Back in the 1967 the Black Panthers marched on California’s state capitol in Sacramento with rifles and side arms plainly in hand to protest legislation banning the open carrying of loaded guns. The bill was sponsored by Republicans (!!) and it passed, quickly signed by then Governor Ronald Reagan. Those were the days of slogans […]
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Our business is non-fiction: L.A. Theater Works radio does Huey P. Newton
“Testing one two . . . testing one two,” the disembodied voice of Huey P. Newton nervously declares. “Comrade, is this thing on, is working?” “It’s working good,” his assistant says. “All right, all right,” Newton responds, “because I’m terrified of cameras and large crowds . . . I’m actually rather shy in the visual. […]