An evening of strip-tease, drag, tap, music, and comedy! All proceeds will go towards the Unconventional Action Upstate NY legal defense fund for folks going to demonstrate against the the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado (August 25th - 28th) and the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota (September 1st - 4th).

When: Saturday, July 26, 8pm to Midnight
Where: The Mez, 389 Gregory St.
Suggested Donation: $5-$10
More Information: www.unconventionalaction.org, Bash Back!, Upstate, NY Unconventional Action Myspace, Mailing list for UA-ROC, Colorado IMC, Twin Cities IMC
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This Saturday at 11:00am there will be a demonstration against the first targeted sponsor of the Bob Lonsberry show. Join us at the ESL Federal Credit Union at 518 East Ridge Road. We will be demonstrating vocally against their sponsorship of the Bob Lonsberry show, have petitions to sign, and letters with self addressed stamped envelopes to send to businesses, (specifically ESL, Geico, and Advanced Auto Parts).

Rochester ARM (Anti-Racism Movement) has been instrumental in the recent struggle by community members to hold WHAM (Radio 1180) accountable for the racist, sexist and generally derogatory remarks made by Bob Lonsberry, a local right-wing radio talk show host. But the group has been involved in a whole array of proactive programs to lead our community in the project to dismantle institutional racism throughout the past two years. This week on our 10th week of the new Indy TV, ARM organizer Myra Brown, joins us to discuss some of these activities.

In our interview, Myra Brown outlines the importance of confronting the way we've been socialized;

"We have to be willing to recognize that we've learned a lot of stuff wrong about each other. We have to be willing to unlearn those old socializations that have taught us that certain groups are scary, certain groups are incompetent, certain groups are more competent; that taught us that there is this transparent preference for whiteness and anything that doesn't fit into that should be put into the category as outsider…. We have to be willing to have conversations and have listening revolutions, to listen to other peoples' experience in the world and in our own cities and in institutions…we have to take some courage to create opportunities to hear what is hard to hear to make visible what seems invisible"

Join us as we interview Gary Pudupp of the Genesee Valley Civil Liberties Union. Gary talks to IndyTV about the rights we have on the streets, what to do when police stop you and what we can do to monitor the police.

Also check out the bonus short about the Cover America Tour that is travelling the country and collecting stories of our health care system.

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Last night, a group of activists appalled by Bob Lonsberry's most recent racist, classist, and sexist remarks, met again to discuss how to get Bob Lonsberry off the air once and for all (previous story on Lonsberry). We've been listening to his show for a week now and have a list of approximately 100 of the sponsors aired on his show. We've decided to target 5 of those sponsors to ask for their immediate removal of sponsorship from WHAM until Bob Lonsberry is removed from the air. Those five sponsors are:

• Tops Friendly Markets
• ESL Federal Credit Union
• Advanced Auto Parts
• Pace Windows and Doors
• Democrat Joe Morelli (Morelli is planning doing a monthly interview with Lonsberry)

Currently, we are asking all supportive community members to call these establishments/people and let them know that you are horrified that they can support this racist/classist/sexist man who attacks children and families on the airwaves. Please let them know that you want them to remove their sponsorship from all of WHAM until Bob Lonsberry is removed from the air.

If you call just one store, please call Tops Friendly Market. Tops will be our main target for our first action if they do not immediately remove their sponsorship.