#5 - Economic Justice
Synopsis: The attack on welfare as a cause of all our problems is inaccurate and laughable. Welfare accounts for a tiny portion of the countryÌs wealth and all the money that these kids get goes right back out as rent and food. We attempt to reframe the debate and ask the question, “What is economic justice and whoÌs going to get it?”

Articles Include:

• Krist Novoselic & Skerik ponder the flow of greenbacks.
• Start All Over by Tracy Chapman, intro by Eben Eldridge
• Enough for Us by XTC,intro by Eben Eldridge
• History of Economic Justice by Stuart McDowall
• The instigator chats with Real Change & The Fair Budget Action Campaign

  MP3’s: Segment 1 • Segment 2 • Segment 3 • Segment 4

#3 - Politics: You’re soaking in it.
Synopsis: It is popular in some sectors of our society to state, “I am not political.” In reality, every choice we make day-to-day supports one political agenda or another. It can be exhausting to attempt to remain fully aware at all times of the implications, fall-out, and ramifications of our thoughts, speech, and actions. The point of this show is to offer suggestions on how to be political without becoming a political machine.
Articles Include:

The Power of One. Our history is filled with stories of individuals achieving notoriety by doing the right thing when just getting by would have served them better. This is a piece dedicated to the solo effort; our fanfare for the common human.
Hamish Todd tries to wax political with bits from an interview with the editor of Boycott Quarterly
Get up stand up, Bob Marley, intro by Eben Eldridge
Holiday in Cambodia, Dead Kennedys,intro by Eben Eldridge
Dave Dederer from The Presidents of the United States of America on a few small things you can do everyday to make the world a better place

Ignorance, Fear, Hate, Short-sighted Legislation:
This pattern has been repeated through out history.  Every generation
needs to differentiate itself from the last and music has always played
a role in that redefinition.  Mozart rolled over Beethoven,
Tommy Dorsey was punk,  Richard Wagner’s bombastic opera’s were pre-electric Heavy Metal, and some of your living relatives burned Beatles records.
AMPT Radio illustrates this process with a look at some recent legislation
put forth in the UK called The Criminal Justice Bill that sought to give
the police broad powers to lock-up just about anybody that seemed a little
“different.”

History of the Criminal Justice Bill

The history of the bill.

Working Class Hero

Eben presents the Screaming Trees remake of the
John Lennon anti-anthem.

Chris Nickson with Mark Chadwick

A talk with a member of the band, The Levellers,
about the unlikely coalition that rose up against the legislation.

Roderick is Paranoid?

Roderick Romero of Sky Cries Mary presents a poem
about the ever-presence of thuggery.

Justice/InJustice

Chumbawamba offer some foot tapping thoughts on legal irony.

Music from the show

Books from the show

LINKS from the show

The Songs used in the show:

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This episode fist aired on KNDD, The End 107.7 in Seattle, WA in January 1997.

There are maybe a half dozen clear historical gaffes, but otherwise the show is absolutely evergreen.

AMPT Radio Episode 1: Censorship

There is an inherent conflict between order and freedom. While we hold our government responsible for maintaining order and insuring our safety we often recoil at the thought that our own actions might be restricted by an act of law or law enforcement. This edition of AMPT Radio explores one of the expedient but rarely effective tools employed in the name of public safety.

History of Lewd Behavior
We explore the ever changing nature of what is acceptable in speech and in mass media.

Hand of the Dead Body
Our Poet Laureate, Eben Eldridge presents a rap number illustrating the hypocrisy of censoring rap lyrics.

The News Stand International
Poet and World Renown Barkeep Hamish Todd tells the story of a quiet book store that almost got a lot quieter. The News Stand in Bellingham, WA was cited in a suit for carrying a (at the time) little read magazine that describes rape scenes in graphic detail. Many agendas were served in the prosecution of an obviously innocent party. They were found innocent, but the hell they went through shows the undemocratic nature of our censorship laws.

Krist Novaselic on Harmful to Minors Legislation
Krist Novoselic illustrates the insidious chilling effect caused by efforts to restrict the availability of music and literature.

The Songs used in the show:

“Hand of the Dead Body”
by Scarface from the album The Diary, Rap-a-lot Records/Noo Trybe Records

“Dirty Old Man”
by The Fugs from Second Album, Fugs Records

“Group Grope”
by The Fugs from Second Album, Fugs Records

“Tolerate”
by buddha loves jesus from the album Tolerate, Sound Vices

“Sex Doily”
by Critters Buggin, from the album Host, Loosegroove

Various tracks from the band, Hell Upside Down, from the record Bovine Years, Y Records

“Waiting for Kurt”
by Nirvana from session tapes - NOT RELEASED

The AMPT Theme was performed by Sweet 75.

The Books used to research this show were:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
The New YorkPublic Library American History Desk Reference	Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller	Tropic of Capricorn Henry Miller

Banned in the U.S.A. :

A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries

Herbert N. Foerstel

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations:

A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
John Bartlett, Justin Kaplan (Editor)

Daddy’s Roommate

Michael Willhoite

The Diary

Scarface

The Fugs Second Album

The Fugs; Audio CD

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1997

Robert Famighetti (Editor)

Host

Critters Buggin

Pist ils

Robert Mapplethorpe

Blac k Book

Robert Mapplethorpe, Ntozake Shange

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Related Items List:

Following is a list of media that is related, loosely or otherwise, and in some construct, to Censorship.

1) The Utne Reader - “1997’s Top Censored Stories”

2) The Catcher In The Rye , novel, by J.D. Salinge

3) The People Vs. Larry Flynt - film, directed by Milos Foreman, starring Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love and Edward Norton

4) Black Book or Pistols, photography, by Robert Mapplethorpe

5) The Censorhip & Intellectual Freedom Page

6) The Blue Ribbon Campaign for Online Free Speech

7) Banned In The USA , non-fiction, by Herbert Foerstel

Daddy’s Roommate , children’s fiction, by Michael Willhoite

9) I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings , novel, by Maya Angelou

10) The Constitution (like I said, it’s my page!)

11) “God Save The Queen”, song, by the Sex Pistols