Community Radio for Austin, TX
People United
with: Allan Campbell
Friday 13:00:00 - 14:00:00
People United: The Show in Solidarity with the People of the World addresses the concerns of a diverse, interdependent people opposed to oppression in all its various forms and committed to the struggle for social justice. It features news, analysis, interviews, lectures, forums, and performances. To comment on the show, or to suggest a guest, one may write peopleunited @ koop dot org
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People United features journalist Brad Tyer on his book Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape.
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Listen to an archive of this program here.
People United talks with geographer Eliot Tretter about his research on Austin, his intellectual trajectory, and his activism.
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Listen to an archive of this program here.
People United features an update on the 83rd Texas Legislature from six contributors to The Texas Observer, editor Dave Mann, reporter Patrick Michels, staff writer Forrest Wilder, and interns Beth Cortez-Neavel, Liz Farmer and Olivia Messer.
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Listen to an archive of this program here.
People United talks about the work, life imprisonment and longtime solitary confinement of US political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz with Theresa Shoatz, his daughter, and Quincy Saul, the editor (with Fred Ho) of the book Maroon the Implacable: The Collected Writings of Russell Maroon Shoatz.
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Listen to an archive of this program here.
People United completes its recent trilogy of historically minded episodes featuring Susana Almanza (including the previous shows from March 22nd and March 29th), this one featuring a conversation with her and Daniel Llanes about the struggles of PODER (People Organized in Defense of the Earth and her Resources) on behalf of environmental justice in East Austin and, more specifically, about the meaning of the Holly Street Power Plant's closure.
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Listen to an archive of this program here.
People United features archivist John H. Slate on his book Lost Austin, with additional reflections from muralist Raúl Valdez and activist Mariann Wizard.
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Listen to an archive of this program here.
People United talks with Karen Hadden of the SEED Coalition and Jere Locke of the Texas Drought Project about proposed governance changes to Austin Energy, the city's public utility.
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Listen to an archive of this program here.
People United hears more historical reflections from activists Gilbert Rivera and Susana Almanza, this time about the purpose and legacy of the Brown Berets in Austin.
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Listen to an archive of this program here.
People United talks with PODER Director Susana Almanza and former Texas State Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos about politics and social movements in Austin with reference to the legacy of the late civil-rights and labor leader Cesar Chavez.
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Listen to an archive of this program here.
People United features Dada Maheshvarananda, who directs the Prout Research Institute of Venezuela, on his book After Capitalism: Economic Democracy in Action.
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Listen to an archive of this program here.
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