The first 25 seconds of the show is somewhat garbled. Apologies.
The current events section of the April 2, 2023 show includes:
- [throughout the show] Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl songs from Hot Blast
- https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/03/30/18855178.php April Fools March to “End Homelessness”–flyer by Keith McHenry distributed at the “Housing Now April Fools Day March”
- Letter from Sheila Carrillo, originally printed in Bratton-on-line supporting Santa Cruz Food Not bombs
- https://lookout.co/santacruz/community-voices/opinion-from-community-voices/story/2023-02-14/santa-cruz-must-end-unlawful-harassment-of-people-living-in-vehicles
- Coastal Commission boots out Yuppy appeal against Coastal Access and RV parking in Pacifica
- Questions for April Fools Day Fundraiser “Housing [i.e. Funding] Matters” boss Phil Kramer
- Brief snippets from the 4-1 Fools Day rally with Traffic Monitor Teri Schroeder; Jo of La Selva Beach Community Churches; Mayor Fred Keeley from the speakers podium; Warren Robles of the Quakers; Councilmember Sandy Brown; and others
- Drew of Food Not Bombs—brief update
- Minneapolis settlement on police brutality: Background https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-police-city-violated-civil-rights-law-state-concludes (April 2022) https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-city-council-police-settlement ½ hour audio update on Minneapolis police department…(March 31, 2023)
- Background on Santa Cruz Police Department Racial Profiling: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/23/18763218.php HUFF Releases Evidence of SCPD Profiling, Joins National Police Brutality Protests
- Antioch Amid FBI probe, police department refused to release use of force records
- Homeless supporter and activist Reggie Meisler on his successful pressure forcing removal of anti-homeless-in-RVs signs and restripe-parking-places-in-order-to-exclude-large-old-vehicles
Note: Some of the July 1 Flashback is repeated. Fast forward past the repetition as necessary. The volume on the Flashbacks is low and may need boosting. The Flashback to the July 1, 1996 show (Bathrobbespierre’s Broadsides from S.F. County Jail #8) includes:
- Beggarbacker Becky Johnson visits Bathrobespierre Robert Norse Kahn (#1472209) in Jail [6-28-96]
- History of Bathrobespierre’s Involvement with Food Not Bombs [FNB] (he was jailed for serving food in S.F.)
- Regrets about the Jail stay
- History of other “Food Criminals” in Santa Cruz and San Francisco
- Life on the Glamour-Slammer.
- Santa Cruz Opponents of Homeless Human Rights
- The Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Radio Show
- Proposed Strategies to End the Sleeping Ban in Santa Cruz; the Ban in Berkeley
- Why FNB won’t apply for nor accept permits nor go indoors.
- FNB struggle: scorecard of recent victories
- Why refuse probation when it’s offered? Why an out-of-town judge called in for the case?
The Flashback to the July 5, 1996 show includes:
- More from Bathrobespierre in Jail—Part 2 of Interview with Perusha Obluda, Palo Alto activist and broadcaster.
- Obluda interviews Becky Johnson, discussing the S.C. Sleeping Ban, and Palo Alto Sitting Ban
- Social Service SubCommittee Meeting (5-25) with Mike Rotkin, Scott Kennedy, and Jane Yokoyama
- Phone Interview: “Mad Mike the Wonderdog” Balderos interviews Bathrobespierre Robert
- Sealed Letter from Bookshop Santa Cruz owner Neal Coonerty Improperly Impacts Court
- [7-3-23] Obluda’s intervew with Bathrobespierre Part One: Petitioning inside the jail for a Law Library
- Another Becky Johnson interview with Bathrobespierre in Jail; B.J. on Father Mike Marini’s Church Shelter