Lynne Stewart has been released from prison.

[Kali]

1. this is from a listserve I am on:

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Below is a listing of audio/video coverage already on the web, and that which will be broadcast in the coming days.

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COVERAGE ALREADY ON THE WEB

For a 6 min., 30 sec. video of Lynne answering questions at LaGuardia (recorded by Renee Feltz of Democracy Now), go to

. (I was fortunate to be able to broadcast much of the sound of this live on WBAI this afternoon.)

For a still photo of Lynne hugging her daughter (and medical watchdog) Dr. Zenobia Brown -- and for ongoing updates -- go to http://lynnestewart.org/

For an audio of last night's one-hour WBAI program that I hosted on Lynne's then-impending release, Go to http://www.wbai.org/server-archive.html. Scroll down to Tues., 9 PM ("Muslim State of Mind" - the usual show at that hour). This includes:
* interviews with family and supporters
* an interview with Lynne herself from Texas shortly after her release
* a detailed medical update, and
* a 2005 phone interview that Mumia Abu-Jamal did by phone (from Death Row) with Lynne, in which she challenges the premises of the prosecution's case against her.

COVERAGE COMING UP

All WBAI programs can be heard in NY/NJ/CT at 99.5 FM or online at http://www.wbai.org. Afterwards, check the archive at http://www.wbai.org/server-archive.html. Scroll down to the date and time of the show.

Thurs., Jan. 2 bet. 7 & 8 AM - The WBAI morning program will include a 5-minute excerpt from Sally O'Brien's recording of the welcome.

Thurs., Jan. 2 bet. 8 & 9 AM - Amy Goodman and Renee Feltz of Democracy Now! covered the whole welcome-home, and will play excerpts at some point during the show. Later in the morning, check the archive and transcript at http://www.democracynow.org

Thurs., Jan. 2 bet. 8 & 9 PM - On WBAI's Where We Live, co-producers Sally O'Brien and dequi kioni-sadiki will present excerpts of Sally's recordings of the LaGuardia welcome plus updates on the parole campaign for elderly people in NYS prisons.

Mon., Jan. 6 bet. 7 & 8 PM - On WBAI's Building Bridges: Your Labor and Community Report, Mimi Rosenberg will run part of her recordings of Lynne's welcome for half of the hour.


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Special thanks to WBAI Producers Sally O'Brien and Mimi Rosenberg, as well as Democracy Now producers Amy Goodman and Renee Feltz, for all the coverage they provided today, as well as to WBAI Interim Program Director Bob Hennelly for arranging air time on WBAI, and WBAI operations staff members Tony Ryan, Max Schmid, and Reggie Johnson, for all their technical support, and WBAI and Pacifica Board member Cerene Roberts for proposing the past two days of live WBAI coverage.