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08/17/2026

From the Soundboard is a program that usually focuses on concerts regardless of genre. This is where the artist and (or) group perfects the art of the “call and response” with its audience. On Tuesday, August 18, @ midnight (that’s Monday into Tuesday), we will focus on the series of teach-in classes presented by the People’s Forum that is called Socialist Summer School: People vs Billionaires This week’s focus will be on the classes titled Divisions in the US Ruling Class Today and Learning From Defeats on the Road to Revolution.

08/14/2026

Young New Jersey activists marched through downtown Summit to tell Rep. Tom Kean Jr. to stop taking money from AI companies and return the $7,000 donation he took from Peter Thiel, the billionaire behind Palantir.

This and more: https://wbai.org/news/trump-breaks-the-us-military-as-nj-kids-say-no-to-palantir

08/12/2026

Both sides in the long-running legal dispute over the public release of thousands of 9/11 World Trade Center documents generated by New York City during the Giuliani and Bloomberg administrations confirm they are in settlement talks with just a month to go before the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

More:

First responders and survivors may be close to getting answers.

08/12/2026

We spoke with Bishop William Barber about his ecumenical campaign involving pastors of all faiths to organize 1,000 marches to polling places around the nation, timed with the start of early voting ahead of the consequential midterm elections.

https://wbai.org/news/midterm-mass-mobilization-plus-nyc-fires-haitian-tps-holders

08/10/2026

From the Soundboard is a program that usually focuses on concerts regardless of genre. This is where the artist and (or) group perfects the art of the “call and response” with its audience. On Tuesday, August 11, @ midnight (that’s Monday into Tuesday), we will focus on the series of teach-in classes presented by the People’s Forum that is called Socialist Summer School: People vs Billionaires This week’s focus will be on the module titled How the Ruling Class Rules featuring classes titled Class Society and the State & The War at Home and the War Abroad.

08/07/2026

President Trump has signed two new executive orders targeting birthright citizenship, just weeks after the nation’s highest court rejected his earlier shot at denying automatic citizenship to the children born to undocumented immigrants.

https://wbai.org/news/trump-presses-racist-deportation-push-as-poll-numbers-collapse

08/06/2026

Additional deaths involving Delaney Hall, a private immigration jail run by The GEO Group, has sparked calls for the closure of the facility even as the Trump admin dramatically increases arrests and detentions across the nation.

https://www.salon.com/2026/08/06/two-more-deaths-at-delaney-hall-detention-center-as-ice-arrests-surge/

08/03/2026

From the Soundboard is a program that usually focuses on concerts regardless of genre. This is where the artist and (or) group perfects the art of the "call and response" with its audience. On Tuesday, August 4, @ midnight (that's Monday into Tuesday), in the spirit of the philosophy of Black August we will focus on the series of teach-in classes presented by the People's Forum that is called Socialist Summer School: People vs Billionaires. The feature classes are titled: A World to Win & The Making of the World's First Trillionaire.

08/01/2026

This week, scores of activists turned out on the steps of City Hall to support "No More 24!" hunger strikers pressing for a municipal ban on the practice of paying live-in caregivers just 13 hours pay.

More: https://wbai.org/news/no-more-24-plus-ice-doubles-down

07/31/2026

Read Frenchie Davis’ observations and experiences during her trip to Cuba as part of a humanitarian delegation: https://wbai.org/news/i-have-been-to-havana