Name: Medea Benjamin Code Pink Ukraine by Hudson Mohawk Magazine in peace
Duration: 9 min 59 s
Description: Tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine continue to escalate, with Russia sending troops into the two breakaway republics. Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of Code Pink, discusses how to bring peace to the area and the need for the peace movement in the U.S. to stand up to the drums for war. With Mark Dunlea for the Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

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Next, an update on the Thevenin family civil rights lawsuit. On Tuesday, March 9, oral arguments were held at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as the City of Troy tried to stop the Thevenin suit from moving to a juried trial. Professor Emerita at Albany Law School Laurie Shanks joined Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press to explain the significance of this update.

Troy's Appeal of Thevenin Civil Rights Lawsuit Explained by Laurie Shanks

Tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine continue to escalate, with Russia sending troops into the two breakaway republics. Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of Code Pink, discusses how to bring peace to the area and the need for the peace movement in the U.S. to stand up to the drums for war. With Mark Dunlea for the Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

Medea Benjamin Code Pink Ukraine

On March 30, 2022, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended a zoom webinar on "Labor and the Russian War in Ukraine" sponsored by the United States Labor Against War, the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC, and the Coalition of Labor Union Women. In today's labor segment, Willie plays segments that include moderator Elise Bryant and speaker Phyllis Bennis about their views of the war.

Labor & the Russian War in Ukraine

The Climate Change Superfund Act would require fossil fuel companies in NY  to pay a fee based on their individual percentage share of total greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere, and will generate $30 billion in ten years. Anne Rabe of NYPIRG provides an update on the organizing effort, including the upcoming Make Polluters Pay Climate Crisis Caravan Tour. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

NYPIRG Update On Climate Change Superfund Act

As our audience probably knows by now, one of our producers Meghan Marohn was reported missing from Lee, Massachusetts on March 29, 2022, This past weekend her body was found. Since today Meg would have turned 43, we decided to collect some memories from her people near and far. Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press put together this piece.

A Tribute to Meghan Marohn on her Birthday

Hudson Mohawk Magazine launched on September 11, 2017 with the conscious goal of creating a community radio platform to nurture diverse voices in the Capital Region in response to increasing assaults on our civil liberties. Sina Basila Hickey asked Steve Pierce, co-founder of the Sanctuary for Independent Media about the evolution of this program on its 5th year anniversary.

This photo is from the very first HMM show on 9-11-17

Hudson Mohawk Magazine is 5 Years Old; an Interview with Steve Pierce

Members of Upstate Drone Action were in court on Tuesday for one of the prior protests at Hancock Airforce Base outside of Syracuse. Ed Kinane also discusses the role of drones in the war in Ukraine. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Upstate Drone Action In Court, Ukraine War

The United States’s already colossal and record-breaking defense budget is about to get even bigger, with congressional negotiators proposing $858 billion for defense for 2023 — a $45 billion increase over President Joe Biden’s already massive defense budget request. Lindsay Koshgarian, director of the National Priorities Project, joins Mark Dunlea of the Hudson Mohawk Magazine to discuss the spending.

National Priorities Project Decries Record Military Budget

Hear about some of the organizations and people participating in the recent Peace and Justice Circle held December 10th in Freedom Square, Troy. Producer Brea Barthel speaks with three staff members from SNUG about their anti-violence programs (www.facebook.com/LLTYsnug/; Meg Jala, a resident artist at the Fish Market community arts program (www.artscenteronline.org/fish-market-project), Sanctuary volunteer Nancy Weber about her "gratitude wreath"; and Mothers Out Front coordinator about the group's efforts to advocate for a healthy, safe environment (www.mothersoutfront.org/team/new-york-state/).

Photo by Robert Cooper

Peace and Justice Circle Brings Community Organizations Together

Capital Region's Anna Allen returns to Hudson Mohawk Magazine to update us on her family in Ukraine. After the interview she told Sina Basila Hickey about how she sees people having Ukraine War Fatique and that people are paying less attention to what is happening to her homeland.  

CC image of anti-war signs on the Russian embassy in London by Kwh1050

Family in Ukraine Face Power Outtages and Cut Communication

Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent Andrea Cunliffe speaks with artist Kevin Clark about his new mural in Troy.

Kevin Clark Interview On Troy Mural

Two weeks after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white police officer and one day after Troy's largest protest for Black Lives, WOOC Correspondent Elizabeth Press spoke to activist and author Barbara Smith about the significance of these protests.

Barbara Smith's Analysis of Protests for Black Lives

Joan Kelsey's guitar songs are kind. They're considerate, but they're also spur-of-the-moment. The Troy singer sums it up this way: "top of head, bottom of heart." On November 6th, Joan released a new album of songs called House of Mercy. HMM reporter Ben Seretan spoke with Joan about the record, the region, and how they've kind of enjoyed lockdown on a back patio earlier this week in an interview featuring a live performance.

To hear the album, please visit:
https://joankelsey.bandcamp.com/album/house-of-mercy-2

Joan Kelsey - Interview & Performance

COVID-19 revealed the fragility of the US food supply and exacerbated the food insecurity tens of millions of Americans stuggle with every day. But what is the ideology that accepts hunger in the richest country on Earth? How did junk food become so widespread? What does a better food culture look like? This is part one of a two-part conversation with food justice activist and author of “The New Bread Basket” Amy Halloran, and the nationally recognized photojournalist Brenda Ann Kenneally, whose photoessay “America at Hunger’s Edge” appeared in the New York Times this September. Reported by HMM Correspondent Miles Mikofsky.

Pictured: "Jaheim buying a corndog at the Dude With the Food", by Brenda Ann Kenneally via https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/02/magazine/food-insecurity-hunger-us.html

See also: https://www.alittlecreativeclass.org and https://www.upstategirls.org

What Food Means pt. 1 with Amy Halloran and Brenda Ann Kenneally

Adrian Hill provides a brief overview of the United Tenants of Albany, including what services they provide and how you can get involved!

United Tenants of Albany- an overview of services with Adrian Hill

HMM Producer Elena McGrath talks to Tacos La Capital owner Yair de la Rosa about his new Troy location, the importance of food in building community, his background in Mexico City, and opening a business during a pandemic.

Yair de la Rosa Opens Tacos La Capital

Hudson Mohawk Magazine is a local volunteer-produced news hour that provides sanctuary for the discussion of a wide range of topics, scaling from the global to the hyper-local. The show is broadcasted from The Sanctuary for Independent Media on WOOC 105.3 FM.

Thanks to listeners like you, the Sanctuary is able to use art and participatory action to promote social and environmental justice and freedom of creative expression.

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