| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Larsen | Intro to the episode | ||
| Elijah Larsen | An introduction to Cameron Willis's article, on a series of strikes and a riot at Kingston Pen between October 17-20, 1932 | ||
| Cameron Willis | If You Want Anything, You Have To Fight For It: Prisoner Strikes at Kingston Penitentiary, 1932-1935 | ||
| Bruce Springsteen | Some of the union music included with these episodes, featuring Springsteen's Factory | ||
| Noam Chomsky | PSA for community radio | ||
| Shane Ivers | PSA for Smithers, a great community | ||
| Elijah Larsen | segue into the second half | ||
| Cameron Willis | How collective action begins in a prison environment | ||
| Billy Bragg | There's Power in a Union | ||
| Cameron Willis | The prisoner’s manifesto, Barbarism and Civilization | ||
| John Lennon | Working Class Hero | ||
| Gucci Mane, BiC Fizzle, BigWalkDog | The Red Flag | ||
| Elijah Larsen | part two, next week |
Program:
A Beautiful Statement, part one, with Cameron Willis
In October 1932—90 years ago, last month—the prisoners in Kingston Penitentiary initiated a riot that fundamentally changed the Canadian penal system.
Most published content on this topic is filtered through the press, institutions, and elected officials, all of whom have mythologized these events. Cameron Willis has spent years researching life inside Kingston’s penitentiaries from the convicts’ perspective, and he’s uncovered sources that shed a very different light on this prison riot.