Juvenile Justice Reform

On Monday, 20 February 2006, we chatted with Mary Ellen Johnson, the executive director of the Pendulum Foundation, about juvenile justice reform and why states lock up children and teens for life. See press release. Ms. Johnson and the Pendulum Foundation are cited in a front-page article on "Teen Crime, Adult Time," in the (19 February 2006) Sunday edition of the Denver Post.

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We discussed healing and "restorative justice". An earlier Subversity show dealt with restorative justice in hate crimes: The Quakers (AFSC) have argued for restorative justice in hate crimes; their report is here: www.afsc.org/community/hatecr.pdf.

Performance Artist Kristina Wong

On our February 13, 2006 show, we aired an interview with performance artist, filmmaker, comedian etc. Kristina Wong, about growing up in a Chinese American family, Catholic school, homophobia, PlayGirl, and Asian models in porn.

See press release.

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She is profiled on the front page of the same day's New University,: "Subversive Artist Mixes Fun and Humor with Political Activism".

Anti-WTO Protests in Hong Kong

On our show of Monday, 6 February, 2006, we spoke with UCI graduate student Choi Wai-Kit on the anti-WTO protests in Hong Kong of December 2005, analyzing how the various events progressed and what lessons can be learned from the protests and the strategies employed there.

See press release with links to related resources.

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Domestic Surveillance and Covert Action

On our January 23, 2006 show, we focused on domestic surveillance and covert action, with guests Louis Wolf of Covert Action Quartery and Brittany Benowitz, an attorney with the Center for National Security Studies.

See press release.

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Anti-immigrant Politics in Costa Mesa and Beyond

On Monday, January 16, 2006, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we chat with John Earl, web-meister of Orange County Organizer, about anti-immigration politics in Costa Mesa and beyond. We dedicate the show to Judge William Matthew Byrne, Jr., the judge who threw out the Pentagon Papers case.

See press release.

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The Hoang Tan Bui Case: Unanswered Questions

On our November 28, 2005 show, we chatted with Phuong, the widow of Hoang Tan Bui, shot and run over by a Westminster policeman driving his cruiser last Tet.

See press release.

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Interview with Le Ly Hayslip on Humanitarian Work in Vietnam

On our November 21, 2005 show, we aired an interview with Vietnamese American author Le Ly Hayslip, whose chronicles of her life during and after the Vietnam War were made into Oliver Stone's Heaven and Earth. She discusses her humanitarian work in Vietnam and the rest of Southeast Asia, as well as her troubles with some in the Vietnamese exile community.

See press release.

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See Sam Deegan's piece in the August 25, 2005, San Diego reader: Old Wounds.

David Barsamian the noted alternative radio interviewer, speaks on "Another World is Possible: Public Power in the Age of Empire" on Monday, November 14th, 7:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church of South Orange County, 25801 Obrero Drive, Suite 9, Mission Viejo, CA 92691, (949) 581-0245. Admission: $5 donation requested, but not required.