Voices From The Frontlines KPFK

Eric Mann and Channing Martinez explore The Black Movement with this week’s Voices guests, Justin Blake, Tanya McLean, and Gregory Bennett Jr.

As an uncle, a family friend, and an organizer of Peace in the Streets Kenosha, our guests are primary sources for understanding Jacob’s situation. Throughout the interview, these activists emphasize Kenosha’s organizing actions, like the upcoming 30-mile protest, Walk for Justice, and how we all can help support Jacob, his family, and The Cause.

You can support Jacob Blake via
Cashapp: $AERFoundation
PayPal: education_youth@yahoo.com

Justice for Jacob's demands include District Attorney Michael D. Graveley pressing charges of Rusten Sheskey, as well as his arrest, indictment, and firing. They also demand Kyle Rittenhouse be tried in adult court, and that his mother be arrested.

Contact Erica Ness, Gregory Bennett Jr., and Tanya McLean for more information about how you can lend your support.

erica.ness@aerfoundation.com
peaceinthestreetskenno@gmail.com
tanya.mclean@aerfoundation.com


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This week on Voices From the Frontlines, Eric Mann reads over 2020 Voting tips written by Lian Hurst Mann. Lian had has written a Make A Plan Today to Make Sure your vote counts paper explaining the multiple ways to get you vote to the elections office. In the second half of the show Channing Martinez and Eric Mann are joined in conversation with Veronica Carrizales, Policy and Campaign Director of California Calls, on Proposition 15, that would tax corporate real estate at higher levels while keeping home property tax the same. The Strategy Center urges "Yes!" on Proposition 15.
Veronica ends with three ways to jump in the fight to pass prop 15. This Thursday October 8th join a Prop 15 Virtual Ballot Party: https://www.prop15forthefuture.com/
This Saturday October 10, 2020 Join Community Coalition at their Power Fest to support Prop 15: https://www.southlapowerfest.com/

Visit: https://www.mobilize.us/millionvotersproject/ to see all future Prop 15 related events including virtual phone banking

This afternoon, Eric Mann will speak on the terror of the new Supreme Court, the daily terror that Black people face, the challenges of the 2020 election, and the struggle for countervailing power on Voices from the Frontlines.

Eric will be in conversation with Alan Minsky, long-time great Program Director at KPFK and a representative of the Progressive Democrats of America.

Today's show serves as an organizers introduction to the progressive anti-Trump organizations. Together, we will examine the Progressive Democrats of America, Justice Democrats, Our Revolution, the Sunrise Movement, Democratic Socialists of America, and the Working Families Party. We will also highlight important Senate and Congressional races.

Eric Mann in Conversation with Reese Erlich

The 2020 elections -- What is at stake for those who want peace and non-U.S. intervention with China, Russia, Venezuela, Iran, and the Third World

September 29, 2020 | 3PM PST

September 29th at 6pm is the debate between Joseph Biden and Donald Trump. Much is at stake for the movement, and the country. But for those who support a Biden presidency, and those who care about the lives of people in the Third World (and some are both), this conversation is important as to what we can hope for, and what we can expect.

This afternoon, Eric Mann and Reese Erlich will examine the 2020 elections, specifically: what is at stake for those who want peace, and non-U.S. intervention with China, Russia, Venezuela, Iran, and the Third World?

Reese Erlich is a long-time activist/organizer/writer whose work goes back to the 1965 Stop the Draft Week in Oakland, and continues to this day. In 1968, he went to the Republic of Cuba, and has been a friend of their democratic, socialist, and anti-imperialist revolution ever since. This is reflected in his important book Dateline Havana: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Future of Cuba that Reese wrote with Stephen Kinzer.

Voices from the Frontlines is Excited to Feature

State Senator Maria Elena Durazo in Conversation about the bill she introduced

SB 1257 that grants Occupational and Safety Rights to Domestic Workers. Right now the bill

Is in front of Governor Gavin Newsome who has to sign it into law. While he may be predisposed to do the right thing we need every Voices listener to

Call Governor Newsome: 916-445-2841 to Sign SB 1257!

We will also be in conversation with an organizer and member of the National Domestic Workers Alliance who are providing great leadership on this campaign.


Let’s get 100+Voices listeners to call the Governor, “I support health and safety rights for domestic workers. Please sign Senate Bill 1257!”

Chisme Alert—Back in the day in 1989, four friends worked together— Maria Elena Durazo, in an historic fight, was elected president of Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union Local 11, now City Councilman Gil Cedillo was a staff person at Local 660 SEIU, Antonio Villaraigosa was an organizer for UTLA and Eric Mann was the director of the just formed Labor/Community Strategy Center.

Channing gives us an in-depth review of the film LoveCraft Country; a film about the racist 1950's in Chicago. Moreover, the show speaks to imperialist nature and culture of the United States through the lens of black people, echoed in the words of James Baldwin. Please take a look at this film and let us know what you think.

Eric talks to us about the Republican and Democratic parties and all of their false claims about and solutions to climate change, racism, and the United States' nefarious involvement in China and Taiwan.