The FCC opened a new proceeding for public comment on restoring its authority to regulate broadband providers, but have been holding secret meetings with phone and cable companies to discuss a legislative compromise. And public interest and consumer groups filed a petition to deny the Comcast-NBC merger.

Filmmakers Michael Wilson and Natalie Zimmerman talk about their
film, Silhouette City, their book, Kingdom Come, and the origins and current state of the Christian Fascist movement.

Voices from protesters at the Oakland, California docks on Sunday June 20 demanding an end to Israel's siege of Gaza. Up to eight hundreds people in the early morning and more than 200 in the late afternoon blocked the gates to Berth 57 and prevented longshoremen from unloading a cargo ship belonging to the Israeli shipping line, Zim.

Suzanne Stone of Defenders of Wildlife as a judge in Missoula, Montana may, at any time, de-list wolves in the Greater Yellowstone and northern Rockies region.

Here is the playlist for our June 21 Broadcast

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Here is the playlist from our June 17th Broadcast, divided into Middle East, BP/enviro coverage, and DC local coverage.

Aidge Patterson, Justice for Oscar Grant Coalition and October 22nd Coalition, talks about the opening of the trial of Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop who murdered Oscar Grant, the shocking developments so far and the fight for justice; Bob Avakian, the Chair of the Revolutionary Communist Party, talks on the nature and role of police brutality; Emily Kunstler, who co-directed the film "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe" with her sister Sarah Kunstler, talks about the life and views of her father and how it impacted the times and the world he lived in; Joey Johnson talks about havin

Here is the playlist from our June 15th broadcast:

Here is the playlist from our June 11 Broadcast. Again, much coverage of Gaza, where a 50-ship relief convoy is being prepared, followed by Iraq and Palestine before we move on to local and domestic issues.