New KPFA Carlos Alberto Torres interview online!
On Monday, December 12, KPFA radio interviewed former Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres by phone. Walter Turner, host of Africa Today, asked Carlos Alberto to update his listeners on the status of the campaign to free Oscar; on his current ceramics work; and the general state of Puerto Rican civil society for close [...]
Unknown Boricua: Streaming
Unknown Boricua: Streaming from Juan Sanchez on Vimeo. Juan Sanchez presents a collection of audio clips, images, and transformative ideas of the “Nuyorican state of mind”. The streaming presents the diversity of experiences within the history of Puerto Rico and the United States through a flow of images, languages, and music.
Legacy of Torture: San Francisco 8 Audio Documentary
(From National Radio Project website) In 1971, John Young, a San Francisco police officer was killed. Members of the Black Panther party were arrested, charged and then tortured by San Francisco and New Orleans police. Courts eventually dismissed the charges based on the police extracting confessions via torture. Now more than 35 years later, the [...]