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Florida farmworkers and supporters refuse food for six days in hopes of better wages listen
03/06/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Coalition of Immokalee Workers, CIW, Publix, tomatoes, fair food, wages, farm workers
Today farm workers and their supporters are in the second day of a six-day hunger strike in front of Publix corporate headquarters in Lakeland. About 60 members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and some of their allies are fasting to protest Publix’s refusal to participate in a program that would provide better working conditions and higher wages for workers who pick tomatoes. Previous protests have led ten companies to participate in the Fair Food program. Gerardo Reyes who works in ...
Be the first to commentHistorical Monument Trail to open on Tampa Riverwalk listen
03/06/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa, history, Culture, City of Tampa, Riverwalk
Today Tampa announced details of a new addition to the Tampa Riverwalk, a Historical Monument Trail. It will serve to educate the public and recognize Tampa’s history.
The Riverwalk Historical Monument Trail is being created as an initiative to bring more recognition and appreciation of people and events in Tampa’s history. The non-profit organization, Friends of the Riverwalk unveiled the first 6 historical monuments during an event today. Steve Anderson, chair of the Historical Monument ...
Be the first to commentAre Israel or the US on the Verge of Attacking Iran?
03/06/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Iran, Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, WWIII, China, ussiaR
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll discuss the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washinton, DC to discuss with President Obama what to do next about Iran. The Israeli leader is accusing Iran of being close to developing nuclear weapons. Netanyahu is sounding increasingly belligerent on the topic. On the first part of today's program we'll talk with Michael T. Klare a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire Colleg...
Be the first to commentRiot police break up opposition protest contesting Putin's victory in Russia listen
03/05/12 wire services including APWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Russia, Vladimir Putin, elections
Riot police broke up an opposition protest contesting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's victory in Russia's presidential election. They arrested dozens of participants, including prominent opposition leaders.
The police action followed a rally in downtown Moscow, which drew about 20,000.
The big rally went on peacefully, but police violently dispersed several hundred protesters who attempted to stay on Pushkin Square.
Hundreds of police in full riot gear moved to push the demonstrators...
Be the first to commentObama to Netanyahu: U.S. has Israel's back listen
03/05/12 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Israel, Palestine, Iran, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu
Despite their sometimes public disagreements, leaders of the U.S. and Israel are showing some unity today on the issue of Iran's nuclear program.
As he started several hours of meetings at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama said the U.S. and Israel agree that diplomacy and sanctions are the best ways to resolve the crisis with Iran.
But Obama added that the U.S. will consider all options in confronting the future possibility of an Iran...
Be the first to commentProposal for Light Rail in Pinellas Plus Sandra Fluke's Testimony Before Congress
03/05/12 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Jeff Danner, light rail, Pinellas County Schools, psta, Sandra Fluke, Rush Limabugh
Good afternoon, welcome to the Last Call. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk about public transportation.
Pinellas is considering a plan to build a 24 mile light rail system linking the central part of downtown St. Petersburg with Clearwater. There’s also potential in the system to build a line that would extend over the new Howard Frankland Bridge.
Here to talk about the idea is St. Petersburg City Council member Jeff Danner who is also chairman of the Pinellas Suncoas...
1 commentsFallout From Rush Limbaugh's Attack on Georgetown Law Student, The History of the Book of Revelations; and Prospects for War with Iran
03/05/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, contraception, Book of Revelation, end times, Elaine Paigels, war with Iran
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll hear several listener comments about last Friday's show on which we discussed controversial remarks by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Then we'll hear columnist George Will from ABC-TV's This Week yesterday in which he says Republican leaders are afraid of Rush Limbaugh. Then we'll hear Princeton professor Elaine Paigels discuss the [history of the Bible's Book of Revelation](http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/e...
Be the first to commentFlorida House abortion bill cleared last week could block new Planned Parenthood locations listen
03/05/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Reproductive health, reproductive rights, abortion, abortion rights, Charles Van Zant, Planned Parenthood, Wendy Grassi, anti-abortion
update: this bill was blocked in the Senate Monday
Last week members of the Florida House easily passed a piece of legislation seen by opponents as a clean up anti-abortion bill. It includes many provisions that were either failed or left on the table during last year’s legislative session. Among them is language that would require abortion clinics to be owned and operated by a physician with abortion-specific training. Wendy Sears-Grassi, director of public affairs for local Planned ...
