The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 19 Sep. '23
In the first half of today\u2019s show, we get all the the latest from the epic struggle in Atlanta over the future of Cop City, the massive police training facility that local officials want to clear cut a forest to build. Matt from the Atlanta Community Press Collective catches us up on all that and more.\n\nWe cover Sunday's climate march ahead of the UN summit in NYC. There were as many as 75,000 people on hand demanding that President Biden take dramatic actions to end fossil fuels. We also hear from Bill Brunson, a co-founder of the Liz Christy Garden on Houston between Bowery and 2nd Ave., one of the first community gardens in the city.\n\nIn the second half of the show, we do some pitching and hear from callers.