Thursday, February 25, 2010

Show #65 February 26, 2010

This week on The Revolution...Labour MP Pete Hodgson, what does he make of National's new class war (are we allowed to call it that?), the anti-democratic assault on MMP and the plans to open DOC land to mining?

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Also 'My Name Is Rachel Corrie' is being put on over the next two weeks, we are joined by director Stuart Young and lead actor Nadya Shaw Bennett. Listen in for a chance to win two double passes.

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Steele Beautah - Africa
Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady
Ghostface Killah - I'll Die For You
Howard Scott Band - Slippin' Into Darkness
Soul Searchers - Blow Your Whistle
Gil Scott Heron - Must Be Something
Juggaknots - Liar, Liar
The TSU Tornados
The Upsetters - Tighten Up
Bahamadia - Uknowhowwedu
The Itals - Run Baldhead Run
Outkast - BOB
MC Solaar - Superstar
The Coup - We Are The Ones
Jimmy McGriff - Blue Juice
BDP - You Must Learn
Freestyle Fellowship - Inner City Boundaries
Doom - Superfrendz

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Show #64 Febraury 19, 2010

This week on The Revolution...Frances Nelson of the NZEI the national union for primary school teachers. As teachers and parents across the country try to put the breaks on standardized testing for kids we ask what is really going on. ACT's Heather Roy is talking about choice and vouchers, sounds like privitization. Appealing to the reactionary sentiments of disengaged parents National wants to create a new managerial level of bureaucracy to do some bean counting and make it look like they are doing something. Oh has anyone mentioned that public spending on education has been frozen if not cut over the last 10 years? This looks alot like the 4th season of The Wire.

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Playlist

Donald Byrd - Change
MC Solaar - Les Tempes Changent
War - The World is a Ghetto
Erykah Badu - Twinkle
Company Flow - Krazy Kings Too
BT Express - Do it
Boot Camp Click - I Need More
Earth, Wind & Fire - Sweet Sweetback's Theme
Blach Uhuru - Sponji Reggae
Blackalicious - Shallow Days
Funkadelic - I'll Bet You
Weathermen - Same As It Never Was
Peter King - Shango
Mf Doom - Red and Gold
Gil Scott Heron - Me and the Devil
Bobby Hutcherson - Oyo Como Va
Bobby Franklin - Hit and Quit It
Kaze - For The Record
Erykah - Window Seat

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Show #63, February 12, 2010

The Revolution is back...
Last year our holiday break was marked by the Gaza massacre, this year Haiti. The injustice is staggering. And before your right off the Haitian catastrophe as an act of god or nature, check the history. The remarkable people of Haiti have staged two of the greatest emancipatory acts of our collective history. From its inception through the slave revolution to the 1991 election of Aristide, Haitians have been bleed dry for their indomitable political will. This is as much a natural disaster as Hurricane Katrina. If you want some background check out Zizek's reveiw of Peter Hallward's book.

On the home front we get you started in proper fashion as nation wide demos are planned to protest the lack of a real living wage. Unite's Mike Treen will join us at 10:30 to talk about the paltry 25c increase in the minimum wage, Jon Key's raising of GST to 15% and the campaign for a 15$ minimum wage. For more info visit www.unite.org.nz.

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Playlist

Philadelphia International All Stars - Lets Clean Up The Ghetto
Kool G Rap - The Streets of New York
Mr Lif - Live from the Plantation
Marvin Gaye - Got to Give it Up
Sahara All Star Band Jos - Enjoy Yourself
El-P & Camu Tao - Jukie Skate Rock
Gil Scott Heron - NY is Killing Me
Tupac & Scarface - Smile
William DeVaughn - Diamond in the Back
Players Association - Turn the Music Up
Juggaknots - Smile
Slick Rick - Sleazy Gynecologist
Ray Charles - The Right Time
Sir Victor Uwaifo - Kirikisi