MAY 18, 2016 - INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA HONEGGER - CAMPAIGN 2016

Cheryl and Barbara Honegger discuss Barbara's congressional campaign in the 20th district of California. She's running as an independent against Jimmy Panetta, son of Leon Panetta, and she's running on a 9/11 Truth platform, injecting the truth into candidate debates and interviews. A website for her campaign will be up shortly for those who want more information.

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Jazz For The Asking May 17 2016

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The Motherland Influence: May 15, 2016

African, Latin & Caribbean music

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AMBIANCE CONGO: May 15, 2016

Two hours of Congolese music. This edition featuring guest, filmmaker Alan Brain.

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Gideon Levy speaks, and an outrageous ruling by the Massachusetts Ethics Commission

Today we feature the courageous, indefatigable, Israeli journalist, Gideon Levy, who personifies the term speaking truth to power. Gideon Levy writes for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, and is frequent speaker sounding the Palestinian narrative not only in the heart of Israel, but throughout the world. We feature him on This Week In Palestine whenever we can. This excellent presentation was given at Brandeis University. Before that, our host reports on a ruling by the Massachusetts Ethics Commission that makes one wonder where one ever might find an honest politician. The context is the recent acceptance by nine state Senators of luxury junkets to Israel worth over $4000 apiece, while at the very same time the Senate had anti-BDS bills pending before it. The trips were organized and paid for by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Boston (JCRC). Needless to say, JCRC did not include a visit to Occupied Palestine in this junket. On its face, the Conflict of Interest Law bars legislators from taking gifts like this from partisans. Accordingly, an ethics complaint was filed by Massachusetts Peace Action. The Ethics Commission summarily dismissed the complaint, claiming that no action was necessary because the Senators had filed the required paperwork, which "included their determination that the travel served a legitimate public purpose." In other words, the JCRC trip didn't violate the Conflict Of Interest Law because the Senators said it didn't.

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Companies Corroding Communities

According to the Supreme Court, corporations are people. The absurdity of this statement notwithstanding, it is clear that, like people, corporations make mistakes, and sometimes commit crimes and atrocities. This week on Sea Change Radio we talk with two experts about the impact that two energy corporations have had on actual people. First, host Alex Wise speaks with Inside Climate News reporter Neela Banerjee about the stark contrast between what happened at Aliso Canyon and what happened near Mobile, Alabama when gas and chemical spills contaminated the communities there. The same company, Sempra Energy, was involved, and yet the response and aftermath were vastly different, with race and class factoring significantly into environmental justice outcomes. Then we hear from John Wilson, Head of Corporate Governance at Cornerstone Capital Group about the death of former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon. Facing widespread accusations that he cheated landowners out of the money they were promised in exchange for letting Chesapeake Energy drill for natural gas on their property, Chesapeake’s founder died in mysterious fashion. Wilson gives us his environmental, social, and corporate governance perspective on the corruption allegations and the demise of the man Forbes Magazine once called “the world’s most reckless billionaire.”

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Sounds Irish 5-17-16

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 everton274@sky.com The 2-hour program is posted weekly in multiple parts for broadcasters to insert their own breaks.

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Palestine is Still the Issue (TWO of TWO) by dissident Israeli Historian Prof. Ilan Pappe

