From the Trenches

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The latest From The Trenches program is:

April 28, 2008

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.9 Mb, 59:22 minutes plus 1:31 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program: A forum on gun violence features state representative from the 7th District, Karen Yarbrough, Mark Walsh of the Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and Dr. Gary Slutkin, Professor of Public Health at UIC and developer of the Ceasefire Initiative. Also, a new documentary: Blackwater Invades Illinois plus new legislation to regulate private military contractors in Illinois.

March 24, 2008

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.9 Mb, 59:22 minutes plus 1:31 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program: Protesters in Chicago mark the 5th anniversary of the Iraq War; writer, Carl Bloice speaks on The 2008 Election: Realizing the Potential for Change at Columbia College; and David Schweickart, Professor of Philosophy and author of After Capitalism gives his commentary on the recent meltdown of the financial markets. For the entire talk by Carl Bloice, including all of the Q & A session see also and see also To listen to the entire March 19th rally see also

February 25, 2008

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.7 Mb, 59:04 minutes plus 1:31 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches", same outcue for 40 sec. break at cir. 42:00 min. On this program: Independent journalist, Dahr Jamail, author of "Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq" speaking at the University of Illinois at Chicago on October 27, 2007. Also speaking: Eugene Cherry, Chicago native and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Cherry worked as a medic in Iraq from 2004 to 2005. For the entire talk including all of the Q & A session see also

January 28, 2008

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 28 Mb, 59:39 minutes plus 1:31 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches", same outcue for 40 sec. break at cir. 20:00 min. On this program: Former weapons inspector, Scott Ritter and Ambassador Edward Peck speak at the forum: Iran Still a Target, January 23, 2008 at the Unitarian Church of Evanston. For the entire forum including all of the Q & A session see also and see also

December 24, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.5 Mb, 58:28 minutes plus 1:30 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches", same outcue for 30 sec. break at cir. 21:00 min. On this program: An interview with Marilyn Waring, author of "If Women Counted," New Jersey mandates flu vaccines for children and a landmark case reveals toxic treatments for AIDS. For the entire story on mercury in vaccines in Illinois see also

November 26, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.7 Mb, 59:17 minutes plus 1:00 min music fades outcue: From the Trenches, . On this program: An interview with a few of the Morton West High School students who held an anti-war sit-in on November 1st. Also: Dr. Helen Caldicott, author of The New Nuclear Danger: George Bush's Military Industrial Complex, speaks at the Unitarian Church in Evanston on October 10th. For the entire unedited program on nuclear power and nuclear weapons see also

October 22, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 28.1 Mb, 1:00:00 minutes plus 1:30 min music fades outcue: From the Trenches, . On this program: Excerpts of the forum: In Defense of Academic Freedom, held October 12, 2007 at the University of Chicago. Speakers on the program: Evan Lorendo, President of the Academic Freedom Committee at DePaul University, John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Neve Gordon, Professor of Politics and Government at Ben Gurion University in Israel. For the entire program see also

September 24, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27,9 Mb, 59:28 minutes plus 1:30 min music fades outcue: From the Trenches, 30 sec music break at 30:00). On this program: Professor Norman Finkelstein resigns from DePaul University, Disabled activists from ADAPT stage demonstrations, The FCC holds hearings in Chicago, Professor Eric Bronner of Rutgers University speaks about Dafur and Professor David Cole of Georgetown speaks about eroding civil liberties.

August 27, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 29,2 Mb, 59:19 minutes plus 1:09 min music fades outcue: From the Trenches). On this program: From Sicko to Sanity—excerpts from the healthcare forum in Chicago 7/26/2007, we report on the third Citizens Grand Jury on 9/11 held April 14, 2007, William Rodriguez, the last man out of the North Tower on 9/11 speaks in Chicago April 19, 2007 and an independent media perspective of the Emergency Alert System's (EAS) live test on June 26, 2007.

July 23, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 28 Mb, 57:45 minutes plus 1:09 min music fades). On this program, Dr. Mayer Eisenstein, founder of Home First Health Services and author of Don't Vaccinate Before You Educate, speaks about vaccines at one of his monthly lectures. This lecture was given July 16, 2007 at his Home First clinic in Rolling Meadows, IL. This is an editted version of his two hour talk.

