10/11/11 - Planning Board meeting in Belmont, MA.

In part two of our interview with 1968 Olympic medalist and international civil rights icon, John Carlos, he talks about the shocked response of the audience in the stadium when he raised his fist in the now iconic Black power salute. He also describes the positive response he received from the Black community in the United States upon his return, even as harassment by federal agents drove his family apart and ultimately helped lead to his wife’s suicide. Peter Norman, the Silver medalist who joined Carlos and his fellow U.S.

Democracy Now! 2011-10-12 Wednesday

• Headlines for October 12, 2011
• U.S.-Iran Tensions Grow as Indictment Accuses Iranian Agents of Assassination Plot
• John Carlos, 1968 Olympic U.S. Medalist, on the Revolutionary Sports Moment That Changed The World

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8/24/11 - Part 1 of the Payson Park Music Festival, featuring "60's Invasion."

8/24/11 - Part 2 of the Payson Park Music Festival, featuring "60's Invasion."

Democracy Now! 2011-10-11 Tuesday

• Headlines for October 11, 2011
• Occupy Wall Street Organizer: Protest Expands Despite Police Effort to "Silence" Demonstrators
• Hip-Hop Artist Immortal Technique: No More Free Passes for Our Government
• Colombian, Korean and Panamanian Activists Condemn White House Support for New "Free Trade" Deals
• Iraq Veterans at Occupy Wall Street Decry Financial Crisis Soldiers Face Returning Home
• Iraqi-American Musician Stephan Said Performs at Occupy Wall Street

As the Occupy Wall Street movement expands across the United States, drawing inspiration from the Arab Spring in Egypt and the protests in Spain, Democracy Now! speaks with former French Resistance fighter, Stéphane Hessel, whose pamphlet-length book, Time for Outrage, helped inspire some of these uprisings. His book has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 10 languages, with several more planned.

Democracy Now! 2011-10-10 Monday

• Headlines for October 10, 2011
• "Chaos and Bloodshed": 25 Die in Cairo as Egyptian Military Attacks Coptic Christian Protesters
• Occupy Wall Street Spreads: 32 Arrested in Iowa; Right-Wing Editor Infiltrates D.C. Anti-Drone Protest
• Occupy Wall Street Emerges as "First Populist Movement" on the Left Since the 1930s
• America’s Longest War: New Study Examines Demographics of U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan
• Nobel Peace Winner Tawakkul Karman on Yemen and the U.S. War on Terror

After a nostalgic visit to her old school house in Miami, Billie leads guest creator Gail to a memory of creative mentors - the people who inspired us and helped us find the magic in us.

Cast: Billie Bivins

10/7/11 - Sound of Erin. Irish and Celtic Music