audio dn2003-01-15.mp3f sound 2003-03-22 17:21:35 Democracy Now <UL> <LI>Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jan. 15, 1929 ­ April 4, 1968: On His Birthday, We Hear King Outline His Opposition To War <LI>From Death Row, Mumia Speaks Out On The Death Penalty & The "Broken" System <LI>Sarah Jones Performs 'Waking The American Dream,' About New Immigrants' Experience In America; She Also Discusses 'The Exonerated,' A Play About Innocent Death Row Prisoners <LI>'Your Revolution Will Not Happen Between These Thighs': Sarah Jones vs. The FCC </UL> 2003-01-15 00:00:00 democracy_now 2003-03-22 17:21:35 Jonathan Aizen 0 <P> In addition to being a playwright, poet and actor, Sarah Jones is also suing the Federal Communications Commission and its chairman Michael Powell. She is challenging a ruling that one of her works is "indecent." <p> The work is called 'Your Revolution' and protests the degrading treatment of women in popular culture and particularly in hip hop. It is a loose reworking of Gil Scott-Heron's classic poem, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." <p> Guest: <UL> <LI><B>Sarah Jones</B>, playwright, poet and actor. </UL> Related link: <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.yourrevolutionisbanned.com" target=_top">Your Revolution</A> </UL> Radio broadcast 1 Democracy Now 273 audio_news