The show started two hours earlier than normal. Housing Notebook was preempted.

The show started two hours early this week. Building Bridges was preempted.

Cat Radio Café was preempted.

Health Action was preempted.

Out-FM was preempted

The show aired today from 10am to Noon.

Law and Disorder aired from 10am to Noon today.

The lsat two hours of an extended 5 hour edition of the show. Everything Old is New Again was preempted.

This 5 hour edition of the show features
-- Hello Americans November 29, 1942. Program #3. CBS net. A portrait of a Haitian dictator ("The Emperor Christophe") and Toussant L'Overture. Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Hans Conried, Gerald Mohr.
-- Broadway's My Beat January 31, 1950 #19 "The Roberto Segura Murder Case"
-- Molle Mystery Theatre - April 05 1946 "Murder in City Hall" based on Raymond Chandler's story "Spanish Blood".
-- The Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show February 04, 1951 "Helping Alice with the Household Budget"
-- and a lost episode of The Green Hornet from 1939.

Equal Time for Freethought was preempted.

Hosted by Max Schmid. The show ran from 6pm to 11pm tonight

New World Gallery was preempted.

Walden's Pond was preempted.

Looking back at the great depression for insights into the current recession.

The Next Hour was preempted.

The show started early this week. Liquid Sound Lounge was preempted.

The show ran an hour longer than normal this week.

Samuel R. Delany - Black Science Fiction Writer

Behind the News was pre-empted.

Fourth and final hour of an expanded show. Positive Mind was preempted.

Hour 3 of a 4 hour show

Hour two of a four hour show

First hour of many - this was an expanded show. We offered Max Dashu's "Suppressed Histories Archives: Women's Power DVD" For nearly 40 years, Dashu has presented hundreds of slide talks at universities, community centers, bookstores, schools, libraries, prisons, galleries, festivals and conferences around North America. Her work bridges the gap between academia and grassroots education. It foregrounds Indigenous women passed over by standard histories and highlights female spheres of power retained even in patriarchal societies.

Free Forum was preempted.

The show started about 7 minutes late

Hosted by Robert Knight

Explorations was preempted.

An expanded second hour.

Live From The Left Coast was pre-empted.

Ellis Island: Blueprint For Guantanamo? The Case of Claudia Jones: Black, Communist And Female, And Buried Twice. Black History Month Special: Hosted by the WBAI Women's Collective. Incarcerated without due process on Ellis Island in 1948 along with countless other political prisoners for their leftist views, the eminent forgotten journalist and activist was eventually sent into exile in the UK. A conversation with Left Of Karl Marx author Carole Boyce Davies, with a spotlight on the Jones burial site next to Karl Marx, and a tale of two political exiles in the UK. Also....Workers Of The World Divide? Mass Struggle Vs. Identity Politics. And, The Wedding Gift: The History Of US Slavery From A Woman's Perspective. Vanessa Cooper in a conversation with author Marlen Bodden. Tahrir was pre-empted.

Throwdown Tuesday with host Hugh Hamilton.

Screening Room. The Self-Hating Jew: Fact Or Fallacy? While Barak Obama and Bill Cosby are praised for scorn towards black ghetto residents for being poor, Norman Finkelstein is charged with antisemitism for denouncing wealthy Holocaust profiteers and Israel. What gives? A conversation with the controversial scholar, social critic and author of Beyond Chutzpah and The Holocaust Industry, about his documentary: American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein. Also.... Haitian American Writer Edwidge Danticat speaking at the University of Santa Barbara in 2004 about the contributions of Haiti. She also reads two of her short stories. And....Stephen Wolf, sitting in for Mary Ann Miller, reads from I Speak Of The City, the poets of New York City.

Armand DiMele on abandonment rage.

Crohn's Colitis, from the beginning.

“Glug, glug, glug. What’s In Your Water?” We all do it, and we can’t stop doing it, but drinking water can be hazardous to our health. What kinds of chemicals may be in public drinking water, what is the government doing about it, and what can you do to keep yourself and your family safe? To find out, join host Patti Wood and her special guest Dr. Sarah Meyland.

Witness number 69, Tony Blair on the origins of the Iraq war. Drew Weston, the author of The Political Brain discusses President Obama.

The English Bullfight from January 31, 1966.

Hosted by Peter Bochan. This show originally aired January 30th. Keep Swinging was preempted.

Scott Sommer was joined by Al Doyle, President of the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association, a 110 building complex, where the owners recently defaulted on their mortgage, and turned over the development to their lenders. Housing Notebook, is produced by Met Council (www.metcouncil.net).

