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From The Trenches is the monthly radio program of the Chicago Independent Media Center.

ON THE SHOW IN APRIL 2013:

* UNDERSTANDING THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSINGS

Teachers, students, and Chicagoans are taking action against the announced closing of 54 Chicago Public Schools. We'll speak with Chicago teacher and activist Xian Barrett.

* ROBERT JENSEN ON "ARGUING FOR OUR LIVES"

From The Trenches is the monthly radio program of the Chicago Independent Media Center.

ON THE SHOW IN MARCH 2013:

* EXCERPTS FROM "10 YEARS SINCE IRAQ -- THE CHANGING FACE OF WAR"

Chicagoans commemorated the 10th anniversary of the war on Iraq with a panel presentation on the war and its aftermath. We'll hear excerpts from the presentation.

* MEDIA POLICY ACTIVIST SUSAN CRAWFORD ON THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET

Susan Crawford, media policy analyst and author of the book "Captive Audience", spoke in Chicago on the history and future of the internet.

From The Trenches is the monthly radio program of the Chicago Independent Media Center.

ON THE SHOW IN FEBURARY 2012:

* CORNEL WEST ON "POVERTY, POWER, AND THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES"

Longtime academic and activist Cornel West speaks in Chicago, at a presentation from November 2012, held at Northwestern University Law School on the issue of public media in Chicago and coverage (or lack thereof) of issues of poverty and power.

* HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR SETSUKO THURLOW ON NUCLEAR BOMBS