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Tampa Bay area college students march for peace on anniversary of invasion of Afghanistan listen
10/08/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 9/11, terrorism, peace, USF, Students for a Democratic Society, Afghanistan, SDS
The war in Afghanistan is now in its twelfth year and some students in the Tampa Bay area have had enough. Ten members of Students for a Democratic Society, or SDS, rallied at USF Tampa today to speak out against the continued occupation of Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern countries. Matthew Hastings said the military spending can be better used to fund public education.
Be the first to comment“Well, if we’re spending trillions of dollars to maintain a military that is fighting overseas, we’re not going t...
9/11 remembered by peace activists for resulting in more violence listen
09/11/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 9/11, terrorism, peace, USF, Students for a Democratic Society, Islam
While groups around the country are remembering the victims of 9/11, other groups are marking the day for a different reason. A group of Peace activists rallied at USF and downtown Tampa today to remind people that American lives weren’t the only ones lost as a result of the attacks that day. Gonzalo Valdes with the group Tampa Against the War on Terror said more people were lost post 9/11.
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In Tampa Marco Rubio defends his characterization of parents' flight from Cuba listen
10/27/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Marco Rubio, Cuba, Cuban-Americans, debt ceiling, 9/11 attacks, 9/11, Occupy Tampa
Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio made his first official trip to the Tampa Bay Area today. The purpose of his visit was to field questions from the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce about policy in Washington D.C., but he came under fire for the ongoing scandal surrounding inconsistencies in his life story.
The second sentence of Marco Rubio’s biography posted on h...
Be the first to comment9/11 remembered by peace supporters listen
09/12/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 9/11 attacks, 9/11, peace, peace activist, peace movemnt, music, faith
As America marked the tenth anniversary of September eleventh yesterday, the county’s attention was fixed on remembering lives lost in the now infamous tragedy. But while many folks used the day to justify retaliatory military action such as the Wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, some people in Tampa promoted a message of peace.
Musicians, activists, and people of faith gathered for a second day of performances for peace at the Straz Center in downtown Tampa last ...
1 comments9/11 conspiracy theories debunked
09/09/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday)
Tags: 9/11 Conspiracy, David Dunbar, Popular Mechanics, debunking conspiracy theories, wmnf, nanothermite, molten metal, Pentagon Papers, 9/11
This Sunday marks the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
Millions of Americans still believe that the 9/11 terror attacks were part of a well organized, highly orchestrated plot, carried out with precision. A poll commissioned by the BBC found that one in seven Americans thinks 9/11 was a staged act. One in four 16-24 year olds think it was a conspiracy.
Yesterday we carried an interview with Richard Gage, founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. He believes that controlled explosi...
7 commentsTampa's urban radio station WTMP goes off air; Founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth says explosives brought down World Trade Center
09/08/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: WTMP, Hakim Aquil, Jarvis El-Amin, Richard Gage, Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, 9/11 Commission, 9/11
First up today:
According to the Tampa Tribune:
3 comments"A Tampa radio station with a long history of serving a predominately black audience has switched formats to reach a young adult Latino audience.
"On Friday, financially troubled WTMP (1150 AM, 96.1 FM) became "La Bahia," meaning "The Bay," playing Spanish and tropical music instead of urban adult contemporary and classic soul.
"Also gone is the syndicated "Tom Joyner Show." The staff has been let go and a new WTMP website is "...
The National September 11th Memorial will open on 10th anniversary of 9/11 listen
09/07/11 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: A Place of Remembrance, September 11, 9/11 attacks, memorial, 9/11
The National September 11th Memorial will open to the public in New York City in time to recognize the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Located at the site of the former World Trade Center in New York City, the memorial will honor the nearly 3,000 victims who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001 and the bombing in February 1993. Anthoula Katsimatides a board member of the National September 11th Memor...
Be the first to commentThe U.S. and terrorism circa 2011
06/30/11 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: John Mueller, terrorism, 9/11
On the first half of the program Ohio State University political science professor John Mueller discussed the U.S. reaction to the war on terror, nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks.
On the second half of the show, the open phone segment featured several callers who despaired about the state of the nation, and of Florida.
Be the first to commentOpen phone call-ins to discuss the news including death of Osama Bin Laden
05/03/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll open the phones to discuss the big stories of the past few days- including the death of Osama Bin Laden.
During this program we took several calls from listeners who did not believe the official government story about 9/11. For those of you looking for a quality source of information debunking 9/11 conspiracy theories here is a good web site: [http://www.debunking911.com/index.html](http://www.debunking911.com/i...
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