[nyfoil-l] WBAI / APF radio tonight: American Gulag / James Yee / Teabag Open Mic

[Aniruddha Das]

Tune in 8-9 pm EST
Tuesday June 29, 2004
ASIA PACIFIC FORUM on
WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City

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1. American Gulag: Immigrant detainees
2. Guantanamo chaplain James Yees fight for justice
3. Teabag: Chinatown's open mic
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This has been a decisive week in the domestic front of the War on Terror. 
And in the wake of yesterday's Supreme Court decision rejecting the Bush 
administration's extreme, unchecked, and indefinite detention of both an 
American citizen and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Asia Pacific Forum will 
look at two largely neglected stories of domestic repression in the War on 
Terror:

Prisoners who have had no trial, guards who practice sexual humiliation, 
women and children detained indefinitely - no, we're not talking about Abu 
Ghraib, but about the U.S. immigration detention system. For more than two 
decades, the INS has run a secretive nationwide prison system, in which 
abuses, racism, and inhumane conditions are rampant. Investigative 
journalist Mark Dow spent several years getting behind the walls of these 
prisons across the country, and he'll join us tonight to tell us about his 
new book, American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons.

Meanwhile, Captain Joseph Yee's fight to clear his name continues. You'll 
remember that the Army detained Yee - the Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo - 
for 76 days under a cloud of suspicion, only to see its case fall apart in 
April. Though charges were dropped, a coalition of Asian, Muslim, and other 
civil rights groups have been rallying for a federal apology, an 
investigation, and reparations to clear Yee's name. More than 250 people 
attended a fundraiser in Chinatown last Friday to assist the Yee family 
with its substantial legal fees. APF's Shirley Lin was at the event, and 
we'll hear excerpts of it, along with Shirley's one-on-one with JOSEPH & 
FONG YEE, the parents of Captain Yee.

Finally, since last September, Teabag Open Mic night has attracted a range 
of musicians, comedians, and other artists to the basement of a snack bar 
on Mott Street. Originally founded to showcase Asian American performers 
and bring visitors to Chinatown, the series has morphed into a weekly grab 
bag of talent, from the semi-professional to the decidedly un-professional. 
APF member Leyla Mei recently attended a Teabag night, microphone in hand, 
and will share her report from the festivities. We'll also hear from Telly 
Wong, a producer and co-founder of Teabag, who will join us live.

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MARK DOW is a freelance writer and poet whose work has appeared in the 
Miami Herald, The Progressive, Boston Review, and numerous literary 
publications. He is coeditor of Machinery of Death: The Reality of Americas 
Death Penalty Regime. For more on American Gulag, see 
<http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10041.html>www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10041.html. 
Dow is on the editorial board of New Politics, the socialist journal, whose 
new issue has a special section on civil liberties: 
<http://www.wpunj.edu/~newpol/default.htm>www.wpunj.edu/~newpol/default.htm. 
And the new issue of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center Journal 
explores civil liberties and Asian Americans: 
<http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/>www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/.

JOSEPH & FONG YEE are the parents of Captain James Yee and coordinators of 
the Chaplain James Yee Defense Fund (P.O. Box 1226 / Springfield, NJ 
07081-5226 and <outbind://41/www.justiceforyee.com>www.justiceforyee.com).

Telly Wong is Executive Producer of Teabag Open Mic night, as well as its 
spinoffs Teabag Amplified, a monthly showcase of the best performances from 
Teabag Open Mic, and Teabag Sloppy Seconds, Teabags first comedy showcase. 
More at <http://www.teabagopenmic.com/>www.teabagopenmic.com.

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This program is brought to you by Andrew Hsiao, Shirley Lin, and Leyla Mei 
of the APF Collective.
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