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Corporate Media Bending the Knee to Trump

After corporate media's groveling  surrender to Donald Trump — one more stage in the fascist takeover of the United States — your support for progressive independent...

Bad News from the Connecticut General Assembly

Melinda Tuhus' conversation with Lori Brown, executive director of the CT League of Conservation Voters, about the just-completed 2024 short session of the CT...

In-Depth with Greg Grandin and Peter Kornbluh: The Dark and Violent Legacy of Henry Kissinger

Greg Grandin, Peter V. and C. Vann Woodward professor of history at Yale University, and Peter Kornbluh, director of the National Security Archive's Cuba...

Climate Defiance Takes a Rational Approach to the Climate Crisis

A conversation with Rylee Haught, co-founder of Climate Defiance, a youth-led organization that has generated lots of buzz with its aggressive nonviolent direct action...

WPKN Special Panel Discussion on Trump’s Indictment on His Criminal Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election

This special WPKN public affairs program discusses former President Donald Trump's most recent indictment on federal charges related to his attempt to overturn the...

Indigenous Day of Mourning on ‘Thanksgiving’ 2022

Excerpts from the 2022 Day of Mourning, held every year since 1970 (except 2020) by the United American Indians of New England on Cole's...

Compilation of Trump-Fascism Era Atrocities

Trumpism "Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes,"  THE COMPLETE LISTING: ATROCITIES 1 – 1,056, MacSweeney's, January...

The January 6 Hearings, Guns and American Democracy in the Balance

The Resistance panel welcomes Henry Lowendorf, co-chair of the Greater New Haven Peace Council for a discussion about the hearings by the January 6...

SPECIAL REPORTS

Resistance Roundtable: International Women’s Day Special with Medea Benjamin and Francesca Rheannon

A conversation with Medea Benjamin, co-director of Code Pink, and Francesca Rheannon, host of A Writer's Voice, a podcast which airs nationally and on...

Monthly Labor Report: Six Weeks in and YES–We’ve Got Fascism!

This month the Labor Report focuses on the rapid devolution of the American political system into an authoritarian fascist oligarchy.Michael Zweig, economist and labor...

Black Labor in the U.S. — Then and Now

A deep dive into the history of African American involvement in the U.S. labor movement with Steven Pitts, recently retired labor policy advisor of...

Resistance Roundtable: How Democrats Lost the Working Class

Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology at New York University, presents a class analysis of the Nov. 5 election, noting that the Democratic party had...

Youth and Elders Call on Gov. Hochul to Sign the Climate Change Superfund Act

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 10-11, about 100 climate activists occupied a New York State Capitol reception room to urge Gov. Kathy Hochul to...

What’s in Store for the Working Class in 2025?

The Monthly Labor Report's first broadcast after the Nov. 5 election: Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, discusses the role labor must play in...

Monthly Labor Report — #13 The Texas AFL-CIO is Going Strong by WPKN Community Radio

Leonard Aguilar, secretary-treasurer of the Texas AFL-CIO talks about the strategies and prospects for this massive organized labor body.Hosted by Michael Zweig and Richard...

Post-Election Perspectives: What We Need to Know

Four commentaries on the post-election landscape: -Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, talks about the role Labor should play in an anti-fascist front. -Kica Matos, director...

Resistance Roundtable — Nov. 9, 2024 — Election Post-mortem WPKN Community Radio

The Roundtable includes commentary from John Nichols and Norman Solomon on the election results.Also: a live interview with Chunjang Bruynder, a college senior and...

Jacobin’s Branko Marcetic: Will Biden’s Gaza Policy Tank Kamala’s Election Chances?

The Resistance Roundtable show interviews Branko Marcetic, who discusses his recent Jacobin magazine articles on Biden's horrific Gaza policy and the apparent decision by...