Three topics (1) Stand With Haitians For Reconstruction By Haitians & Against Foreign Exploitation And Occupation (2) Instruction, Not Destruction: Protesting Proposed School Closings (3) Tribeca’s Amish Market Accused Of Wage Theft. More...

National health care reform in Congress. Hosted by Mark Hannay.

The topic was muscle pain: Oxygen, Muscle Pain, Vitamin D, Magnesium, and Q10 Hosted by Majid Ali, M.D. See www.ethicsinmedicine.us for more.

Todays topics: Aids in Haiti and how the economic crisis has affected queers. Out-FM is New Yorks only progressive queer radio hour. Todays show was hosted by Chris Tomas and Naomi Brussel.

In England, a committee is doing the kind of in-depth look at the runup to the Iraq war that many here dream about -- but what will come of it? An update on the Chilcot Inquiry with among others Reg Keyes -- a gold star dad who ran for office against Tony Blair. Then, in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, many have thought of adopting Haitian babies, we talk about the pros and cons. And Freethinker Susan Jacoby debates recovering Moral Majority believer, Frank Schaefer. Is the Age of American Unreason here to stay? All that and graphic journalist Joe Sacco on his extraordinary book : Footnotes in Gaza... Coming up on GRITradio our weekly pick of the best of the TV show, GRITtv.

Connections this Monday morning features in the Musical Connection (3-4AM), a music mix celebrating Bob Marley and the people of Haiti. In the Extended Play (4-5AM), a replay of a presentation made by then Opposition Leader of Jamaica, now Prime Minister, Bruce Golding as he spoke at Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY in May 2007. Legendary WBAI Host, Habte Selassie joins Ian Forrest in studio to discuss the speech. In The Here and There (5-6AM), its the news with Sheron Hamilton Pearson and a snippet of the Jamaica Report, a work looking at life in Jamaica for ordinary Jamaicans, done originally at just around the time of President Aristide's ouster and the fleeing of many of his countrymen and women to Jamaica. The show also takes time to recognize and speak with WBAI colleagues Nando Alvarici and Mikey Melendez of Con Sabor Latino after their successful live performance fundraiser at the station the day before. Connections is on! Listen, enjoy and tell somebody!

Hosted by Sidney Smith.

A Musical BIRTHDAY BASH! I celebrate On The Eve Of My Birthday. Some of the singers that were part of the mix: Judy Garland, Charles Aznavour, Ella Fitzgerald, Howard Mcgillin, Nancy Lamott, Frank Sinatra, Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien, Barbara Fasano, Barney Martin, Carmen Mcrae, Michael Feinstein, Rosemary Clooney, Peter Allen, Inga Swenson, Lonny Price, Donna Murphy, Tom Andersen, Nancy Wilson, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Mary Martin, Bill Wright, Liza Minnelli and more!

An episode of Broadway is My Beat from January 21, 1950. An episode of the Campbell Playhouse with Orson Wells and Helen Hayes.

Matthew LaClair hosted a call-in special about President Obama's State of the Union address, and the issues discussed in it. The HealthCare debate, the Supreme Court decision allowing corporations the right to essentially purchase elections, and more will be discussed - in addition to the impact of Obama's speech. Does Obama's SOTU speech show an interest by Obama to have a more open and participatory democracy than before? Will the speech finally open the doors for significant change in American Politics as we know it?

Todays topic was professional football, specifically the Super Bowl and the future of professional football. The guest was Michael MacCambridge, the author of America's Game.

BEYOND THE PALE explores cutting edge Jewish culture and offers local, national, and international political debate and analysis from a Jewish perspective. On todays show: The biography of I.F. Stone and the activist group Do Say No.

The music of Christopher Tin and a special guest appearance by Simon Loekle (host of As I Please, Saturdays from 7:00-8:30 AM) for the bird of the week reciting a selection from Basil Buntings II Ode #1.  Hosted by Mark Laiosa. Email Mark at earmassage@hotmail.com.

