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interviews economist/author Robin Hahnel
Feb. 1, 2016, 9:39 a.m.
Robin Hahnel is Professor of Economics at Portland State University. He was a professor at American University for many years and traveled extensively advising on economic matters all over the world.
Latin Waves host, Sylvia Richardson speaks with Economist Robin Hanhel about the journey to build a Socialist Economy, lessons learned from Venezuela Socialism of the 21st Century and the recent parliamentary election results that led to the Socialist losing to the opposition. The quest for progressives is to build a society that integrates all of the elements of the social economy to install a systematic process of justice that replaces the Capitalist system.
Singers & Swingers; 1/31/16; Set 1
Feb. 1, 2016, 4:38 a.m.
Singers & Swingers; 1/31/16; Set 2
Feb. 1, 2016, 4:33 a.m.
Jan. 31, 2016, 10:04 p.m.
After the eventual (by his own documented statements) shooting death of right-wing extremist Mormon Euro-settler terrorist and Bundy Family Militia spokesman Robert 'LaVoy' Finicum by law enforcement officers during a traffic stop/roadblock in Harney County, Oregon, TheAngryindian asks, 'What happens next...?' The leaders behind the armed Euro-settler coup attempt against the administration of President Barack Obama have been taken into custody. But their followers have not left the Malheur Nature Reserve and the situation is now entering its fourth week of armed aggression against the Federal and State governments of the United States of America Inc. Among the large number of participants refusing to leave the reserve, (actually, Northern Paiute Territory) are internet-savvy technicians such as David Fry (a neo-Nazi Daesh/ISIL supporter) who have taken to flooding social media with wild conspiracies about how Finicum died; (he was not only armed with a handgun, he reached for it before he was shot aggressively approaching police) about how they are all going to be killed by the 'Cultural Marxists' who (they believe) control the US government and to top it all off, they continue to issue further threats to local LEO and the FBI as authorities (finally) begin to station throughout the town of Burns, Oregon and outside the Malheur Reserve to set up (their own) perimeter(s).
To add insult to injury, many on the political Left in North America have been, to one degree or another, supporting either the Hammond Family, the Bundy Militia or both. Is this a foolish attempt to leave the proverbial door open for armed revolution? Or, is it because this time the revolutionaries are angry White People with anti-government and pro-American conspiratorial sensibilities (as with the neo-fascist presidential campaign of Donald Trump) representing the simmering 'Anglophone Angst' buoying the insanity of the current period? Even their online supporters have dared to compare the (presumably) racist police killings of Michael Brown and Tamir Rice to the Finicum shooting despite the fact that there is absolutely nothing to connect these incidents other than they were people who were killed by police. LaVoy Finicum was armed with a handgun and reached for it before he was shot after yelling at the officers to shoot him. The African youths were not armed at all. Tamir Rice was shot dead by a police officer (with a questionable background) within two seconds of his arriving on the scene while Finicum swore at the very beginning of the stand-off that he would rather die than be arrested. Michael Brown and Tamir Rice were just young people who had the nerve to think that they lived in a race-neutral free country.
EXTRAS: Musician Rocky Mountain Mike - [https://soundcloud.com/rockymountainmike] - 'Jeb Bush' (parody) Audio: Robert F. Williams (Deacons for Defense) - 'Let it Burn' â The Coming Destruction of the USA? / Interview by Robert Carl Cohen in Tanzania. 1968
All this and much more on, 4WR.
The official internet radio broadcast of the Aboriginal Press News Service/ANG
Rev. Susie the Floozie's Coversong Blowout!
Jan. 31, 2016, 7:56 p.m.
I dug in the vaults and found a copy of the best coversong show I've played on the FUNHOUSE. I had retooled it back when I was doing jury duty a few years ago--it was originally played when BSTF was in the very low double digits, and its all the best shit I had been sitting on for years. There are no dead spots, and it's leavened between the stuff that is so absolutely painfully atrocious it defies the Geneva Convention, and the rare versions where an unexpected performer takes a standard to a transcendent level. We've got the Pajama Slave Dancers, King Uszniewicz and His Uszniewicztones, the RotoRooter GoodTime Christmas Band, the Dickies, the Tremelons, Walter Brennan, Mrs Miller, Chet Atkins, Nina Hagen, Pink Lincolns, Special Ed, the Rolling Meadows High School Jazz Band, the 9 Unknown Men (a nom de musique of scrubgenius's own ROBERT ARE!), Danger Woman...and Wooshie Sakamoto's inimitable karaoke song stylings. Theman is challenged by Ls and Rs...and he's doing Kenny Rogers's song "Lady." Phonetically.
