Episode 2: Criminal Justice

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.

The Songs used in the show:

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Justice/InJustice by Chumbawamba The Disagreement of the People Cooking Vinyl COOK CD 088	Working Class Hero by The Screaming Trees Working Class Hero: A Tribute To John Lennon; Audio CD; List: $16.97 ~ Our Price: $12.99 ~ You Save: $3.98 (23%) Hollywood Records HR-62015-2
various tracks by Critters Buggin’ Guest	Moving Like Water by Sky Cries Mary A Return To The Inner Experience;
One Way by The Levellers Levelling The Land Elecktra #61325″	Criminal Justice by Satchel The Family; Audio CD;
Pastor Niemoler’s Lament by Kitchens of Distiction The Disagreement of the People Cooking Vinyl COOK CD 088	The AMPT Theme was performed by Sweet 75.

Books used to get info for this show:

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our efforts:

Soul of a Citizen Paul Rogat Loeb	Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations	The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger
The New York Public Library American History Desk Reference	Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman, Izak Haber, Bert Cohen	No Equal Justice: Race & Class in the Criminal Justice System

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