Hudson Mohawk Magazine

On Monday, September 07, 2026, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry covered the Capital District Area Labor Federation Labor Day Picnic at Joe Bruno Stadium in Troy. In this part 3 of 3 labor segment, Willie interviewed Gustavo Santos, Common Council Representative in Guilderland & Public Employees Federation member, and Shana Davis, Civil Service Employees Association Region 4 President, about Labor Day 2026 and beyond.

Today on Hudson Mohawk Magazine, we have a report on the finish to the Water Walk to protest the Constitution Pipeline.

Then, we hear about 70 local Visibility Brigades in the northeast pushing people to vote.

Later on, in On the Brink, Rosemary Armao explores the parallels between Donald Trump and George Washington.

After that, we hear about Brian Zweig’s campaign for Town Supervisor in North Greenbush.

Finally, as we mark October 7th, we hear about a nurse’s experiences in the West Bank following Hamas’ attack 3 years ago and the resulting genocide by Israel in Gaza.

Hosts: Mark Dunlea; Benno Greene

Engineer: Joan Eason

This year, the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar has coordinated a series of “Pods” which will present its program at seven international venues including Skidmore College’s Tang Museum. The three-day series will begin on Thursday October 8th, culminating in a day-long program on Saturday October 10th, 2026. HMM producer Carolyn Tennant spoke with two of Picture Lock One’s co-founders, Emma Baiada and Adam Tinkle, to discuss the Flaherty, what makes it unique, and how the seminar has inspired Picture Lock One. To learn more about the program and to register for the event, visit www.tang.skidmore.edu.

The current president likes to compare himself -- favorably of course -- to the first president. So Beyond the Brink podcast host Rosemary Armao talked this week with an actual George Washington expert John Oliver, The historian says the two president had much in common -- both businessmen, knowledgeable about real estate. Both enjoyed freakish public popularity and both knew how to play the Big Man on Campus. Washington, very tall for his time, heightened that by riding a 16-hand high chestnut horse; Trump has his Qatari luxury jet. Listen in as Oliver tells Rosemary how he'd compare the two presidents and also how closely connected Washington's career is with upstate New York.

The 108 mile Women's Water Walk to protest the Constitution Pipeline ended on October 6 at the NY State Capitol. Prior to their press conference at the Capitol urging Governor Hochul to deny the water permit, Mark Dunlea talked to Owl (Ramapough Lenape), Erin Dudley of the Waterfall Unity Alliance, Ashni Sanders of the Mumbets Freedom Farm, Ethan Gormley of Citizen Action, and Sandra Owén:nakon Deer-Standup of the Mohawk Nation. For the Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

More than seventy grassroots organizations across New York and New England will conduct coordinated Bannering actions on October 10 and 17th—large, high‑visibility political messages displayed from highway overpasses during peak weekend traffic. These actions are designed to encourage civic participation and voter engagement ahead of the 2026 Midterm elections. Andy Lee of the Albany Visibility Brigade talks with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

First, Mark Dunley reports on the protests held by Beyond Plastics against Starbucks in response to their unverifiable claims that its single-use plastic cold cups are “widely recyclable.”

Then, we have an interview with Abu Zeyn who will be performing Egyptian Spiritual Jazz at The Sanctuary for Independent Media this Friday October 9th.

After that, we have an interview with comedian Jovan Afzali.

Finally, we have a poetry recording from a beautiful fall day.

Democracy appears to many people to be in trouble not just in the US but around the world. At a recent salon gathering Opinion writer Jay Jochnowitz and Rosemary Armao, host of the podcast Beyond the Brink and Fighting Back talked with their audience about what had them worried. They pointed to the unsettling rise of far right politicians and the ADF party in Germany and to America's faltering relations under the Trump-Vance administration with old allies. The old order, they say, seems to be disintegrating and what that means for American power is unclear. In the past under such confusing and potentially dangerous times America seems to have always found a hero... a leader with vision and courage to move the country forward. Do we see anyone like that now?

This year was the second annual Homelands Powwow, bringing Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans from Wisconsin to their ancestral homelands for a celebration together with other Native folks and non-Native folks. This year's event took place at the Shakespere and Co. campus in Lennox, MA. This clip begins with the announcer talking about jingle dress dancers and then transitions into a talk by Shawn Stevens.

Learn more and support this annual homecoming of the Indigenous people upon whose land the Sanctuary resides at www.HomelandsPowwow.org

Abu Zeyn is a child of the Nile River and the Arabian Desert. His ears were raised on the sounds of braying donkeys, the call to prayer and tuktuk soundsystems. Over the last year he has returned to his musical roots, and this Friday, Oct 9 he will share his talents on our Media Sanctuary stage. Sina Basila Hickey spoke with him about his journey and inspirations in music. Learn more here: https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/abu-zeyn/