Howard Jordan interviews an early Obama supporter State Senator Bill Perkins of the 30th Senatorial District covering Harlem, the Upper West Side, and Washington Heights. They discuss the State of the Union speech, Paterson versus Cuomo, Ethics Reform, Bloomberg school closings, and the attempt to privatize CUNY colleges. For comments write thejordanjournal@hotmail.com

Host: Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Dahoud Andre and Miriam Neptune Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees - speak regarding the relief efforts being denied by the U.S militarization in Haiti.
Joseph Brings Plenty- Cheyenne River (Lakota) Sioux Tribe- Chairman on the declared "disaster area" by the Governor Rounds of South Dakota - during the third of major ice and snowstorms that has devasted the CRSTs since early Dec. 2009. The noticeable effect of an "emergency" would be relief efforts by the Red Cross or Federal Emergency Management Agency, until this date 1-28-10 "FEMA has not shown up on Cheyenne River and what Red Cross aid there is for Natives on this reservation is sparse at best". The National Guard is assisting with restoring power and water resources but with 10-21 days. Meanwhile, subzero temperatures, no water, no gasoline, no stores or businesses, no schools and no power keep services inadequate for most of the members on and near the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Sioux Reservations. CRST Emergency Coordination Center (605) 964-7711 (7712)

7:30am: THE GREENING OF THE GHETTO: QUEENS - PART 3. Queens is the most ethnically diverse borough in the US, where the Number 7 train is known as The Oriental Express due to the number of Asian nations crossed when riding it. How green is Queens? Tune into Wake Up Call, for Part 3 of the Greening of the Ghetto, where we travel through each of New York's borough to see just how green it is. As the government pushes the power of the green economy, we go on the ground and follow the money trail, we ask where the green jobs are, explore how much job training is being done, by whom and where and we challenge the elected officials about their green support of their borough. New York City Comptroller John Liu, Councilmember Daniel Dromm, Representative for District 25, Jackson Heights, and Len Maniace of The Green Agenda for Jackson Heights take up the discussion. Hosted by Esther Armah.

WBAI carried the President's address from 9pm to 11pm. The Global Black Experience was preempted.

The show focused on various re-use movements. Environmentally-speaking, re-using is even better than re-cycling and throughout the country people are re-using and re-distributing literally tons of things (from food to toys to electronics to furniture to pets) that would otherwise have ended up rotting in a landfill.

Haiti’s Earthquake Exposes The Faultline of US Domination with Ray Laforest, Haitian-American labor leader and Kim Ives, journalist with the newspaper Haiti Liberté.
Also, The Democrats, One Step Forward Or Two Steps Back? with Congressman Dennis Kucinich.

A look at Cuban doctors on the ground in Haiti with Haitian activist Dahoud Andre – co-host of lakou-new york – a daily radio program in Brooklyn’s Haitian community. US graduates of Cuba’s Latin American school of medicine plan an emergency medical brigade to Haiti to work with Cuban doctors there. We speak with Ellen Bernstein of ifco-pastors for peace. American University professor/specialist in US foreign policy, Phil Brenner, speaks about Cuba’s inclusion on Washington’s list of “terrorist nations”. And Basilio Gutierrez - vice president of the Cuban Institute For Friendship with the peoples/icap speaks with us about recent changes on the island and US-Cuba relations. As ever we begin the program with a brief news section. Produced by Sally O’Brien, Margaret Gilpin and Jay Potter.

Jazz singer/songwriter Lorraine Feather on "Ages," her latest compilation of original songs; author and Orange Prize winner Sadie Jones on her novel "Small Wars," set in Cypress in the waning days of Britain's empire; and dancer-choreographer Sduduzo Ka-Mbili on his production of "Get Zulu!" a celebration of South African song, comedy, and dance. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Trish Spoto and Naomi Brussel start the show by interviewing the always incisive Sharon Stapel (Executive Director of the Anti-Violence Project) about queer domestic violence (prompted by the murder of John Lea). Both Trish and Naomi bring their expertise as experienced social workers to the conversation about issues that many queer folks are hesitant to discuss openly. Listen to this segment separately here. Beginning 18 minutes into the show, Naomi interviews Scott Long, director of the LGBT Rights division of Human Rights Watch, about the latest developments on the so-called kill-the-gays bill in Uganda. He also moves beyond this bill to discuss how it fits into the larger context in Uganda, from the influence of American evangelicals in so many aspects of everyday Ugandan life, to the overall economic, political and historical situation in this struggling, landlocked country. Finally, in the second half of the show, Naomi and Trish chat with Jamaican documentary filmmaker Selena Blake about her new film on homophobia in Jamaica. We also gave away a pair of free tickets to the hilarious show Avenue Q.

UN-intelligent Design with Ken Gale. His guest will be Dr. Abigail Hafer who teaches human anatomy and physiology at Curry College in New England and who got her doctorate in Zoology at Oxford. How right was Darwin? Dr. Hafer will discuss the human eye, the throat, reproduction (men AND women), teeth, pre-natal gill slits and vestigial anatomy to point out that humans are not that intelligently designed and how evolution explains these things. And how birds, whales and squid are designed better.

