ON THE SHOW IN AUGUST 2013:
* ACTIVIST EFFORTS AGAINST REMOTE-CONTROLLED DRONE AIRPLANES GROW
Peace activists in Chicago and worldwide are increasing efforts to stopping the wartime and policing uses of remote controlled airplanes, commonly called "drones". We'll learn more about drones from Chicago peace activist Kait McIntyre.
* JOURNALIST ANDREW NIKIFORUK ON "THE ENERGY OF SLAVES"
We'll also hear excerpts from a recent Chicago-area presentation by Canadian journalist Andrew Nikiforuk, who discussed the history of energy from the perspective of slavery.
* Plus, recent headlines from Chicago Indymedia.
Mitchell Szczepanczyk is a software developer, media producer, political activist, aspiring polyglot, degree-holding linguist, and game show aficionado. He has written two e-books, and contributed to the books Real Utopia and Democratic Economic Planning. Mitchell has been involved with groups working on the heterodox economic model known as a "participatory economy"; he co-founded CAPES, the Chicago Area Participatory Economics Society, and has organized events with CAPES. He is currently helping to develop computational models of a participatory economy. A son of Polish immigrants and a native of Michigan (USA), he makes his home in Chicago where he has lived since 1996.