NOTE: Since tempers can flare on any issue critical of Israel you may want to precede this program with a disclaimer that the opinions offered here a that of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect those of the station, it's staff or board of directors. I do hope that you will play this important program but also want to be sure that you know that you may draw criticism. Maria Gilardin INFO ON THE PROGRAM: Prof. Ilan Pappe is the best known member of Israel's generation of "new historians" who have been rewriting the history of Israel's founding in 1948. Pappe's seminal book, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, was published in 2006 while he was teaching at Haifa University. The publication led to personal attacks on him in the Israeli Knesset and in Israel's academia. Pappe left Israel in 2008 for the University of Exeter in Britain. There he is currently the director of the university's European Center for Palestine Studies. In Part ONE Pappe introduced the term Settler Colonialism. As opposed to Colonialism where land is occupied and resources extracted but in the end the colonizers go back home, in the new era of Settler Colonialism the settlers come with a one way ticket and make the occupied land their home. Pappe said that it is very important to talk about Settler Colonialism in the US. Many of the new settlers escaped from Europe because they were persecuted. These formerly persecuted groups often became oppressors in turn. And in Israel, where Ilan Pappe was born in 1954, the formerly persecuted Jews are now the oppressors of Palestinians. And, in a huge historic irony, the old Settler Colonialist state of North America protects the new Settler Colonialist State of Israel from being held responsible for human rights violations against Palestinians. Ilan Pappe described five issues that need to be addressed in order to bring about peace between Palestinians and Israelis. Among them Anti-semitism and Islamophobia. In part TWO he brings up social justice and human rights and says that around the world Palestine is becoming the symbol of injustice. Not because the Palestine issue is the worst, there are worse rogue states than Israel - says Pappe. Sympathy for Palestinians is nourished not only by the cruelty of the Israeli occupier but the pretense that what we see is justified, a moral policy, done for defense and worthy of ever growing financial and military support from the US. He says that a mass movement of young people is just beginning to emerge, partly focused around the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn in the UK. The youth reject any cynical system of politics with no moral backbone or set of values, be it domestic or in foreign policy. Pappe concludes that Palestine is still the issue because we urgently need a conversation about civil and human rights in all of the Middle East, including Syria and Iraq. If you want to talk about human rights in Yemen or Libya, start in Palestine. He says that we need to find out how to protect the civil and human rights of both Palestinians and settlers within a new One State solution. And to fulfill the wish to create a normal, democratic, human life for everyone who lives between the Jordan and the Mediterranean - and everyone who was expelled and wishes to come back home.

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Fort McMurray Fire's Cold War Mentality

Phil comments on the government's response to the Russian offer for help putting out the fire ravaging Fort McMurray.

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CPR News, May 17, 2016

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B&D Approach #142

1. Intro 2. Kojak:Five Star Fina 3. Oodles Of Os 4. Pease Porridge 5. Pease Porridge Hot - Harrell & Sharron Luck 6. Skit 2 7. Evil Vibrations - The Mighty Ryeders 8. A Roller Skating Jam named Saturdays ft. Q-Tip and Vinia Mojica 9. No Frills - Taana Gardner 10. Bitties in the BK Lounge ft. Almond Joy 11. Money (Dollar Bill Y'all) - Jimmy Spicer 12. Skit 3 13. Let Let Me in 14. Tramp - Lowell Fulsom 15. Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) 16. Help is on the Way - The Whatnauts 17. Shwingalokate 18. Keepin' the Faith 19. Just A Touch of Love - Slave 20. Fanatic of the B-Word ft. Dres of Black Sheep 21. That's No Lie - White Lightnin' 22. In All My Wildest Dreams - Joe Sample 23. If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It - Kellee Patterson 24. Skit 5

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May Monday Mix Man

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

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Canadian troops in Kurdish region reflect policy to divide and rule

The West has always had a long-term goal of domination of Iraq and Syria by promoting division along religious and ethnic lines. Zafar Bangash [at 6:35] points out however that Syria in particular has maintained its unity against terrible odds. The success of the Syrian government in fighting the Turkish assisted terrorists is now bringing a political nightmare to into the stronghold of Turkey’s strongman, Erdogan.

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Parallel Lines - Blondie

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Episode 43 - Footprints On a Wet Lawn

Hey, Chip Skipper aka Joe here, you can listen to us live every Monday night at http://listen.chiampa.info - NEW LIVE SCHEDULE CHANGE coming 8ET / 7CT starting next week May 23rd!, Stay tuned!

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North Carolina vs. The Feds + more global LGBT news!

The Obama administration joins U.S. transgender bathroom battles; Italy’s civil unions law is a glass half-full, Bermuda sets the date for a referendum on same-gender unions, Tokyo Pride peaks as Japan’s school bullying surges, a new poll discovers majority U.S. support for trans rights, Tennessee trades tourism for a bigotry bill, and more global LGBT news!

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The Happy Station Show May 15 2016

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Media Network Plus May 14 2016

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Starhawk - City of Refuge - Interview

Interview with activist, author Starhawk on the release of her new book "City of Refuge" - May, 2016

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Radio Free Radical

Offering you the very best of alternative, independent political / social justice championing / status quo-challenging audio media live-streamed from our website (radiofreeradical.org) and NOW IN MP3 HERE ON RADIO4ALL! 12 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING IN JUST THREE FILES! It's all yours!

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CPR News, May 16, 2016

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Singers & Swingers; 5/15/16; set 1

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Singers & Swingers; 5/15/16; Set 2

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Toppers: EAR MITES

This show Gil's puppet friend Patches has ear mites and needs special goop to get rid of them. Also featuring great oldies from dayes gone bye.