June 25, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27 Mb, 57:35 minutes plus 1:00 min music fades). On this program, a Town Hall Meeting on impeachment held at the DePaul University School of Law in Chicago on Thursday, June 21, 2007. The program was sponsored by The World Can't Wait Coalition and endorsed by the Chicago Chapters of Code Pink and The National Lawyers Guild, The Northside Chapter of the Progressive Democrats of America and the Progressive Democrats of America. The Speakers for the event were: David Swanson, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, John Nichols, author of The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism, Larry Everest, author of Oil, Power and Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda, and Elaine Brower, mother of a marine who served in both Afghanistan and Iraq and a leader in the World Can't Wait campaign.

May 28, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 37.5 Mb, 59:30 minutes plus 3:00 min music fades). On this program, Four war resisters: Camilo Mejia, Agustin Aguayo, Pablo Paredes and Robert Zabala speak at a forum, May 14, 2007 at The United Presbyterian Church in Watsonville, CA. The event was sponsored by several groups: the GI Rights Hotline & Draft Alternatives program of the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV), the Santa Cruz Peace Coalition, the Watsonville Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) and the Watsonville Brown Berets, Santa Cruz Veterans for Peace Chapter 11. The tour of these Iraq War Veterans was made in conjunction with the release of Camilo Mejia's book, THE ROAD FROM AR RAMADI.

April 23, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.2 Mb, 58:52 minutes plus 1:10 min music fades). On this program, "Step it Up" rallies raise the temperature on Congress throughout the country plus speakers at the Green Festival in Chicago, talk local sustainability and the greening of business.

March 26, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.6 Mb, 58:52 minutes plus 1:10 min music fades). On this program: A report on the M20 Coalition's March commemorating the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War. Also: Cindy Sheehan, John Bonifaz and Dan Dewalt of the Progressive Democrats of America speak in a forum about an alternative plan to end the war: impeachment.

February 26, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 28 Mb, 59:25 minutes plus 1:00 min music fades). On this program: Interviews with Chicago mayoral candidates Dorothy Brown and William Dock Walls. Also, excerpts from a panel discussion on truth in corporate media at the 2007 National Conference for Media Reform.

January 22, 2007

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 55.4mb Mb, 59:34 minutes plus 1:00 min music fades). From the Trenches 1-22-07 On this program: Excerpts of the Chicago Global Warming Town Hall Meeting on January 20th. Speakers : Naomi Davis of Daughters' Trust, Prof. Howard Ehrman of UIC, Karen Hobbs, 1st Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Dept. of the Environment, Rev. Claire Butterfield, Faith in Place, Dr. Steven Perkins, The Center for Neighborhood Technology, Jovita Flores, The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization and James Thindwa, Chicago Jobs with Justice. Also on the program an interview with South African lawyer, Anthony Brink who has filed a lawsuit in the International Criminal Court against the head of The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) charging Zackie Achmat with genocide for promoting anti-retrovirals in his country.

December 25, 2006

Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.2 Mb, 59:40 minutes plus 1:00 min music fades). On this program: Stacy Mitchell speaks about her book: "The Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses. Mitchell spoke November 8, 2006 at Women and Children First Books in Chicago.

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Other great Chicagoland radio shows:

• This Is Hell (WNUR 89.3 FM, Saturdays 9am-1pm
• Fire On The Prairie (WLUW 88.7 FM, 2nd Monday of the month, 10am-11am)
• The Eighth Day (WLUW 88.7 FM, 1st and 3rd Monday of the Month, 10am)
• Labor Express (WLUW 88.7 FM, Sundays 7pm-8pm)
• Democracy Now (WZRD, 88.3 FM 7am & 8am; WLUW 88.7 FM, 9am; WRTE 90.5 FM, 10pm)
• Assorted WZRD shows (WZRD, 88.3 FM)
• Assorted WRTE shows (WRTE, 90.5 FM)
• The Ministry of Truth (WHPK 88.5 FM, Thursdays, 1:30pm-2pm)
• News From the Service Entrance (WHPK 88.5 FM, Thursdays 2pm-4pm)
• The Cliff Kelley Show (WVON 1450 AM, Weekdays 6am-10am)

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March 20, 2004 war protest events — Chicago Indymedia's audio webstream

The Best of that day's webstream

Part 1 (mp3, 8.2Mb, 64:42 minutes) . . . Part 2 (mp3, 8.2Mb, 62:56 minutes)

That day's entire webstream (10.5 hours) in 20 segments (each 8.2Mb, 30-40 minutes, mp3)

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March 19, 2005 war protest events — Chicago Indymedia's audio webstream

That day's entire webstream (about 10 hours) in 10 segments (each about 16Mb, about 60 minutes, mp3)

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |

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