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Sarah Marken, Paul SImons - 12/26/15
Dec. 31, 2015, 6:28 a.m.
We welcome two phone-in guests on this 90-minute Double Feature edition of the World Labor Hour. Sarah Morken from the Tacoma $15 NOW Campaign calls in 30 minutes into the program. An hour into the program, Paul Simons of the Rojava Solidarity Network in NYC calls into the program to talk about the revolutionary region of Rojava Kurdistan, located in northern Syria. Rojava is a Worker controlled democratic confederation with Worker cooperatives. Woman not only have equal rights but are also in many of the military and governance leadership positions. (extended length 1:28:54)
Local, Reional and National Labor Issues - 12/19/15
Dec. 31, 2015, 6:22 a.m.
Local stories include Champaign Police abuse videos, regional stories include Kohler employess in Wisconsin, national stories include continued water shut offs in Detriot. Jim calls in with the Eyman Report, Gus recommends several great books and there's other labor news and views and lively conversation. (extended length 1:08:00)
Dec. 31, 2015, 6:12 a.m.
Our in-studio guest, Nancy Dietrich, joins us for a discussion of Naomi Klein's book, "This Changes Everything, Capitalism vs. The Climate". Other topics include Champaign Police abuse videos and the decreasing numbers of America's middle class.
Dec. 31, 2015, 5:32 a.m.
Sounds Irish is a weekly program coming straight from County Wicklow in Ireland, hosted by Joe Bollard, one of the elder statesmen of the Irish show band scene. Each program features a variety of Irish and Irish-related songs from many different genres, along with a healthy dose of banter from your host. Please consider adding Sounds Irish to your stations' weekly lineup of programs. All we ask is that we know where the show is being aired so that we can give mention on the program. To contact the show, it is best to send email to Joe Bollard directly at joebollard2@eircom.net
The 2-hour program is posted weekly in multiple parts for broadcasters to insert their own breaks.
La marge a CKIA 30 decembre 2015 La Bottine Souriante
Dec. 31, 2015, 4:34 a.m.
"New Year's Dance Party 2016"
Dec. 30, 2015, 7:48 p.m.
This RADIOLA! faces the changing of the calendar with an uncharacteristic absence of dread.
The Kelly Alexander Show December 30 2015
Dec. 30, 2015, 4:59 p.m.
Dec. 30, 2015, 12:41 p.m.
The opening hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Blogspot, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive
Dec. 30, 2015, 12:26 p.m.
The second hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Blogspot, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive
Dec. 30, 2015, 12:10 p.m.
The third hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Blogspot, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive
Dec. 30, 2015, 11:47 a.m.
The fourth hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Blogspot, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive
Dec. 30, 2015, 6:33 a.m.
Concussions: The Impact of Sports on KIds' Brains
Dec. 29, 2015, 10:32 p.m.
In Memory of John Trudell: What it Means to be a Human Being (TWO of TWO)
Dec. 29, 2015, 9:03 p.m.
A combination of poetry and thoughts about history, democracy, intelligence, responsibility and our common future.
The many remembrances that were written about John Trudell after his passing on December 8, 2015, showed the extraordinary width and depth of his engagement. Most know of his music and poetry, or of the films that he participated in. Not everybody knew that up to 1979 writing and performing was not even a thought or plan or dream of his.
In the ten years prior to 1979 Trudell had participated in the Indians of All Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island that began in 1969 . From 1973 to 1979, he served as national chairman of A.I.M., the American Indian Movement.
This ten year period of activism ended for Trudell on February 11,1979. He had led a march to the FBI headquarters in Washington D.C. when approximately 12 hours later a fire âof suspicious originâ burned down Trudellâs home on the Shoshone Paiute reservation in Nevada, killing his pregnant wife Tina, their three young children, and Tinaâs mother.
All friends and observers of John Trudell agree that the murder of his family was the turning point in his life. Trudell said he withdrew from the world; and âwriting wordsâ became his way âto keep some sanityâ and continue to survive.
But unlike others who â after such unspeakable loss â retired for the rest of their lives Trudell re-engaged and went public again: He was an early supporter of native Fishing Rights, he participated in the forest protection campaigns of the 1980s. He helped Tribes who resisted uranium mining on their lands. He spoke against nuclear war and was arrested at the site of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in 1981. He became an early voice for climate protection and against carbon pollution.
Trudell became one of the eloquent anti corporate critics of so-called western civilization. His extraordinary concept of how the combination of fossil fuels and technology created the most powerful corporate Industrial Reich â as he called it as a play on the Third Reich of Hitler - makes us realize today why the fight for climate protection and against fossil fuel use is so devastatingly difficult.
The talk you are about to hear was part of yet another engagement of his. John Trudell supported international campaigns against fossil fuel extraction on Indigenous lands. Here is the conclusion of his talk in support of the Uâwa of Columbia whose fight against oil drilling continues to this day.
Dec. 29, 2015, 8:34 p.m.
In an interview conducted during Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza, We talk with Israeli author and historian Ilan Pappe, who labeled the assault "incremental genocide." We also dig deeply into the nature of the state of Israel, and its history and foundation in ethnic cleansing.
Dec. 29, 2015, 7:40 p.m.
Richard Lunt: Transparent Solar Cells (re-broadcast)
Dec. 29, 2015, 6:31 p.m.
