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Divine Forces Radio: We Are the Americans of Beats and Blood
KPFK/"divine forces radio:we are the americans of beats and blood"/ Travel
Tips for Aztlan urgently needs your support! KPFK has begun its Winter fund
drive (feb 20th - march 1st) asking you to pledge and support fiercely
independent radio .
Tonight Friday Feb- 22 from 12am to 3am listen to "divine forces radio" with
host fidel rodriguez and guest host mark torres of "Travel Tips for Aztlan"
heard on KPFK Saturday nights from 10pm to 12am as they discuss the
importance of non-corporate radio and its role in raising consciousness
throughout the world towards embracing chaos and bringing hope. Fidel and
Mark will also interview Native American "Spliting the Sky".
Splitting the Sky was born in Buffalo, New York on January 7, 1952. The
oldest of thirteen children, he and his brothers and sisters were taken to
residential-type schools and foster homes where they were severely abused by
racist authorities. He was the only man convicted as a result of the
allegedly killing a prison guard at Attica State Prison in September 1971.
After almost being electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison, he was released by a
pardon by Governor Hugh Carey in 1979. Eventually Splitting the Sky
established residency in Canada with his wife Sandra Bruderer. He lead a
Sundance ceremony in British Columbia, Canada that turned into a three-month
standoff for Indian title rights, against the Canadian Military and RCMP.
While in Sing Sing Prison in 1977, Splitting the Sky found the secret of
life through the power of sexual fluids of humankind. He continues to be a
major figure for Indigenous rights throughout the world and has spoken at
universities, community centers and events throughout the country.
With the publication of "From Attica to Gustafsen Lake," Dacajeweiah is
telling his own story, ranging from his central role in the rebellions at
Attica, Genienkeh, Oka and Gustafsen Lake, to delineating his numerous
political organizing triumphs. The July 6,1986 rally to stop genocide at Big
Mountain and the October 12, 1992 protest at the United Nations on the 500th
anniversary of the Columbus invasion of Turtle Island, organized principally
by Dacajeweiah John Hill, remain to this day the largest protests for Indian
self-determination ever held in the United States. When they make the movie
about Dacajeweiah's life story, anything less than a "Roots"-like
twelve-part mini-series would fall short of the mark.- John Steinback
“divine forces radio” can be heard on the strongest station in Southern
California 112,000 Watts KPFK (90.7FM) in Los Angeles and KPFK (98.7FM) in
Santa Barbara County early on Friday Nights from 12a.m. to 3 a.m and on
Thursday nights at 6pm on www.bringthenoise.com. "divine forces radio" is
an innovative, positive and spritually thinking show, which flawlessly
blends hip-hop music, education, in-studio guests and spirituality within
theme-based shows. There is even a "Word of the Week" where listeners
improve their vocabulary and have had a chance to win books. The show has
given over 2000 books in the past four years to promote literacy in Los
Angeles.
Fidel Rodriguez is host, and producer of “divine forces radio.” He hails
from Santa Barbara, CA. and is a 1997 graduate of the University of Southern
California where he was a Mc Nair Scholar with Bachelor degrees in both
Chicana/o Studies and African American Studies. He is joined on-air by DJ
extraordinaire Icy Ice and Curse of the World Famous Beat Junkies, DJ Breeze
and Cal Cutterz' DJ Counterstryke.
www.divineforces.org
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