On January 30th, guards attacked Robert Earl Council, and beat him until he was unconscious. Council, also known as Kinetik Justice, is a longtime imprisoned organizer and cofounder of the Free Alabama Movement. Outside supporters have urged as many people as possible to call the Donaldson Correctional Facility and express concern for Council’s welfare. The prison’s phone number is (205) …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021. Later in the program, we have the latest edition for our podcast Prescription for Healthcare hosted by Dr. Rob Stone and Karen Green Stone. Today’s guest today is T.R. Reid – a longtime corresponding for the Washington Post and chairman of the Colorado foundation for Universal Healthcare. Also coming …
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This week, we share audio in support of Dan Baker and Loren Reed, and from Panagioti Tsolkas, who tells us about the important #CagingCOVID campaign and their upcoming February 1st day of action. As we’ve previously documented on Kite Line, facilities across the country have systematically failed to protect prisoners from COVID-19 and its uncontrolled spread. We are sharing two …
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On Kite Line this week, we share two interviews with advocates working on the physical well-being of those locked inside. The first conversation we hear is with Olivia, who is part of a group trying to get the word out about unsafe conditions at the California Medical Facility, or CMF, a prison for inmates with medical conditions. This facility …
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Good evening. This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, January 21st, 2021. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from the latest edition of Bring It On. Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Dr. Khalid el-Hakim, who was the MLK Day keynote speaker for the City of Bloomington. He is the founder and curator of the …
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This week on Kite Line, we have a wide variety of ongoing prison news- ranging from the recent executions of prisoners in Terre Haute to a prison disturbance in St. Louis. Afterwards, we share a conversation that was sent to us from an outside supporter of the ongoing Saskatoon Correctional Facility hunger strike. In this conversation, Cardinal explains what led …
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On this episode of Partisan Gardens, we are sharing a vital summary of the ongoing mass farmer protests in India. For almost six weeks, Indian farmers have blocked the major highways leading into the capitol, New Delhi. More than 100,000 people are maintaining tent cities on the highways themselves, in conjunction with a broader movement that mobilized 250 million farmers …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, January 11th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty speaks with city councilman Matt Flaherty about the city’s decision to clear out an encampment at Seminary Park on Monday. Also coming up, we have A Few Minutes with the Mayor – a weekly segment where Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton answers …
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3,477 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Monday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. There were 142 newly reported deaths. Locally, Monroe County saw 37 new confirmed cases yesterday, while Lawrence County reported 44. Brown County reported no new cases, but 1 new COVID-19 death. The National Collegiate Athletics Association, or NCAA, announced Monday that …
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Happy New Year! This week, we broadcast kites from Strawberry Hampton in Illinois and Daniel Dawson in Saskatchewan, who both called in this week to update us on their conditions. Strawberry Hampton, a Black transgender woman and niece of Fred Hampton, shares the horrific abuses she has suffered inside. Hampton received a rare transfer to an all-women’s facility after she …
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