In Episode 26 of Essential Conversations, Ann Delisi spoke with John Sinclair about the music and activism that define his revolutionary life and career. This is one of the best interviews with John Sinclair I’ve heard to date. If you are an artist, writer, poet, musician or performer of any kind, give this a good listen. Turn off the Television, put your phone away. You may learn something.
John Sinclair is an activist, poet, and writer whose life and work is connected by one theme – resistance.
Sinclair co-founded the White Panthers, managed the MC5, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the possession of two marijuana cigarettes. His imprisonment famously garnered the support of John Lennon, among others. Press play to listen or visit the link below.
Link here: https://wdet.org/posts/2020/10/30/90221-essential-conversations-john-sinclair-still-hates-the-cia/
A CIA conspiracy charge against Sinclair eventually took Sinclair to the Supreme Court of the United States. In the landmark 1972 case, the court unanimously ruled in Sinclair’s favor, declaring that warrantless wiretapping is illegal.
“I hate the CIA.” — John Sinclair
In this episode
- What it was like managing the MC5.
- The 1967 rebellion in Detroit.
- Being arrested for two marijuana cigarettes and getting John Lennon’s support.
- Illegal wire taps and conspiracy charges from the CIA.
You can find the works of John Sinclair in the Iron Man Shop here and on Bandcamp here
Listen to more
You can find John Sinclair online here:
www.johnsinclair.us
www.RadioFreeAmsterdam.org
www.theJohnSinclairFoundation.org
http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Sinclair/132833609285
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