From The Trenches is the monthly hour-long radio program of the Chicago Independent Media Center. http://chicago.indymedia.org en-us Copyleft 2002-2010 under the Creative Commons Share-Alike License. imc-chicago-audio@lists.indymedia.org Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:00:00 PST http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/10/ftt_2010-01-24.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/10/ftt_2010-01-24.mp3 On this program: Excerpts of "Jewish Bloggers: Conscience over Complicity", recorded at the Oak Park Public Library. Also: Matt Reichel, Green Party political candidate, speaks at the College of Complexes. Plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network in January 2010. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/1/ftt_4-27-09_final_mix.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/1/ftt_4-27-09_final_mix.mp3 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. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/9/ftt_3-23-09_final_mix.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/9/ftt_3-23-09_final_mix.mp3 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. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:00:00 PST http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/7/ftt_2-23-09_final_mx.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/7/ftt_2-23-09_final_mx.mp3 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. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:00:00 PST http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/10/ftt_1-26-09_mix_final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/10/ftt_1-26-09_mix_final.mp3 On this program: The opening of Camp Hope and its forum on torture with speakers: Sonia De Santiago, Marc Falkoff, and Flint Taylor. Also, a visit to the Fox Valley Electric Auto Association and a conversion class at Morton Community College. Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:00:00 PST http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/4/ftt_11-24-08_final_mix.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/4/ftt_11-24-08_final_mix.mp3 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. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/6/ftt_10-27-08_final_mix.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/6/ftt_10-27-08_final_mix.mp3 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. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_9-22-08_final_mix.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_9-22-08_final_mix.mp3 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. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_8-25-08_final_show.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_8-25-08_final_show.mp3 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. 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. Finally, an update on the exemptions by the Illinois Department of Public Health to the Mercury-Free Vaccine Act. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/4/ftt_7-28-08_final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/4/ftt_7-28-08_final.mp3 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. 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. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/11/ftt_6-23-08_final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/11/ftt_6-23-08_final.mp3 On this program: The Semmelweis "Clean Hands" Awards include two critics of the AIDS establishment: journalist Celia Farber and Professor Peter Duesberg. Also, Dr. Arjun Makhijani speaks about his book, Carbon Free, Nuclear Free: A Road Map for U.S. Energy Policy. Mon, 26 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_5-26-08_final_mix.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_5-26-08_final_mix.mp3 On this program: Palestinian demonstration in Federal Plaza on 5/23/08, Dr. Andrew Kantor of Physicians for Social Responsibility speaks on the consequences of a nuclear accident near Chicago and a visit to a nuclear waste dump in the Forest Preserve with Dave Kraft, Executive Director of The Nuclear Energy Information Service. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/1/ftt_4-28-08_final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/1/ftt_4-28-08_final.mp3 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. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/5/ftt_3-24-08final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/5/ftt_3-24-08final.mp3 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. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:00:00 PST http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/5/ftt_2-25-08final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/5/ftt_2-25-08final.mp3 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 of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:00:00 PST http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/11/ftt_1-28-08_final_mix.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/11/ftt_1-28-08_final_mix.mp3 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. Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:00:00 PST http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_12-24-07final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_12-24-07final.mp3 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. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:00:00 PST http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/9/ftt_11-26-07finalmx.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/9/ftt_11-26-07finalmx.mp3 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. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/9/ftt_10-22-07final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/9/ftt_10-22-07final.mp3 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. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/1/ftt_9-24-07_final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/1/ftt_9-24-07_final.mp3 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. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_8-27master_final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_8-27master_final.mp3 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. Mon, 28 May 2007 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/10/ftt_5-28-07final.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/10/ftt_5-28-07final.mp3 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. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/7/ftt_4-23-07fin.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/7/ftt_4-23-07fin.mp3 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. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:00:00 PDT http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/9/ftt_3-26-07fin.mp3 http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/9/ftt_3-26-07fin.mp3 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.