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WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastResistance Roundtable for June 14, 2025 - No Kings Day Protest Special ProgramResistance Round Table is broadcast on WPKN the 2nd Saturday of each month where we engage in conversation about local and nationwide organizing for a more just and democratic America during this pivotal and dangerous moment in our nation's history.Show hosts are: Ruth Anne Baumgartner, a longtime instructor in literature and writing at Central Connecticut State University, member of the executive Committee of the CT Conference of the American Association of University Professors. Richard Hill, host of WPKN shows, First Tuesday Rainy Day Radio and Organic Farm Stand, and a rotating host of Mic Check. Richard...2025-06-2855 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastState Climate Policy Could be a Bulwark Against Trump Gutting of Federal Environmental Regulations; Repairing the Constitution's Democracy DeficitAllison Pilcher, policy director, with the Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs discusses several important climate bills currently being debated in the Connecticut state legislature; and Luke Pickrell, a writer and member of Democratic Socialists of America, who talks about his recent Jacobin magazine article, "Only a Democratic Constitution Can Stop Trumpism."Resistance Roundtable Hosts: Ruth Anne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill2025-05-1955 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastResistance Roundtable: The Fight to Save the First Amendment with Dr. Isaac KamolaDr. Isaac Kamola, Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom with the AAUP, discusses the Trump regime's juggernaut attacks on free speech at colleges and universities; and the budding collaboration with Labor to create a united front against this assault.And Briam Timko, communications and voluteer coordinator with Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), talks about the demonstration and boycotts directed at Avelo Airlines (New Haven, CT) which just signed a contract to fly deportation flights for the Department of Homeland Security.Panel: Scott Harris, Ruth Anne Baumgartner, and Richard Hill2025-04-1450 min