Stephen The Road Warrior focused on how modern technologies can benefit the people of Haiti as they try to rebuild their lives and devastated nation. Some of these technologies include building an interactive data base which can record information on those known to have died, been injured, survived this crisis, and what their current status may be. Building a virtual map from information provided by residents of the affected areas, which when compiled, will be more accurate than those currently existing on the web. Providing Volunteer technical services which will compliment existing aid organizations' abilities to: a) raise funds; b) input information and up to date status of individuals impacted by disasters; c) utilize My Space, Facebook and other communications technologies, so that impacted individuals can communicate with their loved ones and each other in real time; along with other innovative ways of maximizing aid organizations' abilities to provide services to those affected most.

On this program we of course talked about the huge tragedy of the earthquake in Haiti. We're glad that WBAI participated in the big telethon for Haiti. We talked about some of the details related to the quake including the geology of the region where you have the North American and Caribbean plates variously grinding past and subducting each other, and we noted the fact that Haiti has a pair of geological faults running through it which make for a very complex tectonic situation. The fault that generated the earthquake may have also set the stage for another earthquake in the north of Haiti or in the Dominican Republic. We talked about the lack of enforced building codes contributing to the death and destruction. After all of the rescues are over there will be a long term recovery effort required. We talked about the planet Mars a little bit, and some new claims regarding micro-fossils there. We talked about the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on partisan political campaigns, we wondered how foreign corporations would react to this opportunity to control the U.S. government. And we talked about the Chinese government shutting down a gay event there. We talked about how insecure many people's passwords are and gave advice on creating better passwords. We also let everyone know that we'll be pitching on our next program!

The eyes of the world are still on Haiti and hearts everywhere are aching. Aid and volunteers have poured in from around the world. And yet, the U.S.’s 12,000 troops have taken over Haiti’s main airport and are turning back much of this aid. An estimated 20,000 people a day died this past week under the rubble for lack of rescue. Surgeries and amputations among survivors were carried out without anesthesia or electricity.
This week, Sunsara Taylor and her guests will dig into the real history of Haiti, the dangerous and influential role of fundamentalists like Robertson, and shine a spotlight on the people who are not falling down on their knees and praising god, but waging active resistance both in Haiti and in the U.S. to demand humanitarian aid be let through.
Meanwhile, we are told – through the mainstream media over and over again – of the stories of worship and praise throughout Haiti. It is almost as if we are supposed to believe their suffering is not so great because of their faith. At the same time, Christian fascist Pat Robertson blamed the history of Haitians, who waged the only successful slave revolution in history, for bringing a curse down on themselves and causing their own suffering. As widely denounced as Robertson was, his voice was still treated as legitimate and promoted throughout the mainstream media.

Mike Feder remembers himself as a teenaged listener to WBAI.

Each week host Eddie Ellis and the On The Count production crew examine criminal and social justice policies, practices and programs, through news, interviews, analysis and commentary by and about people currently or formerly incarcerated.
This week our guests include: Ron Daniels (Institute of the Black World), reporting on the relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts taking place in Haiti; Arlene Roberts (Huffington Post), discussing her widely acclaimed, recently released study, "The Faces of Detention and Deportation: A Report on the Forced Repatriation of Immigrants from the English Speaking Caribbean"; and Sharonne Salaam (People United for Children) and her son Yusef Salaam (Central Park Five Case) providing us an update on their wrongful conviction-malicious prosecution law suit against the City of New York. Join us as we provide a public forum for the voices of the community most directly affected yet historically excluded from the dialogue and the decision making process.

WBAI carried the "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon which raised funds for the Haitian people. The concert is the brainchild of George Clooney & Wyclef Jean and is packed with their celebrity friends and performers.
Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Bruce Springsteen, Wyclef Jean, Bono, The Edge and Jay-Z will lead the all-star lineup of performers. More than 100 stars have signed on to help raise funds for the MTV Networks-sponsored show, which will benefit the victims of last week's devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake on the impoverished island.
Several one-of-a-kind collaborations will highlight the event, including a hookup between U2's Bono and The Edge with Jay-Z and Rihanna in London and a jam featuring Kid Rock, Keith Urban and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; like all the night's performances, the collabos will be available for download on iTunes for 99 cents the next day. Also appearing in New York with Wyclef and Springsteen will be Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira and Sting, while the Los Angeles show will feature performances from Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Timberlake, Stevie Wonder and Taylor Swift.
WBAI extends a special thanks to MTV networks for the license to broadcast the event and to the producers of Rise Up Radio & Global Beat Experience, as well as Stephen Howard & Vanessa Cooper for making the broadcast possible.
The website for donations is HopeForHaitiNow.org
Rise Up Radio was pre-empted.

