Voice of the People: Radio By and For the 99%

Soundman Jim and Mark explore our Word of the Week - “Popular Resistance” - by looking at some current examples of popular resistance. First, we hear from Lizzie Mills-Low and Breeann Adam of Missoula’s anti-data center organization MADCAT. Next, we hear Lucas Moody’s report on the Missoula City Council, including its pause in purchasing surveillance cameras as a result of popular pressure. Then w...

Our Word of the Week is “Data Center.” Lucas Moody, Soundman Jim and Mark discuss what data centers are, what issues there are with them, what is happening in Montana, and more specifically about the proposed Bonner data center. Next, we hear from Lucas and his report on the Missoula City Council. Then we interview Alison Reintjes of Grow Safe: Non-toxic Missoula who discusses her group’s effort t...

Sue Kirchmyer, Linda Gillison, soundman Jim and Mark discuss our Word of the Week: “Apocalypse.” We will discuss major broad revelations about the US that change how we see our country. Next, we hear from Lucas Moody and his report on the Missoula City Council. Finally, we hear an interview of University of Montana professor Richard Drake who discusses his article in Counterpunch titled “The Const...

Our Word of the Week is “Just Cause.” In our interview with Organizers’ Union for Just Cause leader Matt Fennell we will explore what Just Cause is at work and why its important for all workers in the US. Next, we hear from Lucas Moody and his reports on the Missoula City Council. Finally, we hear from speakers from a Montanans for Palestine rally on April 25th at the Missoula County Courthouse gr...

Our Word of the Week is “May Day Strong.” This is in reference to the coalition of groups in 400 locations around the United States who organized opposition to the billionaires, to ICE, to fascism while celebrating that ordinary people had created the 8-hour workday, which struggle is the origin of International Workers’ Day on May 1st. On today’s show we hear from events around Missoula on May Da...

Soundman Jim and Mark discuss our Word of the Week: “May Day.” This is of course in reference to the International Workers’ Day on May 1st. We will look at the anarchist roots of the May Day holiday in the fight in the US for the eight-hour workday. Then we look at the modern May Day events in the US sponsored by the coalition May Day Strong, including events in Missoula. Then we will look at the...

Lucas Moody joins Soundman Jim and Mark exploring our Word of the Week: “War.” This is of course in reference to the US-Israeli War on Iran. First, we will look at the state of the war: President Trump’s War Speech on April 1st, the lead-up and aftermath of that speech, the current and projected economic effects of the war, and the open letter to Americans from Iran’s President. Then we cover some...

Our Word of the Week is “US Imperialism in Latin America.” We will play a recording of the March 12th presentation by Maria Bustos and Paul Haber in the first installment of the 2026 Socialist Speakers Series held at the Elks Lodge in Missoula. Lastly, we will hear from Lucas Moody as he gives us his Missoula City Council Report.

Sue Kirchmyer, Soundman Jim and Mark tackle this episode on “Conflict.” This is in reference to two major conflicts that we will cover in this show: the US-Israeli War on Iran; and the class conflict between the working and owning classes. First, we will look at and critique the main reasons claimed by the US to wage war on Iran, and then look at the more likely reasons. Then we look at recent cla...

Soundman Jim and Mark explore our Word of the Week: “Iran.” We first have the briefest of looks at Islam, Iran’s chief but by no means only religion. Then we will hear an excerpt of an interview of former United Kingdom diplomat of that region, Alastair Crooke. Then we will hear another excerpt of an interview of Satereh Sadeqi, assistant professor at Tehran University who witnessed the January ri...

Linda Gillison, Soundman Jim and Mark take on our Word of the Week: “Teamsters Union - Minneapolis 1934.” As a follow up to our coverage of the January 23rd Minnesota General Strike against ICE, we will learn about an earlier resistance movement in Minneapolis, the seminal 1934 Teamsters Union Rebellion, and its parallels with January 23rd. Then we will look at the partial victory over ICE in Minn...

This week Lucas Moody joins Soundman Jim and Mark. Our Word of the Week is “ICE.” First, we look at the history of this federal agency, then at its long history of abuse. Then we will hear from organizers on the ground to hear how Minnesota’s January 23rd General Strike fared. Then we will hear from speakers at a Missoula rally in solidarity with the Minnesota January 23rd activities and what is p...

