“To be born Indigenous means to be born into a struggle against big extraction and the same colonial forces that colonized Europe before they got to our shores,” says Chase Iron Eyes. Today, he joins us on the show along with fellow Native activists Gussie Lord and Frank Bibeau to share updates from their vital […]
Outside Biden’s Milwaukee Town Hall
WORT 89.9FM Madison · As Biden addressed nation, protesters gathered in Milwaukee (MILWAUKEE) — On Tuesday night, President Biden delivered a town hall from Milwaukee’s Pabst Theatre. There, he took questions on pressing issues facing the nation, making the case for a nearly two trillion dollar COVID-19 relief package and promising to make COVID-19 […]
Update on Standing Rock: What Happens Now?
Last week, Esty joined Dena Eackles, Paulette Moore, and Rebecca Kemble to Bismarck as Kemble went for a pretrial motion hearing to dismiss four charges from the protests in fall of 2016. Listen as they share stories on Water Protector trials, new protection camps and other updates from North Dakota.
Split Show: Food Sovereignty Conference, GOP Healthcare, Two Rivers Up...
We’ve got another full show today! First up, Martin Reinhardt, joins by phone from the Food Sovereignty Symposium. The festival takes place today through Sunday on the University of Wisconsin campus. Later Adam Gaffney discusses the GOP healthcare plan, and Lori Glover talks about Trump’s presidential memorandum on DAPL. Dr. Martin Reinhardt, an Anishinaabe Ojibway citizen […]
Water Protectors Return to Madison
The Army Corps of Engineers announced last week that they would not grant the easement necessary for building the Dakota Access Pipeline under a portion of the Missouri River located near the Standing Rock Reservation. Just back from Standing Rock, Adam Faletti of The People’s Project and Airto Castaneda discuss the scene after the announcement […]
