Tonight on Realistic Utopia:

On Friday, August 23, the 75th anniversary of the executions of Sacco &
Vanzetti was marked with a rally in Union Square Park which was not
only a commemoration but also a demonstration against the continuing
evils of government in general and especially against the death penalty
and the rounding up of immigrant scapegoats, both of which continue to
blight our society in 2002 as they did in 1927.

Tonight (Monday, Aug 26) at midnight on Realistic Utopia we present
highlights from the rally (emceed by "Grandpa" Al Lewis, best known for
starring in "The Munsters" but most worthy of being known for his
lifetime of dedication to the anarchist cause of freedom and justice for
all).

We start with the beginning of the event, when Grandpa, after sharing
his own memories of being, as a teenager, one of the more than 100,000
demonstrators in Union Square on the night Sacco and Vanzetti were
executed, introduced the noted anarchist historian Prof. Paul Avrich,
who gave some historical background and insight. Then we go to a
performance later on in the afternoon of the Living Theatre's anti-
death penalty street-theatre protest "Not in My Name."

Realistic Utopia is on at midnight (Eastern time) on channel 34 at
mnn.org and on Manhattan cable TV (channel 34 on Time Warner, some other
channel somewhere between 108 & 111 on RCN)

Al Lewis's radio show is on WBAI, 99.5 FM, Saturdays from noon-1:30

The Living Theatre's website is www.livingtheatre.org

To hear All Things Considered's story by Margot Adler (herself an
anarchist) about a related event remembering Sacco and Vanzetti the
night before, go to:
search.npr.org/cf/cmn/segment_display.cfm?segID=148847