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Community Party Radio Show is hosted by author and political activist David Samuels, author of the book False Choice: The Bipartisan Attack on the Working Class, the Poor and Communities of Color. Pick up your copy of the book on Amazon. Community Party Radio Show airs Tuesday nights at 8p est / 7p cst /5p pst and our new time on Wednesday nights at 7p est / 6p cst /4p pst on www.SoMetroRadio.com. You can also hear the show on the iRadio station SoMetro Talk that is available on apps like Tu ...
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This podcast is a special report on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Black Panther Party Illinois Chairman Fred Hampton. Chairman Fred and party member Mark Clark were murdered December 4, 1969 by a Chicago Police Department death squad, during an apartment raid. We will hear Hampton in his own words, and present analysis of the state s…
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Special report. Race for the White House: A Police Accountability Discussion with Howie Hawkins. Guest contributor Kimberly Bèl Papiyon Phillips will join us from San Jose, California. Kimberly’s son A.J. was murdered by San Jose police officers in 2015. Howie is the only presidential candidate who supports community control of the police Community…
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We’ll present a special report. Justice for #AtatianaJefferson & #JoshuaBrown: Police Murder & Corruption in Texas. Producer K-Rose will provide a report from Dallas, the home of So-Metro Radio. Guest contributor Kimberly Bèl Papiyon Phillips will also join us. Community Party Radio Show is hosted by author and political activist David Samuels, aut…
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Community Party Radio Show is hosted by author and political activist David Samuels, author of the book False Choice: The Bipartisan Attack on the Working Class, the Poor and Communities of Color. Pick up your copy of the book on Amazon. Community Party Radio Show airs Tuesday nights at 8p est / 7p cst /5p pst and our new time on Wednesday nights a…
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Our Policy Watch report features analysis of Luke Bronin’s victory in the September 10th Hartford Democratic mayoral primary, a false choice between three neoliberal candidates. We’ll share Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins’ policy analysis of the September 12th Democratic presidential debate in Houston. Our Real Talk Segment feature…
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Community Party Radio on So-Metro Radio returns TONIGHT. Commentary on urban issues from a grassroots perspective. Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins joins us for a discussion on issues impacting communities of color Community Party Radio Show is hosted by author and political activist David Samuels, author of the book False Choice: T…
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Our 100th episode special includes a Policy Watch report: Democrats Push Russiagate As Gun Violence Engulfs Hartford. We’ll talk about the fatal police shooting in Hartford, and police misconduct in Hamden. We’ll also share some of the most memorable Community Party Radio segments since our show launched in 2015 Community Party Radio Show is hosted…
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The Connecticut Democrats remain silent, as #Hartford has been plagued by a rash of shootings. We talk about the economics of urban gun violence. We also have an update on the crisis at Connecticut Valley Hospital and Whiting Forensic. Our Policy Watch special report features Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins. Hawkins’ campaign platf…
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Guest contributor Janet Frazao-Conaci joins the show for a discussion on Connecticut Valley Hospital/Whiting Forensic Hospital Legislative Task Force co-chair Mike Lawlor. Lawlor described 10 years of CVH employment data that proves systemic racism at the facility as a “perception”, during a June 17 task force meeting. Janet will also provide her P…
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Kimberly Be'l Papiyon Phillips joins us for a Policy Watch special report Justice for Chulo: The Connecticut Democrats and The Illusion of Change. We’ll also discuss California police use of force bill AB 392. Kimberly withdrew her support of this legislation, after it was watered down by the CA Democrats and the police. Kimberly will provide an up…
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The guest for this podcast is CPR contributor John Hollis. He joins us for analysis of the Connecticut Valley Hospital/Whiting Forensic Division task force, which launched April 29 after a five month delay. We update the Community Party’s police accountability policy proposal in response to the Wethersfield/New Haven police shootings. The Real Talk…
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Guest contributor Kimberly Phillips joins us as for analysis of the Wethersfield police shooting video, which destroyed the police narrative of the murder of Anthony “Chulo” Vega by WPD officer Layau Eulizier. Our Real Talk segment features a documentary on U.S. police brutality. Community Party Radio Show is hosted by author and political activist…
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Guest contributor Kimberly Phillips joins the podcast for a special report: Justice for Chulo, Paul and Stephanie, an analysis of police shootings in Wethersfield and New Haven. We also have an update on racism and workplace bullying at Connecticut Valley Hospital/Whiting Forensic Division. Our Real Talk segment includes an interview with a former …
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Guest contributor Kimberly Be'l Papiyon Phillips joins us for our special report Enemy of the State, an examination of the transformative life and suspicious death of rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle. Our Policy Watch segment will feature analysis of the Stop and Shop workers strike in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Community Party Ra…
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David starts the show with a short commentary on death of recording artist, activist and entrepreneur Ermias Asghedom known by his stage name, Nipsy Hustle This show includes a special report on the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King. Dr. King’s attorney William F. Pepper completed a 40-year investigation that revealed the identities…
