December 27, 2001 - No Show

December 20, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" December 21st edition of The Lawyers Guild Show will explore the topic: "Hollywood Goes to War."  Professor Steve Ross, Chair of the USC History
Department and author of books on Hollywood and politics, will be a featured guest. The show will look at how Hollywood today is responding to the government's desire for more "patriotic" films and tv programming. The show will also hear an analysis of December 18th's federal court ruling in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

December 13, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" continued our "teach-in" on the president's war efforts and the response of the progressive communities.  This week's topic focused on the domestic fall-out from the US war in Afghanistan.  We looked at how certain industries have been hit in terms of  lay-offs and how war expenditures are eating into spending for domestic needs.  Guests included the labor leader David Sickler; Jim Clarke, and a representative of the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (www.laane.org).

December 6, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" continued our "teach-in" on the president's war efforts and the response of the progressive communities.  It focused on the environmental impacts of our country's war. Guests represented the Natural Resources Defense Council (www.nrdc.org); Global Green (www.globalgreen.org); and Environmental Defense (www.enviornmentaldefense.org).

November 29, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" featured a "Town Hall of the Air" in which listeners were invited to participate in a discussion of questions of interest to them.

November 22, 2001 - No Show (Thanksgiving)

November 15, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" continued our "teach-in" on the president's war efforts and the response of the progressive communities.  It featured Prof. Ann Fagan Ginger (see http://www.mcli.org) discussing Prof. Alan Dershowitz's defense of the use of torture in US jails in connection with the September 11th attacks and Attorney Nancy Chang of the Center for Constitutional Rights discussing the massive detentions of Muslims in the US since September 11th and the conditions of those detentions.  It also discussed breaking news about the detention of Los Angeles area activist Lisa Fithian by Canadian authorities as she attempted to enter Ottawa for the G20-IMF-World Bank protests scheduled for this weekend.  During the show it was announced that Lisa had been released and allowed to remain in Canada.

November 8, 2001 - No Show (Fund Drive)

November 1, 2001 - No Show (Fund Drive)

October 25, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" continued our "teach-in" on the president's war efforts and the response of the progressive communities and examined the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the role of women in Afghanistan and their view on the current war, U.S. economic interests involved in the war, and how the decades-old  Israli-Palestinian conflict impacts the situation.  Additional information can be found at http://www.afghanwomensmission.org.

October 18, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" continued our "teach-in" on the president's war efforts and the response of the progressive communities.  Guests were from the National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom and the Feminist Majority.  Information on the National Coalition can be obtained by e-mail to kgage@bellatlantic.net.  Additional information on the Feminist Majority can be found at its website: http://www.feminist.org.  The show also included a discussion of the October 22nd march and rally to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation.  More information can be found at its website: http://www.october22.org.

October 11, 2001 - No Show

October 4, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" continued our "teach-in" on the president's war efforts and the response of the progressive community. Websites with more information:  (1) Foreign Policy in Focus - Justice Not War Clearinghouse; (2) Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress; (3) Asian American Revolutionary Movement.

September 27, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" continued our "teach-in" on the president's war efforts and the response of the progressive community.  Websites with more information:  Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).

September 20, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" addressed the president's war efforts and the response of the progressive community.  Websites with more information:  (1) Arab America Anti-Discrimination Committee; (2) Action Los Angeles; (3) International Action Center; and (4) Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute.

September 13, 2001 - No Show

September 6, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" addressed: (1) A discussion of the 1971 Attica prison rebellion and the forthcoming film The Killing Yard.  For information on the film, see Showtime's website. (2) The upcoming September 29th anti-globilization march and rally. For more information, go to the Los Angeles S29 website.  (3)  The September 11th Latino Grammy awards relocated to Los Angeles and the Cuba sanctions. For more information, see the IAC's "End the Blockade" website.

August 30, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" addressed three important issues: (1) The national campaign to boycott Taco Bell.  For more information, go to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers website. (2) An update on efforts by business interests to block Santa Monica's living wage ordinance.  For more information, go to the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy website.  (3)  The current situation in Colombia and impact of U.S. interventionist policies.  For information, go to the Office of the Americas website.

August 23, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" addressed the Los Angeles Unified School District's broken promise to children with disabilities.  In 1996, the District agreed to settle a class action lawsuit -- known as the Chanda Smith case -- brought by more 60,000 children whose civil rights were being violated.  Now, the new leadership of the District, under Superintendent Roy Romer, is trying to evade the Consent Decree and its commitment to children and their parents.  Guests were Valerie Vanaman of Newman.Aaronson. Vanaman; Catherine Blakemore, Executive Director of Protection & Advocacy, Inc.; and Helen Wu and Linda Landry, both parents active in special education.  More information can be found at: (1) Protection and Advocacy; (2) the Chanda Smith Consent Decree Administrator website; and (3) the LAUSD special education website.

August 16, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" featured a "Town Hall of the Air" in which the discussion question was: Should the five justices of the United States Supreme Court who gave George Bush the Florida election?  Click here for more information.

August 9, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show"  involved a discussion  with attorneys and activists who, on August 9, 2001, filed suit against the LAPD for its violent and illegal suppression of protest activities during last summer's Democratic Party Convention and during the anti-police abuse protest of last October 22nd. The plaintiff groups are: the D2K Coalition; the L.A. Coalition to Stop the Execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal; the L.A. Chapter of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Abuse, Repression & the Criminalization of a Generation; and the L.A. Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. The attorneys and activists described their lawsuit and how it relates to the growing wave of repressive tactics employed by police against protesters all around the world.  Click here for more information on the lawsuit.

August 2, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" featured three subjects: 1.  A discussion  with Stefano Sensi, an Italian doctor and long-time Italian political activist now working at UC Irvine.  Dr. Sensi was in Genoa during the G-8 protests helping those injured in the police assaults. 2.  A discussion with Jeff Mackler, the Coordinator of the San Francisco Mobilization to Free Mumia, about recent legal and political developments in the case of death row prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is due to be back in court on August 17th.  For more information, see www.freemumia.org. 3.  A discussion with a representative of the Rainforest Action Network to talk about the arrest of Bonnie Raitt and others who were protesting the old-growth logging practices of Boise Cascade Office Products, practices the protesters claim lead to deforestation.  For more information, www.ran.org.

July 26, 2001

This edition of "The Lawyers Guild Show" featured a discussion on police searches in LA's public schools, including strip searches and searches that take place in the class room during class time. Guests will include a teacher fired for protesting this practice, her lawyers and a student organizer against unauthorized and illegal searches in the public schools of LA.  More information: High School Resisters: Locke'd Down in Watts by Michael Slate; Locke High Teacher Speaks Out by Ami Motevalli.