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Happiest of heavenly birthdays to the G.O.A.T. 👇A·poth·e·o·sis: noun- the highest point in the development of something;...
11/27/2025

Happiest of heavenly birthdays to the G.O.A.T. 👇

A·poth·e·o·sis: noun

- the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax

- the elevation of someone to divine status; deification

Jimi Hendrix and the Experience released only ONE album before audiences across the globe were recognizing him as a guitar and rock god.

Between receiving his first guitar at age 15 and his untimely death at 27, Jimi Hendrix shock the world, and changed the way the game was played forever.

A truly generational talent, every person who saw him play during his time knew right away that he was a genius.

But his phenomenal playing is such a small part of what makes his story so amazing.

Hows about, he didnt receive his first guitar until he was 15. Meaning, he'd only played guitar for 12 years before he died.

How bout he was completely self taught, listening to his idols through the radio to put things together.

Did you know he served in Vietnam? As a paratrooper, or all things.

Bro toured with Little Richard and such before he got his break with the JHE.

And as much as he just wanted to play, its impossible to listen to his music and not recognize how politically charged it was for the time--

a time marked by some of the most polarized politics in modern U.S. history.

And this is just scratching the surface of what Jimi left us after just four short years in the spotlight.

Everyone's who's done it since Jimi, is doing it because of Jimi.

No exceptions.

What's your favorite thing about the legacy that Jimi Hendrix left behind?
Today, WPFW honors the National Day of Morning, commemorates the birthday of Jimi Hendrix and offers music centering gratitude from 9am until 7pm.

If you missed any of the coverage so far, including an incredible Hendrix tribute today from 9am-noon, you can always double back to the archives (easily accessible through the WPFW app [via Pacifica Foundation])!

That’s here on WPFW 89.3 FM (download the app to listen on-the-go!).
If you'd like to support the station and keep this truth telling tradition alive

text WPFWFM to 801801 to make a donation.

WPFW: building a better world one broadcast at a time.

Here’s some food for thought 👇Be sure to sit with this, especially after encouraging your friends and family to support...
11/26/2025

Here’s some food for thought 👇

Be sure to sit with this, especially after encouraging your friends and family to support the National Day of Mourning.

Think about the meals you see at any family gathering:

potatoes, corn (maize). tomatoes, chocolate (cacao), squash, pumpkins, chili peppers, vanilla, peanuts, cashews, pineapple, avocado, quinoa, blueberries…

the list literally goes on.

Today, somewhere around 60% of the world’s food crops originated with indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Yet their contributions rarely make it into classroom lessons or holiday conversations; not even around this time of the year!

It’s one of the great paradoxes of global culture: the world eats indigenous American food daily, relies on indigenous agricultural science, and celebrates dishes rooted in Native American innovation,

while indigenous communities themselves often face food insecurity and ongoing land theft.

Make it make sense.

And to be clear, this isn’t just a story of the Americas.

Around the world, Indigenous communities have shaped global food systems in profound ways.

Their agricultural knowledge remains foundational to biodiversity, climate resilience, sustainable farming, and more, even as capitalist agriculture erases, patents, or replaces these traditions.

So in line with yesterday's post, we ask,

"what does it mean that we celebrate feasts built on indigenous food, while ignoring indigenous history?"

Again, food for thought,

and for principled engagement with our comrades in solidarity.
Tomorrow,, November 27, WPFW honors the National Day of Morning, commemorates the birthday of Jimi Hendrix and offers music centering gratitude from 9am until 7pm.

At noon, we'll be bringing you live coverage of the annual United American Indians of New England rally in Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.

That’s here on WPFW 89.3 FM (download the app to listen on-the-go!).
If you'd like to support the station and keep this truth telling tradition alive

text WPFWFM to 801801 to make a donation.

WPFW: building a better world one broadcast at a time.

Listen to AfricaNow! November 26, 1PM (U.S. Eastern), on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or at www....
11/26/2025

Listen to AfricaNow! November 26, 1PM (U.S. Eastern), on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or at www.wpfwfm.org featuring Contextualizing COP30 & Remembering Jamil Abdullah al-Amin.  Mithika Mwenda Executive Director and Co-Founder of Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance contextualizes the recent annual climate change conference COP30.  AfricaNow! remembers Black freedom fighter Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown) who died on November 23: featured is a portion of a show from its archives with guest writer Arun Kundanani.   

