Voice of the People: Radio By and For the 99%

Soundman Jim and Mark explore our word of the week: “Iran”, its history, political economy and culture. Then we cover the escalating war in the Middle East, its connection to Iran, and the escalating war against free speech in the US. We feature an interview by Dialogue Work with Col (ret.) Larry Wilkerson, and an editorial by DSA organizer Brian Myers.

Linda Gillison, Soundman Jim and Mark explore our word of the week “Money;" we look at what money is and isn’t, where it comes from, and why it can address the crises we face as a society. We then look at the Machinists strike against Boeing. Next we look at the deepening housing crisis in Montana. Then we discuss what the implications are with

Joining Soundman Jim and Mark is Linda Gillison. Our word of the week is “The American Worker”, as we look at how working people and their organizations are faring in the US and specifically Montana. We then listen to a video produced last year of interviews of working class Trump supporters at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania that may surprise some of our listeners. Finally, we look at the worker situation at Boeing and the state of rail workers in both Canada and the US.

Our word of the week is another one of our latest series: the Rojava Social Revolution. This is the second part of our look at what Noam Chomsky said is a revolution that offers “a compelling alternative vision for reviving politics as a collective force for worthy and necessary social transformation.” Soundman Jim and Mark then take a look

Soundman Jim, Sue Kirchmyer and Mark learn about our word of the week which is another one of our latest series: the Rojava Social Revolution. This is the first part of our look at what Noam Chomsky said is a revolution that offers “a

Our word of the week is another one in our latest series: the 2011 Tunisian Nonviolent Revolution. We then hear an interview of Jeremy Rathbun, a Vice President of the Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, on its troubles with the national AFL-CIO. We then have an obituary of an inspiring leader of the revived organizing labor movement, Jane McAlevey. We then take a quick peek at possible labor strife at Boeing. And we finish off with a conversation about politics, here and abroad.

Our word of the week is another one of our latest series: the Swedish Social Revolution. We take a look at the sorry state of labor rights in the world, including the US. Then we look at the “most intense US naval combat since World War 2 in the Red Sea in direct opposition to the genocide in Gaza. We then hear Missoula Councilor Kristin Jordan read her published opinion piece on the way forward for the unhoused. We then look at the national elections in the United Kingdom, Mexico and France. And last, but not least, we talk about the national elections in the US.

Our word of the week is another in a series: the Norwegian Social Revolution. We hear an interview of Former President of the Vermont AFL-CIO David Van Deusen, who talks about the vital need for the AFL-CIO, the US labor union federation, and the broader labor movement to reform and to democratize. We then look at what Van Deusen is talking about when an insurgent caucus in the retirees chapter of New York City’s United Federation of Teachers ousted it’s undemocratic leadership. Following that we look at the Missoula City Government’s passage of an unpopular ordinance which punishes the unhoused. And we hear from Missoula City Councilor Daniel Carlino reading his editorial on why he opposes this ordinance. Then we explore the systematic repression of protests against US support of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Finally, we look at how the US government is funding the suppression of free speech and an independent media in Ukraine.

Our word of the week is a big one, Nonviolent Social Revolution. We rebroadcast the Evolutionary Activist podcast of February 26, 2020 by Patricia Pearce called Nonviolence and Possibilities in Times of Polarization – an interview with George Lakey. We then deconstruct the myth of the so-called massacre in Beijing’s Tienanmen Square on June 4th, 1989. Following that we look at President Biden’s authorizing Ukraine to use US weapons to attack Russia, and how Israel is using bots and fake social media accounts to influence Congress. Then we look at updates for local stories that include: the outcome of the Montanans for Palestine “No Preference” campaign in Montana’s Democratic Presidential Primary race, the Eagle Watch Estates Tenants struggle, and the latest effort by the Missoula City Council to address the issue of the unhoused.

We hear from tenants of the Eagle Watch Estates apartment complex in Missoula who have organized to get their issues resolved by an unresponsive landlord. That follows our Word of the Week, the “CIO Organizng Method,” and how the method may also explain why the United Autoworkers Unions lost the election at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama. On today’s show we also feature Robbie Liben and his opinion piece on the campaign in Montana for voting “no preference” in support of Palestinians in Gaza in the Democratic Presidential Primary election. And that follows how billionaire oligarchs are behind some of the repression on university campuses; and by the story of the union graduate student worker strikes in response to the repression on some University of California campuses.