A New Port Richey City Council meeting turned violent Tuesday when a Black Lives Matter activist was attacked outside of City Hall. One arrest was made after tensions between activists and a group called “community patriots” went from the council chambers to the parking lot. LISTEN: The confrontation at Tuesday’s meeting boiled over from an… Read more »
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New York Times Reporter talks Russian Support for Far Right Movements in Europe
http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_161227_110617_radioactivityT1_187.MP3 By Rob Lorei Today on WMNF’s Radioactivity Rob Lorei talked with New York Times reporter Andrew Huggins about his front page story from this past Sunday which looks at Russian support for right wing and neo-nazi political groups in Europe. Higgins reports on a network of extremists in Hungary, France and Scandinavia who receive funding,… Read more »
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Women’s Show …Cuba and Immigration to the Forefront
Did you know how big of an economic contribution undocumented immigrants make to this country each year?- Let’s try $11.7 billion. In Florida alone its about $547 million. Their economic contributions are so great that we can no longer do without them. This week we will have Michelle Chen, writer for The Nation and editor… Read more »
New Documentary looks back at the 1967 Newark Riots
In 1967, two white Newark policemen arrested a black taxi-driver, John Smith, for improperly passing them. A rumor spread throughout the local black community that Smith was killed in police custody, which sparked off a 6-day riot that left 26 people dead and hundreds injured. Today we talk with two documentarians, Marylou & Jerome Bongiorno, whose… Read more »
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Florida This Week; Palestinian activist says Israel is polluting the village of Wadi Fouqin
http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_160222_110617_radioactivityM1_348.MP3 On the first half of today’s show we listen back to the latest Florida This Week, a political talk show on local PBS station WEDU that is moderated by Rob Lorei. This episode’s panel of political experts tackle the week’s biggest stories in Florida Politics: President Obama’s announcement to visit Cuba next month, The… Read more »
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Women’s Show on “Perilous Times – Paris and Beyond” 11/19
What perilous times….. Paris is the epicenter of the world right now. What to do – who and how are critical. Just policies demand an understanding of people. How much did our endeavors in Iraq contribute to the terrorism in the Middle East? A very powerful play is being presented at USF Tampa –… Read more »
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The 30 million word gap between rich and poor children; Local charity helps displaced Haitian Dominicans
Today we look at the latest research in early childhood development with Dr. Dana Suskind, founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative at the University of Chicago. ‘Thirty Million Words’ to a 1995 study that found that children from affluent backgrounds are exposed to over 30 million more words than low-income children by… Read more »
Journalist Ali Abunimah talks Palestinian liberation and the BDS movement against Israel
Today on Radioactivity, Host Rob Lorei speaks with journalist Ali Abunimah, author of several books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and executive director of Electronic Intifada, an online independent journalism website that offers a Palestinian perspective to the ongoing impasse. He joins us today to talk about the boycott,divestment and sanctions movement against Israel, and oppression faced by… Read more »
Radioactivity listeners sound off on recent NYPD officer killings
Radioactivity listeners sound off on recent NYPD officer killings
