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

Linda Gillison, Soundman Jim and Mark enjoy summer weather in Montana. Sarah McClain reads her opinion piece on the passing of Daniel Ellsberg. Linda, Jim and Mark talk about current events with Montana unhoused people, Seymour Hersh's article on the failed coup in Russia, and multiple union news items including the victory of workers at a Missoula Starbucks and the UPS Teamsters.

Linda Gillison, Soundman Jim and Mark explore the topic of worker-led organizing. The show features an interview of Kate Alexander, a worker co-leading a union organizing effort at the Brooks St. Missoula Starbucks.

City Councillor Daniel Carlino, soundman Jim and Mark discuss the City of Missoula's eviction of unhoused people from the Russell Street Bridge camp. And we listen to interviews of two camp residents Serena and Clayton, and supporter Jeffrey on the evictions. What could be done instead is discussed.

Lapsed journalist Jim Liska joins soundman Jim and Mark in exploring the world of citizen journalism. Featured is an interview of Pich Chamrong, a Cambodian citizen journalist. Also featured is an editorial by Robbie Liben on why Missoula should drop mandatory parking spaces as a condition of development.

The word of the Week is May Day and is explained by Sarah McClain. The interview is with Missoula State Representative Zooey Zephyr. Sue Kirchmyer, Soundman Jim and Mark look at May Day protests around the world. After a short report about a principal cause of inflation, the show discusses the current TV and film writers strike, the successful strike in the Los Angeles school district, the status of first contract negotiations for Starbucks workers and a push back by railroad workers against the strike breaking vote by Democrats last fall.

We cover the Montana Legislature from the "we will not be shamed" House Republicans chastising trans Rep. Zooey Zephyr, to the People's Veto Petition Campaign as explained by Sandy Burch. The Word of the Week is "Taxes" as we look at the 1945 speech by then-NY Fed Chair Beardsley Ruml: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete." No joke. And there is more disturbing information leaking out of the Pentagon not being covered by the corporate media.

This show is dedicated to two excellent interviews by Helena DSA member Frank Kromkowski on the topic of the Montana Legislature. The first is with former Montana Representative Danny Tenenbaum from Missoula. The second is with retired Montana Supreme Court Justice Jim Nelson, who sounds the alarm on attacks on Montana's Constitution and judiciary.

Soundman Jim, Linda Gillison and Mark explore the word of the week "citizen." Featured is an interview with Jonathan Motl, dean of Montana's citizen initiative process, and an editorial by Tony Davis on the rail accident in E. Palestine, Ohio. Also discussed is the bailout of the wealthy depositors in the Silicon Valley Bank by the Federal Reserve Bank, the 2 day strike by Los Angeles school workers, and the massive strikes in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

"Nationalize" is word of the week. We look at the call of Railroad Workers United to nationalize US railroads. Interview with Rep Mary Caferro on the MT Legislature. Editorial by Sarah McClain. We also look at: Nordstream Pipelines, Twitter Files, the Warrior Met strike ending and COVID news. With co-hosts Linda Gillison, Soundman Jim and Mark.

With the word of the Week "Liberal Democracy," Soundman Jim, Sandy Burch and Mark report on and talk about the Montana Legislature, the economic winners and losers so far in the War in Ukraine, and the terrible rail accident in East Palestine, Ohio. The interview is of Joanie Kresich, Board Chair of the Northern Plains Resource Council, by Frank Kromkowski of the Montana Democratic Socialists of America.