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On this month's show:

• Students, parents & teachers unite to form One Voice
• Students reflect on their defeat of school vouchers
• A third grader speaks about the school to prison pipeline
• The importance of art & music in school

Plus music & other news.

Hear more at our podcast: www.onblast.podomatic.com

En 2009 miles de personas en Pensilvania recibieron cartas diciendo que sus licencias de conducir serian canceladas. Muchas personas perdieron sus licencias y al mismo tiempo perdieron su derecho a sobrevivir.

Sin embargo, un grupo de seis personas ganaron su caso y conservaron sus licencias. En una serie de juntas comunitarias, han compartido su experiencia para que las otras personas afectadas puedan juntarse y luchar por su derecho a manejar.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today a bill to expand community radio nationwide – the Local Community Radio Act – passed the U.S. Senate, thanks to the bipartisan leadership of Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John McCain (R-AZ). This follows Friday afternoon’s passage of the bill in the House of Representatives, led by Representatives Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Lee Terry (R-NE). The bill now awaits the President's signature.

Despite years of strong public opposition, SugarHouse Casino opened it's doors on September 23, 2010. To many Philadelphians who understand the nature of predatory gambling, SugarHouse's arrival foretells a rise in unemployment, addiction, broken families and unstable communities.

Yet those who have been organizing around this issue are not giving up. In this piece, Lai Har Cheung, Reverend Jesse Brown, and Francesca Lo Basso talk about what SugarHouse will mean for Philly and why they are even more determined in their fight against casinos in Philadelphia.

On this month's show:
    •    Denver youth win new school discipline policies
    •    Students organize against the school to prison pipeline
    •    Farmworkers expose modern day slavery conditions
    •    On the street interviews about public education in Philly
    •    Plus lots of good music!

During Philadelphia Student Union's summer leadership program, Building A Youth Movement, students hit the streets to ask people their opinions about public education. Along the way they talked to college students, third grade girls, adults who attended private school, a mother with young children, parents of high school students, and other Philadelphians--- all of whom had strong opinions about the state of our city's public schools. Listen and see if you agree with what these Philly residents had to say.

Cada día el acceso al internet se vuelve más necesario para los quehaceres diarios, sea pagar una cuenta o postular para un trabajo. Además, el internet puede ser una herramienta poderosa para comunicar nuestras historias y vencer el aislamiento de nuestras luchas. 

¿Pero quién controla el internet? Actualmente las grandes compañías proveedoras de servicio quieren cobrar más para el acceso. Al mismo tiempo, no está claro cual agencia del gobierno tiene la autoridad para regular la red. 

On this episode of Labor Justice Radio:

+SEIU members fight for fair treatment in Delaware

+Philly responds to city budget cuts

+Queer immigrants talk about repression and resistance

+Day laborers speak about their right to work

+Music and local news

I am certain that project based learning is one of the best ways for young people to learn. My experiences with the West Philly Hybrid X-Team and Philadelphia Student Union have taught me this.

On this show:

• Picture the Homeless organizes for the right to housing in NYC
• PSU brings students together for a nonviolent 'flash mob'
• Students stand in solidarity with Temple nurses & techs
• Temple University Health System tries to limit college access for nurses' kids
• Plus music and local education news

This show was hosted by Greg Jordan-Detamore & Shania Morris. Dan
Jones engineered.