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Tonight marks the 50th anniversary of Cuban Revolution
12/31/08 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuban revolution, Cuban American Lobby
Tonight marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.
Dictator Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba in the early hours of Jan. 1, 1959, and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and his supporters took power. The revolution still has plenty of advocates, in Cuba and abroad. They point to achievements in health and education.
But relations between the U.S. and Cuba have never been the same. The U.S. imposes restrictions on trade with Cuba, while most countries around the world have normalize...
Be the first to commentInvasive plants a challenge in Hillsborough River State Park
12/30/08 Sadia AhmedWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hillsborough River State Park, Invasive, Awareness, Water Hyacynth
Hillsborough River State park is one of the oldest parks in Florida, built in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Today, the park faces many challenges in preserving its original natural beauty, flora and fauna of the river and its surroundings.
One of the major environmental concerns in Hillsborough River State Park is the existence of non-native plants that were introduced from other parts of the country.
Many of today’s challenges are related to the invasive plants that spread ...
Be the first to commentSix nieces of Tampa man killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza listen
12/30/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Israel, Mideast conflict
An 18-year-old Tampa man who has dozens of extended family members in the Gaza Strip learned Sunday that six of his nieces had died in an Israeli airstrike. Yusuf Dabus said the girls were killed in a strike on a Mosque near their home.
Dabus was born in the U.S. and when he was young moved to the same neighborhood in Gaza where his nieces were killed this week. When he was in fifth-grade, his family moved back to the U.S., long before some of his nieces were even born.
Dabus said he...
Be the first to commentMore from resident in Gaza - Part 2 listen
12/30/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Israel, Mideast conflict
Yesterday we aired the first half of an interview with Safa Joudeh, a resident of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip. We began the second half the interview by asking about civilian casualties.
“1.5 million people … have basically been strangled to death.”
Be the first to commentAli Abunimah on Gaza listen
12/30/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Israel, Mideast conflict
Ali Abunimah is co-founder of the website Electronic Intifada. He is also the author of One Country – A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse.
WMNF spoke with Abunimah yesterday and asked him about what happened to provoke Israel’s attack on the coastal Gaza Strip.
Be the first to commentHealthcare forum held In Pinellas County
12/30/08 Concetta DeLucoWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Health care, health insurance, Barack Obama
In response to Barack Obama’s request for citizen input in regard to fixing the healthcare system, forums were held in Pinellas County on Sunday and Monday. Yesterday, citizens gathered in Palm Harbor to discuss some of the current problems.
In a town hall-style meeting, citizens met at the Palm Harbor Activities Center to share their experiences with the existing healthcare system and debate Obama’s plans for universal healthcare.
Lee Moise, the guest speaker, discussed some of Obama...
Be the first to commentIsraeli action In Gaza; how to recycle old electronics
12/30/08 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestinian, Gaza, Israel, rockets, collective punishment, civilian targets, recycling
Good afternoon,
Welcome to WMNF ‘s Radioactivity program. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up: we’ll have a debate over the Israeli bombing of Gaza. And we’ll talk about ways to safely dispose of your used electronic items such as computers and televisions. But first, a listener comment about Israel’s attack on Gaza, which began this past weekend.
First up today: with the conversion to digital television and the Christmas holiday, many people are getting rid of old televisions and computers. Thes...
Be the first to commentPeace vigil held in Largo listen
12/30/08 Andrea Lypka and Colleen KrepstekiesWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rise Up Tampa Bay, Largo peace vigil, Iraq War
A handful of protestors gathered on Monday to show their continued support against the war in Iraq. The Peace Vigil in Largo was organized by Rise Up Tampa Bay, a peace organization that holds weekly antiwar demonstrations throughout the bay area.
Yesterday’s protests went on as scheduled with a few dedicated and concerned citizens, including Tom Lingo, who has been participating in demonstrations for a year. He wants to raise awareness on the military retention techniques for soldiers of...
Be the first to commentStory behind "Who Killed the Electric Car"
12/29/08 Jon ButtsRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Sustainable living, electric cars, GM
Today's guest on the Sustainable Living program was Jeff Thomas, an electrical engineer and founder of EV Bones.
Jeff's passion is Electric Vehicles (EVs) and exposing GM's role in stopping the development of EVs. His story behind the scenes of the "Who Killed the Electric Car" video was very interesting and informative. Especially interesting is how GM sold the Nickel Metal Hydride (NMH) battery to the oil companies. Jeff has been driving a GM S-10 EV Bones conversion with GM's EV1 NMH b...
Be the first to commentThe scene in Gaza City, Part 1 listen
12/29/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Israel, Mideast conflict
Safa Joudeh is a resident of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip. WMNF spoke with her today to find out what she has experienced in the three days since the beginning of Israeli air strikes.
“[Hamas is] running Gaza, running everything that keeps us, you know, sustains us every day of our lives and so we have to accept that.”
Be the first to commentViolence against the homeless on the rise in Pinellas listen
12/29/08 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Homelessness, violence, Pinellas County
The number of homeless people in Pinellas County is increasing and violence against these people is also on the rise. Florida ranks the first in the country for violence against homeless persons, according to the Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless.
A 60-year old Vietnam War veteran known as Pops sleeps by St. Petersburg City Hall with his son, Daniel. He has been living in the streets for four and a half years and prior to that he was an engineer. “I am a decorated veteran. I spent...
Be the first to commentAmerican Jewish Committee reacts to Israel attacks on Gaza listen
12/29/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Israel, Mideast conflict
After Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip began on Saturday, several Jewish organizations expressed their support. One of those is the American Jewish Committee (AJC). The attacks have killed more than 300 Palestinians and wounded more than 1,400. Two Israelis have died in attacks from home-made rockets coming from the coastal territory of the Gaza Strip.
This afternoon, WMNF spoke with Brian Lipton, executive director of the AJC’s West Coast Florida chapter.
“This is a very serious situa...
1 commentsClearwater man files complaint against Ray Sansom listen
12/29/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ray Sansom, ethics
On the day he became the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives last month, Ray Sansom secured a high paying job at Northwest Florida State College. Sansom, a Republican from Destin, helped steer more than $25 million to the college earlier this year. Because of perceived conflicts of interest, several newspaper editorials have called for Sansom to resign from that $110,000 per year job or from the speaker position.
One Clearwater resident has taken the allegations to the [Florida...
1 commentsPhysicians National Health Care Program
12/27/08 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Health care
Dr. Mary O'Brien talked about the importance of health care for all and the difference between insurance coverage and health care. Dr. O’Brien graduated from Harvard Medical School, trained at Columbia Presbyterian in internal medicine, and is double boarded in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine.
She has practiced medicine in New York City for the past 30 years and is on the faculty at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. O’Brien is on the board of the New York Metro ch...
Be the first to commentStoryCorps: Stories of people in our time
12/27/08 Mary Glenney and Arlene EngelhardtFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: StoryCorps
Today we share stories from some of the people participating in StoryCorps, including some from the Griot Project, with music. Inspiring, funny, amazing - people in all their splendor. Brought as two segments - one in each hour of the show.
For more information, visit storycorps.net.
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