Jim's Eclectic World: I was on the radio tonight with Ruby Sales

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Name: Jim Macdonald

Location: Bozeman, MT, United States

Hi, my name is Jim Macdonald, and I have an odd assortment of interests. In no particular order, I love Yellowstone, I am an anti-authoritarian activist and organizer who just moved from Washington, DC to Bozeman, and I have a background in philosophy, having taught at the college level. My blog has a lot more links to my writing and my other Web sites. In Jim's Eclectic World, I try to give a holistic view of my many interests. Often, all three passions show themselves interweaving in the very same blog. Anyhow, I think it's a little different. But, that's me. I'm not so much out there, but taken together, I'm a little unusual.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

I was on the radio tonight with Ruby Sales

I had the honor of being on the radio in the middle of the night on WPFW, DC's 89.3FM with longtime civil rights activist Ruby Sales http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=607. We talked about war, the World Bank, the IMF, immigration, and especially racism and all the connections of these issues with each other. We talked about colonialism and patriarchy. She had an awful lot of fascinating things to say, and it was wonderful to listen and be able to participate. It was a very good experience and an enlightening conversation. It's probably too bad that not that many people heard it.

I won't soon forget our conversation with each other and with host Stephen Gregory.

A couple of my friends will be on the same radio station at 11AM EDT (Thursday, April 20, 2006). You can check it out via the internet. They are talking about the World Bank and IMF protests this weekend in Washington, DC.