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  • Monthly Labor Report, Edition #10 -- The Union Rolls South
    Prof. Michael Zweig, economist and Labor historian discusses:
    --UAW's defeat at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama
    --75 Anniversary of Operation Dixie, the CIO's campaign to organize textile workers in the South;
    --The Poor Peoples' Campaign and organized labor gather in DC on June 29 to demand economic justice and an end to war and militarism.
    Host: Richard Hill
    39 min
  • Monthly Labor Report -- Edition #10 -- The Union Rolls South
    Prof. Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, discusses:
    --UAW's defeat at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama;
    --Operation Dixie, labor's failed 1946 campaign to organize textile workers in the Sough, observes its 75th Anniversary;
    --The Poor Peoples' Campaign will gather in Washington, DC on June 29 to demand economic justice for poor and working people.
    Host: Richard Hill
    39 min
  • Rights of Nature Tribunal + How to talk about climate change
    An interview with Dr. Crystal Cavalier-Keck and Jason Crazy Bear Keck about the tribunal in North Carolina that found the Mountain Valley Pipeline in violation of the rights of nature and people, plus Eric Fine explains his work with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
    30 min
  • Michael Watson's Addiction Recovery Work In Bridgeport
    On the June 3, 2024 episode of Counterpoint, Mike Merli filled in for Scott Harris. The show featured four interviews.
    The fourth interview was with Michael Watson.
    Michael Watson, a longtime Bridgeport resident and community member, speaks about his grassroots harm reduction and addiction recovery work in the city of Bridgeport.
    During the program, Michael mentions services and resources that can be found locally at:
    CCAR
    430 State Street
    Bridgeport
    203-332-3303
    www.ccar.us
    Recovery Network of Programs
    www.recovery-programs.org
    If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction, Michael can be reached directly for resources and help by calling 203-908-2383.
    11 min
  • Stanley Heller On Promoting Enduring Peace
    On the June 3, 2024 episode of Counterpoint, Mike Merli filled in for Scott Harris. The show featured four interviews.
    The third interview was with Stanley Heller.
    Stanley Heller, Administrator of Promoting Enduring Peace, speaks about his groups' work, and offers analysis on Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, and local Gaza solidarity work.
    More information on Promoting Enduring Peace can be found at:
    www.pepeace.org
    More information on Middle East Crisis Committee can be found at:
    www.thestruggle.org
    19 min
  • Joan Cavanagh And The New Haven Sunday Vigil For Peace And Justice
    On the June 3, 2024 episode of Counterpoint, Mike Merli filled in for Scott Harris. The show featured four interviews.
    The second interview was with Joan Cavanagh.
    Joan Cavanagh, a New Haven resident and co-founder of the New Haven Sunday Vigil for Peace and Justice, speaks about her life of peace activism, and the weekly vigil against war and militarism taking place every Sunday in downtown New Haven.
    More information on the New Haven Sunday Vigil for Peace and Justice can be found at:
    https://www.newhavensundayvigil.wordpress.com
    And by emailing:
    19 min
  • Jason A. Coombs And Greater Bridgeport Pride 2024
    On the June 3, 2024 episode of Counterpoint, Mike Merli filled in for Scott Harris. The show featured four interviews.
    The first interview was with Jason A. Coombs.
    Jason A. Coombs, Bridgeport native and founder of the Bridgeport Film Festival, discusses his journey and his work with the Steering Committee for this year’s upcoming Greater Bridgeport Pride, taking place June 22nd.
    More information on Greater Bridgeport Pride can be found at:
    www.bridgeportpride.com
    www.instagram.com/Bridgeport_Pride
    More information on the Bridgeport Pride Center can be found at:
    www.instagram.com/BridgeportPrideCenter
    And by emailing:
    20 min
  • Between The Lines - 6/5/24 ©2024 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
    * Trump's Fascist Threat to Democracy Downplayed by US Media; Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky professor of philosophy at Yale University; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * New Edition of “Compendium on Fracking” Finds Health Hazards Linked to Home Use of Natural Gas; Dr. Sandra Steingraber co-founder of Concerned Health Professionals of New York; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    * Group Challenging America's Undemocratic Electoral College System Gaining Support; Christopher Pearson, Secretary of the group National Popular Vote, former Vermont legislator; Producer: Scott Harris.
    29 min
  • GaiaGram # 210 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis
    -Mexico City is just weeks away from Day Zero of no water
    -New Delhi soared to a record high of 126.1 degrees
    -Worst flood in the history of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    - Marathon, Texas, fell more than 50 degrees from 105 degrees
    -Alaska's brooks and streams have been turning a dirty orange
    -USA today has the 2nd annual America's Climate Leaders list.
    -Vermont enacts a law for fossil fuel companies to pay for climate
    change damage
    - New England’s largest fossil fuel-fired plant powers down
    -Utah institutes curbside zero waste program
    5 min
  • GaiaGram # 209 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis
    -A giant iceberg, has broken free in Antarctica.
    -Mexico and Colombia running low on water
    - that 80 percent of Americans tested positive to harmful
    chemical
    -N,Y, State considers “packaging reduction and recycling plan,”
    -End Polluter Welfare Act, could save Billions
    -Pope Francis says the climate crisis has "gotten to the point of
    no return"
    5 min

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