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The Stuph File Program - Episode #0352

An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain

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War Report May 2016

Russia's three new divisions on its western border, China's new hypersonic weapon, the war against IS, and the origins of fascism and its manifestation in different countries.

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Broadcast 355

Radio Thrift Shop is a show that evolves and changes every few months. It is primarily an homage to freeform radio broadcasts of the 1960s and early 1970s. Radio Thrift Shop features a homegrown mix of vinyl records, 78s, 45's, LPs, private press releases, and a variety of tapes and homemade / self released cds. Each edition features a unique playlist of music released between the early 20th century & next week.

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Broadcast 354

Radio Thrift Shop is a show that evolves and changes every few months. It is primarily an homage to freeform radio broadcasts of the 1960s and early 1970s. Radio Thrift Shop features a homegrown mix of vinyl records, 78s, 45's, LPs, private press releases, and a variety of tapes and homemade / self released cds. Each edition features a unique playlist of music released between the early 20th century & next week.

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Super Storms & Dying Coral

Meteorologist & storm expert Dr. Jeff Masters on super storms predicted by James Hansen-led paper "Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms...". Dr. Kevin Trenberth from USA National Center for Atmospheric Research has doubts about the science & Hansen's predictions. Australian author & activist David Spratt ("Climate Code Red" on the dying Great Barrier Reef.

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Anniversary Show! Two interviews with other anarchist radio projects + announcements

