Elaine Brown, former head of the Black Panther Party, on Guerrilla Radio

Yesterday's Guerrilla Radio featured an interview with the only woman to head the BPP, author, and long time political activist Elaine Brown. Brown will be in Cleveland on April 7, 11:30am at CSU's University Center Room 1, as part of a panel titled, "Why is standing up for your rights a capital crime in Ohio? The Case of the Lucasville 5." Brown spoke about prisons, political imprisonment, political prisoners, and the need for the American left to start winning tangible victories through the ballot. Click here to listen to what she had to say.

Seymour Hersh, the Islamist Right, Iran, and the American Empire

Check out this long but very important piece by independent journalist and writer Tom Englehardt on the "Bush" administration's long term plans for the Middle East. Englehardt brings up excellent points regarding past support for rightist Islamist forces by sections of the U.S. ruling elite, the use of these forces in foreign policy gambles for the purposes of imperial expansion, and the connections all this has to the historical and present relationship between the U.S. and Iran.

Protests Abound in Begining of 5th Year

As the U.S. invasion of Iraq entered its fifth year, protesters around the world demanded it come to an end today. In the U.S. the largest demonstration took place in Washington, D.C. where a conflict erupted with a much smaller "pro-war" crowd. Click here to listen to yesterday's Guerrilla Radio as Zirca interviewed a representative from the D.C. protests as they prepared for today's rally and march, along with other anti-war news and interviews. This past week also saw an eight day long vigil at Public Square in downtown Cleveland.

Friday's Guerrilla Radio

Click here to listen to last Friday's edition of Guerrilla Radio. We spoke with Josh in Pittsburgh where several people were arrested for blockading a robotics center in protest of the center's role in making war machines. We also spoke with Raed Jarrar, Iraqi and author of the blog Raed in the Middle, about the pending oil and natural gas law in Iraq.