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Topics include the anti-Muslim terror attack in New Zealand, the Ethiopian Airlines crash and a Policy Watch report on #Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, who is running for re-election. Our Real Talk segment features a 1997 panel discussion with former Black Panther Party member Kathleen Cleaver and Professor Noam Chomsky, about the U.S. government’s COI…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Crisis at Connecticut Valley Hospital. Guest contributor John Hollis joins us to discuss the CT Democrats’ obstruction of transparency and accountability at CVH/Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Guest contributor Kimberly Be'l Papiyon Phillips joins us to talk about police accountability. Topics include law enforce…
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Thursday marks the anniversary of the February 21, 1965 assassination of Malcolm X at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. We’ll take a look back at the FBI’s role in fanning the flames of hostility between Malcolm and the Nation of Islam leading up to Malcolm’s assassination, and hear a firsthand account of the murder from one of Malcolm’s closest asso…
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Our Political Roundup features analysis of the race for mayor in Hartford. Mayor Luke Bronin, a Democrat who is running for re-election, explored bankruptcy.One of Bronin’s challengers, Rep. Brandon McGee (also a Democrat), supported the idea. We’ll examine the impact of Detroit filing for bankruptcy, a racist Wall Street tool used to loot predomin…
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Guest contributor Kimberly Be'l Papiyon Phillips will provide analysis of the acquittal of three Chicago Police officers in the Laquan McDonald conspiracy trial and the sentencing of former CPD officer Jason Van Dyke, who received a light sentence of 6 years and 9 months in prison for murdering Laquan by shooting him 16 times in 2014. Guest contrib…
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Our Martin Luther King Day special features a Policy Watch segment on police accountability. Guest contributor Kimberly Phillips will join us. We’ll also pay tribute to Dr. King on what would have been his 90th birthday. The MLK federal holiday will be on Monday, January 21 Community Party Radio Show is hosted by author and political activist David…
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The Chicago Police Department has a murderous history. December 4, 1969 Black Panther Party Illinois Chairman Fred Hampton was assassinated by the Chicago PD and the FBI. Three Chicago Police officers are on trial for conspiring to protect killer cop Jason Van Dyke, who was convicted in October of murder for shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 …
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Election Night special includes guest contributor Janet Frazao Conaci. David and Janet analyze the Connecticut gubernatorial race between Democrat Ned Lamont, Republican Bob Stefanowski and Independent Oz Griebel. We’ll also discuss the heated battle between the Democrats and Republicans for control of the Connecticut General Assembly and Congress,…
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Our Policy Watch segment will focus on Independent Connecticut gubernatorial candidate Oz Griebel. Griebel promotes himself as an alternative to the political duopoly, but his policies say otherwise. We’ll also hear Democrat candidate Ned Lamont, Republican Bob Stefanowski and Griebel debate about the state budget crisis. We’ll continue our series …
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Guest contributor Kimberly Phillips joins us to talk about police accountability. Topics include the passage of California SB 1421, legislation that will provide state residents with access to police officers’ misconduct records. We’ll also discuss the guilty verdict in the Laquan McDonald police murder trial. Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke was convict…
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Special Report: Black America Confronts Racism. We’ll have an exclusive Teodoro Anderson-Diaz will join us to talk about the plight of Puerto Rico. Guest contributor Janet Frazao-Conaci will discuss the September 27 hearing in Washington, where Christine Blasey Ford and President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testified about …
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Special Report: Black America Confronts Racism. We’ll have an exclusive interview with Drew Habersang and Greg Garcia, who were ejected from the Tisane Euro Asian Café in Hartford, Connecticut last month for discussing racism. Guest contributor Kimberly Phillips will join us for an analysis of police accountability issues. Topics include an update …
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Tonight, Kimberly Phillips will provide an update on two California police accountability bills. We’ll also talk about Hartford Police sergeant Stephen Barone being caught on video, threatening to shoot a group of Latinx youths. Our Policy Watch segment will feature analysis of Connecticut Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski. We’ll a…
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This podcast features a Policy Watch special report on the August 14 Connecticut primary. Our Real Talk segment features a 1966 speech by former Black Panther Kwame Toure aka Stokely Carmichael. Hear COMMUNITY PARTY RADIO Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 8p est | 7p cst | 5p pst on the GET GLOBAL NETWORK internet station SoMetro Radio. Community Par…
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Tonight Hartford activist Robert Cotto Jr. will join us to talk about the war on public education, and the drowning of Hartford teen Jaevon Whyte. David will analyze Russiagate, and how Blacks are being manipulated by white liberals to further a partisan agenda. The Real Talk segment features a 1992 speech by Tupac Shakur, at a Malcolm X Grassroots…
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Tonight the Policy Watch segment features analysis of the United States Supreme Court ruling against public sector unions, and President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. We also discuss Connecticut gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont’s response to a question about police accountability, state treasurer candidate Shawn Wooden’s s…
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The suicides by fashion designer Kate Spade and TV host Anthony Bourdain have sparked a national conversation about mental illness. We’ll talk about Mental Health and the Black Community. Our Policy Watch segment will feature independent media analysis of the June 12 Singapore summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-u…
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In this podcast we discuss police accountability with Kimberly Be'l Papiyon Phillips. Kimberly’s son A.J. died during an encounter with San Jose police officers August 10, 2015. Kimberly will also talk about California police accountability legislation S.B. 1421, which would give the public access to the misconduct history of police officers. Our P…