Be the first to commentPolitical Scientist Benjamin Barber discusses the importance of each citizen in solving global issues listen
03/05/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: ethics, economics, Media, Benjamin Barber, terrorism
Some of the most important issues affecting people today—disease, terrorism, climate change—are not defined by region, but instead are global problems. That’s the take of political scientist Benjamin Barber, who spoke Wednesday night on The Ethics of Global Citizenship at St. Petersburg College in Seminole.
Barber began by illustrating just how connected the United States is to the rest of the world. He said that many Americans focus on the borders that outline...
Be the first to commentUniversity of MA professor emeritus Naseer Aruri discusses the Syrian conflict
03/02/12 Lisa Marzilli, Alvaro MontealegreLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Syria, Naseer Aruri, University of Massachusetts
On today's Last Call we departed from our typical state/national focus to talk about the escalating violence in Syria.
It’s been hard to verify information coming out of Syria due to the restricted access of foreign journalists but some things are very clear; many people have already been killed and many are now without food, water or medicine. Today a Red Cross aid convoy seeking to deliver food and ...
Be the first to commentFlorida House passes bill allowing FSU & UF tuition increases beyond limit of other state universities listen
03/02/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: University of Florida, Florida State University, Tuition fee increases, tuition increase, tuition hike
A bill that gives two State universities control over how much they can increase tuition cleared the Florida House this morning. Supporters of the measure claim it will make the state university system more competitive.
The legislation would exempt schools who meet certain benchmarks from a 15% per year cap on tuition increases. As it stands, only the University of Florida and [Florida State University](http://www.f...
Be the first to commentRush Limbaugh's Criticism of the Georgetown Law School Student
03/02/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: contraception, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, women's rights, boycott
Good morning, welcome to radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk about the controversy over birth control. Yesterday there was a vote to limit access to contraception in the US Senate. Also yesterday radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh made some controversial remarks regarding a woman who recently testified to Congress on the need for contraception coverage in health care reform Raw Story reports:" Limbaugh on Wednesday called Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a...
1 commentsNew type of traffic signal in Hillsborough County: the flashing yellow arrow listen
03/02/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hillsborough County, Transportation, traffic, FDOT
Hillsborough County has a new type of traffic signal: a flashing yellow arrow. Drivers traveling on Fowler Avenue near Thonotosassa may encounter the new type of light at the Jefferson Road intersection.
The flashing yellow arrow directs motorists in the left turn lane to turn with caution after first yielding to oncoming traffic. Kris Carson, Florida Department of Transportation spokesperson says a national study shows the benefits of the new signal.
Be the first to comment“The flashing yellow arrow is som...
Tampa City Council approves $2 million purchase of surveillance cameras for RNC listen
03/01/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2012 RNC, 2012 GOP Convention, RNC, Tampa City Council, ACLU, John Dingfelder, Mary Mulhern, Jane Castor, surveillance policies
This morning Tampa City Council approved the purchase of $2 million worth of surveillance cameras and the contract to service them through August’s Republican National Convention. Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor says the closed circuit video cameras will help with crowd control.
“Our goal is to have a very safe, secure, enjoyable RNC. Our focus is obviously on the safety and security of that event. We also have the goal of being good stewards of the grant or federal tax dollar.”
The gra...
Be the first to commentUSF students protest budget cuts on both sides of the Bay listen
03/01/12 Janelle Irwin & Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, USF St. Petersburg, education, education funding, education cuts, activism, protests, JD Alexander, Occupy Movement, Occupy Tampa, SDS
Occupy Education, an off-shoot of the Occupy Movement, called for a national day of action today demanding legislation that would increase educational spending instead of cutting budgets. At the University of California, Santa Cruz, student protesters shut down most of the campus. Students at USF campuses in Tampa and St. Pete held events today in solidarity with that effort. Students at both campu...
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