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Broadway workers stood in the rain to say: enough is enough. 🌧️🎶With union rights under assault, they’re demanding fair ...
08/22/2025

Broadway workers stood in the rain to say: enough is enough. 🌧️🎶
With union rights under assault, they’re demanding fair contracts, safe staffing, and healthcare.

Read more: https://ow.ly/KzXk50WKyQn

🎙️ We Decide: America at the Crossroads with Jenna Flanagan.✍️ Bob Hennelly covers Trump’s DC policing push, Israel’s gr...
08/20/2025

🎙️ We Decide: America at the Crossroads with Jenna Flanagan.
✍️ Bob Hennelly covers Trump’s DC policing push, Israel’s growing ✊ general strike, and Gaza’s unflinching witnesses.
🗣️ Featuring Dave Levinthal, Laura Jedeed & WMNF’s Randi Zimmerman.
👉 Read More: https://ow.ly/pXyA50WIPhn

is a program that usually focuses on concerts regardless of genre. This is where the artist and (or) group perfects th...
08/18/2025

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 19, @ midnight (that’s Monday into Tuesday), in the spirit of the philosophy of we will focus on the series of teach-in classes presented by that is called All Power for the People: A Summer School for Socialism. This week’s focus will be on the classes titled How the People Took the Power: Lessons from 1917 and the Violent Origins of US Capitalism.

🎙️ Frontline Voices with Rebecca Myles – Aug 13Can the world rescue Gaza? Rebecca speaks with DAWN's Sarah Leah Whitson ...
08/13/2025

🎙️ Frontline Voices with Rebecca Myles – Aug 13

Can the world rescue Gaza? Rebecca speaks with DAWN's Sarah Leah Whitson on calls for international intervention — plus an update from WBAI intern Jarred Collis on AI's impact on our daily lives.

Also in this episode:
📉 U.S. debt tops $37 trillion
📷 270+ journalists killed in Gaza
🚔 Trump tries to seize control of D.C. policing
❄️ NY judge slams ICE conditions
🤖 AI-powered drones at the border

📲 Read more: https://ow.ly/P2Tw50WFEs0

Leonard Peltier speaks out after being granted clemency by President Biden, reflecting on his life, the fight for Indige...
08/12/2025

Leonard Peltier speaks out after being granted clemency by President Biden, reflecting on his life, the fight for Indigenous rights, and the historical parallels he sees today. Plus — reporter roundtables on Trump’s D.C. “crime wave” claims, his upcoming meeting with Putin, and the Texas GOP’s seat grab.

👉 Read More: https://ow.ly/lzXe50WEOKi

Keeping within the spirit of will feature summer teach-in classes from the People's Forum on Socialism. On Tuesday, ...
08/11/2025

Keeping within the spirit of will feature summer teach-in classes from the People's Forum on Socialism. On Tuesday, August 12 at midnight (that's Monday into Tuesday) this week's focus will be on the classes titled AI,Climate Catastrophe and Extreme Inequality and Permanent War, Permanent Profit.

Fighting for the Forgotten🕊️ 9/11 WTC health advocate Anne Marie Principe has spent years guiding first responders and s...
08/09/2025

Fighting for the Forgotten

🕊️ 9/11 WTC health advocate Anne Marie Principe has spent years guiding first responders and survivors through the maze of bureaucracy to get the care they deserve. Now she’s facing her own health battle — and reprisals — from the very system she helped build.

Read her story, and the troubling history of how post-9/11 air safety was misrepresented:
🔗 https://ow.ly/3NsG50WCmze

📰 We Decide: America at the Crossroads — Hosted by Jenna FlanaganThis week’s headlines:Life After CPB – Trump Shoots the...
08/04/2025

📰 We Decide: America at the Crossroads — Hosted by Jenna Flanagan
This week’s headlines:
Life After CPB – Trump Shoots the Messenger – Locals Mull How to Thaw ICE

From Gaza to rural radio stations, our latest episode explores the human and political cost of media defunding, immigration crackdowns, and war.

🎙️ Guests include Laura Jedeed, Maeve Conran, Nathan Gusdorf, and more.
📖 Read more: https://ow.ly/601f50WzLg3

🎙️ Report to and from the Listener — Sunday, August 10 at 2 PMWBAI invites you to a live on-air conversation with Interi...
08/04/2025

🎙️ Report to and from the Listener — Sunday, August 10 at 2 PM

WBAI invites you to a live on-air conversation with Interim General Manager Bob Hennelly and Interim Program Director Keziah Glow.

📻 Tune in to 99.5 FM in NYC or stream online at wbai.org
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We want to hear from YOU — your thoughts, your questions, your ideas. Let’s talk!

is a program that usually focuses on concerts regardless of genre. This is where the artist and (or) group perfects th...
08/04/2025

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 5, @ 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 All Power for the People: A Summer School for Socialism. This week's focus will be on the classes titled Reform and Revolution and How the World Changes

Smalls Gets Hero Welcome – US Health Deserts – Trump Doubles Down on Climate DenialOn this episode of Frontline Voice, R...
08/02/2025

Smalls Gets Hero Welcome – US Health Deserts – Trump Doubles Down on Climate Denial

On this episode of Frontline Voice, Rebecca Miles talks with:

Larry Hamm on Chris Smalls’ homecoming after being detained by Israeli forces

Jason Rylander from the Center for Biological Diversity on climate policy rollbacks

Dr. Amanda Nguyen on the spread of health care deserts across the U.S.

Plus: headlines on Trump’s new tariffs, escalating violence and starvation in Gaza, and ICE’s ramp-up under the OBBB Act.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/k26t50Wz2YJ

🇨🇦 Canada’s munitions to Israel continued despite public pledges to halt them — a new report reveals the truth.🎙️ On thi...
07/30/2025

🇨🇦 Canada’s munitions to Israel continued despite public pledges to halt them — a new report reveals the truth.
🎙️ On this week’s Frontline Voices, Rebecca Myles speaks with Boutaina Chafi of the Palestinian Youth Movement about the arms embargo exposé, plus analysis from Caleb Maupin.
Also in this broadcast:
🌊 A historic tsunami
📰 Gaza’s worsening famine
⚖️ A Caribbean court strikes down colonial-era anti-gay laws
🇺🇸 The Senate confirms a Trump lawyer to the federal bench

🎧 Listen & read more: https://ow.ly/jPWH50WxIHG

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