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In this podcast David discusses Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, an institution that has declared war on their workers. Lady-Debbie Duncan Cook and Johnny Eric Williams, a member of The American Association of University Professors chapter at Trinity, will be our guests. Debbie worked at Trinity for 32 years. She was callously laid off fro…
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David interviews voting reform advocate Gwen Samuel founder and president of Equity Impact Strategies (EIS) Consulting, about her work in Connecticut. Guest contributor Janet Frazao-Conaci joins David for a Policy Watch analysis of the Connecticut General Assembly 2018 legislative session. Community Party Radio Show is hosted by author and politica…
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David celebrates International Workers’ Day with a special report: Health Care is a Human Right. Teodoro Anderson Diaz, Behavioral Health Director at First Choice Health Centers in East Hartford, will be our guest. David also takes a look at the Black Panther Party’s revolutionary free health care program. David also analyzes how the April 23 van a…
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Community Party Radio special report on Connecticut Democratic State Senator John Fonfara’s racist remarks to Black lobbyist Arvia Walker. The podcast includes a response from Senator Gary Winfield, the only legislator who has spoken out about the Fonfara scandal. Gov. Dan Malloy, House and Senate leaders have been silent since the story broke Apri…
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This podcast includes guest contributor John Hollis who joins the show to provide an update on patient safety and workers’ rights issues at Connecticut Valley Hospital and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. David also provides updates on the Stephon Clark and Alton Sterling police shooting cases. He discusses a March 28th press…
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In this podcast David discusses police accountability with Rick Torres, a retired State of Connecticut Agency Police Officer, former member of the Hartford Civilian Police Review Board, and certified use of force instructor. In the Policy Watch segment David features analysis of the East Haven and Baltimore police corruption scandals, the marginali…
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In this podcast David discusses the misperception of mental illness and mass shootings with Kathy Flaherty, Executive Director of Connecticut Legal Rights Project, a statewide non-profit agency that provides legal services to low income individuals with mental health conditions. The Policy Watch segment features an analysis of the link between dome…
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This podcast of the COMMUNITY PARTY RADIO SHOW feat David Samuels includes an interview with Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. He will talk about the police murder of his father, military veteran Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. by White Plains, New York police officers. Members of the Justice for Jayson coalition Kacey Perkins and Mike Merli give us an update on the…
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Listen to the COMMUNITY PARTY RADIO SHOW feat David Samuels. This podcast features guest contributor Janet Frazao Conaci. She joins David for a Policy Watch Special Report on the 2018 Connecticut General Assembly legislative session, which begins Wednesday February 7. David also talks about the war on Hartford public schools, and Connecticut Republ…
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This podcast includes excerpts from January 25 hearing held by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities to discuss the ongoing racism at Connecticut Valley Hospital and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. We’ll talk to DMHAS employee Johanne Immacula Cann, about the racism she has experienced at the agency. During the sh…
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The podcast begins with David interviewing St. Louis activist Carlos Ball about a major new development in the case of his brother, Cary Ball Jr. Cary who was shot 25 times by St. Louis police April 24, 2013, You will also hear the Martin Luther King that the corporate media has erased. We play a portion of Dr. King’s speech at the 1967 National Co…
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This podcast includes and interview with special guest Trinity College professor Johnny Eric Williams. Professor Williams made national headlines in June, after he shared social media posts on white supremacy following the June 14 shooting of Republican Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise. While the corporate media focused on the provocative elemen…
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This podcast begins with David interviewing Michaela Fissel, Director of Emerging Adult Programming at Advocacy Unlimited. David and Michaela have a candid and meaningful talk about the Connecticut Valley Hospital patient abuse scandal. The podcast David also includes talk about the latest developments in the investigation of the fatal shooting of …
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In this podcast David has a special report on the November 13 public hearing on the Connecticut Valley Hospital patient abuse scandal. He talks about a tape surfacing of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, the face along with President Donald Trump of opposition to Colin Kaepernick and NFL players’ national anthem protests, making a racist comment in…
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In this podcast we talk about Pres Donald Trump's hypocrisy regarding mass shootings by white males, and how the University of Hartford threatened hate crime victim Chennel “Jazzy” Rowe, who was abused by her white roommate, Brianna Brochu. Guest contributor John Hollis will join us for analysis of the crisis at Connecticut Valley Hospital. Our Pol…
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This podcast includes audio from Rosa Clemente’s #PRontheMap update on the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico. Clemente is a native of the Bronx and is an organizer, lecturer, journalist and lover of Hip Hop culture. Clemente is also a member of the group PR On The Map, a team of media makers documenting the REAL stories from the aftermath of Hurri…
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The show includes guest contributor Janet Frazao-Conaci, a social worker who is employed in Hartford. Janet will join us for our Special Report: Uprising at Connecticut Valley Hospital. We’ll also have an update on Colin Kaepernick, and the NFL national anthem protests. Community Party Radio Show is hosted by author and political activist David Sam…
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