GUEST: Michael Sussman, former Assistant General Counsel for the NAACP

Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:

GUEST: Michael Sussman, former Trial Attorney for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and former Assistant General Counsel for the NAACP, talks about reforming police policies as well as his long career fighting racism and discrimination.

https://www.wamc.org/post/attorneys-residents-criticize-police-reform-process-nys

Activist Radio is broadcast: Thursdays 5-6 pm from WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. It will also be posted on the ClassWars website for the next ten weeks. Simply click on the date to hear it.

Stop The Plant

There are no ifs and or buts regarding our objection to the proposed expansion of the Danskammer Power Plant in Newburgh, Orange County. Increasing this part time fracked gas plant operating a few days per year into a 24/7 full time facility will have many more serious negative impacts than positive ones on our region. Public health, ecological, and financial ramifications would make implementation of this plan a potential boondoggle: 

– 25x more risk of lung exposure to particulate matter and volatile carcinogenic chemicals 

– 40x more methane gas emissions which has 30x more impact than carbon in accelerating climate change (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140327111724.htm) 

– An increase of industrial noise emanating from the plant’s jet turbines and exhaust mechanisms 

New York State’s Independent System Operator which oversees the power grid deter- mined this expansion is NOT needed even taking into account Indian Point Power Plant’s closing. An irrelevant plant would quickly become obsolete and a financial burden. ...

For more information, go to www.stoptheplant.org. 

Harvey Weiss Chelsea

Hidden History of American Oligarchy

Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:

GUEST: Thom Hartmann, top rated progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host and New York Times bestselling author of over 30 books, talks about his recently published work, "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy - Reclaiming Our Democracy from The Ruling Class"

Activist Radio is broadcast: Thursdays 5-6 pm from WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. It will also be posted on the ClassWars website for the next ten weeks. Simply click on the date to hear it.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659338/the-hidden-history-of-american-oligarchy-by-thom-hartmann/

GUEST: Heather Hurwitz, author of "Are We the 99%? The Occupy Movement, Feminism, and Intersectionality"

Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:

GUEST: Heather Hurwitz, Activist, lecturer of Sociology and feminist scholar at Case Western Reserve University and author of "Are We the 99%? The Occupy Movement, Feminism, and Intersectionality," talks about what happened to Occupy and why the movement is still so important. 

https://youtu.be/81qT0kLO9po

Activist Radio is broadcast: Thursdays 5-6 pm from WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. It will also be posted on the ClassWars website for the next ten weeks. Simply click on the date to hear it.

Thanks,

Fred

Activist Radio

https://www.classwars.org

Zoom panel on "How police and vigilantes operate..."

Friday, Dec 4 from 7 to 8:15 pm ET 

Zoom panel on "How police and vigilantes operate

to attack and undermine minority groups and progressive movements in the U.S. and Palestine.”

Speakers will explore how we can support local and national movements in overcoming racism and political repression to achieve basic human rights for all. The panel will include a Kingston, NY BLM activist (Anne Ames), the editor of mondoweiss.net (Philip Weiss), and a radical feminist, revolutionary member of Black Alliance for Peace (Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture). 

To register in advance for

this Zoom meeting go to: 

https://mideastcrisis.org

"Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the US Borders Around the World."

Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:

GUEST: Todd Miller, independent journalist and writer whose articles have appeared in the New York Times, TomDispatch, The Nation, In These Times and Al Jazeera, talks about his most recent book, "Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the US Borders Around the World.

http://www.toddmillerwriter.com/empire-of-borders/

Activist Radio is broadcast: Thursdays 5-6 pm from WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. It will also be posted on the ClassWars website for the next ten weeks. Simply click on the date to hear it.

Thanks,

Fred

Activist Radio

https://www.classwars.org

Thanks to Robert Connors

 Last week we generated 163 calls about the PSC gas proceeding. Great work! (Feel free to forward)

Sample Email for this week’s call-in effort is below! (written by Laura Shindell F&WW & F&WA)

 

This week we will be focusing our efforts again on calling on Governor Cuomo to stop the proposed Danskammer fracked gas power plant in Newburgh, NY.  This plant if approved, would lock the region into 20-30 years more of fossil fuel dependency and put our climate and regional health at risk! 

 

It has been a few months since our last Danskammer focused Call Cuomo Monday & a lot has happened.  Most significantly, because of the tremendous effort of activists, the application has again been delayed!  The Public Service Commission wants particular clarity from Danskammer on how this proposal will comply with the efficiency standards set by the CLCPA.  So far, this bodes well for our campaign, but the fight is not over yet.  Ultimately this decision could set a huge precedent for future fracked gas infrastructure fights in the future.  That is why we are so fortunate to be part of this statewide network of fracktivists, all of our fights are so interconnected!

 

Much of our current momentum can be credited to the immense organizing pressure and input the state has received from the thousands of individual community members who have spoken out.  

Thanks for sharing this week's Call Cuomo Monday with your networks & lending your voice to our local fight here in the Hudson Valley!  If you'd like to learn more about this particular campaign, visit stoptheplant.org where you will find beautiful graphics and educational materials.

 

Sample email:

Call Cuomo Monday: Stop the Proposed Danskammer fracked gas power plant expansion in Newburgh, NY

877-235-6537