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From the Trenches

Produced on the fourth Monday of each month
Hear it live 10:00-11:00am on WLUW, 88.7 FM
or webcast online at www.wluw.org

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The latest From The Trenches program is:

June 22, 2009
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.6 Mb, 58:35 minutes plus 1:43 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches" 30 second break at cir.16:00). On this Program: Building Bridges for Civil Liberties—a workshop between Muslims and interfaith communities in Oak Park; Stephen Lendman speaks about his article on healthtruthrevealed.com about mandating the new flu vaccine and Paula Bradshaw and Rich Whitney speak about changing the transportation infrastructure in this country
May 25, 2009
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.5 Mb, 59:00 minutes plus 1:43 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches" 30 second break at 28:58). On this program: A report on the direct action by the Catholic Worker Community and the Clearwater Group to Stop Blackwater that took place last month at the Illinois headquarters of the private mercenary company, Blackwater. Also, a new group called the Oath-Keepers forms to support military, law enforcement personnel and emergency response workers both active and retired in their oath to support the U.S. constitution. And we hear some of the speakers as the 8th annual Walk for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine that took place in Oak Park on Sunday, May 17, 2009. Listen to highlights of the Stop Blackwater conference Listen to the full length speeches of the program sponsored by Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine
April 27, 2009
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.3 Mb, 59:03 minutes plus 1:43 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program: Olympics protest on April 2nd, plus highlights of the Stop Blackwater Conference, Saturday, April 25, 2009. Featured speakers: Jeremy Scahill, author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army; Kathy Kelly, founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and Mary Shesgren, cofounder of Clearwater Group to Stop Blackwater and music of Anne Feeney.
March 23, 2009
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.3 Mb, 59:03 minutes plus 1:43 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program: Chicago's disorderly conduct ordinance is declared unconstitutional, former death row prisoner, Geraldine Smith speaks about her experience as the first woman sentenced to death in Illinois and Dr. Paul King speaks about the connection between the mercury-laced preservative in vaccines and autism.
February 23, 2009
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 26.2 Mb, 55:37 minutes plus 1:43 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program, Kim Bobo, author of Wage Theft in America speaks at Chicago Public Library and David Schweikart, author of After Capitalism speaks at Third Unitarian Church in Chicago. Listen to Part 1 of Kim Bobo's entire talk beginning with the testimony of a construction worker who was not paid for two months of work. Listen to Part 2 of Kim Bobo's talk w/ Q&A session. Listen to David Schweikart's entire talk.
January 26, 2009
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.8 Mb, 59:32 minutes plus 1:43 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program: Camp Hope, a 19 day demonstration organized by Voices for Creative Nonviolence opens in Hyde Park; Also, Camp Hope's forum —Witness Against Torture: From Guantanamo to the Streets of Chicago with speakers: Sonia De Santiago, Marc Falkoff, and Flint Taylor. And, a visit to the Fox Valley Electric Auto Association and a conversion class at Morton Community College in Cicero. Listen to the entire Camp Hope Opening Listen to the entire Forum on Torture Listen to the Q & A session on torture
December 22, 2008
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.8 Mb, 59:23 minutes plus 1:43 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program, anti-war protestors target Barak Obama's neighborhood, the loss of Beauty Turner, DOE hearing on a proposed nuclear reprocessing plant and Susan Klonsky, co-author of of Small Schools: Public School Reform Meets the Ownership SocietyListen to part 1 of the entire DOE hearing Listen to part 2 of the DOE hearingListen to part 3 of the DOE hearing
November 24, 2008
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.8 Mb, 59:30 minutes plus 1:43 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches" Midpoint :30 break at 27:00 outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program, The continued struggle of Austin area residents to have a new high school built for their neighborhood and political economist, Raymond Lotta speaks about the financial meltdown at Revolution Books in Chicago.Listen to part 1 of the entire uneditted talk by Raymond Lotta Listen to part 2 of Lotta's talk
October 27, 2008
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.8 Mb, 59:31 minutes plus 1:30 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches" Midpoint :30 break at 29:57 outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this Program: Excerpts of The Nuclear Power Forum held October 12, 2008 at Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL. Speakers: Dr. George Stanford, retired physicist from Argonne National Laboratory, Dave Kraft, Executive Director of The Nuclear Energy Information Service and Dr. Roger Blomquist, physicist at Argonne National Laboratory. Also, an excerpt from the 2004 Nuclear Power and Children's Health Conference. Listen to the entire uneditted nuclear power forum Listen to the question and answer session of the nuclear power forum
September 22, 2008
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.6 Mb, 59:05 minutes plus 1:30 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches" Midpoint :30 break at 27:20 outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program: A panel discussion on Gardasil, the HPV vaccine held at the Oak Park Public Library on Sunday, August 17, 2008. Speakers: Barbara Mullarkey, President of the Illinois Vaccine Awareness Coalition, Shannon Nelson, who was injured after receiving the HPV vaccine in combination with 2 other vaccines and Dr. David Ayoub, Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Medical School in Springfield, IL and Medical Director of the Foundation for Autism Information and Research. Listen to the entire uneditted panel discussion
August 25, 2008
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.8 Mb, 58:08 minutes plus 1:30 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program: Excerpts of Sin Papelles, a forum on immigration that took place July 19th at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen. click here to listen to the complete 1st panel of the immigration forum. Also on the program: a report on NIST's conclusions about the cause of the collapse of World Trade Center building #7 and the response by Architects and Engineers for 9/11 truth. Listen to the entire NIST Press Conference and response by ae911truth.org. Finally, an update on the exemptions by the Illinois Department of Public Health to the Mercury-Free Vaccine Act. Click here, and scroll down the page for the list of vaccines exempted by the IDPH.
July 28, 2008
Download entire show in broadcast quality sound (mp3, 64kbps mono, 27.6 Mb, 59:09 minutes plus 1:12 min music fades outcue: "From the Trenches"). On this program: Highlights from the Green Party National Convention that took place in Chicago July 11-13, 2008. Speakers include: Green Party Presidential Candidate, Cynthia McKinney, her Vice Presidential running mate, Rosa Clemente, and keynote speakers: Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Non-Violence; Drug Policy Expert, Clifford Thornton; Green Party Congressional Candidate from Louisiana, Malik Rahim; Physician and Environmental Health Advocate, Jill Stein; and Green Party Congressional Candidate from Chicago, Omar Lopez. To listen to the entire speeches of these speakers click on their names. Also, listen to a speech given by Green Party Candidate for President of Columbia, Ingrid Betancourt at the World Social Forum shortly before she was kidnapped.
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