Archive | March, 2010

RadioActive: A Tribute to George Michael Evica

By popular demand, we finally post our tribute to George Michael Evica, long time host of Assassination Journal on WWUH.  Evica was a preeminent scholar on the Kennedy assassination and other nefarious dealings of the US government.  His work is unmatched.  He was also professor of English at the University of Hartford.

 

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Butt-ugly Collective

By Steve Fournier, courtesy of Current Invective

There’s a piece of the downtown Hartford skyline, popularly known as the butt-ugly building, that protrudes so forlornly from the surrounding sea of parked cars that it draws the attention of motorists passing through on the interstate.  To some, it must symbolize the failure of our once-great little city. Continue Reading

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RadioActive: Favianna Rodriguez

Artist and new media activist Favianna Rodriguez discusses her prints and posters, now on display at the Broad Street Gallery in Hartford, through April 9, 1283 Broad Street.   She’s also a co-founder of Presente.org.

 

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RadioActive: TJX Workers Struggle in Bloomfield

Carmen Cotto, a worker and member of UNITE/HERE at the TJX Distribution Center in Bloomfield, CT, discusses the issues surrounding the March 10 rally – such issues as treatment of workers, wages, and health benefits.

 

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Hartford Public Defends Education

A group of students from the Freshman Academy at Hartford Public High School created this video in response to the national call to defend education on March 4.

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RadioActive: Action Medics in Haiti

Roger Benham discusses his trip to Haiti as an action medic and compares the experience to that of New Orleans post Katrina. Go to MutualAidDisasterRelief.org for pictures and more information.

 

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