Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 06/12/19 from the drop down menu Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— Corporations are making a good profit housing prisoners– what’s it like to be a guard in a private, for profit prison? It’s a growing business and… Read more »
Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday ~ things you may not know
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Confronting white nationalism panel coming to USF
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MidPoint for Thursday, Jan. 25- POLITICO writer/reporter Michael Kruse
There’s been a lot of focus on Donald Trump voters, especially in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan – bellwether states that in recent times have been Democratic strongholds during presidential elections, but which stunningly flipped in 2016 to give Trump the Electoral College victory for president over Hillary Clinton. No one has… Read more »
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Signs from The Women’s Rally 2018 in St. Pete
On a bright Florida winter day, over 5,000 people came to downtown St. Petersburg to send messages to political leaders, community leaders, and each other. Messages were funny, heartfelt, empowering, topical, optimistic, and inspiring. Here we have a sample, in no particular order. Clicking on the pictures makes them easier to scroll through.
What do you think of this? Want to bash a Trump piñata? Show up at USF Tuesday
If you’re looking to join a demonstration or two in the Tampa Bay area over the next several days, you’re in luck – if you oppose the policies of President Donald Trump; the Women’s Marches and a Sarasota anti-Trump rally are this weekend and on Tuesday at USF Tampa you can take swings at a… Read more »
ANSWER Suncoast will protest Trump in Sarasota on Sunday
The Women’s Marches aren’t the only demonstrations planned this weekend; on Sunday in Sarasota, there’s a protest and march called “Shut Down Racism, War & Bigotry on 1st Anniv. Of Trump.” It’s Sunday from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Five Points Park, Sarasota FL (1 Central Ave.). WMNF News interviewed Bryan Ellis, with ANSWER… Read more »
Some Florida prisoners are on strike to protest conditions
A number of prisoners in Florida have gone on strike; the work stoppage began yesterday, on MLK Day, in what they’re calling a “nonviolent protest of conditions” known as Operation PUSH. Panagioti Tsolkas is an organizer with the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons. Listen: “It’s a basic request for dignity and the base level human rights, which… Read more »
Libertarian Party of Florida denies harboring white supremacists
We hear more about claims that the Libertarian Party of Florida is a refuge for white supremacists and anti-Semites; later in the show we talk about solutions to the gun violence epidemic. The man who was the Libertarian Party of Florida’s nominee for U.S. Senate last year resigned from the party last month, making the claim… Read more »
Candidate for Florida governor joins anti-Spencer protest at UF
Hundreds of anti-fascist protesters are greeting white supremacist speaker Richard Spencer at the University of Florida in Gainesville Thursday afternoon. Reporters inside the arena said the 800 seats are more than half full, but mostly with protesters. Reporters tweeted video of people interrupting the speakers, chanting “Black Lives Matter!” and other slogans. As Spencer took… Read more »
Manatee County students fight back against ban on taking a knee
Schools in Manatee County got an email recently from the district Supervisor of Athletics telling athletic directors that it would break district rules if student athletes don’t stand during the national anthem. The memo says students can get an exemption. But some social justice activists are fighting back with a demonstration this afternoon they’re calling,… Read more »
Bank employees call police on young black customer
Some social justice activists in Tampa are concerned about how a young black man was treated when he cashed a check at a local bank and the police were called. El’Quincy Gordon says he arrived at the bank before it opened Friday morning and waited in his car until 9:00 a.m. after a teller arrived…. Read more »
Alex Sink on why she donated to help move Confederate monument
Last week the Hillsborough County Commission surprised many by backtracking on its promise to move a Confederate monument in downtown Tampa unless private donors could raise the needed funds within a month; but it only took a day for citizens and the business community to pledge more than the needed $140,000. On Friday WMNF News… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, August 17 – Joan C. Williams, author of “White Working Class”
On the program today we spoke with Joan C. Williams, professor and director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings in San Francisco, and the author of “White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America.” We also spoke with St. Petersburg City Council District 6 City Council candidates Justin Bean and Gina Driscoll,… Read more »
A Flower for the Graves – Eugene Patterson’s stunning column
A Flower for the Graves An editorial by Gene Patterson Eugene Patterson was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution when he wrote this column. The bombing of the church in Birmingham killed four little girls -11 year old Denise McNair, and the 14 year olds Addie Mae Collins, Carol Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley. Patterson later… Read more »
Dramatic reversal: Hillsborough will move its Confederate monument
The Confederate veterans’ monument in Tampa will be moved after all; Wednesday, after overwhelming public outcry for removing the statue, Hillsborough County Commissioners voted 4 to 2 to move it. It’s a dramatic reversal of their vote from four weeks ago. More than 110 members of the public signed up to speak during what turned… Read more »
