Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Paul Smart is the news director for WCAA in Albany and previously for WGXC and his career as a journalist for community newspapers spans 40 years. Moses Nagel checked in with him yesterday about his perspective on Governor Cuomo's resignation and how it will effect politics locally.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin by hearing from Peter LaVenia, Co-Chair of the Green Party of NYS at this week's Tonko Tuesday.

Then, Hudson Mohawk’s Labor Correspondent Willie Terry speaks to Frank Chapman, Education Director and Field Organizer for the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression about Black August

Later on, we have another "Crowned" segment from Yolissa Richardson, in this segment she is talking with Dr. Xaiver Coughlin.

After that, Corrine Carey talks with Heather Barr about the Biden administration's recent move to withdraw from Afghanistan

Finally, Remus and Raz join us in the studio to talk about puppetry

Remus Dugan and his friend Raz came into the studio to talk about puppetry and how it allows you to bring a friend to life. Each of Remus's puppets are extensions of himself, each with their own unique personality.

Remus is an Uptown Summer participant and spoke with Sina Basila Hickey

Photo by Tara Bryan

Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent Corinne Carey worked blocks from the World Trade Center in New York City on 9/11 and was involved in anti-war activities, protesting the US invasion of Afghanistan. Both she and her colleague at the time, Heather Barr, went on to work for Human Rights Watch. Heather joined the international human rights organization in 2011 as a researcher in Afghanistan, and is now an Associate Director of Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. Corinne talked with Heather about the Biden administration's recent move to withdraw from Afghanistan, and what impact this is having on the people of Afghanistan.

At this week's Tonko Tuesday, Peter LaVenia, Co-Chair of the Green Party of NYS, discussed the Ecosocialist Green New Deal and public power. PAUSE and other climate groups hold a vigil outside Congressmember Tonko's office in Albany every Tuesday at noon to focus attention on the need for him to be a climate champion, to oppose fossil fuels and to drop false climate solutions from his CLEAN Futures Act. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

"Crowned" is the series exploring mental health & prison injustice within the context of systemic racism by Yolissa Richardson, an Uptown Summer participant. We spoke with Yolissa to understand why this series was important to her and why radio was the right medium for this series.

With Sina Basila Hickey for Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Dr. Coughlin is an emergency medicine doctor from Hudson valley. He is currently an ER doctor that works at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. He works hands-on with the sanctuary to help develop the people's health sanctuary and provide the community with access to a safe place .Within his 7 to 8 years in the medical field he continues to work to provide safe spaces for his patients.

Within this interview we discuss the lack of access to doctor offices and pharmacies. Dr. Coughlin also speaks on how capitalism puts us in a draining environment. He touches on how addiction and capitalism is hand and hand.

To learn more visit :

https://www.mediasanctuary.org/project/crowned-an-exploration-of-mental-health-prison-injustice/

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with talking to Liz Moran of NYPIRG about the new International Panel of Climate Change report

Then, for our peace bucket, I talk with Rev. Felicia Parasaider of the Revolution of Love Ministry

Later on, we hear about the CDTA and the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy's partnership called the Nature Bus

After that, we hear about Thomas Indian School, the Native American boarding school that was in Buffalo.

Finally, we finish with a segment by Willie Terry on Black August

Hudson Mohawk Magazine Producer, Sally Becker talks with Jaime Watson, the Director of Cooperate Communication at the CDTA, about the CDTA and the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy's partnership called the Nature Bus which launched in June.

The Nature Bus runs every Saturday from 9 AM to 7 PM from now until September, 25th and anyone can ride for free.

You can find the schedule for the Nature Bus here:

https://www.cdta.org/sites/default/files/news_files/dx_naturebus_june21_0.pdf

On Monday the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released a new assessment report. They say that 1.5 degrees of warming, once thought to be a red-line for climate disaster is now a certainty by 2030. However, despite the nihilism of the much of the media surrounding the report, there is still work to do and the report did say that the warming can be reversed with global action. Moses Nagel reports on the effects and possible solutions to the crisis being attempted here in New York.