The Wednesday, October 16, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features participants in the 2024 annual Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, California, hosted by the International Indian Treaty Council and highlighting ongoing, global, Native defense and protection of their sovereignty, cultural identities, sacred homelands, and efforts opposing climate change.  We also share news, recordings, and reflections on a Columbia riverside agricultural community threatened by a proposed renewable diesel refinery at Port Westward, Oregon, Rising Tide Chicago gatherings and an indigenous water protectors travel fundraiser to shut down the Great Lakes Line 5 tar sands pipeline, the rare, visible Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet, and the closest full moon of 2024.  Broadcast for twelve years on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow, every Wednesday between 1:30 and 3 pm Pacific time, on-air at 90.3 FM and online at KRFP and the Pacifica Network AudioPort, the show describes continent-wide, grassroots, frontline resistance to fossil fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ.

Port Westward, October 4, 2024 Barbara Bernstein

Can You See Comet Tsuchinshan- ATLAS?, September 27, 2024 Time and Date

The Hunter’s Moon: Closest Full Moon of 2024, October 9, 2024 Time and Date

Chicago Gathering to Shut Down Line 5 – Wednesday, October 23, October 11, 2024 Rising Tide Chicago (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Fundraiser for Water Protectors Coming to Chicago on October 23, October 11, 2024 Rising Tide Chicago (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Honor Decolonization Day! LandBack Victory!, October 11, 2024 Indigenous Solidarity Network (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

2024 Indigenous Peoples Day Alcatraz Sunrise Gathering, September 30, 2024 International Indian Treaty Council

KPFA’s Coverage of the Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, October 14, 2024 KPFA