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American History
ACORN Founder Wade Rathke Subject of New Film The Organizer Talks About Community Organizing
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. ACORN was once the largest political movement of low and moderate income people in the US- but it was destroyed by an attack- from conservative media. We’ll...
Investigative Reporter Greg Palast Says There’s No Proof Widespread Illegal Voting in US Exists
Radioactivity 4 20 18 Today on WMNF’s Radioactivity investigative reporter Greg Palast (The Guardian, The BBC, Rolling Stone Magazine) says that while FOX News and President Trump say that millions of people voted illegally in...
International Law Expert Says US Attack on Syria Would Violate US Constitution and UN Charter
Radioactivity 4 12 18 Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Yesterday President Trump suggested that an attack on Syria was imminent, after a reported chemical weapons attack on civilians in that country last week. Russia...
Bonnie Siegler is considered one of the top graphic designers in America, and is the author of the new book, “Signs of Resistance: A visual history of protest in America.” Siegler came on the program...
New Film About Veteran Community Organizer Heather Booth Will Be Shown Tonight in Tampa
Radioactivity 3 22 18 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— We’ll meet veteran community organizer Heather Booth— who took part in the Civil Rights movement, she was an early a feminist...
Women Didn’t Count At All on Life Elsewhere
“When the founders wrote, ‘We the People’ they really meant ‘We the White, Wealthy Men.’ Despite much lofty rhetoric, all men were not created equal and women didn’t count at all” You are just four...
America’s Longest War: Afghanistan
Radioactivity 2 28 18 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. The longest war ever fought by the US is still going on—it’s the war in Afghanistan. What are the aims of the war—and...
Blake High School Students Plan Walkout Tomorrow to Protest Gun Violence
Radioactivity 2 22 18 Good morning, Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. After last week’s massacre at the high school in Parkland, high school students from around the country have been organizing walkouts, meetings, protests-...
In the 1920’s the KKK relied on Fake News, Religious Conservatives and Anti-Immigrant Feelings
Radioactivity 1 30 18 Fear of immigrants. It’s been at the center of President Trump’s call to build a wall across the US border with Mexico. And at the center of his attacks on so...
Radioactivity 1 25 18 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— the US is involved in several current wars around the world—and the on the brink of war in other areas—including the...
Radioactivity Wednesday 12 13 17 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— We’ll talk with an historian who will tell us how large tax cuts for wealthy interests led to the Great...
Radioactivity 12 12 17 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— we’ll talk with a Professor who is Kurdish and from Iran. He’s an expert on the history of Muslims in America....
