Radio interview with Street Dialectics O.C.

Los Musiqueros (kpfk 90.7fm) 12.17.24 con Street Dialectics O.C.

December 29th of every year marks another anniversary of the Wound Knee Massacre of 1890, and the Occupation of Wounded Knee occurred from 02/27/1973 to 05/08/1973. The Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 is the result of the United States (U.S.) 7th Calvary stopping Miniconjou and Lakota Ghost Dancers and community members from returning home to Pine Ridge in what is presently known as South Dakota. The Wounded Knee Massacre took place near the Wounded Knee Creek during a time when the United States government essentially banned all Native American cultural traditions, ceremonies, and “religious” practices. Shortly thereafter the initial encounter, a scuffle ensued which resulted in the U.S. 7th Calvary open firing and killing over three hundred Indigenous women, children, and men.     

The Occupation of Wounded Knee from 02/27/1973 to 05/08/1973 is the outcome of over 200 members of the American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) and supporters occupying Wounded Knee (Lakota Nation) in response to a call to action from traditional Lakota residents who’s civil, human, and treaty rights were constantly being violated by corrupt Indigenous and United States government officials. The Wound Knee Occupation resulted in a 67-day military standoff with U.S. government officials and quickly drew international and domestic support from people, organizations, and foreign governments throughout the world.

Today’s show on American Indian Airwaves is comprised of sound from two principal sources: The Pacifica Radio archives and the documentary A Tattoo on My Heart: The Warriors of Wounded Knee 1973. The Pacifica Radio Archives include original reports from Pacifica’s-affiliate station, KPFA in Berkeley, CA which covered live the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation. In addition, sound from the documentary A Tattoo on My Heart: The Warriors of Wounded Knee 1973 includes reflective testimonies of the Wound Knee Indigenous activist such as Lenny Foster, Bill Means, Madonna Thunderhawk, and narrated by the late Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman, plus more.
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Archived programs can be heard on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp

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Wounded Knee, 134 Years Later: Spirit, Resistance, and Remembrance

Today on American Indian Airwaves, listeners will hear extensive update on why 31st Anniversary of the Beginning of the War Against Oblivion, the armed uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) on January 1st, 1994, against the colonial state of Mexico and global capitalism, was placed on hold.

On January 1st, 1994, the Mayan peoples’ traditional homelands were recovered after the 12-day armed uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) against state violence and a legacy of settler colonial oppression. The EZLN’s actions are concrete evidence of how Zapatismo in Chiapas has improved the living conditions of the communities based on organization, autonomy, and self-determination. 

Tune in to hear about how the systemic and increased organized crime violence is having on Indigenous peoples throughout Chiapas, MX. Also, listeners will hear a recap of the major 2024 events for Indigenous peoples throughout the settler colonial state of Mexico such as the 50th anniversary of the important 1974 Indigenous Congress in Chiapas, convened by the late Bishop Samuel Ruiz, whose 100th birthday would have been in 2024. Moreover, hear about the 2024 elections such as with the MORENA party reelected by a landslide; and how Claudia Sheinbaum replaces AMLO, cementing MORENA monopoly on power and what that means for Indigenous and Mayan peoples. The MORENA party corruption means more extractive industry expansion, displacement of Indigenous peoples without free, prior, and informed consent, and the violent repression of Indigenous protests and resistance against megaprojects, plus more. 

Guest:
•	Richard Stahler-Sholk, a retired Professor of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University, and community activist involved with the School of Chiapas which is an organization of grassroots activists and communities working to support the autonomous, indigenous Zapatista communities of Chiapas, Mexico. Schools for Chiapas was created the mid-1990’s by individuals searching for ways to make the world a better place and working to create a world where all worlds fit.

Archived programs can be heard on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp

American Indian Airwaves streams on over ten podcasting platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Audible, Backtracks.fm, Gaana, Google Podcast, Fyyd, iHeart Media, Mixcloud, Player.fm, Podbay.fm, Podcast Republic, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tunein, YouTube, and more. 


The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) 31st Anniversary Suspended: Cartel & State Violence Escalations in Chiapas

Following the latest national, regional, and local news headlines, host Vic Gerami interviews Tim Mendelson, an office with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. 

THE BLUNT POST with VIC (TBPV) with host Vic Gerami is a national breaking + headline news program that reaches over 18 million households in Southern California. Vic covers the latest news + current events, offers commentary + analysis, and interviews members of Congress and other high-profile public figures.

TBPV broadcasts live on the 1st and 2nd Thursdays of the month and sometimes on the 5th on KPFK 90.7 FM (Pacifica Network).


THE BLUNT POST with VIC: Guest, Tim Mendelson

Following world, national, and regional news, host Vic Gerami, interviews Oshin Harootoonian, the Chair of the Armenian National Committee of America, Western Region. They discuss Armenian Genocide recognition, the Artsakh Genocide (Nagorno-Karabakh), world affairs, and politics. 

