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From The Trenches is the monthly hour-long radio program of the Chicago Independent Media Center.
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From The Trenches, November 27, 2011
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Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:00:00 PST
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The November 2011 episode of From The Trenches features excerpts from Media Democracy Day 2011, including presentations by Steve Macek on the history of Chicago's media, Mitchell Szczepanczyk on the leading media democracy stories of 2011, and Jeanette Foreman on community media involvement.  Plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network.
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From The Trenches, October 23, 2011
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Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/10/ftt_2011-10-23.mp3
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The October 2011 episode of From The Trenches features excerpts from the March for Peace and Justice on the 10th Anniversary of the War in Afghanistan, and voices from Occupy Chicago, Chicago's contribution to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Plus, headlines from the global Indymedia network.
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From The Trenches, September 25, 2011
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Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:00:00 PDT
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The complete audio of the September 2011 episode of From The Trenches, featuring Rick Rozoff on NATO policy, NATO expansion and NATO involvement in Libya, and David Cobb on the efforts to combat corporate power by changing the laws that power modern-day corporations.  Plus headlines from the global Indymedia network.
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From The Trenches, August 28, 2011
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Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:00:00 PDT
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The complete audio of the August 2011 episode of From The Trenches, featuring Haley Rea on organizing efforts against a sexist "list" at a Chicago-area high school, Tom Tresser on the grassroots victory over the Chicago establishment to block the Chicago 2016 Olympics, and Dave Kraft on the connections between Illinois' water supply and Illinois' nuclear energy industry.  Plus headlines from the global Indymedia network.
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From The Trenches, July 24, 2011
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Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/4/ftt_2011-07-24.mp3
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The complete audio of the July 2011 episode of From The Trenches, featuring immigration rights activist and organizer Jorge Mujica in an interview recorded on Mayday 2011, and a recent speech by journalist and author Jeremy Scahill on U.S. foreign policy.
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From The Trenches, June 26, 2011
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Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:00:00 PDT
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The full audio of the June 2011 episode of From The Trenches, featuring voices from the streets of the inaugural Chicago Slutwalk against sexual violence, and a presentation on the history of U.S. corporate media control and media reform struggles. Plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network.
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From The Trenches, May 22, 2011
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Sun, 22 May 2011 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_2011-05-22.mp3
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The full audio of the May 2011 episode of From The Trenches, featuring audio from a reading with noted musician and activist Steve Earle, and an interview with journalist Natalie Moore and scholar Lance Williams about their book "The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang".  Plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network.
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From The Trenches, April 24, 2011
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Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/1/ftt_2011-04-24.mp3
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The full audio of the April 2011 episode of From The Trenches, featuring a Chicago vigil outside the Japanese consulate against nuclear power, a the We Are One rally in Daley Plaza in support of workers' rights, and media activist Jennifer Pozner who wrote the book "Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV".
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From The Trenches, March 27, 2011
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:00:00 PDT
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The full audio of the March 2011 episode of From The Trenches, featuring audio from the March 19, 2011, protest for peace in downtown Chicago, an excerpt of an interview with author David Sirota about 1980s popular culture and its effect on contemporary politics and activism, and an encore presentation from Dr. Andrew Kanter outlining the consequences of a nuclear meltdown at a Chicago-area nuclear power plant.
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From The Trenches, February 27, 2011
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Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:00:00 PST
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The full audio of the February 2011 episode of From The Trenches, featuring a Chicago protest for Egypt, a Chicago conference about FBI repression, and the 2011 conference of the Illinois Coalition for Justice, Peace, and the Environment (with Toussaint Losier and Jorge Mujica).
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From The Trenches, January 23, 2011
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Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:00:00 PST
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/10/ftt_2011-01-23.mp3
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The full audio of the January 2011 episode of From The Trenches, featuring excerpts from a special roundtable on Jon Burge and Chicago police torture, with Tomika Erby, Mark Clements, Armanda Shackleford, Michelle Martin-Howard, and Bertha Escamilla, held on January 9, 2011.  Plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network.
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From The Trenches, November 28, 2010
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Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:00:00 PST
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/2/ftt_2010-11-28.mp3
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The complete audio of the November 2010 episode of From The Trenches, featuring presentations for Media Democracy Day 2010 held at Teamsters Hall in Chicago on November 6, 2010, and organized by the Metro Chicago Progressive Media Network. Presenters include Kari Lydersen, Mitchell Szczepanczyk, Allan Gomez, Shawn Campbell, and Suzanne McBride. Plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network.
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From The Trenches, October 24, 2010
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Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/10/ftt_2010-10-24.mp3
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On this program: Chicago activists push back in response to recent FBI raids and intimidation, Bruce Dixon of Black Agenda Report speaks at the Midwest Mobilization Against the War, and Paul Street elaborates the connection of grassroots political activism to electoral politics.  Plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network.
