9:00 - 10:00 am
Bernie Sanders is calling for a political revolution. He started one in Burlington, when he was elected mayor of Vermont’s Queen City in 1981. We’ll explore the potential of progressive third parties in the relocalizing movement. Guests include:
Jonathan Martin, author of Empowering Progressive Third Parties in the United States: Defeating Duopoly, Advancing Democracy
http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781138022010
Vermont State Rep. Susan Hatch Davis (P-Orange, Williamstown, Washington, Corinth, Chelsea, and Vershire).
http://legislature.vermont.gov/people/single/2016/14594
10:00 - 10:30 am
A follow-up on the Great Barre Chicken Squabble, a locally told Extempo story fresh from Wednesday night’s event,* plus upcoming events related to energy, food, and the local economy at the end of the age of oil.
Please tune in! Relocalizing Vermont runs Thursdays, 9:00 - 10:30 am Eastern, on WGDR Plainfield 91.1 FM / WGDH Hardwick 91.7 FM / streaming at wgdr.org
Now with on-demand streaming for two weeks after air date at www.wgdr.org/on-demand
*This month’s ExtempoVT storytelling is at La Puerta Negra on Main Street in Montpelier, starting 8 pm on Wednesday, March 2.
www.extempovt.com