THE BLUNT POST with VIC, Guest Oshin Harootoonian, Chair of the Armenian National Committee of America

Host Vic Gerami interviews Oshin Harootoonian, Chair of the Armenian National Committee of America, Western Region 

THE BLUNT POST with VIC: Guest, Oshin Harootoonian

Host Vic Gerami interviews Azerbaijani dissident, activist, and author Ilgar Hajiyev

THE BLUNT POST with VIC: Guest, Ilgar Hajiyev, Azerbaijani Dissident and Activist

Host, Vic Gerami interviews Renay Grace Rodriguez, president of the Stonewall Democratic Club and Tim Mendelson, Officer with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.

THE BLUNT POST with VIC: Guests, Renay Grace Rodriguez + Tim Mendelson

Host, Vic Gerami interviews renowned immigration attorney and professor, Ally Bolour. They discuss the state of immigration in America, what led Trump Administration's unlawful ICE raids, and what's next.

THE BLUNT POST with VIC: Guest, Ally Bolour Esq.

On Conversation Piece today…Meet my guests: Angie Wilson, the president of the Council of Black Nurses Los Angeles Chapter, and Gwen Woods, who will share why she is a fierce bone marrow advocate and community activist with a personal story about her grandson, Eric Alexander.  Did you know that Black patients are less likely to find a bone marrow match due to low representation on the bone marrow registry?  July is designated as African American Bone Marrow Month, and my guests say don’t wait until July for a simple cheek swab to save a life.

But first we have a Sister Charlene Muhammad with a news report.

Welcome to Conversation Piece!


KPFK Conversation Piece Bone Marrow Registry, Another Health Gap with Angelia Wilson and Gwen Woods

American Indian Airwaves (AIA), an Indigenous public affairs radio porgram and, perhaps, the longest running Native American radio program within both Indigenous and the United States broadcast communication histories. Also, AIA broadcast weekly every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 Los Angeles (http://www.kpfk.org).  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aiacr


American Indian Airwaves is produced in Burntswamp Studios and started broadcasting on March 1st, 1973 on KPFK in order to give Indigenous peoples and their respective First Nations a voice about the continuous struggles against Settler Colonialism and imperialism by the occupying and settler societies often referred to as the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Latin and South America countries located therein.

American Indian Airwaves operates as an all-volunteer collective with no corporate sponsorship and no underwriters.

A place for leaders and members of the community to have a voice in the real day to day issues & celebrations of urban living locally and worldwide, and brings awareness to the point of action & cataclysmic change.  Yes, storytelling changes & saves lives!

Los Angeles native, Angela Arkwright Birdsong, is shaking up the media space with her groundbreaking media production company, MTAS Productions.

Angela works as a producer/guest host/news anchor on Pacifica Network KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles radio shows Liberated Sisters, The Earl Ofari Hutchinson Show, KPFK Rebel Alliance News, along with ghost writing for some folks…shhhh.

~Her podcast, Conversation Piece, ranked #1 Show on RadioJustice.org for multiple weeks in 2019/2020 with over 5000 listeners* 
~Most Placed Show on RadioJustice.org in 2019/2020*

THE BLUNT POST with VIC (TBPV) with host Vic Gerami is a national headline news program on Independent & progressive Radio KPFK 90.7 FM, part of the Pacifica Network and reaches over 18-million households. 

Vic covers the latest news + current events, offers commentary + analysis, and interviews a member of Congress and other high-profile public figures.

The show airs LIVE on Mondays, at 6:00 a.m. (PT) on independent & progressive radio KPFK 90.7 FM and Livestream at KPFK.org. Immediately following the broadcast, it is available at KPFK.org and on iTunes, Stitcher, Tune-In, SoundClound, and Spotify.

A noted journalist and columnist, Vic Gerami is also a media contributor who is also publisher and editor of The Blunt Post. 

Today reaching national international audiences, Gerami first built a foundation of knowledge and skills by learning the media industry during his years at Frontiers Magazine, followed by positions at LA Weekly and Voice Media Group. For the second time, Gerami was selected as a finalist in the Los Angeles Press Club’s National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards “Columnist of the Year” category in 2019, having first made the final round of consideration in 2017. His celebrity Q&A column, ‘10 Questions with Vic‘ is internationally syndicated. 

Gerami’s syndicated celebrity Q&A column, 10 Questions with Vic, is a two-time finalist in the Los Angeles Press Club’s National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards’  “Columnist of the Year” category. A few of many celebrities whom Gerami has interviewed include Melissa Etheridge, Paula Abdul, Dan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons), Kathy Griffin, Matthew Modine, Laverne Cox, and Marianne Williamson. In July 2020, the Los Angeles Press Club announced that Gerami is a Finalist in record seven (7) categories for the 62nd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. 

Gerami is also a contributor for some of the most prominent publications in the nation, including Windy City Times, California Courier, IN Magazine, OUT Traveler, The Fight, and The Advocate Magazine, among others.

The Wall Street Journal featured Gerami as a “leading gay activist” in its landmark 2008 coverage of opposition to Proposition 8, the ballot measure that for years denied same-sex couples in California the freedom to marry. In addition to his years of volunteer work as a leading advocate for marriage equality, later Gerami went on to serve as a Planning Committee member for the historic Resist March in 2017. Vic Gerami is also a founding board member of Equality Armenia.

In 2015, Gerami was referenced in the landmark Supreme Court civil rights case, Obergefell v. Hodges, in which the Court held in a 5–4 decision that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process and the Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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