James Earl Jones Re-Enacts Paul Robeson Testimony: Socialist News And Views Episode # 62 (9/19/2024)

NEWS + MUSIC + RE-ENACTMENT by James Earl Jones of Paul Robeson's testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities from 1956. NEWS: We spend the entire news portion focused on Nigeria. Salako Kayode from the Revolutionary Socialist Movement Nigeria (https://revolutionsocialist.ng/) spoke to us about extreme repression of the Nigeria government for #EndBadGovernance protests in August. Kayode is a socialist, an activist and a community mobilizer as well as a unionist. Here are more links on the Nigerian Protests and the International Solidarity Campaign against repression: Nigeria: End Attacks on Socialists and All #EndBadGovernance Protesters: https://www.internationaliststandpoint.org/nigeria-end-attacks-on-socialists-and-all-endbadgovernance-protesters/ ****(SIGN THE PETIONT HERE) Campaign: Drop all charges and release all detained for #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria!: https://www.internationaliststandpoint.org/campaign-drop-all-charges-and-release-all-detained-for-endbadgovernance-protests-in-nigeria/ Defend democratic rights in Nigeria! Free all detained activists!: https://www.internationaliststandpoint.org/defend-democratic-rights-in-nigeria-free-all-detained-activists/ ----- MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1o1a-Alr0M&list=PLbY5r0VuZYApEdsg9__uqG941YJDWnObZ&index=3 ----- RE-ENACTMENT by James Earl Jones of Paul Robeson's testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities from 1956: James Earl Jones, iconic voice of Darth Vader and EGOT winner, dies at 93: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2024/09/09/james-earl-jones-passes-away/ Testimony of Paul Robeson before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, June 12, 1956: https://youtu.be/VhnCrHZkgNk?si=wOHx4S1f06QbicgX (TRANSCRIPT) Testimony of Paul Robeson before the House Committee on Un-American Activities June 12, 1956: https://www.marxists.org/archive/robeson/1956/06/12.htm