Support AfricaNow! and your community station WPFW--particularly on Giving Tuesday, December 2, 2025.  Donate online: visit https://pledge.wpfwfm.org/index.php and then on Step 1: Contribution scroll down to AfricaNow! to make your donation to the show. You can also text to donate by simply texting WPFWFM (not case sensitive) to 801801 and then follow the instructions. Or on our CashApp, which is $WPFWFM write it is for AfricaNow! and include your email address. Thank you

Giving Tuesday is December 2, but you do not have to wait to support your jazz and justice radio station. It doesn't mat...
11/26/2025

Giving Tuesday is December 2, but you do not have to wait to support your jazz and justice radio station. It doesn't matter if its $5 or $1000, any amount helps us keep the programming you love on the air. Pledge anytime by clicking "DONATE NOW" at wpfwfm.org.

We thank you for your support!

“What is "Thanksgiving" to the Indian?” 👇It’s giving that kind of energy, in the most provocative way.Many don’t know ho...
11/25/2025

“What is "Thanksgiving" to the Indian?” 👇

It’s giving that kind of energy, in the most provocative way.

Many don’t know how this tradition of the National Day of Mourning began, but for those of you in the know, you pretty much already know.

This story rings as familiar as it does poignant.

When Wamsutta Frank James was invited to speak at a Massachusetts state dinner celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth,

he came ready to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

The truth was that his people (the Wampanoag), and countless people across this land suffered unimaginably as a consequence of the event that he had been invited to celebrate.

“This is a time of celebration for you - celebrating an anniversary of a beginning for the white man in America. A time of looking back, of reflection. It is with a heavy heart that I look back upon what happened to my People..”

-Wamsutta Frank James, 1970

Seriously, search the speech.

It’s a masterwork in radical honesty, especially when you consider the audience.

And for those who know, it rings with cross-racial solidarity, with its strong parallels to Frederick Douglass’s 1852 address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

In this famous speech, Douglass asks the nation to confront the cruelty and contradictions beneath its self-congratulation.

Both moments, between Douglass and James, cut to the same truth:

How can a people celebrate freedom on land or in a nation built on the enslavement and erasure of others?

Do you have a good answer for that question?

Will you bring any of this up at the dinner table?
On Thursday, November 27, we honor the National Day of Morning and offer music centering gratitude on WPFW 89.3 FM (download the app to listen on-the-go!)
At noon, we'll bring you live coverage of the annual United American Indians of New England rally in Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
If you'd like to support the station and keep this truth telling tradition alive

text WPFWFM to 801801 to make a donation.

We're building a better world one broadcast at a time.

Building Bridges radio - WPFW 89.3 FM DC, streaming @ wpfwfm.org, Mon. Nov. 24, 2025 @ 7 PM EST: Dismantling Youth Priso...
11/23/2025

Building Bridges radio - WPFW 89.3 FM DC, streaming @ wpfwfm.org, Mon. Nov. 24, 2025 @ 7 PM EST: Dismantling Youth Prisons + Queen Mother Audley Moore & Reparations

Giving Tuesday is almost here, and WPFW needs you!This Giving Tuesday, stand with the station that stands with the peopl...
11/21/2025

Giving Tuesday is almost here, and WPFW needs you!

This Giving Tuesday, stand with the station that stands with the people.
WPFW brings you jazz, justice, global rhythms, and grassroots voices you won’t hear anywhere else — but we can’t do it without your support.

Independent media depends on listeners just like you.
So don’t wait — make your Giving Tuesday gift early and help keep WPFW strong, community-powered, and proudly independent.

Go to wpfwfm.org, click “Donate,” and be part of the future of Jazz and Justice.
That’s wpfwfm.org.

WPFW 89.3 FM — The People’s Station.

The WPFW Local Station Board will host a Town Hall on Saturday, December 13th from 12 - 3pm at the Brookland Busboys & P...
11/21/2025

The WPFW Local Station Board will host a Town Hall on Saturday, December 13th from 12 - 3pm at the Brookland Busboys & Poets, located at 625 Monroe St, NE Washington, DC 20017.

More details to come. Mark your calendar.

WPFW presents Amplify Sudan, Wednesday, November 19, a day of emancipatory informational and inspirational programming c...
11/18/2025

WPFW presents Amplify Sudan, Wednesday, November 19, a day of emancipatory informational and inspirational programming centering Sudanese sovereignty and the ongoing threat to peace and security for her people. 

From 5am until 8pm, there will be discussions with activists, journalists and the people most impacted by what’s happening in Sudan, in addition to the presentation of music and poetry centering Sudan.  

That’s Amplify Sudan, Wednesday, November 19, 5am - 8pm on WPFW, building a better world one broadcast at a time.

Don't Get Left Behind! DOWNLOAD the new WPFW mobile app TODAY! Available on both iOS & Android.
11/18/2025

Don't Get Left Behind!

DOWNLOAD the new WPFW mobile app TODAY!

Available on both iOS & Android.

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