THE POLITICS OF VICTIMHOOD: Special podcast featuring interviews with Zach Levenson, a UC Berkeley student involved in protests around police brutality and the murder of Oscar Grant, and the privatization of public education; and John Gibler, a reporter who’s extensively covered Mexican social movements and conflicts including the Zapatistas’ “Other Campaign,” the Oaxaca rebellion of 2006, and the Mexican government’s narco-wars.

Full introduction available at Indybay.

• Death threats to human rights activist Margarita Guadalupe Martínez Martinez and members and director of Frayba Human Rights Center.
• Report from the Other Europe.
• Monthly Frayba Report: paramilitarization 13 years after the Acteal massacre..

Radio news from Europe below and to the left:

• Nigerian woman attacked and deported – Bolonia Italia
• Israeli documents revealed about embargo against Gaza, Palestine
• Luxury cars in flames – Berlin, Germany
• General strike in Spain and occupation of the National Spanish Bank in Barcelona
• Repression and actions during the no borders camp – Brussels
• Chronicle of revolts for freedom of migrants at the CIE’s
• Graphic exhibit on the Oaxacan struggle in Italy
• Long summer of violence and evictions in France

Interview with Hannibal Shakur and Josh Wolf about neighborhood organizing in West Oakland. (More info here)

Relatos Zapatistas – September program (aired on Berkeley Liberation Radio) (more info here)

News updates from Chiapas and Mexico; This Month in Zapatista History; Interview with Anat Shenker-Osorio about the Documentary Presunto Culpable; Report on SB1070 Protests; Interview with George Ciccariello-Maher about the Oscar Grant Case; and the Durito Storyhour.

Interview with George Ciccariello-Maher on the Oscar Grant verdict, the nonprofit industrial complex, and the Oakland Assembly.

Report on the mobilizations against the anti-migrant law SB1070 in Arizona. News on the 29 July 2010 demonstrations all over the country with a special focus on San Francisco, including interviews with two hip-hop artists: Bocafloja and Cambio.

Fourth of July program: “THE TRIAL”: complete radio program including reports/discussions on: mexico/chiapas news, US social forum in detroit, liberation of political prisoners from san salvador atenco, oscar grant trial (pre-verdict).