug policy, law enforcement and American culture continues today. Episode Contributors: Kai Wright Christopher Johnson Karen Frillmann Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Listen to “The African History Network Show” with Michael Imhotep on 910 AM The Superstation, Sunday, May 21st, 2017, 9pm-11pm EST with host Michael Imhotep of The African History Network.  1) May 25th is African Liberation Day 2017.  JoAnn Watson, former City Council Member in Detroit discusses the 2 Day African Liberation Day Celebration in Detroit and the importance of ALD.  2) Black voter turnout fell in 2016 to its lowest point in 20 years as Voter Suppression increased.  3) Prosecutors are pushing back against AG Jeff Sessions order to pursue the most severe penalties.  4) The History of the Rockefeller Drug Laws. DETROIT: FREE EVENT - African Liberation Day 2017 2 DAY EVENT, Friday, May 26th, 6pm-9pm & Saturday, May 27th 10am- 6pm at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Special guest - Michael Imhotep founder of The African History Network presenting a blistering, fire charged, fact based presentation on Saturday called “What Did Trump Do In His First 100 Days and the Negative Impact on African Americans: Elections Have Consequences”.  You will never be the same after this presentation.  Visit www.AfricanHistoryNetwork.com for more information. CALL IN WITH Questions/Comments at (313) 209-9000.  POST YOUR COMMENTS.  WE MAY READ THEM ON AIR.  Listen to The African History Network Show with Michael Imhotep, Sundays, 9pm-11pm EST on 910 AM in Detroit or around the world online at www.910AMSuperstation.com or by downloading the 910AM App to your smartphone or at www.AfricanHistoryNetwork.com and listen to the podcasts.  Watch on Facebook LIVE at “The African History Network”.

  In this 14-minute interview, Assembly Speaker Silver told us why he published a powerful statement vowing to reform NY's harsh Rockefeller Drug Laws.