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Media Cyphers is a weekly radio show out of Kalamazoo, MI where we discuss local issues, analyze and critique local and national media, cover important organizing in the SW Michigan region, and call out the establishment on its B.S. Listen to us live every Tuesday from 12PM-2PM on 89.1 WIDR or online at widrfm.org.
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Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
We begin our show with some reflections about recently passed community organizer Larry Provancher- a former county commissioner in the Kalamazoo area who was instrumental in various efforts and social justice struggles over his long career- including Kalamazoo's County ID program.
We spend most of the hour looking at the results of the recent mid-term elections. While a "red tsunami" did not emerge here in Michigan or elsewhere we can project that the ruling class has once again handily won in a landslide. Retrograde neo-fascism was curtailed by many citizen ballot initiatives in some places while emerging triumphant in others (like Florida)- and in some cases the Democratic Party directly bankrolled far-right candidates in a cynical strategic gamble. Looking at local races, the racist and homophobic dog-whistling against "critical race theory" and LGBTQ friendly materials backed by PACs like 'Moms for Liberty' and 'Get Kids Back to School' did not sweep into victory in Michigan's local school boards- but did garner enough success for all of us to be deeply concerned (including in the neighboring community of Portage).
We then spend the rest of the show out at the movies. We talk about "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and how a big blockbuster movie uniquely focuses on some complex themes like grief, colonialism, and war.
01:45- 08:25 Remembering Community Organizer Larry Provancher
10:20- 57:30 Midterm Post-Mortem
57:30- 1:36:00 Wakanda Forever: Deconstructing the New Black Panther
1:36:00- 1:45:00 Police Non-Sense in Florida
"Michigan Republican Party blames election losses on Tudor Dixon, Trump"
"Analysis: Parents rights school board campaigns lost most Michigan races"
"Two newcomers, one incumbent ahead in election for Portage Public Schools board"
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