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by KP Whaley
Dealing with stay-at-home orders, loss of a job, and loss of community is difficult for all of us. But for those folks in recovery from addiction it is especially difficult. This week we talked about the issue with Sue Polston, Executive Director of Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness. Listen to the full interview here:
by KP Whaley
Now that school is officially using remote learning for the remainder of this school year, we discussed what it means for children and families in WNC with Michelle Vruwink of The Franklin School of Innovation and Brady Rochford of Francine Delany New School For Children.
by Erik Mattox
Join us tonight at 8 PM est as The UnCola plays two hours of Forgotten Top 40 from the 1990s.
As of today April 27th, there are 51 confirmed cases in Buncombe County and 3 deaths. There are 8, 623 confirmed cases in the state of North Carolina and 289 confirmed deaths statewide.
A reminder that many popular places in Pisgah National Forest remain closed, as does much of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western North Carolina. Also closed, until at least May 8, is the Big Bradley Falls Trail in the Green River Gamelands in Polk County.
When Will North Carolina Open:
The stay-at-home order will extend through May 8, Gov. Roy Cooper announced April 23.
Based on the requirements Cooper set out, NC would have to see improvements in COVID-19 trends — including cases reported, hospitalization and death rates — to consider reopening May 9.
Cooper spelled out a three-stage approach North Carolina will use to gradually ease restrictions once trends improve.
Roy Cooper announced at an April 24 press conference that North Carolina’s public schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year as part of an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
By doing this, North Carolina joins 41 other states, three U.S. territories and the District of Columbia that have ordered or recommended that school buildings be closed for the rest of the academic year, according to Education Week. The closures are affecting around 43 million students.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article242260041.html
Phases to Slowly Reopen NC:
Phase 1
Phase 2 – can only begin 2-3 weeks after Phase 1 begins
Phase 3 – can only begin 4-6 weeks after Phase 2 begins
Other Western North Carolina COVID-19 Cases and Stats:
The only counties in the state that have reported zero COVID-19 cases include Graham, Yancey, Avery, Hyde, and Camden Counties.
https://wlos.com/news/local/nc-covid-19-saturday-update
by Joey Books
This past weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the Midwest’s first full-fledged, outdoor rock festival, “Sound Storm.” Produced by Golden Freak Enterprises, it happened Friday, April 24 – Sunday, April 26, 1970 on the farm of Mrs. Irene York near the village of Poynette, Wisconsin, just north of Madison. The setting, a natural amphitheater, and unseasonably warm weather combined to make conditions nearly perfect for a festival that attracted 30,000 “hippies” who came to enjoy the sunshine and some very fine music by the Grateful Dead, Rotary Connection, Baby Huey & the Babysitters, Crow, Mason Proffit, Illinois Speed Press, and many more local, regional, and national acts. Join me, Joey Books, for ‘Life Out of Tunes’ today, Monday at 12:00 noon Eastern (11:00 am Central) as I try to restore my faded memory of this auspicious musical event I attended fifty freakin’ years ago! I’ll be spinning tunes from many of the artists billed on the promotional flyer, including a few of those more obscure. Peace!
by bogoodness
Airs on WSFM-LP 103.3 in Asheville / streaming at AshevilleFM from 3am EST on April 27th through May 3rd, 2020 and podcasting on libsyn.com.
I’m really happy to share a chat with anarchist and historian, Barry Pateman. Barry, born in the early 1950’s, grew up in a working class coal mining town of Doncaster in the UK and became an anarchist in the 1960’s in London. He is a longstanding member of the Kate Sharpley Library which covers histories of little-known anarchists and events in history. Barry has also contributed to and edited numerous books including “Chomsky on Anarchism”, a two book document collection with Candace Falk and many more titles, many on AK Press. We talk about anarchist history, community, repression, defeat, insularity, popular front with authoritarian Marxists, class analysis and how to beat back capitalism. Find Kate Sharpley Library at KateSharpleyLibrary.Net.
I’d like to recommend listeners check out a recent call to General Strike by People’s Strike, which includes Cooperation Jackson. The beginning of their call, which can be found linked to in our show notes, is:
The CODVID-19 pandemic has starkly revealed the inequalities and injustices that daily plague the world.
The triple crisis of viral plague, systemic economic breakdown, and the failure and/or unwillingness of Governments to provide necessary protections, especially for the poor and people subjected to white supremacy, ethnocentrism, xenophobia, and mysogyny has thrown us into a fight for our lives.
The “Free Markets” that right-wing political figures like Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Jair Bolsonaro and others are seeking to protect and rely upon to address the COVID-10 pandemic will continue to produce chaos and needless suffering for millions of people. The economic nationalism and imperial rivalry we see on full display in the midst of this pandemic magnify the threat of war.
In the U.S. we are fed a steady stream of lies and authoritarian posturing. From Palestine to South Africa to Brazil to the U.S. and beyond, ooppressive regimes are actively sacrificing vulnerable peoples and communities and treating frontline workers as uttlerly disposable.
We say ENOUGH! It is time to stand up! It’s Time To Strike Back – For Our Lives and Our Futures!
You’ll notice that in this chat we’re mostly taking a slight break from the 24-7 covid-show for our broadcast, though the topic is touched on briefly. If you’re looking to hear anarchist-relevant perspectives concerning the pandemic and organizing, we do suggest people check out Episode #33 of A-Radio Networks “Bad News: Angry Voices From Around The World” which is up at our website and also available at A-Radio-Network.Org. I would also suggest checking out some of the awesome shows in the Channel Zero Network, of which we are a member. For instance, Kite Line Radio produces a weekly show featuring the voices of prisoners and the formerly incarcerated on all sorts of topics.
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