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Lumpen Radio Lumpen Radio ( WLPN ) is radical art, music and public affairs radio from Chicago. Twitter: Join us. http://www.lumpenradio.com 105.5 FM

Lumpen Radio (WLPN) is reclaiming the airwaves for the people of Chicago. We are on the front lines battling corporate radio on behalf of the people 24/7.

06/02/2026

💫 Join our audience for The Live Frequency: Verse & Vision ✨

🗓 Thursday, June 4, 2026
⏰ 6:00pm - 9:00pm

📍Live at Co-Prosperity (3219 S. Morgan St) on WLPN-LP Chicago 105.5FM and lumpenradio.com

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🪁Electronic Intifada Radio: Will justice catch up with Israel? (Released May 29th, 2026)📆 Airs: Sunday May 31st, 2026 ⏰ ...
05/31/2026

🪁Electronic Intifada Radio: Will justice catch up with Israel? (Released May 29th, 2026)

📆 Airs: Sunday May 31st, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST

Reports suggest the International Criminal Court may seek arrest warrants for several far-right Israeli officials and military officers, though prosecutors have not confirmed this. So far, the ICC has publicly issued warrants only for Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant, while other sealed warrants may still exist. Researcher, analyst, and commentator Mouin Rabbani joins hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to talk about the pursuit of justice for victims of the genocide and the broader challenges faced by the Palestinian national movement.
Israel has intensified its air campaign across southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley, carrying out hundreds of strikes on towns, civilian areas, and displacement zones while casualties and displacement continue to rise. Roqayah Chamseddine reports from southern Lebanon.

On the Resistance Report, the Electronic Intifada’s Jon Elmer told us last week about the Israeli assassination of the Qassam Brigades leader Izz al-Din al-Haddad in Gaza City. Mohammed Odeh, their long-standing head of intelligence, was then chosen as their new commander. This week, the latest Israeli ceasefire violation: yet another assassination as Odeh, his wife and three children are killed in an airstrike.

Inside Palestine or out, refugees describe constant fear and steadfast determination. We hear excerpts from Malak Hijazi’s latest article called ‘Endless displacement, endless Nakba.’

📝 Produced by Pierre Loiselle, Nora Barrows-Friedman and Tamara Nassar.
🎶 Music by Greg Wilson.

📸 Photo by Tariq Mohammad/APA images

👂🏽 Listen on WLPN-LP 105.5 FM Chicago Lumpen Radio 📡, Lumpenradio dot com💻, or on the Lumpen Radio App 📲(Available on the App Store or Google Play)

We can’t wait to see you all in less than one week at The Live Frequency: Verse & Vision!The final guest at our meeting ...
05/29/2026

We can’t wait to see you all in less than one week at The Live Frequency: Verse & Vision!

The final guest at our meeting of the literary minds is Chicago’s current Poet Laureate, Mayda Del Valle, who will be joining Mario Smith in conversation with her fellow local Poets Laureate.

Come join us in-person at Co-Prosperity or tune in LIVE on-air to learn about Mayda’s plans for her time as our city’s cultural ambassador and how the Poet Laureate role has helped all our guests connect with our community.

🗓 Thursday, June 4, 2026
⏰ 6:00pm - 9:00pm

📍Live at Co-Prosperity (3219 S. Morgan St) on WLPN-LP Chicago 105.5FM and lumpenradio.com

⚡️ Lumpen Radio Special ⚡️“Steal this Story, Please!” Conversation w/ Amy Goodman, Juan González & directors Carl Deal a...
05/28/2026

⚡️ Lumpen Radio Special ⚡️

“Steal this Story, Please!” Conversation w/ Amy Goodman, Juan González & directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin

🗓️ Friday, May 29th 2026 | 12pm-1pm

📍This Lumpen Special includes a Q&A with Amy Goodman and Juan González of Democracy Now! and a panel discussion introduced by Jesse Hoyt, Executive Director of ONE Northside, and moderated by Juliet de Jesus Alejandre, and Executive Director of Palenque LSNA.

These recordings took place at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago on Saturday, May 9th 2026. 🎙️

⚽️ Lumpen FC Radio Show ⚽️🎙️ Thursday (05/14) 8pm – 10pm 🎙️Tonight on Lumpen FC!Tonight we have our Pre World Cup show! ...
05/28/2026

⚽️ Lumpen FC Radio Show ⚽️

🎙️ Thursday (05/14) 8pm – 10pm 🎙️

Tonight on Lumpen FC!

Tonight we have our Pre World Cup show! Special guest Jamie Trecker will be stopping by to talk World Cup History and corruption that is still ongoing. Arsenal are PL champs will they get the double Saturday?!? End of season results for other leagues, Europa, and Conference league results! Who stayed up and who got relegated around the leagues?
Chicago Fire are still improving! Do they need another CF still? 

