As the New Year begins Howard Jordan shares his views on the possible selection of Caroline Kennedy as U.S. Senator for New York and the state of progressive politics. (thejordanjournal@hotmail.com)

Guest: KEALA KELLY Hawaiian journalist and filmmaker reporting on politics, culture, the environment and Indigenous peoples. WWW.NOHOHEWA.COM ("the wrongful occupation of Hawaii") The Hawaiian Kingdom, a recognized nation state during the last half of the 19th century, was illegally overthrown in 1893 by a U.S backed military coup. The U.S. admitted to this wrongful act in 1993 with what is referred to as the APOLOGY RESOLUTION, wherein they apologized for their role in the wrongful overthrow of a peaceful nation. Bill Clinton signed it into law and it became public laws 105-150.---- After the U.S. backed the overthrow, they took possession of Hawaii five years later and without a treaty of annexation (their own congress would not vote to annex) they claim to have annexed Hawaii.---The entirety of the crown and government land was then referred to as "ceded land." but it was never actually ceded because the Native Hawaiian people and their government never agreed to become part of the United States. In 1959, after the U.S. had a fraudlent statehood vote, that same land was "given" to the state of Hawaii. ----THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT of 2007 (S. 310, H.R. 505), was a bill before before the 110th United States Congress. It is commonly known as the Akaka Bill after U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka, D-HI, who has proposed various forms of this bill since 2000. The bills proposed seek to establish a process for Native Hawaiians to gain federal recognition similar to the recognition that some Native American tribes currently possess. The House version of the bill (H.R. 505) passed on October 24, 2007.

THE NATURE OF CHILDHOOD - THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: Misunderstanding the nature of childhood, dismissive of a positive agenda for the rights of the child, derelict in our duty to develop a culture of obligations towards childhood. Is a promising path to the actualization of human potential and the establishment of liberty and justice for the entire human family being undermined by our relentless drive for compensatory rewards, conformed as we are to abuse and offense? In conversation with Elizabeth Goodenough, scholar and activist in the emerging field of children's studies. Hosted by David Occhiuto.

The Afro-Caribbean Roots of Jazz with Yosvany Terry, Composer, Educator, Musician. The music of acclaimed Cuban composer & saxophonist Yosvany Terry provides an unmistakable milestone in the often illusive unfolding of modern Jazz - Black classical music. He creates a synthesis that links past and present influences of Afro-Cuban and Caribbean Jazz with Cuban popular music. Terry brings the Arara’ culture of West African and Cuba to life, incorporating American Jazz traditions with his own Afro-Cuban roots to produce compositions and solo work that flow from the rhythmic and hard driving avant-garde to sweet sounding lyricism.

Continuing our holiday celebration Telling It Like It Is with Stephen the Road Warrior will present another Parang/Carnival special. Thanks to your continuous financial support for WBAI we will bring you the best in this season's music with DJ Sherwin on the ones and twos. Listeners are encouraged to send season's greetings to friends and loved ones at home and abroad who are logged onto www.wbai.org.

This program got off to a painful start as I, R. Paul, had slipped and fallen on some icy steps the day before. We talked about our trip to see Pickles of the North's family up at the North Pole, where those icy steps had come into high velocity contact with my kidney. We had an uninvited guest on this program: the Norwalk Virus. We'd thought my nausea was from the physical injury, after the program both of us were ill. Oh, the creakiness of it all. We did manage to talk about California Attorney General Jerry Brown challenging the legality of the anti-gay Proposition 8, and about President-elect Obama inviting a major Proposition 8 supporter and all around anti-gay bigot to give the invocation at his inaugural. Pickles gave us a rundown of the history of the calendar, as well as fretting about her hubby's sudden infirmity. We also got through a large percentage of the mail backlog on this program. And we'd like to extend our wishes for a merrier New Year to all!

Featuring MOVE ON! (songs for the old and new year). Some of the songs that will be part of the mix: "Celebrate Early And Often", "Dear Departed Past", "Oh, What A Time We Had", "Yes", "In Passing Years", "You've Got To Be Loved To Be Healthy", "Imagine", "Our Time", "The Only Game In Town", "Growing Pains", "Things Are Looking Up", "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries", "Ear Of The World (Heart Of The Universe)", "My Grown-Up Christmas Wish" and "Move On". This week's featured recording is "Grateful" by Ann Marie, the original demo recording, music and lyrics by John Bucchino.

1-Hour Special: A Prescription for Real Social Change. In this previously aired show (albeit with poor sound quality), political philosopher Takis Fotopoulos presented his case for an alternative libratory model for reaching a healthier, happier, freer, and more humanistic future society. Fotopoulos’ model is called Inclusive Democracy, which according to him, “is derived from a synthesis of two major historical traditions: the classical democratic, and the socialist. It also encompasses radical green, feminist, indigenous and liberation movements in the South.” NOTE: The show started a half hour earlier than usual. More...