Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with Mark Dunlea’s interview with Dave Ellis about the Rensselaer Environmental Coalition’s investigation into DEC’s original permit review for the Dunn Dump and the Coalition’s expectations of the governor and DEC in the ongoing permit review.

Then, Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry brings us remarks by the Rev. Dr. William Barber and others delivered at the Poor People’s Campaign’s June March on Washington.

Later on, my co host H. Bosh Jr. brings us more from State Trooper Bobbie Murray, for this week’s Triple E’s segment.

After that, I share my interview with Charles Batson, a local expert in Circus Studies, to preview this weekend’s Circus in the Park.

Finally, we’re joined live by Doug Bullock of the Solidarity Committee, bringing us the latest on the Labor Day Picnic and the rank and file organizers being honored there.

Capital Roots has canceled one of its two major fundraising events, the Autumn Evening gala that had been scheduled for September 15th. Before Wednesday’s announcement that it was canceled, Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press caught up with former Capital Roots employee Cody Bloomfield for an update on organizing efforts and her take on why she was fired.

Previewing the second weekend of Troy's 2022 Circus in the Park, Charles Batson, Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Union College, talks with HMM Producer Cathy Silber about the contemporary circus, Circus Studies, and the organization that has brought the circus to town, the Contemporary Circus and Immersive Arts Center, CCIAC, the board of which he co-chairs.

For information about CIACC, see https://www.cciac.us/.

For the Times Union piece on CIACC founder Aaron Marquise and Circus in the park, see https://www.timesunion.com/theater/article/Aaron-Marquise-isn-t-clowning-around-with-circus-17379738.php.

For Circus and its Others: https://www.circusanditsothers.org/.

For Journeys Through Queer Circus with Charles Batson: https://circustalk.com/news/tag/journeys-through-queer-circus.

For HMM Producer Andrea Cunliffe's August 24, 2022 interview with Aaron Marquise: https://www.mediasanctuary.org/stories/2022/join-the-circus-aaron-marquis/.

In late February of this year, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting a war that is still ongoing with no end in sight. The invasion has resulted in varying reactions in the peace movement in the United States. Mark Dunlea and Sally Becker discuss these differences for Hudson Mohawk Magazine, touching on issues such as sending arms to Ukraine and how the invasion has become a proxy war for the US against Russia.

On Saturday, June 18, 2022, the Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry joined the Poor People's Campaign members on a bus ride from Albany to the "Mass Poor Peoples and Low Wage Workers Assembly March on Washington DC." In this part-two Labor segment, Willie recorded audio of the rally with various speakers along with the Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign, Rev. Dr.William J Barber II, giving their views on why they were there in protest.

David Banks, chair of the Abolition Committee of the Troy Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, explains to HMM producer Cathy Silber the Abolition Committee's commitment to defunding the Troy Police as part of a larger project to dismantle the systems of enslavement that have been foundational to the American polity from its beginnings. Meetings of Troy DSA fall on the first Wednesday of the month, online and in person. For more information: https://troydsa.org/.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with an overview of Tuesday’s election. Bob Cohen of Citizen Action joins Mark Dunlea to discuss it.

Then, for our peace bucket, Sally Becker interviews Mark Dunlea about the divisions within the peace movement over Ukraine.

We then talk with Renee Powell about this Thursday’s Troy NAACP meeting with a presentation about the FARE grant program, about worker’s rights in the workplace.

Later on, Aaron Marquis of the Contemporary Circus and Immersive Arts Center (CCIAC) talks with Andrea Cunliffe about their current show “One Man’s Trash.”

Finally, we Dulcinia Diggs brings us part 2 of her Black August interview with Brotha X.

This Thursday, August 25, Troy NAACP’s general meeting will include a presentation on the FARE grant program presented by Stacey Salgado of the NY State Department of Labor. Sina Basila Hickey wanted to know more about the presentation and reached out to Troy NAACP

Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine and Bob Cohen of Citizen Action of Working Families Party provide an overview of the primary results from August 23 They discuss both local races as well as noteworthy ones throughout the state and look forward to the November elections.

Over the last 7 years, residents of Rensselaer have been fighting for the closure of the Dunn Landfill due to its negative impacts; including noise, diesel exhaust, hydrogen sulfide odors, truck traffic, and proximity to a local school. Rensselaer Environmental Coalition held a news conference to discuss the many problems it has cited in the original review of the permit by DEC. Dave Ellis of Rensselaer Environmental Coalition discusses what the group hopes the Governor and DEC will do in the pending renewal process. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.