Radio Show Final Episode!

It's been a long time coming, but those of you who missed the last episode of the Insurgency Hour can now hear Shiori Yamazaki's exclusive interview with activist-researcher and former hostage Noriaki Imai (pictured here). Big thanks to Nate George for producing all the shows and making them all available online!

I still have many papers and other stuff from you all that I hope to post when I get a chance, hopefully soon!

If you've been reading my personal blog, you learned about the amazing "Celebrating Protest" series at the University of Chicago. You can see the poster here and the series blog here.

Shiori went to Chicago to meet Noriaki Imai and attend some of the series events. While she was there, she recorded the interview with him. Click here to listen to the original interview in Japanese!

With the help of Jeff and Amanda, Shiori put together an English version of the interview, which you can hear along with some of the talk Imai gave at Chicago on the last Insurgency Hour show. The show also provides some background information.

Click here to listen to that last show, which starts with another amazing musical find from DJ Nate.

As always, you can also subscribe to the Insurgency Hour as a podcast.

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If you missed any shows, here is a full list of the programs:

Insurgent Radio Archives

Every Thursday during the spring semester of 2007, from noon til 1pm, Iowa City residents could listen to "The Insurgency Hour," a STUDENT-RUN radio program on KRUI 89.7 FM. We regret that our first few shows, including amazing interviews with poet Chuck Miller and Dana Olds of the One World Foundation, were lost.

Program #3
Listen to Byron Stokes and Hai Binh Nguyen on the Insurgency Hour

Vernon Jackson interviews Byron Stokes of Students of Support and Amanda Seals interviews Hai Binh Nguyen of VietUnity (pictured here)!

Due to a technical problem, there is an unfortunate gap in the audio at the beginning of the interview with Hai Binh Nguyen. Please fast forward through the pause in audio and enjoy what she has to say! It's a really excellent interview!

Program #4
Listen to Owen Li on the Insurgency Hour

As part of our "How You Became an Activist" series, Amanda Seals interviews Owen Li.

Li discusses his background and his work with groups such as the Stanford Asian American Activist Committee and the Boston Youth Organizing Project.

Program #5
Listen to Brian Shearer and Ryan Merz of the UI Anti-War Committee on the Insurgency Hour

Nate George begins the program with some sounds from Fela Kuti, and then Amanda Seals interviews Ryan Merz and Brian Shearer of the UI Antiwar Committee. Both Merz and Shearer are UI students and antiwar activists. They discuss UIAC actions and provide information for students interested in getting involved with the antiwar movement.

Program #6
Listen to Claude Marks on the Insurgency Hour

The program begins with an audio commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal on "Black History Month," and DJ Nate George interviews Claude Marks of The Freedom Archives. Claude is a former political prisoner and also one of the producer-directors of the outstanding new documentary The Legacy of Torture: the War Against the Black Liberation Movement, which features interviews with many of the San Francisco 8. Claude discusses the history and significance of this very troubling case. For more information on the SF 8, check out The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights.

Program #7
Listen to Roger White on the Insurgency Hour

Amanda provides an update on the UI Antiwar Committee's sit-in at Chuck Grassley's office and the Cedar Rapids 11. Amanda Seals, Nate George, and Dylan Mooney interview anarchist, activist, and researcher Roger White.

Roger grew up in Baltimore and eventually made his way to Oakland, California (the birthplace of the Panthers), where he has been working as a criminal justice researcher at the Data Center for about 6 years. Prior to joining the Data Center research team, Roger (pictured here) was a campus organizer in college, a union organizer, and an organizer in poor communities for ACORN. In addition to his current activist “day job” at the Data Center, Roger is very active in the broad APOC (Anarchist People of Color) movement. He also is the author of Postcolonial Anarchism. Roger discusses the US prison regime, policing, and how anarchists of color in North America are working against white supremacy and all forms of social domination.

Program #8
Listen to Jeff Richter and Norma Field on the Insurgency Hour

DJ Nate shares more from Mumia Abu Jamal. Amanda Seals interviews UI student (and member of the Insurgency Class) Jeff Richter about the March on the Pentagon. She also plays excerpts of her extended interview with Professor Norma Field of the Univ. of Chicago (pictured here). Jacob Boss joins Amanda in studio, and they discuss Prof. Field's interview and the Japanese proletarian writer Kobayashi Takiji, who was tortured to death by the Japanese military police.

Program #9
Listen to Grover Stock and news on the Zapatistas on the Insurgency Hour

This exciting show begins with a technical problem (the phones wouldn't work), but DJ Nate George stepped in with Bob Dole (yes, that Bob Dole) and commentaries from Mumia Abu Jamal. Jacob Boss shares information about the Zapatistas and then interviews Grover Stock, who first went to Chiapas as part of a Global Exchange Reality Tour. He discusses the movement and his solidarity work in Chiapas. For more information, check out Narco News.

Program #10
Listen to artist Dread Scott on the Insurgency Hour

Jacob Boss interviews Dread Scott, who visited the UI campus to discuss his work. A multidisciplinary artist, Scott is perhaps best known for his controversial and powerful work "What is the Proper Way to Display the American Flag?" Jacob snagged Scott after the talk and met the artist later that night for an impromptu interview in a local bar. Enjoy this fascinating discussion of art and politics!

Program #11
Listen to Naima of Climbing PoeTree on the Insurgency Hour

Martha Franzen conducted this interview with Naima of Climbing PoeTree.

Naima (pictured here) discusses art, activism, creativity, and the need for activists to envision better worlds. Martha is one of the organizers of Art-Think and very active in creative protest in Iowa City. She and Naima engage in a lively and truly inspirational conversation. The program begins with commentaries from Dr. Cornel West and Mumia Abu Jamal.

Program #12
Listen to Jaron Varner on the Insurgency Hour

Vernon Jackson interviews Iowa City community activist and Youth Leadership Program Coordinator for the 6th Judicial Department of Corrections, Jaron Varner. Varner, the son of a murdered Black Panther, is currently involved with Iowa's DMC (Disproportionate Minority Contact) initiatives and projects. (He is described as working at Opportunity at Iowa by the program hosts, but he is not a UI employee.)

He discusses the disproportionate incarceration of Blacks in Iowa, struggles for justice in our community, and effective strategies for activists. The program begins with a commentary from Mumia Abu Jamal.

Program #13
Listen to Jim Fujii on the Insurgency Hour

Dylan Mooney and Jamila Yakubu interview Professor James A. Fujii of the University of California-Irvine. Prof. Fujii (pictured here) was in town for a public lecture and visited the KRUI studio for a live interview.

He discusses the experiences of some of his students in the aftermath of the V-Tech shootings, his own family background and childhood, local currency movements in Japan, Japan-US relations, and the perils of privatization (among many other things)! This is truly an hour of great radio!!

Program #14
Listen to Karen Kampwirth on the Insurgency Hour

Bill Hendrickson and Ian McClintock interviewed Professor Karen Kampwirth of Knox College. Prof. Kampirth has written two books, Women and Guerrilla Movements: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas, Cuba and Feminism and The Legacy of Revolution: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas. Bill contacted Prof. Kampwirth after reading her work, and he and Ian came up with some very exciting questions. Make sure to listen to this illuminating interview and opportunity to learn about women's roles in revolutionary movements in Latin America!

Program #15
Listen to Shiori Yamazaki's interview with Noriaki Imai on the Last Episode of the Insurgency Hour!

We also have a few "extras" that didn't make it to air if you check the directory or the Podcast. :)