Mr G interviews Mrtin Lux for this show. On 13 August 1977, the far-right National Front attempted to march from New Cross to Lewisham in South East London. Local people and anti-racists from all over London and beyond mobilised to oppose them, and the NF were humiliated as their march was disrupted and banners seized. That’s what we like to see.
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This show explores Radical music. With lots of good music and discussion.
Poet LoudSpeka tells us about her craft and demonstrates it with live performance on the show! We talk about poetry, politics, squats hosting poetry nights and more!
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In the last two years, details of undercover police pretending to be activists have slowly emerged. A new book by Paul Lewis and Rob Evans, Undercover: The True Story of Britain’s Secret Police, provides the latest information about police sleeping with activist women while pretending to be someone else and officers using the names of dead children. The case that has outraged the public and led to promises of political action has been the revelation that police spied on the Stephen Lawrence campaign.
Donnacha talks to veteran activist Ellenor Hutson, who knew some of the police spies in their activist cover, about what’s happened and what should happen next.
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Mr G discusses the recent undercover police scandal, Mandela, protests in Turkey and a tale of King Arthur.
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Why do we still have this obscene institution? Anarchist and Agitator Martin Wright gives us his opinion.
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Writter and Radical Feminist Elizabeth Carola explains her politics. Music by The Slits ‘Ask Ma’ and ‘Feminist Terrorist’ by Luise Pop.
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Occupy Gezi protestors resting Saturday morning – image © resim77 http://www.flickr.com/photos/39967262@N07/8910863500/
Over the past week, what started as a protest against plans to turn Gezi Park in Istanbul into a shopping centre has started to look like a popular uprising across the country, with large protests and attacks by the police reported from numerous cities. Donnacha is joined in the studio by three young activists from Turkey to discuss what’s happening, why it’s happening and where it might go – the show also includes a pre-recorded interview with an activist in Turkey.
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Mr G Presents his first Circled A show on Resonance 104.4FM. His take on current news regarding the killing of Lee Rigby in Woolwich. The show also includes a treat in the form of a commentary on The Peasents Revolt in 1381 to remind us we still have it in us to fight for our rights.
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Donnacha talks to two journalists and trade union activists, Ewa Jasiewicz – still under injunction over her arrest at the No Dash for Gas protest at the EDF West Burton power station – and Jason N. Parkinson – who has just settled his second fight against police production orders – about their successful court battles and how their fight continues.
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