WBAI-FM Upcoming Program
Arts Express

Wed, Sep 11, 2024 9:00 PM

FRED TRUMP CHECKS IN

** "Money and power are everything, and it certainly was the way in my family..."

Fred Trump Talks 'All In The Family
- The Trumps And How We Got That Way.' Donald Trump's nephew takes the Arts Express hot seat regarding his fresh off the press memoir in the midst of the election season, in large part attacking his uncle - and what his feud with Trump may have to do with capitalism. Along with a disclaimer that he is not working for the Harris campaign, though he may do so 'if asked.'

** "Here's Harris, sounding like a cross between John Bolton and John Wayne..."

Joy, Feelgood Conquest And Genocide
: Rick Sanchez and guest political commentator Wilmer Leon take a deep dive into the Harris imperialist vibes. Referencing conspiracy theorists, the CIA, words in the service of warfare - and 'the stenographers of the elite called The New York Times, The Washington Post and other mainstream media...'

** "Today we wade into the deep waters of Northern Ireland's tumultuous history - unpacking the existential dilemmas of Unionists grappling with their identity amidst the backdrop of constant uncertainty..."

UK Desk: 'A People Under Siege
: The Unionists Of Northern Ireland, From Partition To Brexit And Beyond.' A conversation with Belfast author and political historian, Aaron Edwards, 'as sharp and unsparing as the history it examines...'.

** "When a colonized people decide to shoot back, the panic button once it's pressed, it goes to a very high frequency - and the Puerto Rican community in NYC was in virtual lockdown...And art is the most political of all human activity. So don't do art for art's sake - do art to change the world..."

A Continued Conversation With Artist Carlito Rovira. The self-described Puerto Rican 'Young Lord for life' delves into discovering his political inspiration creatively from 'the revolutionary struggle of the Young Lords as a youth, when 'during the McCarthy era, it was the McCarthy era on steroids in Puerto Rico - and that is what I want to be remembered by, that I was an artist but I was a revolutionary artist...'

'Oh yes, just in case you didn't know, I am a Red. I believe in Socialism because WE NEED IT. Don't get that part twisted. I've been one since my days in the Young Lords Party " We studied Marxist literature. And, to this day I embrace what Marx & Lenin wrote about....' 

Portrait of Leonard Peltier, on the occasion of his 80th birthday on 9/12 this week, a Pine Ridge Indian Rez. First Nation South Dakota political prisoner for what will be a half century incarcerated next year. 'This is 24” X 30”, acrylic paint on canvas. It was motivated by my sympathies and respect for the historic struggles of First Nation people...' 

 

 


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