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Republican campaign operative outlines how Trump’s campaign can beat Clinton in November
BY Rob Lorei Our guest on Radioactivity Thursday was Roger Stone, who’s been working for Republican politicians since 1964 and has been involved in nearly every Republican presidential campaign since then. He joined the Committee to...
Reporter Dan Christensen discusses the latest on the 28 redacted pages of the 9/11 report
By Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Wednesday our guest was Dan Christensen, an investigative journalist whose news website the Florida Bulldog has been closely following the story of the 28 redacted pages of the 2003 9/11 commission report which many, including former...
Could this be the year Congress picks the President?
Two-hundred seventy Electoral College votes – that’s the magic number that the presidential candidates will be shooting for in November’s general election; but could this be the year that no candidate reaches that mark and...
Anti-War activist David Swanson says Obama admin spends more than ever on war.
BY Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Tuesday our guest is David Swanson, an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is director ofWorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books includes War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org...
BY Rob Lorei We start Radioactivity Monday with the latest episode of Florida This Week, a news and public affairs show, hosted by Rob Lorei, that is broadcast on local PBS station WEDU on Friday...
Role of climate change & interactions in spread of diseases like Zika
The Zika virus isn’t the only pathogen spreading in Florida; the Tampa Bay Times reports a bacterial disease called Texas Phoenix Palm Decline is infecting trees including date palms and the Tampa area is the...
March Against Monsanto Tampa preview
Some local groups are joining with events across the country, uniting to demand labeling of genetically engineered food in what’s called March Against Monsanto. The guest on WMNF’s MidPoint was Christine Wall, she’s helping to organize...
Art project will be part of Hands Across the Sand
Environmentalists who support clean energy, oppose dirty fuels and say no to offshore drilling will join Hands Across the Sand this Saturday at beaches in Pinellas County and elsewhere. The guest on WMNF News’ MidPoint, , Lisa Hinton is...
Communist Party USA leader John Bachtell on Radioactivity Friday
BY Rob Lorei On Friday’s Radioactivity, our guest was John Bachtell, national chair of the Communist Party USA. Previously he was Illinois organizer for the party, and is active in labor, peace and justice struggles....
In Ybor City pro-refugee group marks the Palestinian Nakba
On Sunday Palestinians marked the anniversary of being uprooted sixty-eight years ago — the Nakba. When Israel was created in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were driven out of their land. Now there...
Radioactivity Thursday: Atheism Activist David Silverman says morality not based on religion
BY Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Thursday our guest is David Silverman, president of American Atheists, a group which works to protect the civil liberties of atheists and other secularists, and advocates for the separation of...
St. Petersburg seeks ordinance to ban fracking
St. Petersburg City Council will soon consider an ordinance to ban the drilling technique known as fracking and the transportation or storage of fracking wastewater within the city limits; Council vice chair Darden Rice says...
