Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Thursday August 31 show is a Flashback to December 12, 2002 featuring the FCC crackdown on Berkeley Pirate Radio, Cassandra Brown and Amy Courtney’s anti-war freeway overpass bannerdrop, and more.

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The August 31, 2023 edition is a Flashback to the Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides show of  December 12, 2002.  It includes:

  • Cassandra Brown & Amy Courtney on their trial to stop Cal Trans from banning anti-war banner drops on freeway overpasses
  • Broadcaster, street musician, and community activist Phil Free on the FCC shutdown of Berkeley Liberation Radio recently.
  • Phone-in discussion of the latest reports from the Berkeley Liberation Radio going off the air.
  • Exchange on City Council’s continued effective prohibition of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city
  • More from Brown and Courtney on some Peace Fridays ago.
  • Bathrobespierrre critiques City Council’s rejection of the Downtown Commission’s reform of the Downtown Ordinances.
  • [12-6] Michael Rays describes being rousted at City Hall by Officers Klein and Seiley.
  • Scope-it-Out Scott Graham on the Council’s tightening of the Downtown Ordinances