From 8pm to 10pm WBAI carried the Hope for Haiti Now Telethon

Howard Jordan interviews activist lawyers Ramon Jimenez and Hector Soto on Haiti, Governor Paterson, Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Hiram Monseratte, media "double standards" on coverage of Latinos, the breach of contract by the Yankees, and a new Coaliton forming in the South Bronx. For comments write thejordanjournal@hotmail.com

Corporate media chatter about the Republican Senate victory in Massachusetts reflects participants’ priorities: which means you're unlikely to hear advice offered to Democrats other than that they should act more like Republicans. Is that the takeaway? We'll get another angle from journalist and activist Norman Solomon.
Also on the show: Anonymous news sources are a journalistic scourge, abetting some of the worst policies of our times, and allowing the powerful to escape accountability. But are they simply an occasional problem in reporting, or central to the way corporate journalism operates? We'll talk to Salon's Glenn Greenwald about his report on the subject, The Fundamental Unreliability of America’s Media.

On the show tonight, independent scholar and writer, Stephanie Golden will  join RDF hosts, Rebecca Myles and Jay Grayce, in the studios to discuss her book Slaying the Mermaid; Women and the Culture of Sacrifice. Her book uncovers the myths and archetypal roots of the need felt by women to sacrifice their potential for the good of others. But do all women sacrifice?

On January 12, just before 5pm, Haiti was hit by one of the deadliest recorded earthquakes which measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. Co-host Kim Ives who just returned from Haiti reports on the devastation. Join “Haiti, the Struggle Continues” Thursdays at 9 p.m. The program is dedicated to the support of the Haitian people in their struggle for Freedom and against all forms of oppression. More...

Celebrate and Honor The Legacy and Vision Of Our Sister SAFIYA BUKHARI. Join Hosts Sally O'Brien and Dequi Kioni-Sadiki as we preview the writings of Safiya Bukhari. Guests will include Safiya's daughter; Wonda Jones, former political prisoner, writer and activist, Laura Whitehorn and Panther Sister Pam Hanna. We will also present a rare audio clip of Safiya herself!

Celebration of 37th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade with report on "The State of Roe and Reproductive Justice in 2010." Archival recordings from the movement that fought to legalize abortion, news of ongoing backlash against Roe, especially in health-care reform today. Guests: Terry O'Neill, President, National Organization for Women, Stephanie Poggi, Director of the National Network of Abortion Funds; Loretta Ross, National Coordinator, SisterSong: A Woman of Color Reproductive Health Collective. Plus worldwide feminist news and music. More...

Host: Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Commentary on the devastation of the earthquake in Haiti and the militarization of the country by the U.S. A magnitude 5.9 aftershock, since the 12 ­January cataclysm, caused no serious reported damage or casualties.
Basem Khader Gaza Blockade Electronicintifada.net
Continues to Suffocate Daily Life more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty. The blockade does not target armed groups but rather punishes Gaza’s entire population by restricting the entry of food, medical supplies, educational equipment and building materials. An estimated 280 of the 641 schools in Gaza were damaged and 18 were destroyed. More than half of Gaza’s population is under the age of 18 and the disruption to their education is having a devastating impact. Hospitals have also been badly affected by the military offensive and the blockade. Trucks of medical aid provided by the World Health Organization have been repeatedly refused entry to Gaza without explanation by Israeli officials.
Soli “Papakihei” Niheu A Kanaka Maoli Elder from the Kingdom of Hawai'i has been at the forefront of Hawai'ian struggles for over 45 years. Soli talks about how he has to protect land rights and stop military test bombing, and in the ongoing sovereignty movement. Alstonbannerman.org

7:30: THE GREENING OF NEW YORK CITY - Part 2. Brooklyn. How green is the borough affectionately known as the people's republic? How is the greening of the US economy benefiting the residents and workers in this culturally diverse borough? In part 2 wee follow the money trail, and ask where the jobs are and who is getting them? We challenge Mayor Bloomberg's declaration on the greening of the New York economy. Joining us is Councilmember Charles Barron of East New York, Anne Pope of Sustainable Flatbush, a non profit grass roots organisation committed to expanding greener living into lower income communities; and Pravina Raghavan, Small Business Administration New York District Director. Wake Up Call host is Esther Armah.

