culture of protest: one more chance to support kcsb

Posted by rflacks on: Wed 27th Feb, 2013

Last week, quite a lot of folks responded to my email message asking your support for Culture of Protest and the station. Nothing is more heart warming to an old
radio guy than to get returns like that from friends and relations. I’m filled with gratitude!

I’ll be on the air pitching tomorrow night again. If you’re up for support, send me a pledge to rflacks@igc.org so I can report it on air. Or—call in between 6-7pm pt at 805-893-2424, If you send a pledge I need your name, address, phone
number and amount pledged so the station can bill you.

In return for your generosity, I'm offering copies of some shows that may be of interest, signed copies of my new book on music and movements...and a brand new album of political song by David Rovics.

The basic membership levels are $25 for UCSB students and $50 for non-students.

For a basic pledge, you can request one of the following recent Culture of Protest specials:

Remembering Rosa and Abe: features interview with Rosa Parks (its her centenary) and songs about her + the complete Lonesome train—the legendary radio cantata musically depicting Lincoln as an
embodiment of grassroots populism
Paul Robeson special: a program featuring Robeson;’s voice
throughout the decades and his passionate speeches challenging racism and empire.

Remembering FDR: Roosevelt’s second inaugural in its entirety makes
interesting comparison with Obama’s + songs about FDR you might not know.
Obama and King: Pres. Obama made a stirring speech dedicating the MLK
monument—and we couple that with some fiery words of King's plus songs that honor him on the King holiday.

We'll play samples from all of these on the air tomorrow @ 6-7pm pst 91.9fm (www.kcsb.org)

Or...we have a couple of copies of David Rovics new CD: Meanwhile in
Afghanistan.
Or...we have a couple of copies of my new book: PLAYING FOR CHANGE:MUSIC
AND MUSICIANS IN SERVICE OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS—co-authored with Rob Rosenthal

.Any one of the above can be yours for a basic pledge of $50 ($25 for ucsb students). Any two for $75. All 4 of the Culture of Protest cd’s for $100.

please call 805-893-2424 between 6-7pm Thursday
2/21 or 2/28 to make a pledge (it’s great to get those calls!)

Or pledge on line at www.kcsb.org

Tags: kcsb membership drive

About

Dick Flacks here...sociology professor emeritus at UCSB. Budget cuts mean that I can't continue my annual course on political sociology. Maybe a blog will be a space for me to continue to ruminate and pontificate. And maybe (as a veteran teacher on these matters) I can offer some ways of thinking about what's happening nationally and locally that will be useful, as we struggle to make sense of the tortured complexities of these times. I've been a leftwing activist for more than 50 years. What we've been struggling for all these years is full democracy--to increase the opportunities for people to have real voice in the decisions that affect them. Step by step over these years we've made some gain...but it is a long march, and one that never ends. The big barrier to democracy in our society is the concentrated power of corporations. At the same time, democracy is undermined by the felt powerlessness of people in their daily lives--the persistent belief that our problems are only our own personal concern. It's a strong cultural theme--such individualism--constantlly reinforced by mass media and everyday circumstance. But the current big crisis of the economy maybe makes it more possible for more people to understand that we've got to have social reform and economic reform. So my writing here is aimed at helping us figure out what to think and act on that so that we can hope for new democratic possibilities. WE'll be talking about the local and the national. The blog name comes from an old labor union hymn: Step by step the longest march can be won. Many stones can form an arch...singly none. And by union what we will can be accomplished still. Drops of water turn a mill, singly none, singly none. For 27 years I've had a weekly radio show on KCSB (91.9 fm. www.kcsb.org) It's called the Culture of Protest. It's comes from my fascination with music and social movements. I collect 'political' and 'protest' music and that's what we play each week (Thursdays 6-7 pm). So sometimes here we'll share and talk about that. I'm worried about one thing about the blogosphere. And that's the way that some people use the blog comment space for anonymous nastiness. I'm sick of the kind of political blather that assaults the motives of others, and sees dark conspiracy behind every thing one doesn't like. This kind of stuff is helping to poison the political atmosphere. So I'm going to strive for a civil tone to whatever interaction may happen on this blogsite.