It has been another exciting week here in the Land of Oz, formerly known as the United States of America, which is currently going through an apparently overdue purging that will replace the rule of law with a whimsical process whereby the Chief Executive is empowered to decide everything in a new nation that will likely be renamed Trumpland. The transition has not been pretty, as part of the process is to deport all undesirables. As a result, countries that have been reckoned to be friends to the American people and government including Britain and Germany are now warning their citizens that they might want to reconsider plans to travel to the US as they might be detained by one or more of America’s law enforcement authorities even if their travel status is fully legal and they have not committed anything that might be considered a crime in the real world.

On Saturday, March 22 from 6-9pm at the Ohio Union [Performance Hall], 1739 N. High St., the Unchained OSU Fashion Show will tell the story of an overcomer of human trafficking through three stages: innocence (stars), violence (moon), and restoration (sun).

The story is told using garments, music, facts, and poetic narration. We partner with students and community members to put on the show with students as models and volunteers. The goal of the fashion show is to increase awareness of human trafficking both locally and globally. We hope to empower models, volunteers, and attendees with the necessary education, training, and tools to identify and report the crime and to join the abolitionist movement. Through this, attendees will learn what human trafficking is (awareness), what red flags and factors that lead to trafficking are (accountability), and what can be done to stop trafficking and help overcomers (action).

Dr. Bob and Dan-o highlight musicians honored through the years at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, inclduding Buddy Guy, Led Zeppelin, Mavis Staples, Linda Ronstadt and more! Unfotunately Trump has fired the whole Board of the Kennedy Center and replaced them with himself and his buddies to prevent anyone woke from getting an award. 

Listen live at 11pm Friday, March 21 and 28 streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
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Monday at 2pm streaming March 24 and March 3 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM

Archived on Mixcloud here

It is crucial for any American administration to recognize that, regardless of political agendas, the views of the American public regarding the situation in Palestine and Israel are undergoing a significant shift. A critical mass of opinion is rapidly forming, and this change is becoming undeniable.

 Paradoxically, while Islamophobia continues to rise across the US, sentiments supporting Palestinians and opposing Israeli occupation are steadily increasing.

 In theory, this means that the pro-Israeli media's success in linking Israel’s actions against the Palestinian people to the so-called "war on terror" — a narrative that has demonized Islam and Muslims for many years — is faltering.