AIDS Activist Wan Yanhai's Disappearance: Implications for Civil Society formation

On our November 27, 2006 show, we were scheduled to talk about AIDS activist Wan Yanhai's work in the wake of his disappearance in Beijing. However, he has now been released after a few days of detention. See our press release

To hear audio of the show, click here: . The show includes clips from an interview we did with him back in 1998 on political surveillance.

Center for Constitutional Studies Files Suit vs. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld

On our November 20, 2006 show, we focus on what led up to the lawsuit just filed against Donald Rumsfeld in Germany. We air audio from CCR President Michael Ratner and one-time Abu Ghraib Commander Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinsky as part of proceedings of the Bush Commission into war crimes (see http://www.bushcommission.org). Thanks to Not in Our Name for the use of of this audio.

For more on the lawsuit, see: War Crimes Complaint Against Rumsfeld et al..

See also Karpinsky's testimony.

To hear audio of the show, click here: .

Robert Gates: From CIA to Pentagon? Who is the Nominee to Head the Defense Department?

On the next Subversity show, slated for Monday 13 June, 2006 on KUCI, we chat with national security analyst and author John Prados about former CIA director Robert Gates, who is George Bush's nominee to succeed Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary. We will discuss what has Gates done in the past and how quickly will he withraw U.S. troops from Iraq? Gates, after all, was deputy CIA director when the U.S. sent Donald Rumsfeld to meet with Saddam Hussein and shake his hands, sealing the U.S. effort to arm Iraq. Gates was also implicated, but never charged, in the Iran-Contra scandal.

For more information with links to resources, see our press release.

To hear audio of the show, click here: .

The Religious Right

On our November 6 2006 show, Subversity took a look at the Religious Right with Chip Berlet, senior analyst with Political Research Associates, which has just released a report, Running Against Sodom and Osama: The Christian Right, Values Voters, and the Culture Wars in 2006, that Berlet co-authored.


We also aired a clip from Bob Avakian, who leads the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, warning not to put faith in the Democrats. And we also gave our subversive take on Tuesday's elections, especially one proposition, 83, that is more a reflection of hysteria over sex crimes than anything that would solve anything. We addressed the pros and cons.


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Lt. Ehren Watada's Refusal to Deploy to Iraq

On our KUCI Subversity show Monday October 30, 2006, we aired a talk given by Bob Watada and Rosa Sakanishi, father and stepmom of Ehren Watada, an army officer (first lieutenant) who has refused deployment to Iraq. They spoke at Chapman University. We also got a chance to chat with them after their talk about being parents of Ehren Watada.

For more information on Ehren Watada's resistance to an illegal war, see: http://www.thankyoult.org/.

To hear the audio of a statement by Ehren Watada, his parents' talk, plus brief interviews with both of them, click here: .

UCI Student Protesters Face More Aggressive Police Tactics

We chatted with Worker Student Alliance activists about the arrest of a Vietnamese student last Wednesday during a protest and what's behind this increased standoff between labor supporters and the cops. This was on our Monday October 23, 2006 show.
Here's the press release: press release.

To hear the audio of the show, click here: .

Civil Liberties Attorney Shayana Kadidal on Challenging State Repression

On our Monday October 16 show, Subversity, a KUCI public affairs program, broadcast a talk given by a civil liberties attorney about the National Security Agency surveillance lawsuit, as well as the legal limboland now confronted by those incarcerated at Guantanamo, in the wake of Congressional action stripping habeas corpus rights from those imprisoned there.

Shayana Kadidal is Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights based in New York City. For more information, see our press release.

To hear the audio of the show, click here: .