Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with Mark Dunlea’s interview with the climate activist who glued his feet to the ground at the women's semifinal at the US Open.

Then, Moses Nagel brings us an Albany Common Council hearing centered on homelessness and panhandling.

Later on, Brea Barthel gets us a preview of the 31st Jim Perry Awards and the activists who will be honored.

After that, Brad Monkell highlights stand-up comedian Greg Creft.

Finally, Thom Frances showcases Indiana poet Tony Brewer.

A state Supreme Court justice has ruled in a lawsuit brought by former Governor Cuomo that New York’s new independent ethics commission violates the state constitution because it was formed without a constitutional amendment, divests the governor of her authority and improperly administers and enforces ethics laws that should be under the control of the executive branch. We talk to Blair Horner of NYPIRG and the next steps in terms of ethics reform. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Thom Francis welcomes Indiana poet Tony Brewer to the stage for a reading at The Linda, WAMC's Performing Arts Studio hosted by the Hudson Valley Writers Guild and literary journals Hobo Camp Review and Trailer Park Quarterly.

During his reading, Tony talks about his new book, inspiration for his work, and writing on demand.

At the September 7 Albany Common Council meeting, the public comment period was flooded with advocates for the city’s homeless population. Last month, the council proposed resolution 88.82.23R to discourage residents from giving money to panhandlers. This excerpt is just a portion of the activists and advocates that came forward to speak against the resolution, which at the meeting was ‘held’, meaning it was not voted on, but also not withdrawn.

Dr. David Ray is with the Capital District Alliance for Universal Health Care, a coalition with other congregations, churches, a mosque, and social justice organization that meets monthly with the goal of educating and advocating for a solution to the broken health care system. One of the major issues that they have been working on is a single payer health care system. Mark Dunlea interviewed Dr. Ray for Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with Mark Dunlea talking with Vicki Michela from Progressive Schenectady about that group’s mobilization to send busloads of local activists to the September 17th rally in New York City to end the use of fossil fuels.

Then, our roaming labor correspondent Willie Terry brings us part two of his recent interview with Rev. Ibrahim Pedrinan, President of the Albany County Central Federation of Labor and the American Postal Workers Union Local 390.

Later on, Moses Nagel speaks to the rail bike guides from Revolution Rail who recently helped extract a group of RPI students stranded in the Adirondacks.

After that, this is Hudson Mohawk Magazine’s 6th anniversary! To celebrate, we hear from Sanctuary co-founder Steve Pierce about how HMM came about.

Finally, once again retired meteorologist High Johnson joins us for a discussion of Hurricane Lee, the impact of climate change on hurricane frequency and severity, and – of course – his forecast for the week’s weather.

Barbara Heinzen and Sara Pruiksma, two activists with the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena-Coeyman, were arrested by the Coeymans police in June 2023 for allegedly trespassing on the property owned by Carver Laraway. In reality, they had been walking along the right on way on the side of a highway to see what plants had been impacted by the clearcutting of 25 acres by Carver Company, which owns the Port of Coeymans and recently took control of the Coeymans Town government. Local activists have fought the company over various issues, such as importing tires at the Port to burn at the LaFarge Cement Plant. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

The first episode of Hudson Mohawk Magazine (HMM) aired on September 11, 2017. On the program's 5th anniversary, Sina Basila Hickey spoke with co-founder of The Sanctuary for Independent Media and Hudson Mohawk Magazine about creating the volunteer-produced HMM and choosing the launch date. This is an excerpt from that longer interview, rebroadcast on HMM's 6th anniversary.

The organization Citizen Action is hosting their 31st annual awards ceremony on September 14th, 6-8 pm, to highlight the contributions of activist people and organizations in the Capital Region. Greg Campbell-Cohen shares information about Citizen Action and this year's awardees: Ivette Alfonso, Tina Lieberman-Cohen, and the New York State Legislative Workers United. These show just some of the many causes the organization is involved with: broad grassroots efforts, environmental action, and labor organizing. For more details and tickets, visit cit.ac/perry23. For more information on Citizen Action, its many other upcoming activities, and ways to get involved, see citizenactionny.org. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

On August 19, John Brown Lives helped sponsor the 2nd Adirondack Family Book Festival, bringing together a diverse group of children’s and Young Adult authors and illustrators. Martha Swan of the John Brown Lives and author Lesa Cline-Ransome discussed this year's event with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.