The Progressive Voice of the Mountains

Veronika will interview Veronica Butcher about green jobs in WNC.  Check out the local Green Jobs Now! here.

Local author Mike Hopping will walk us through the details of the monstrous federal bailout of Wall Street currently being discussed in Congress. $1 trillion seems to be the low-ball estimate at this point, more than has been spent on the war/occupation of Iraq. Check out an interesting article in Harpers magazine here.

Read the draft bill here.

Barry and David will muse on the Polls, the economic Picture, and the many foreign Policy successes of the Bush Administration, and how they can all be looked at as one Pile of…well, you get the idea.

This local news and public affairs show focuses on underreported information and encourages civic activism. Tune in live 7-8 pm Monday, catch the 1 pm Tuesday rebroadcast, or stream or podcast.

This week on Veterans’ Voices we talk with Jason Hurd and other IVAW members to see what’s up in Minneapolis for the RNC. When we spoke to him last week, they were at the DNC about to do Operation First Casualty. Independent news sources describe mass arrests in preemptive raids of activists in Minneapolis. Amy Goodman, among those arrested, states that almost 300 people have already been arrested by the end of the first day of the convention.
Jason Hurd and other IVAW members during Operation First Casualty in Denver during DNC.

If you missed last week’s interview with Dr. Russell McCrimmon and Ron Kennedy from the Veterans’ shelter, get it before it’s gone.
Tune in to Veterans’ Voices at 5 pm every Wednesday or stream/podcast here.

Tune in tonight (Wednesday) live @ 11pm or check out the Archive @ www.nighttimeswerve.org

Listen for Adam’s exclusive interview with Elliot Bergman, sax player for NOMO (Ubiquity Records). Elliot took a quick break from their American tour to stop by our WPVM studios last month. Learn about the formation of this explosive band and their exciting US tour promoting their new album Ghost Rock.

Attorneys representing the Pack family heirs, Buncombe County, and developer Stewart Coleman made their arguments today in Superior Court regarding the sale of park land for luxury condos. We’ll tell you what happened and hear from the Pack attorney, Joe Ferikes.

We’ll also talk about last weekend’s Southern Energy and Environment Expo.

This local news and public affairs show focuses on underreported information and encourages civic activism. Tune in live 7-8 pm Monday, catch the 1 pm Tuesday rebroadcast, or stream or podcast.

URTV channel 20 will present a panel of Parkside opponents discussing different aspects of the controversial building proposal. WPVM on-air hosts Barry Summers and Cecil Bothwell are joined by activist BJ Snow and moderator John Robinson.

Sunday August 24, 9:30 pm.

Charter cable channel 20

This week on Veterans’ Voices we talk with “Jim Stroupe, a local resident who is a veteran of World War II, the Korean Conflict & the Vietnam Clusterf*ck.” As per Ronald Harayda. Additionally we hope to check in with Jason Hurd and find out how the IVAW State of the Union Tour is going.

News this week:

How to Crack the Pentagon Pundits’ Code

The ‘Veterans’ Vote’ is far from locked up

US Army Deserter to be Deported from Canada

America’s Homeless Vets, a Causality of Epidemic Proportions

This last article is one we will be following up on in the near future. Stay tuned for our upcoming series on the homeless Veteran crisis.

Tune in to Veterans’ Voices at 5 pm every Wednesday or stream/podcast here.

We’ll talk to Ned Ryan Doyle, the Director of the Southern Energy & Environment Expo. SEEEXPO is August 22-24, at the WNC Agricultural Center. Get the schedule & more info at www.seeexpo.com

David will tell us the real story of the war between Russia and Georgia, and why it is really a proxy war for US based oil interests.

This local news and public affairs show focuses on underreported information and encourages civic activism. Tune in live 7-8 pm Monday, catch the 1 pm Tuesday rebroadcast, or stream or podcast.