From the Trenches Radio for February

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

ON THE SHOW IN FEBURARY 2013:

* 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

Setsuko Thurlow -- a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan -- spoke about her experiences regarding nuclear energy and nuclear weapons at a recent Chicago conference marking the 70th anniversary of the start of the nuclear age.