Free Speech is under threat in the U.S. and especially Florida where fascist rulers manufacture punitive law. A Free Speech event is on April 29, 2023 at Tampa Prep School on Cass street in Tampa, FL. The suppression of votes, of elected progressive officials, progressive protest especially for abortion rights, worker rights and empowerment post-pandemic,… Read more »
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Workers organize May Day rallies in Tampa Bay
Monday is May Day or International Workers Day; on MidPoint we speak with people helping to organize May Day rallies in the Tampa Bay area. The Tampa May Day march and rally is sponsored by 15 groups and is this evening from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. beginning at the Sociedad La Union Marti Maceo Cuban Club,… Read more »
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Journalist Noah Pransky on Radioactivity Wednesday
Questionable analysis used in deciding sports subsidies The state of Florida and local governments spend a lot of money subsidizing stadiums for sports teams. Host Rob Lorei talked with Noah Pransky, who is an investigative reporter at WTSP whose most recent story is about Mark Bonn, the expert that many governments around the state use… Read more »
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Mari-Lynn Evans, Director of “Blood on the Mountain” on Radioactivity Thursday
USF faculty launch efforts for better pay and working conditions Adjunct faculty members do a lot of work at colleges and universities. Many core courses are taught by adjuncts — professionals who are essentially part time workers, with no job security. At the University of South Florida (USF), some adjuncts have joined together to try… Read more »
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Paula Dockery joins Radioactivity to talk about the upcoming Florida legislative session
WMNF’s Radioactivity February 2, 2017 Paula Dockery served 16 years in the state legislature from 1996 to 2012 as a Republican representing districts in Polk County. The last ten years she was a member of the Florida Senate. In the past four years she‘s been writing a weekly column about state issues that’s appeared in… Read more »
Radioactivity Friday: A Labor Activist Views the Election
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/radioactivity/~3/IlEJcWHqFhk/wmnf_161028_110617_radioactivityF1_337.MP3 On Radioactivity Friday we talked with a leading labor spokesperson about working class voters in this election. Our guest was Rich Templin, Ph.D. and Legislative & Political Director of the Florida AFL-CIO. Templin gave us a Florida union perspective on the biggest labor issues facing working Floridians in this election.
Economist Richard Wolff dissects Trump’s plan for trade, jobs
http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_161014_110617_radioactivityF1_337.MP3 By Rob Lorei Our guest on Radioactivity Friday was Economist Richard Wolff. He is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City. Wolff is the author of several books… Read more »
WMNF listeners comment on Donald Trump’s speech at the Florida Fairgrounds yesterday
BY Rob Lorei http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_160825_110618_radioactivityR1_191.MP3 On Radioactivity Thursday, we listened to excerpts from Donald Trump’s speech at the Florida State Fairgrounds near Tampa on Wednesday. Then we opened up the phone lines and email for listener comments. In his speech to about 2000 people, Trump said his presidency would rebuild the military, restore law and order,… Read more »
Lakeland Ledger newsroom may form union
A Florida newsroom appears close to forming a union; reporters at The Ledger of Lakeland will vote soon on whether to unionize to help stem the tide of layoffs. This may be the first newsroom to unionize among Florida newspapers. Gary White has been a news reporter at The Ledger for almost 14 years; WMNF News spoke with… Read more »
MidPoint Thursday – Yale political science professor Jacob Hacker
Jacob S. Hacker is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University, and the co-author of the new book (with Paul Pierson) of America Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to forget what Made American Prosper. He was our guest… Read more »
