This podcast includes audio from Rosa Clemente’s #PRontheMap update on the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico. Clemente is a native of the Bronx and is an organizer, lecturer, journalist and lover of Hip Hop culture. Clemente is also a member of the group PR On The Map, a team of media makers documenting the REAL stories from the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Puerto Rico.

Our Policy Watch segment features analysis of the neoliberal bipartisan state budget, passed with a veto-proof majority by the Connecticut General Assembly last week.

We also discuss the latest crisis at Connecticut Valley Hospital, where ten employees were arrested and 37 suspended, in connection with the abuse of a 59 year-old patient.

We also provide an update on Colin Kaepernick, and racial justice policy work by National Football League players.

Community Party Radio Show is hosted by author and political activist David Samuels, author of the book False Choice: The Bipartisan Attack on the Working Class, the Poor and Communities of Color. Pick up your copy of the book on Amazon.

Community Party Radio Show airs Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 8p est / 7p cst /5p pst on www.SoMetroRadio.com. You can also hear the show on the iRadio station SoMetro Talk that is available on apps like TuneIn and SoMetro Magazine. SoMetro Radio and SoMetro Talk are original member stations of the GET GLOBAL NETWORK.

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