Guests were Dan Kaminsky (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kaminsky) and Tiffany Rad (www.tiffanyrad.com)

Political prisoner and community activist Dhoruba Bin-Wahab joins us to talk about his experiences entering Gaza, and to comment on implications for Africa of recent new US security measures. Interviewed by BN Aziz. In the studio, Sarah Malaika speaks with members of IMAN, InterCity Muslim Action Network, about their upcoming programs. Host Sarah Malaika. See www.radiotahrir.org.

Screening Room: Rural Radical Roots In Movies, And the Birth Of The Cine Manifest Marxist Film Collective. A conversation with Cine Manifest filmmaker John Hanson, director of Western Coal, Prairie Trilogy: Rebel Earth, Prairie Fire, Survivor, and Northern Lights. And, the current Cine Manifest Retrospective. And....Mystery writer Charles Todd, mother and son writing team,talk about their new Ian Rutledge novel, THE RED DOOR. They also talk about their writing process. And...Stephen Wolf, sitting in for Mary Ann Miller, reads from his anthology, I Speak Of The City, the poems of NY.

ZAP! Electromagnetic Fields and Your Health. The evidence linking exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) with human health problems is strong and growing stronger. Join GREEN STREET hosts and Doug and Patti Wood with special guest and EMF expert Stan Hartman to find out how the wiring, appliances and computers in your home or apartment may pose a serious risk to your health and what you can do about it.

7:30am: Haiti through the lens of the media. Via mainstream (NBC, CNN, ABC), via Al Jazeera's critical global perspective, from an indigenous Haitian perspective and from a far right view; our all women media panel focuses on the shaping of Haiti via the stories, tone, language and visual depiction in the aftermath of disaster. Are we watching the criminalization of a people who need aid? Is the US military being cast as savior as the American people are seduced using powerful image and language as the US orchestrates a military takeover?

Sharp analysis and scathing criticism from special guest panelist MARGUERITE LAURENT, President of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network, a Haitian writer who produces a daily eblast on Haiti. She joins regulars APRIL SILVER, Founder and President of Akila Worksongs, STACEY PATTON, Senior Writer and Editor of The Defenders Online, the blog of the NAACP's legal defense fund and BHAKTI SHRINGAPURE, Professor Hunter College, and specialist on Postcolonial African Literature, South Asia, Gender.

The show aired from 7pm to 11pm.

The show ran from 7pm to 11pm. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Prophetic Voice Heralding the Challenges Before Us and a Path Forward. No stone monuments or pious resolutions adequately commemorate Dr. King, but rather our recognition of him will be in our resolve to carry on his legacy of resistance to bigotry, poverty, and war. And, our recognition of what Dr. King represented will strengthen and guide us now, in our support of the heroic Haitian people to survive, to emerge from under the fault-line of cataclysmic imperialist rubble. More...

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WBAI's annual Martin Luther King Day celebration and fundraisier. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

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Connections this morning features the Caribbean's efforts to help sister island Haiti and its people in this their time of need. Guests include disaster management authorities, Barbados' Jeremy Collymore and Jamaica's Ronald Jackson, both intimately involved in the Haiti relief efforts. Also in the mix is Monroe College's, Professor Basil Wilson, who discusses the US/World effort geared at Haiti's restoration. Berlot Israel of Dwafanm speaks with Sheron Hamilton Pearson about loss on a personal and professional level in face of the tragedy. The program closes out with Connections making time to speak with and celebrate Ricot Dupuy of Radio Soleil for his yeoman service coordinating the effort to reach out to Haitians at home and abroad as families and others tried to get word to or from their loved ones on the island. Connections thanks Sidney Smith of Carrier Wave for holding the fort and starting the show as Ian made his way to studio.Connections next appears on Feb 1, 2010, 3-6AM. Do be listening!

African-American Humanism. Michael O’Neil spoke with ETFF’s very first guest (2002), Norm Allen Jr, executive Director of African Americans for Humanism (AAH). Norm is the editor of the ground-breaking book African-American Humanism: An Anthology, AAH Examiner, and an Associate Editor of Free Inquiry magazine. His most recent book is The Black Humanist Experience. We'll discuss Norm’s work with the skeptics’ movement in Africa, and the dynamics of religiosity in the black experience in the United States and abroad. See www.equaltimeforfreethought.org

A counter-revisionist look at the improvisational theater upon the 50th Anniversary of The Second City. With veteran Second City actors Bob Dishy, Judy Graubart, and Richard Libertini, and players from the original December 1959 opening night company, Andrew Duncan and Mina Kolb. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

a special on the Haitian earthquake: suggestions for help, a local Haitian politician, and listener call-ins. Sister From Another Planet was pre-empted.

