Free 'Em All Radio with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Lady of Rage 2021-01-06, 2021-01-06
Abstract
This episode covers the police shootings of Tamir Rice and Jacob Blake, and contains criticism of the U.S. government’s response, or lack thereof, to violent white supremacists, especially in contrast to the reaction to demonstrations led by Black communities. The episode also covers the shortcomings of electoral strategies, and the connections between the legacy of slavery in the U.S. to the modern way the state runs prisons, their police forces, and imperialist endeavors overseas. Four guest callers speak, and their comments range from an assessment of prison conditions during Covid-19 from someone who is incarcerated, to criticisms of peaceful protests, to casting doubt on the seriousness of Covid-19.
Dates
- 2021-01-06
Creator
Biographical / Historical
Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. is the son of Fred Hampton and Akua Njeri (formerly known as Deborah Johnson). Chairman Fred has been organizing for the liberation of the People for decades as the leader of the Black Panther Cubs and one of the main driving forces behind defending Fred Hampton’s childhood home, the Hampton House.
Biographical / Historical
Robin Yvette Allen, known by her stage name Lady of Rage, is a rapper and actress whose career spans decades. She has been co-hosting Free ‘Em All Radio since 2016.
Extent
115.2 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and The Lady of Rage
Date of episode: January 6, 2021
Interviewee: Equani, unnamed second caller, Erica, Tionia
Project: Free ‘Em All Radio Collection
00:00:04 -- Intro music
00:04:56 -- New intro music
00:10:10 -- Host self-introductions and opening of call-in line
00:11:22 -- Tamir Rice and Jacob Blake case overviews and analysis of state repression of popular action
00:13:09 -- Criticism of electoral strategy and national politicians
00:15:20 -- Analysis of U.S. imperial structures and strategies
00:18:00 -- Modern day struggles against contemporary iterations of oppression rooted in slavery, like the Democrats and Republican parties
00:20:00 -- Clubhouse social media platform
00:22:04 -- Utilizing new technologies for political activation and communication
00:24:09 -- Effects of the U.S. embargo of Cuba on Cuban trade capacities
00:25:18 -- More Clubhouse details
00:27:00 -- Effects of proletarian media access on bourgeois political power and vice versa
00:31:20 -- More details and analysis of Tamir Rice’s and Jacob Blake’s cases
00:36:00 -- Disproportionate rates of incarceration for Black people in comparison to white people
00:38:52 -- Proud Boys rally and absence of white response to extremist groups
00:40:20 -- Police response to white supremacist rally in comparison to actions from the Black community and political organizations like the Black Panther Party
00:41:59 -- People’s Party event
00:43:53 -- Music (by Ghetto Boys)
00:49:33 -- First caller from South Carolina (maybe Equani)
00:50:32 -- Seeking liberation as Afrikan prisoners of war in the U.S.
00:51:10 -- Criticism of peaceful protests
00:52:32 -- Ancestral veneration
00:54:33 -- Kyle Rittenhouse and disparity by race in treatment by the state and white society
00:56:00 -- Jethro Devane suing the Columbia Police Department; Joshua Ruffin police murder
01:01:09 -- Climate of political conversations; dog whistles and non-verbal cues
01:04:03 -- Cook county judge story from Chairman
01:05:01 -- Decision to not charge the cop who killed Jacob Blake; impacts on Black children who witness the shooting and murder of their parents
01:08:03 -- Social media suppression of political content
01:09:50 -- Dual consciousness created by U.S. imperialism in colonized people; dynamics of neocolonialism
01:12:48 -- Analysis on how Fred Hampton Sr. heightened contradictions; heightening contradictions contemporarily
01:15:25 -- Atlanta story from Chairman
01:20:00 -- Resisting the protection of the cancer that is capitalism
01:23:09 -- Normalization of trauma at the hands of the state inflicted on Black people
01:25:30 -- Judas and the Black Messiah screening story from Chairman; anniversary of assassination of Chairman Fred Hampton Sr. and corresponding trauma
01:30:12 -- Second caller, from prison; advocating SB 2054 and 3233 in Illinois and writing lawmakers
01:35:40 -- Covid-19 related conditions in Illinois prisons and jails; two related fatalities
01:39:27 -- Third caller, Erica; Covid-19 in prisons
01:43:43 -- Fourth caller, Tionia; learning from the program and the People’s Ball; helping with the fundraiser
01:46:20 -- Shoutouts to fundraising links for the Hampton House and political prisoners
01:48:02 -- Outro music
- African Americans--Colonization Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Panther Party. Illinois Chapter
- Blake, Jacob, 1991-
- Capitalism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cook County Department of Corrections Subject Source: Local sources
- Embargo Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969
- Imperialism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Imprisonment Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Judas and the Black Messiah Subject Source: Local sources
- Nonviolence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Police brutality Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prisoners of war Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Racism in criminal justice administration Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Racism--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Racism--United States--Psychological aspects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rice, Tamir, 2002-2014
- Rittenhouse, Kyle, 2003-
- Ruffin, Joshua, 2003-2020
- Slavery--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Technology--Political aspects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States--Commerce--Cuba Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- White supremacy movements--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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