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Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99%

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 Constitutional Origins of the War in Iran.”

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Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99%
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 grounds.

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

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 Day, with one special visit to North Carolina. First we will hear speakers and music at the May Day Rally at the University of Montana campus. Then we hear later in the day as a flying picket visits the office of US Senator Tim Sheehy, a Lowes store and an Enterprise Rent-a-Car facility; all to protest their support or complicity with the Immigration Control and Enforcement Agency better known as ICE. Then we hear from a few of the speakers at a celebration potluck and barbecue where discussions on group alignments, more singing, and an ICE agent pinata rounded out the day. Then we hear a short interview of the President of the North Carolina AFL-CIO on the amazing success of North Carolina teachers closing down the largest school districts on May Day and holding a giant march in the capital.

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Join us in Action and Celebration!
May Day is International Workers’ Day, and the Western Montana DSA and allied organizations are hosting activities all weekend. Friday May 1st, 2026, will be a Workers Over Billionaires national day of action in conjunction with the national coalition May Day Strong.
Across the country we are standing up and demanding:
    1    Tax the rich so our families, not their fortunes, come first.
    2    ICE Out. No war. No private army serving authoritarian power.
    3    Expand democracy, not corporate power. Defend free and fair elections.
It's up to us to organize and act together! When the demands are not met, we don’t continue business as usual.
That’s why on May 1 thousands are calling for:
    •    NO SCHOOL
    •    NO WORK
    •    NO SHOPPING
    •    NO WAR
    •    NO PRIVATE ARMY SERVING AUTHORITARIAN POWER
    •    EXPAND DEMOCRACY

WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN THE MAY DAY STRONG PLEDGE TODAY
maydaystrong.org (https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/nokings)

COPY & PASTE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO RSVP TO OUR VARIOUS MAY DAY EVENTS

https://actionnetwork.org/campaigns/may-day-events?source=direct_link&

Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99%.
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 state of the US labor federation, the AFL-CIO. And at the latest attack by the Trump Administration on organized labor. We then move to the elections in Hungary and to the US/Israeli war on Iran. Then finally we will hear from Lucas Moody as he gives us his regular Missoula City Council Report.
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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 labor news and the plans for general strike organizing for May Day 2026. Then finally we will hear from Lucas as he gives us his regular Missoula City Council Report.

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