| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Larsen | Intro to the episode | ||
| Elijah Larsen | Cameron's article, 'If You Want Anything, You Have To Fight For It: Prisoner Strikes at Kingston Penitentiary, 1932-1935', describes a series of strikes and a riot at Kingston Pen between October 17-20, 1932 | ||
| Bruce Springsteen | An explanation of some of the musical selections included | ||
| Cameron Willis | How officials controlled the messages, and Oswald Withrow | ||
| Billy Bragg | The Internationale | ||
| Cameron Willis | Precipitating causes of the riot | ||
| Johnny Paycheck | Take This Job and Shove It | ||
| Bruce Springsteen | Factory | ||
| Judy Collins | Bread and Roses | ||
| Noam Chomsky | PSA for community radio | ||
| Elijah Larsen | segue into the second half | ||
| Cameron Willis | On how little agency the prisoners had | ||
| Elijah Larsen | Next week, part three of A Beautiful Statement |
Program:
A Beautiful Statement, part two, with Cameron Willis
In October 1932, the prisoners in Kingston Penitentiary initiated a riot that fundamentally changed the Canadian penal system. Most published content on this topic has been mythologized by the press, institutions, and elected officials. Cameron Willis’s research has uncovered an entirely different depiction of life inside Kingston’s penitentiaries from the convicts’ perspective, and he’s uncovered sources that shed a very different light on this prison riot.