Get Up, Stand Up: Bob Marley Vs. The CIA Pt. 1

Richard interviews an historian/archivist, an author and an author/rapper about the life, times and music of Bob Marley and  how he became caught-up in the CIA's attempt to destablize and overthrow the progressive government of Michael Manley.

GUESTS:

 Roger Steffens is a Brooklyn, New York-born American actor, author, lecturer, editor, reggae archivist, photographer and, producer. He may be best known for his reggae archives, in particular his archives of Bob Marley. He is the author of So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley.

David Dusty Cupples, Ph. D., studied psychology at Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara with specializations in personality, cognition, hypnosis and consciousness. He has taught psychology at university in California and English in Vietnam and Taiwan. He is the author of Stir it Up; The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government.

Casey Gane-McCalla is a journalist and rapper, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born to a South African mother and Jamaican father, he quickly became interested in global politics and history, which he studied at Columbia University. The former staff writer for NewsOne has covered a wide variety of subjects from music to politics to drugs and organized crime.  He is the author of Inside The CIA's Secret War in Jamacia