In Part 1 of Off The Page, naked truths on HIV and AIDS. 83% of all new AIDS cases are from heterosexual activity. What if the man you loved and married, walked down the aisle carrying AIDS and then had unprotected sex with you? What if you were 19, got sick and deteriorated so badly, doctors told your mother to start funeral arrangements. Two authors share painful truths about the ugly side of HIV. One in three girls is sexually abused, what happens when that girl tells her mama and she chooses the abuser, and that abuser is her father. Two authors share their stories, in this emotional justice literary special.

Haiti's status as the poorest nation in the hemisphere has been mentioned time and again by journalists covering the current catastrophe, but where were journalists before the earthquake hit? And how are they doing in explaining the larger context of how Haiti got to this point? We'll talk to Bill Fletcher, former president of TransAfrica Forum and executive editor of The Black Commentator.
Also on the show: Charles Overby is CEO of the Freedom Forum, a foundation ostensibly dedicated to principles of free speech and a free press. He's also a director and shareholder of the Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private jailer in the country. In both roles, Overby engages the public's right to know... but not in the same way. We'll get that story from journalist Beau Hodai.

Host: Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Basem Khader - former economist with the United Nations updates us on the situation at the Egypt/Gaza border. Website: electronicintifada.net
Phillip Whiteman Jr. and Lynette Two Bulls have organized the Northern Cheyenne's Fort Robinson Outbreak Spiritual Run - about 100 tribal members - most of them grade-schoolers - run 400 miles every year since 1996 from Fort Robinson, Neb., to Busby, Montana. Website: YellowBirdinc.org
Silvia Burley is the Chairperson of the California Valley Miwok Tribe at californiavalleymiwoktribe.us or contact 209.931.4567 prepare to lock themselves inside their Tribal Headquarters in Stockton, CA. on Jan. 15th, when the Sheriff is coming to forcibly evict them from their land because of foreclosure.
The Miwok called for a 2-day protest and speak-out gathering at the Bureau of Indian Affairs recently on January 6th and 7th. The BIA was targeted because they have been withholding funds that the Miwok need in order to pay for their land. In question is 1 1/2 acres, purchased after US Congress passed the "Termination Act of 1953" - terminating 0.92 Percent of an acre.

7:30am: The Greening of the Ghetto launches a Wake Up Call special series exploring the greening of the economy. We look at the impact on each New York City borough and the tri-state area. We follow the money trail, ask what jobs are being created and for whom, where are the challenges, how does environmental justice become more effective community relations and which lives are being saved in the process?
Part 1 is The Bronx. Tune in as Sheila Somashakha, Greenway & Green Building Co-ordinator of Sustainable South Bronx, Tanya Fiels, Social Justice Activist and Program Assistant to the Majora Carter Group and Pravina Raghevan Small Business Administration's New York District Director* talk about the urgency facing the Bronx, the power of urban agriculture, food sovereignity and a borough with the second largest produce terminal in the world and 15,000 diesel trucks each day. Wake Up Call Host is Esther Armah.

Taking Feminism To The Next Level... From The Women's Desk: The Motherhood Movement. What Is It, Who Cares And Why Do We Need It. Joy Rose of Mamapalooza, Housewives On Prozac and Don't Tell Me To Shut Up Radio tackles the issues and talks Maternal Feminism with special guests. And, Linda Z explores with WBAI Women's Collective Sister Station Sister, KPFK's Sikivu Hutchinson at the LA Women's Desk, the real deal on race, class, sex and single motherhood. Hosted by the WBAI Women's Collective, Linda Z, Joy Rose and Sikivu Hutchinson. Music By Pollywood

Host Hassen Abdella’s discusses security issues related to recent perceived threats to the US public, with open phones to listeners. A book review of “Sugar Comes from Arabic”, by Sally Sharif. See our blogs and access Tahrir's archive at www.radiotahrir.org

Screening Room: Revenge Of The Radio Listeners. A look at the politics of horror movies, and shock jock gore in the film Pontypool. Also, What's up with all the Angry White Man Movies lately, a trend that took off with The Wrestler. Plus, Jeff Bridges on dancing with fear, and what's good about being Bad. And... Bill Still talks about his new film "The Secret of Oz", which advocates that governments should be in charge of their monetary systems not central banks. And...Stephen Wolf, sitting in for Mary Ann Miller, reads from I Speak Of The City, the poems of New York.

Extinction, Survival or Recovery: The Sea Turtle As Harbinger of the State of Humanity - a live radio conversation with Todd Steiner, Director and Founder of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project, and Andrea Treece, Senior Attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity's Oceans Program; hosted by David Occhiuto. More...