Imagine a world where every window-laden skyscraper generates its own solar power, where the skylights in your ceiling are a source of light and electricity, and where your iphone charges itself through the power of the sun. What could make this imagined world possible? Photovoltaic solar cells that are as transparent as regular glass. Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio is Prof. Richard Lunt, the lead researcher on the MIT team that developed the technology, an assistant professor at Michigan State University, and co-founder of Ubiquitous Energy, the commercial enterprise through which this energy-capturing glassy-film will be distributed. Lunt talks about the science behind âtransparent luminescent solar concentratorsâ and the opportunities ahead with applications ranging from power-generating car and building windows, to use on every device you can think of, from smart phones to store signs.
B&D Approach #129 - Yulestrumentals
Dec. 29, 2015, 12:52 p.m.
-All-instrumental Holiday show.
10.12 - Bluestaeb
Thoughts Under the Xmas Tree - Cookin Soul
Mami - Elaquent
One Little Indian (Jay Dee's Sh*t remix) - Little Indian
Black Friday - Wise 1
No Presents - Jay Alpha
It Feels Right - Elaquent
On A Sleighride - Lemonface
Dynomite - Lone Catalysts
Do Not Disturb - Sivion (beat by Dert)
Hey! - Nicolay
The Thief's Theme - Dela
*unknown 9th Wonder instrumental
Braggin' & Boastin' - Sound Providers
Maple Syrup - Says Who & DJ Vindictiv
DrewDave's Xmas - Low Budget Crew
Crunch Waffle - Moka Only
Someday at Xmas - Bare Beats
Dec. 29, 2015, 12:15 p.m.
The Mixed Tape - December 29, 2015
Dec. 29, 2015, 7:11 a.m.
Dec. 29, 2015, 6:55 a.m.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org
Dec. 28, 2015, 10:21 p.m.
Ho. Hear new original Christmas music Classics as well as great soul pop and pop musical offings. Featuring Bill Moss, Pompeo Still and the Companions, Tonopah, Harry Winkler, Tod Rundgren, and many other Hot contemporary hitmakers of Today.
Dec. 28, 2015, 6:48 p.m.
Queer manners for all + Gays & God!
Dec. 28, 2015, 5:34 p.m.
Our Steve Pride chats with the author of "Steven Petrow's Complete Book of Gay and Lesbian Manners" to guide us all, gay and straight alike, to the true meaning of "respect"; commentator Janet Mason leafs through the pages of three queer-positive books about LGBT people and religion; plus music by Melanie Amaro and Dave Hall!
Imperialism Sets Aside International Law
Dec. 28, 2015, 1:19 p.m.
Zafar Bangash casts a wide net discussing:
-Canadian defense minister's trip to Iraq/Kurdistan region
-What motivated the Turkish government to shoot-down the Russian planes that were inside Syrian air-space, violating the Syria's territorial integrity and international law
-An armed terrorist win in Syria would turn Syria into another Libya, which NATO turned into total chaos.
-The great victory at Homs in Syria.
-The complicated situation of the Kurds spread out in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. Turkey is especially afraid that the popular local Kurdish forces will link up with the Kurds in Syria, making them stronger and capable of undermining the US puppet Turkish regime.
-The flow of smuggled oil from Syria by terrorist groups to Kurdistan areas of Iraq and then back into Turkey and onward to Israel and to Europe.
-The slaughter in Nigeria of thousands of followers, including family, of Ibrahim Al- Zakzaky, Shi'ite head of Nigeria's Islamic Movement (IMN), who has spoken out against he corruption of the elite in Nigeria and who is a strong supporter of the Palestinian People. The pretext for the attack is absurd--claiming that Al-Zakzaky's and his supporters planned to kill an army chief, while not one single soldier was killed but thousands of Al-Zakzaky's supporters were massacred. The attack at the Al-Zakzaky compound and school was followed by an attack on Al-Zakzakry's home, resulting in his fourth son following the path of his three bothers being murdered by the military.
-The disgrace and irony of Nigeria having a dismal record fighting the Boko Haram terrorists, while "successfully" obliterating thousands of unarmed and peaceful Al-Zakzakry supporters.
"Crisis Mongers" Target Burundi
Dec. 28, 2015, 1:13 p.m.
Le Beni Tazir points out the irony of the "Crisis Mongers" wanting to send in 5000 troops to Burundi to deal with a few neighborhood terrorists in the capital of Bujumbura, while, at the same time, Burundi has over 7000 troops outside the country on peace missions.
He rhetorically asks why wasn't foreign intervention called for when Paris was attacked by terrorists? And, he points out that in 2015 there were more murders in Chicago than in the whole country of Burundi.
Phil Taylor asks: Why don't they just ask some of the Burundi troops in Somali to return home and keep the peace in one of the neighborhoods in Bujumbura. It seems that logic does not factor into imperialists' thinking.
Tazir provides some key information that is never mentioned in the mainstream media, such as:
(1) Rwanda is arming invasion forces into Burundi
(2) Belgium, the former colonial power, appointed themselves to make the rules for interference in Burundi, including the Deputy PM, Lois Michelle, who wanted to arm people who were fighting President Nkuranziza
(3) The EU underwrites the majority of the the African Unions (AU) budget and aptly compares them to the US lobbyists
(4) The Burundi Parliament has 40% Tutsi in the House and 50% in the Senate: Not one of the members of Parliament said it was likely there would be genocide in Burundi.
Dec. 28, 2015, 11:17 a.m.
Upstate Radio Theatre 1511 (Encore)
Dec. 28, 2015, 10:46 a.m.
This is an encore presentation. New shows return in January.
Classics and Beyond 1511 (Encore)
Dec. 28, 2015, 10:40 a.m.
This is an encore presentation. New shows return in January.
Jazz Progressions 1511 (Encore)
Dec. 28, 2015, 10:35 a.m.
This is an encore presentation. New shows return in January.