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September 17, 2021: A Perfect Storm – Conditions at Attica

This month, we are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, a high point of the cycle of prisoners’ struggle of the 1960s and 1970s. We share experiences from former Attica prisoners Joseph Hayden and Carlos Roche, and attorney Elizabeth Fink, who all describe the events of that day and the days leading up to the event. Afterwards, …

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September 10, 2021: The Attica Commune

Three years ago on Kite Line, we aired an episode about the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971. This week, September 9th to September 13th, will mark fifty years between us and the event. We share this piece again today, with updated contributions from its author, analyzing the growing challenges to our collective survival, both inside and outside the prisons.  What …

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September 3, 2021: We Are Human Beings- Words From an Attica Rebel

This month, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, a high point of the prisoners’ movement of the 1960s and 70s.  On September 9th, 1971, prisoners revolted, building on their own organizing and local grievances, as well as responding to the assassination of George Jackson by guards at Soledad Prison in California.  Right now, marking both events …

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August 27, 2021: The Punitive Image of the State

For our episode this week, we share the second of a two-part conversation between Nicole Fleetwood and Micol Seigel. Fleetwood’s recent book, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, is a wide-ranging exploration of visual art made by people in prison. Fleetwood explains “I started working on this book as a way to deal with the grief about so …

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August 20, 2021: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration

We start out by sharing a statement from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak about the Shut ‘Em Down campaign, scheduled for August 21st and September 9th, historic days for Black struggle inside and against prison. Afterwards, we share the first of a two-part conversation between Nicole Fleetwood and Micol Seigel. Fleetwood’s recent book, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, …

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WFHB Local News – August 16th, 2021

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 16th, 2021. Later in the program, we have the latest edition of A Few Minutes with the Mayor – a weekly segment where we pose questions to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton on community issues. More coming up in the bottom half of tonight’s program. Also coming up in the next half …

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August 13, 2021: Summer of Kites 2021

This week, we share urgent messages – kites – sent by a range of people caught up in the prison system.  It’s important to listen for the voices of prisoners, whether it’s the hunger strike declaration by a longterm inside organizer like Shaka Shakur, Jessica Reznicek’s reflections as she is about to enter prison as an unrepentant water protector, or …

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WFHB Local News – August 12th, 2021

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, August 12th, 2021. Later in the program, we have the latest edition of Prescription for Healthcare – a monthly segment dedicated to increasing the understanding of healthcare issues for the WFHB listening community through interviews with and commentary from medical and community experts. That’s coming up in today’s feature report. Also coming …

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WFHB Local News – August 11th, 2021

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, August 11th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB News speaks with Bruce Kettler, Director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, about grant funding for farmers impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s coming up in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Better Beware – your …

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WFHB Local News – August 10th, 2021

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, August 10th, 2021. Later in the program, we revisit a feature from WFHB Correspondent Tilly Robinson about the state of Indiana restarting federal pandemic unemployment benefits – despite Governor Eric Holcomb’s attempts to end them earlier this summer. That’s coming up in today’s feature reports. Also coming up in the next half …

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