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From The Trenches, September 26, 2010
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Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/7/ftt_2010-09-26.mp3
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On this program: Chicago activist and blogger Anne Elizabeth Moore interviews participants of the Whittier Elementary School sit-in in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, Chicago activist Kathy Kelly talks about her involvement against drone warfare near a military base in Nevada as part of the "Creech 14", plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network
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From The Trenches, August 22, 2010
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Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/2/ftt_2010-08-22.mp3
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On this program: Scholar and professor Lance Williams talks about the larger contextual matters surrounding Chicago street violence, and two activists speak in Chicago about the history and future of nuclear weapons in the run-up to the Chicago debut of the documentary feature "Countdown to Zero"
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From The Trenches, July 25, 2010
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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/4/ftt_2010-07-25.mp3
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On this program: Chicagoans speak out at an FCC event on the proposed Comcast/NBC merger, commentary about the Jon Burge conviction, and activist Jorge Mujica speaks on immigration and Arizona's SB1070 law. Plus worldwide Indymedia headlines.
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From The Trenches, June 27, 2010
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Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/5/ftt_2010-06-27.mp3
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On this program: Chicagoan Fatima Mohammadi reflects on her experiences aboard the Mavi Marmara amidst the crackdown of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla; Activist and author Joe Allen discusses his book "The Vietnam War: The Last War the U.S. Lost", and the parallels between Vietnam and current U.S. wars abroad; headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network in June 2010.
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From The Trenches, May 23, 2010
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Sun, 23 May 2010 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/13/ftt_2010-05-23.mp3
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On this program: Antiwar activist Frida Berrigan speaks in Chicago about the Pentagon, the war budget, and political activism; Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney talks about his 2010 campaign and issues pertaining to it; headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network in May 2010.
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From The Trenches, April 25, 2010
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Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:00:00 PDT
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On this program: We feature excerpts from the 2010 conference of the Illinois Coalition for Justice, Peace, and the Environment, including presentations by prison activist Barbara Kessel, police brutality and public housing journalist Jamie Kalven, and a portion of the keynote address by writer and columnist Alexander Cockburn of The Nation magazine and CounterPunch.org Plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network in April 2010.
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From The Trenches, March 28, 2010
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Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:00:00 PDT
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<link>
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On this program: Excerpts from the rally against war and occupation in Chicago's Federal Plaza, on March 18, 2010, commemorating the 7th Anniversary of the War in Iraq, and activist David Swanson speaks at Northwestern University about his work with AfterDowningStreet.org and with progressive activism and mainstream politics. Plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network in March 2010.
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From The Trenches, February 28, 2010
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<pubDate>
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST
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<link>
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On this program: Vancouver Media Co-op highlights Chicago anti-Olympics activist Martin Macias, who was stopped at the U.S. Canada border.  Cynthia McKinney speaks in Chicago about her involvement in progressive politics and in Middle East activism.   Freelance journalist Jessica Pupovac talks about how a story she wrote helped lead to the release of Michael Tillman, a Chicago man unjustly jailed for 23 years.  Plus headlines from the worldwide Indymedia network in February 2010.
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From The Trenches, January 24, 2010
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Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:00:00 PST
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<link>
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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.
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From The Trenches, December 27, 2009
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Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:00:00 PST
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On this program: Ted Weyman, Deputy Director of the Uranium Medical Research Center in Toronto speaks about the connection between uranium weapons and birth defects in Gaza and Iraq. Also, Dr. Doug Rokke and Veteran Staff Sergeant Dennis Kyne speak about the use of Depleted Uranium weapons in the first Gulf War.
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From The Trenches, April 27, 2009
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Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, March 23, 2009
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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/9/ftt_3-23-09_final_mix.mp3
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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.
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From The Trenches, February 23, 2009
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Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:00:00 PST
</pubDate>
<link>
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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.
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From The Trenches, January 26, 2009
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Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:00:00 PST
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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.
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From The Trenches, November 28, 2008
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Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:00:00 PST
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/4/ftt_11-24-08_final_mix.mp3
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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.
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From The Trenches, October 27, 2008
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Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:00:00 PDT
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http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/6/ftt_10-27-08_final_mix.mp3
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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.
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From The Trenches, September 22, 2008
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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.
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From The Trenches, August 25, 2008
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Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, July 28, 2008
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Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, June 26, 2008
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Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, May 26, 2008
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Mon, 26 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, April 28, 2008
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Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, March 24, 2008
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Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, February 25, 2008
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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:00:00 PST
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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.
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From The Trenches, January 26, 2008
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Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:00:00 PST
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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.
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From The Trenches, December 24, 2007
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Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:00:00 PST
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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.
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From The Trenches, November 26, 2007
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Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:00:00 PST
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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.
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From The Trenches, October 22, 2007
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Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, September 24, 2007
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Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, August 27, 2007
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Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, May 28, 2007
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Mon, 28 May 2007 11:00:00 PDT
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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 &amp; Draft Alternatives program of the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV), the Santa Cruz Peace Coalition, the Watsonville Women's International League for Peace &amp; 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.
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From The Trenches, April 23, 2007
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Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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From The Trenches, March 26, 2007
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Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:00:00 PDT
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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.
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