This week's show we're airing two recent interviews that The Final Straw conducted with other anarchist radio folks for our 6th anniversary, on May 8th 2016. The first you'll hear is with a member of <a href="http://aradio.blogsport.de">Anarchistisches Radio Berlin</a>, the second conversation is with 2 members of <a href="http://dissidentisland.org">Dissident Island Radio</a>, based out of London. For longer editions of these conversations, visit our website and check out the version labeled "podcast", or you can simply download the "podcast" version from this website. But first a few updates ======================== From <a href="https://supportprisonerresistance.noblogs.org/post/2016/05/13/alabama-prison-strikes-ends-after-work-release-strike-breakers-brought-in-failure-of-prison-expansion-bill-seen-as-small-victory/#more-426">Support Prisoner Resistance.noblogs.org</a> Prisoners at Holman Correctional Institution have ended their ten-day shutdown of the State of Alabama’s auto license plate plant. Their work stoppage, initiated on May Day, spread to Elmore, St Clair, Donaldson and Staton facilities over the following week shutting down Alabama Department of Correction’s (ADOC) canning plant, fleet services, and chemical industry as well as the license plate plant. “That was our leverage, that was our power to negotiate with” said Kinetic, a member of both the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union and the Free Alabama Movement (FAM). In an interview with media representatives of the IWW-Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee he explained how the strike achieved one objective but was broken by the unexpected employment of work-release prisoners as strike-breakers. The strike achieved its first objective after only two days when the Alabama State Legislature killed the $800 million “Prison Transformation Initiative” that would have greatly expanded Alabama’s prison system, which is plagued with overcrowding, violence, deteriorating buildings and budget shortfalls. The defeated law tried to allocate ADOC $800 million to build four 3500 bed super-max facilities. Prisoners initiated their strike to draw national attention to ADOC’s problems and propose other solutions. On May 1st the prisoners stopped reporting to their work stations, and activists organized rallies and solidarity protests according to journalists who interviewed the prisoner’s spokespersons via clandestine cell-phones. On May 3rd, the ADOC’s new prison bill died on the state senate floor. Prisoners contend that their strike tipped the scales against the bill. The solidarity efforts on the outside were spearheaded by the Mothers and Families of FAM with the support of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Pastor Kenneth Glasgow of the Ordinary People’s Society also represented the prison strike before politicians in Montgomery. This morning (Thurs. 12 May 2016) the prisoner’s labor action ended. After eleven days enduring harassment and being fed starvation rations, a practice the prisoners call “bird feeding” the strike was ended by ADOC sending in work release prisoners as strike-breakers to take over the industry jobs. Work release prisoners are typically sent out of the prisons to work for either private companies or state institutions at reduced wages. The program is supposed to help prisoners transition back into society. Instead ADOC sent these minimum security prisoners into the prison factories to replace the striking inmates. Work release prisoners were first sent to Elmore’s canning and recycling plants last Thursday, then to Holman Monday afternoon. Without the economic leverage of shutting down the prison industries, the striking prisoners worried that ADOC could starve them out indefinitely and they slowly trickled back to their job assignments. “If someone is performing the job,” Kinetic explained, “then the DOC is getting what they want, even though we locked down and going through all other hardships, our objectives ain’t being met.” By Thursday morning the strike had officially ended. ================================== In the state of Texas, multiple prisons had participation in work stoppages last month. Starting on April 4th and then spreading, incarcerated workers in seven units, including Lynaugh in Fort Stockton, Mountain View in Gatesville, Polunksy in Livingston, Roach in Childress, Robertson in Abilene, Torres in Hondo, and Wynne in Hunstville refused to be called out for work. Much of this organizing involved outside and inside members of the Industrial Workers of the World and it's Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee. For a new pamphlet on the subject as we draw nearer the 45th anniversary of the September 9th Attica Prison uprising, which is the date of a nationwide prison strike callout, check out the new pamphlet at unityandstruggle.org entitled <a href="http://unityandstruggle.org/2016/05/05/incarcerated-workers-take-the-lead-prison-struggles-in-the-united-states-2008-2016-3/">Incarcerated Workers Take the Lead: Prison Struggles in the United States 2008-2016</a> ================================== From http://freeosoblanco.blogspot.com/ Big News! How You can Help get Oso Blanco FREE!!! Thanks to fundraising efforts and donations from people like you, Oso Blanco was able to receive a partial assessment from a law firm. Through this, and help from an awesome volunteer, we were able to figure out that Oso Blanco must file his appeal by June 25, 2016! As you may have heard, the "residual clause" of the armed career criminal act (ACCA) was declared "unconstitutionally vague" by the u.s. supreme court in Johnson v. u.s. Just last month, in April 2016, this ruling was declared "retroactive", meaning that in can apply to old cases like that of Oso Blanco. However the deadline for appeals based on the Johnson decision is approaching. What this means for Oso Blanco and his outside family and community is that he has a chance to reduce his sentence and he has just under two months to do it. Meanwhile, he has very limited funds and USP Hazelton is basically holding him incognito pending transfer, with few letters getting in or out, despite all of our emailing in protest. To find details about his current legal and funding needs, check out his support site. This last minute push to get his legal ducks in a row could help get this brother out of a medically dangerous situation, meaning his incarceration as he ages and is regularly denied correct medical treatment. ================================== Here are a couple of legal updates from ItsGoingDown.org's regular feature called <a href="https://itsgoingdown.org/bloc-party-something-a-little-like-winning/">The Bloc Party</a> : <a href="https://denverabc.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/hearing-update-joseph-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison/">Joseph Buddenberg</a> was sentenced to 2 years for conspiring to free mink from their cages. Joseph was charged along with his co-defendant Nicole Kissane, under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Nicole will be sentenced in June. As we posted last week, he already has an address you can write to. Please let him know you support him, and his fight for the wild: Joseph Buddenberg #12746-111 MCC San Diego 808 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101 ================================== Ferguson rebel Josh Williams is in need of support while doing his 8 year sentence. For info on how to write to Josh and everyone serving time for being involved in the uprising, check out <a href="https://antistatestl.noblogs.org/post/2016/03/08/new-ferguson-related-prisoner-list/">antistatestl.noblogs.org</a> and at <a href="https://sacprisonersupport.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/support-joshua-williams/">Sac Prisoner Support</a> ================================== In more sad news, Oakland rebel Janye was sentenced to two years for his crime of being a black revolutionary involved in the uprising in the wake of the Ferguson verdict in the bay area. As of this date, Janye has received the longest sentence of anyone involved in the revolt. Please support Janye <a href="https://rally.org/supportjanye">here</a> and stay up with how to write him on <a href="http://handsoffjanye.tumblr.com/">his support page</a>. ================================= Casey Brezik is an incarcerated anarchist in Missouri and is currently <a href="https://kansascityabc.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/casey-brezik-fundraiser-for-college-classes/">raising funds</a> for college courses on the inside. In the interest of his supporters getting to know him a bit better, he also wrote this pretty amazing proposal titled <a href="https://kansascityabc.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/anarchists-in-space-casey-brezik/">Anarchists in Space</a>. While IGD certainly has some misgivings about the potential for this to actually happen, they fucking love that Casey takes the time and thought to write shit like this. Anarchists have always been a little unrealistic anyway, yeah?

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