Stay tuned and learn about our World Cup programming!

📻 Lumpen FC – Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month!

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Mark Turcotte, our third guest on The Live Frequency: Verse & Vision, has held the honor being Illinois’s 6th Poet Laure...
05/26/2026

Mark Turcotte, our third guest on The Live Frequency: Verse & Vision, has held the honor being Illinois’s 6th Poet Laureate since 2025.

After spending his early years on North Dakota’s Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation and growing up in Lansing, Michigan, Mark burst onto Chicago’s poetry scene in 1993. Shortly after arriving, he became winner of the first Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award and was selected by Brooks as a Significant Illinois Poet.

Come hear Mark and more Poets Laureate from Chicago and Illinois speak about how the welcoming energy of our city and state fuel their practice at The Live Frequency: Verse & Vision.

🗓 Thursday, June 4, 2026
⏰ 6:00pm - 9:00pm

📍Live at Co-Prosperity (3219 S. Morgan St) on WLPN-LP Chicago 105.5FM and lumpenradio.com

🔎 DEEP CUTS AT LIFE ON MARZ 🔍
🗓 THURSDAY, 05/28 • 6-8 PM
📍Open to the Public at Life on Marz (1950 N Western Ave)⭐️ Disc...
05/26/2026

🔎 DEEP CUTS AT LIFE ON MARZ 🔍

🗓 THURSDAY, 05/28 • 6-8 PM

📍Open to the Public at Life on Marz (1950 N Western Ave)

⭐️ Disc Jacqui (), half of Trqpiteca FM, comes to Life on Marz this Thursday! House, bass, hypnotic rhythms, and more to get your feet moving after work! Pull up and get down!

Can’t make it? Listen in live on WLPN-LP Chicago 105.5 FM Lumpen Radio!

Treat your ears to a good time at Life on Marz Community Club every Thursday from 6-8pm or listen in on Lumpen Radio. Come say hi to your favorite DJs! 📀

✨ THE PONDERERS ✨6:00 - 8:00 PMThe Ponderers is hosted by Stephanie Manriquez (Fanita Banana), Sandra Treviño (Angelf*k)...
05/25/2026

✨ THE PONDERERS ✨
6:00 - 8:00 PM

The Ponderers is hosted by Stephanie Manriquez (Fanita Banana), Sandra Treviño (Angelf*k), and Jhonatan Carbonell.

This evening at 7:00 p.m., we welcome HERBOLARIA, a producer from Mazatlan whose project reflects melancholy and emotional intensity, transformed into songs that serve as a ritual and as a space to process pain, find strength in fragility, and heal through movement. On this occasion, she connects with us to talk about her latest collaborative single, “A Flor De Piel,” with Culiacán artist, ROSAS.

In addition, we are playing new releases and new arrivals and discussing the latest in music news (chismesitos).

Join The Ponderers on second and fourth Mondays from 6:00-8:00 p.m. for an eclectic medley of sounds in both digital and vinyl formats, featuring global tracks focusing on femme-fronted artists.

Live on Lumpen Radio
Second and fourth Mondays
6-8 PM 105.5 FM WLPN-LP

🎙️ MUTUAL AID REPORT 🎙️Own the Block: How PIHCO is reclaiming Pilsen🗓️ Tuesday, May 26th, 2026⏰ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST📝 T...
05/25/2026

🎙️ MUTUAL AID REPORT 🎙️

Own the Block: How PIHCO is reclaiming Pilsen

🗓️ Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
⏰ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST

📝 This week, we look at a radical alternative to top-down development in  Pilsen with the organizers and resident-owners of PIHCO (Pilsen Housing Cooperative). 🏘️

We break down the mechanics of cooperative housing—how it actually works, what “limited-equity” means, and why this model is a crucial tool for fighting displacement and preserving the cultural fabric of neighborhoods like Pilsen. 

As PIHCO pushes toward its goal of scaling to 35 member-owners by the end of 2026, we unpack the physical reality of cooperative living, democratic governance, and removing housing from the speculative market to build permanent neighborhood stability. ✊🏾

Traditional media often frames neighborhood change as inevitable, but this conversation highlights the hands actively building a resident-controlled solidarity economy from the ground up.

📻 Tune in to WLPN-LP 105.5FM Lumpen Radio or stream the archive at lumpenradio.com. Support local cooperatives and check on your neighbors.

On the next episode of Labor Express Radio, Labor Notes discusses taxing the rich and fighting AI in the workplace. Plu...
05/24/2026

On the next episode of Labor Express Radio, Labor Notes discusses taxing the rich and fighting AI in the workplace. Plus Jacob Morrison of The Valley Labor Report and labor journalist Hamilton Nolan discuss Union Now, a new fund for workers in organizing fights. Listen Sunday night at 8:00 PM Central or 11 AM Monday on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM or lumpenradio.com

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