What was the one, most important takeaway from today and Saturday’s 50th Anniversary commemoration of MLK’s “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom”? The one issue that seemed to make it into the remarks of just about everyone who spoke?
That’s what we discussed during the first part of today’s KPFK/Pacifica Radio BradCast, along with sound clip highlights from some of the most notable speakers. (Hint: If you didn’t hear the fiery remarks of Rep. John Lewis — the youngest speaker at the original 1963 remarks — on Saturday, you’ll now get to hear them in full.)
In the second part of the show, we were joined by Trevor Timm of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Freedom of the Press Foundation to discuss the release of the secret FISA Court’s 2011 decision finding the government had misled the court multiple times, and collected the emails of tens of thousands of Americans not involved in terrorism in any way; and about the massive secrecy state we discussed in The BRAD BLOG’s special investigative report this week.
Also, Desi Doyen joined us as usual with the latest Green News Report, the one with one of my favorite all-time endings! Enjoy!
Except for John Lewis, speakers were blasé and lacking in congruity. No one really gave it to the president because of the historic victory he represents but he is the bankers tool and in truth an Uncle Tom.