Scott Sommer was joined by a representative of Community Voices Heard (www.cvhaction.org) to talk about the organization's public housing campaign. Housing Notebook is produced by Met Council on Housing, New York's oldest tenant union (www.metcouncil.net).

Two topics: (1) For Wall Street It’s Paradise, But For Main Street It’s Hell: A Conversation With Rev. Jesse Jackson on Rebuilding Our Street (2) A conversation with New York City's Public Advocate Bill de Blasio on his plans for the Public’s Advocacy. More...

Curator and Artistic Director Mark Russell on the Under the Radar festival of radical theater ventures around the world, including Richard Maxwell's "ADS," an experiment in personal belief expressed in 3-dimensional videography (in collaboration with COIL); actor/writer Craig Alan Edwards on "The Man in Room 306," a one man show about Dr. Martin Luther King; and leftover cake from WBAI's 50th Birthday party. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.

Guests Latoya Peterson, Deanna Zandt, and Rachell Arteaga will examine social media trends, pop culture conversations, and girls media programming as we begin a new decade. We'll examine Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, and pop culture conversations happening on Racialicious, Jezebel and other sites. WMC President Jehmu Greene will host the show and bring in her experience as a youth organizer with co-host and producer Barbara Glickstein.

We spent the first half of this program celebrating the 50th anniversary of WBAI becoming a Pacifica radio station. We had our own Uncle Sidney, whose program Carrier Wave alternates with us in this time slot, on the program with us. We talked about the history of WBAI, with the 99.5 FM frequency starting out as an experimental TV station before World War II, going to an early FM radio station with the call letters WABF and then getting bought by World Broadcast Associates Inc., before millionaire Lewis Schweitzer gave the station to the Pacifica Foundation, and the rest is our history. Yes, the official start date was January 10, 1960, but we figured that we were still within the first 24 hours of WBAI being a Pacifica station. We had the remains of a really great cake on this program, which I shouldn't have eaten, but, hell, it's the 50^th anniversary. We talked about a homophobic politician in Uganda proposing a law mandating the death penalty for homosexuality. He did this after three right wing Christian preachers from America presented 3 days of anti-gay hate talks there. We talked about some doomsday scares that we don't think are realistic at all, and we got through some of the listener mail.

WBAI's 50th Birthday Celebration continues,

WBAI's 50th Birthday Celebration continues.

The WBAI birthday party continues.

The show ran from 11am to 1pm. Beyond the Pale was pre-empted.

Addressing the contribution of Lewis Schweitzer and the pre-history of WBAI as a Pacifica station; WBAI's role in changing the sound of New York and the radio landscape through its artistic, political and technical innovations, early news coverage, comedy and drama. With Marshal Efron, Paul Krassner, Jim Freund, Paul Fischer, Caryl Ratner, Robert Knight, David Rapkin and Peter Zanger. Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer. The Next Hour was pre-empted.

This week AfrobeatRadio will address the political and security implications for Africa and specifically Nigeria. The panel will consist of African journalists which will include Ajibola Hamzat, Correspondent with Nigeria Guardian Newspaper, in a telephone analysis live from Nigeria. This is an important issue which requires a comprehensive strategic review of the operations of U.S. Intelligence Agencies, its ongoing and broadening operations inside the African continent in its "war against Terrorism."
As the U.S. commits to protecting Americans worldwide, at what cost will it be to Africans at home and abroad? How can effective joint planning as well as assurances that the operations of those countries (in this instance - The U.S.) conducting the operations are acting in accordance with international humanitarian law? These questions and more will be presented, along with suggestions and ways to find solutions from a continental African perspective.
This is a continental African initiative in an attempt at constructive dialogue, to encourage examination of the issues while offering an opportunity for a more responsible and constructive media role. We in Africa, having fought long and hard for our independence and to build a continent in which we see great hope and a bright future cannot now be sent back into those days of western hegemony.

This week we present our first "One on One" interview of the new year with Denise O'Donnell, Deputy Secretary for Public Safety and Commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. Commissioner O'Donnell oversees 11 public safety agencies including police, corrections, parole, probation and crime victims, among others. Join us for an insightful discussion about the role of prisons, parole and policing in public safety, her priorities for 2010 and the politics of punishment.

William "Bill" Ayers, former Weather Underground leader and now distinguished Professor of Education, was the guest today on Education at the Crossroads. Ayers was the focus of a campaign to discredit then Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama. The Ayers - Obama connection was initially one dealing with educational issues in Chicago. Join us for a far reaching conversation.