The Organic Farm Stand presents:

• Hot Topics with Diane Lauricella
• Small Farms Report with Steve Munno
• Nutrient-rich soil and how it produces nutrient-dense food with Monique Bosch

Hosts: Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

Resistance Roundtable interviews:
1. Sandra Levinson, executive director of the Center For Cuban Studies, about Trump's recent threat to crush Cuba in the wake of the invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro (www.centerforcubanstudies.org);
2. Costanza Segovia, director of CT For All (www.connecticutforall.org), an immigrant rights group, discusses the increased threats to Connecticut immigrants with the massive surge in new minimally trained ICE personal.

Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill

Interview with Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and past president of the National Lawyers Guild, conducted by Scott Harris.

Marjorie Cohn discusses her recent commentary, “Trump Will Try to Defend Aggression Toward Venezuela. It’s Still Illegal,” and a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators that advanced a war powers resolution that ultimately failed. She also comments on the legal and accountability issues related to the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.

Interview with Victor Pickard, the C. Edwin Baker professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, where he co-directs the Media, Inequality & Change Center.

Victor Pickard talks about recent mega-media mergers, spinoffs and the effort by Trump-supporting oligarchs to buy up media properties that could dramatically impact news coverage and cultural content. He touches on his recent co-written piece, “The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis.”

Interview with Pastor Doug Pagitt, executive director of the Minneapolis-based national organization Vote Common Good, conducted by Scott Harris.

Pastor Doug Pagitt talks about this moment of crisis in the aftermath of the ICE shooting death of ICE observer Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of 3. Vote Common Good organizes religious activists to take action against the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda.

Interview with Alexander Main, director of international policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, conducted by Scott Harris.

Alexander Main talks about President Trump’s regime’s illegal kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, imposition of a naval blockade, seizure of oil tankers and the president’s declaration that the U.S. will run Venezuela and take control of that nation’s oil for many years ahead. He also addresses Trump’s threat to attack other nations including Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Greenland, Canada and Iran.

The Monthly Labor Report interviews Olivia "Liv" Ryan, a Starbucks shift supervisor and a lead organizer with Starbucks Workers United (SBWU). which has mounted a national strike against the Starbucks corporation.
Economist Michael Zweig talks about his trip to Vietnam and Australia where he met with labor organizations and discussed working class agendas and strategies.
Host: Richard Hill

Interview with Lynn Stoddard, a volunteer with Third Act, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Third Act is a national organization of American activists over the age of 60, focusing on the issues of climate and democracy. The group was founded by author and climate activist Bill McKibben, whose 2025 book titled, “Here Comes the Sun,” extols the value of solar energy for providing affordable, carbon-free power, and the importance of making this renewable energy source accessible to everyone in the world.