well, folks, this is the first blog entry in a minute. as our listeners may know, kpwr is a new studio, down the way from the rhizome, still somewhere in the eastside. it feels different here, which is to be expected.

but, as we say, the people will radio. here's a bit a news you may not find anywhere else:

CWA strike against AT&T over Health Care and cost shifting to employees
Negotiations between AT & T and the Communications Workers of America continue to move slowly. With 5 Regional Contracts across the country set to expire April 4th, workers in Locals from coast to coast held strike votes this week. Rachel Clarke and Courtney Wilson bring us more from Local 6222 out of Houston.

Valentine's Day Housing Occupation in Minneapolis
On Valentine's Day 2009 community organizers moved a homeless family into one of the hundreds of vacant HUD homes in Minneapolis. While this event was public, it is part of a broader underground railroad involving over a dozen occupations throughout the Twin Cities. The event was organized by the People's Economic Human Rights Campaign and participants included individual members of the community and the Twin Cities Industrial Workers of the World.

From Fighting Pinochet to Fighting Deportation
NYC protesters demand political asylum for Chilean ex-political prisoner, Victor Toro, who is now facing deportation.
Victor Toro Speech After Arrest ... July 10 Bronx, NY