Our Word of the Week is Venezuela. First, we hear from University of Montana research professor Richard Drake about the history of the Monroe doctrine. Then we hear an interview of two current supporters of the Venezuelan Bolivarian Revolution about recent events, but also about the status of the revolutionary process.

Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99% - Linda Gillison, Soundman Jim and Mark explore our Word of the Week: “Alignment.” We talk about what that word means in the context of social movements, including the one’s we are covering in this show. And so we look at the long-term success of Minnesotans For a Fair Economy who uses long-term alignment among disparate social movement groups as a way...

With guest host Lucas Moody, Soundman Jim and Mark. Our Word of the Week is “Anti-War.” First, we look at how President Trump’s “peace plan” in the Ukraine-Russia war is faring. Then we look at how international workers are building a ‘People’s Embargo’ for Palestine and against Israeli genocide. After that, we look at the genocide occurring in the Sudan. Lastly, we look at the Trump Administratio...

Our Word of the Week is “Socialism.” For our entire show we will listen to a panel presentation on our word of the week, recorded on November 6th at the Elks Lodge in Missoula. This panel presentation is titled “Imagining a Post Capitalist World” and is part of the Western Montana chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America 2025 Socialism Speaker Series.

Our Word of the Week is “Artificial Intelligence Data Centers.” We will take a deep dive into AI, their data centers, the possible impacts on Montana and why it has created so much opposition. Then we will hear the press conference of the Missoula’s Travois Village Tenants Union and why they organized. Lastly we will inspect the saber-rattling and murder by the Trump Administration over Venezuela....

We open and close this show with a reading of just a few dozen of the names of thousands of children killed in Gaza by Israel's genocide. Our Word of the Week is “Platform” and is connected to today’s show which features a press conference by four Western Montana Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates and their platform for the Missoula City Council. We will look at two national pol...

Our Word of the Week is “Police.” The following aretwo lectures on the topic of police and bail abolition sponsored by the Western Montana Democratic Socialists of America. These lectures were presented on September 15, 2025 in Missoula by Kristian Williams and Riley Pavelich.

Today’s show features an interview with Brandon Bryant, Missoula native and resident whom we have featured on this show in the past. He will talk about his recent altercation with the Missoula Police. Our word of the Week is “assassination,” as we discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the responses to it. We then look at the Trump Administration’s DOGE efforts at the Social Security Admini...

With Sue Kirchmyer, Soundman Jim and Mark today’s show features an interview of Lawrence Abbott of Move to Amend about their effort to amend the United States Constitution to end corporate personhood and state that money is not speech. Our word of the Week is “labor.” We look at the Trump Administration’s attack on the workers of the EPA. We look at U.S. Border Patrol agents arresting two firefigh...

Mark hosts today’s show which features interviews of 8 participants in the 2025 Democratic Socialists of America biennial national convention held in Chicago on August 8th through the 10th. The Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA, is the largest socialist organization in the US for over 100 years with nearly 100,000 members in over 200 chapters in 48 states.

Sue Kirchmyer, Soundman Jim and Mark take a dive into our word of the week: “immigration.” We will hear from immigration attorney Randal Caudle about the state of legal affairs around immigration and how it is affecting immigrant communities. We will explore some history of US policy on immigration. We will also look at the current Trump efforts and how his budget bill greatly expands the reach of...

On this week's Voice of the People our featured presentation is a speech given by Montana House Representative Zooey Zephyr titled “Building Socialism at the State Level.” Our word of the week is “gerrymandering" and we will hear an exclusive report of a trial in North Carolina challenging the state’s voting districts by our own Linda Gillison. We will then look at two ICE arrests in Mont...

Hosted by Soundman Jim and Mark, our word of the week is “Pay Attention,” because very major historical events are happening right now that working class Montanans need to be paying attention to. One major event is the Democratic primary election victory of a Muslim immigrant democratic socialist for mayor of New York City. Another major event is the US and Israeli attack on Iran, which we will ex...