Indigo Radio

Guests Tim Kipp, retired history teacher and activist since the 1960's and Nicholas Biddle, retired history professor and activist join hosts Nina and Anna to discuss the connections between domestic gun violence, global arms trade and imperialism.

Join us today on Indigo Radio. This week we will be bringing forth the voices of students who participated in the March 14th National Walkout Day. 1 million students across the US walked out of their classes for marches and moments of silence at 10 AM in all 50 states and with international acts of solidarity as well. Students’ actions ranged from moments of silence for the 17 victims of the Parkl...

Hosts Mikaela and Anna hold a discussion around mental illness, stigma, criminalization, how we cope, get our needs meet and take care of each other. Joined in the studio is Calvin Moen from Vermont Psychiatric Survivors in Brattleboro and Hannah, a community member that has been directly impacted by the mental health care system.

This show is about immigration and the recent ruling by the supreme court that says that immigrants (including permanent residents) can continue to be held without bond hearings indefinitely.

Nik and Maresa discuss the current statistics on those who have become wards of the state, as well as the history of the foster care system. Interviews by Jo Dery, a local foster parent, as well as Judy Dow, Abenaki researcher and educator. Analysis of the role of the state as it relates to family life from the early 1900s to today. Part 1 of the series.

Hosts Asis and Nina interviewed David Vine, author of Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World, and discussed the consequences and purpose of the over 800 known U.S. military bases abroad.

Cory and Chris host a discussion about men, patriarchy, and capitalism. What are the origins of patriarchy? How profitable is patriarchy and how does it divide people? How do we have these conversations in our classrooms and communities?

Part II of our discussion around mass incarceration, Riker's Island, and reform vs. prison abolition. Hosts Anna & Mikaela will be continuing their conversation with Lateef Taylor (working on Riker's) and Justin Helepololei of Great Falls Books Through Bars, doing work in Western, MA. For Part I : https://soundcloud.com/user-654648353/part-i-rikers-island-prison-jails-race-and-local-issues

Indigo radio hosts Mikaela and Anna play an interview with Lateef Taylor, a Senior Human Resources Generalist working at Riker's Island - NYC's main jail complex. We also were joined in the studio by Justin Helepololei with Great Falls Books Through Bars - a group working in Turners Falls, MA that distributes books to those incarcerated. This is Part I of a two part series on mass incarceration, p...

Becca Polk and Maresa Nielson discuss and play clips from the MLK Speak Out events in Springfield, VT and Brattleboro, VT.

Discussion around Honduras, history of US intervention, and the current political crisis happening. Indigo host Henry talks with Honduran educator Asis Castellanos and professor Adrienne Pine at American University and author of the book Working Hard, Drinking: On Violence and Survival in Honduras

Indigo Radio interviews Ziad Abbas, Asis Castellanos, Abby Mnookin and comrades in the streets of Brattleboro to discuss occupation in Palestine, Honduras, in our environment, and in the world.

On todays show we looked at music as a form of resistance. We analyzed both the context in which songs were written, what are the messages and history we get through songs, as well as current struggles such as borders, labor and the Tax Bill.

Hosts Anna Mullany & Cory Sorenson talk about the myths around Thanksgiving and discuss their experiences at the National Day of Mourning at Plymouth, MA. We are joined on the line by Roberto Borrero, member of the indigenous Taino Nation and president of the United Confederation of Taino People to talk about continued indigenous resistance and the history of Thanksgiving. We also play political p...

Hosts Becca Polk and Nina Kunimoto interviewed Professor Kozue Akibayashi of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan to discuss resistance against U.S. military bases in Okinawa, Japan. Becca and Nina will contextualize the bases in the U.S. imperialist project and Professor Akibayashi enlightens us of the human and environmental costs of the bases, especially sexual assault.

Dr. Aviva Chomsky discusses U.S. imperialism in Latin America and Immigration. Hosts Kelly Juno and Nina Kunimoto add to the conversation with creative resistance against capitalism in Latin America.

Discussion of the nature of homelessness and panhandling in Brattleboro and the United States. Critique of the responses to panhandling, and discussion of structural causes.

On this show we discuss the current state of our healthcare system and whether it can meet the needs of people. We talk with Martha Allen at the VT NEA about the teachers union struggles over healthcare, Ellen Schwartz and the Vermont Workers Center, and Dr. Roona Ray a family doctor and public health specialist.

In this show we will be discussing the legacy of colonization and whether or not Columbus should be celebrated as a hero, featuring young people from Guilford and Springfield Vt.

Listen to an interview with Nancy Mansour, Palestinian woman from Haifa, born and raised in London. She'll be talking about the occupation of Palestine and it's effects on ordinary Palestinian people. From the West Bank to Gaza, settlers and soldiers violate the dignity and land of indigenous Palestinians. What can we do here in the US? Tune in!

Join us as we discuss Betsy DeVos's personal history, the history of corporatization and privatization of schooling, and connections to schools in Brattleboro and Puerto Rico.

U.S. imperialism in Central and South America dates back to the early 1800s and it has continued unabated and perhaps has intensified recently. We have a conversation with Laura Jean Embree-Lowry of Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES).

The topic today is white supremacy and we'll be interviewing Dottie Morris, Chief Officer of Diversity at Keene State College, Christopher Tinson, Professor of Africana Studies and History at Hampshire College, and Carly Fox, History Teacher at Vermont Academy. We will explore how white supremacy manifests in our day-to-day lives and its historical roots.

Syrians escape war to Lebanon, many to the capital of Beirut and even more now living in informal encampments in the Bekaa Valley in East Lebanon. Ali and Hiba discuss their work supporting Syrians escaping war to the Bekaa Valley, their living conditions and their growing insecurity.

Conversation around racism and white supremacy in the U.S. Joining us on Indigo Radio was Joe Keady, a current graduate student at UMASS Amherst and was recently in Charlottesville during the white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally as part of the counter-protest & Mike Szostak, who runs the restorative justice program at Brattleboro Union High School.