Episode 31 - Chickens Flying by the Seat of Chickens
Jan. 31, 2016, 6:36 p.m.
Brought to you by your two favorite stoners recapping the days events, and their comedic take on the news. Listen live every Monday at 730ET/630CT at http://listen.chiampa.info
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0337
Jan. 31, 2016, 4:03 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
From the Margins - Harvesting Freedom
Jan. 31, 2016, 3:29 p.m.
On January 25, 2016, Justice for Migrant Workers (justicia4migrantworkers.org) launched the Harvesting Freedom campaign (http://harvestingfreedom.org/), marking 50 years of the migrant farm worker program in Canada and calling on the Canadian government to finally grant Permanent Immigration status to migrant workers, long overdue justice after years of superexploitation. This show features an interview with Ricky Joseph, migrant farm worker from St. Lucia and Chris Ramsaroop with Justice for Migrant Workers.
When is a Revolution Actualy Not
Jan. 31, 2016, 2:06 p.m.
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CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX
JANUARY 31, 2016
GUEST: MICKEY Z.
TOPIC: WHEN "NEVER WRONG," IS; AND WHEN A "REVOLUTION" REALLY ISN'T
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"Crimes of Empire" promo
Jan. 31, 2016, 1:14 p.m.
On Tuesday, February 2, Phil Taylor and Zafar Bangash will speak in Hamilton, Ontario about how empire and U.S. intervention has led to the Middle East becoming what it is today.
Jan. 31, 2016, 1:09 p.m.
We'd love to extend a loving thank you to the folks who attended and
put on the benefit for The Final Straw last night at the Odditorium
including the staff of that place, Ashley for putting the show together,
the bands (being Asherah, Autarch, Desperate Measures and Lacrymosa),
AshevilleFM staff who tabled, Asheville Anti-Racism and the lovely faces
who attended. The show was a smash-bang success!
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For the majority of this show, we spoke with Sascha and Igor who live
in Prague about Operation Fenix, which began in April 2015 when the
police of the Czech Republic commenced an operation against the
anarchist, anti-authoritarian and animal liberation movement. During the
course of this wave of repression, there were a number of house raids
during which equipment was confiscated, and it has since come to light
that agent provocateurs were used heavily in the arrests which took
place. In this interview, we talk about how anarchists in Prague are
handling this scrutiny, as well as ways to combat divide and conquer
tactics used by cops, how the media is weaponized against anarchists,
and what someone might do about these things.
For more information on this and for sending support, visit http://antifenix.noblogs.org/
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We also present an update on the land occupation near the town of
Notre Dame des Landres in France called la ZAD, which is a long running
resistance against the building of an airport which would devastate the
ecology of the area, destroy farmland, and evict many long term
residents. This is specifically an update on the State of Emergency
which has been declared and the call to action being requested. Included
in the show is a statement read for us by a comrade in Asheville.
More on the ZAD at http://zad.nadir.org
You can find the text of this portion in the transcript area of this r4a post.
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But first, here is an announcement from the North American ABC network:
In February 2017, political prisoner Zolo Azania will finally be released from prison. He will have served 35 years, 27 were on death row. During his final year inside, Zolo wants to participate in the Indiana Dept. of Corrections (IDOC) Work Release Program.
As Zolo says: âI want to be moved into some type of viable program so that I can gain additional life skills in preparation for my re-entry into the community.â
The IDOC should grant Work Release to Zolo based on the person he is today, his record of good behavior, his re-entry needs, and Indianaâs commitment to rehabilitation. However, the IDOC has denied Work Release for Zolo, apparently based on the fact that he was convicted of murder-- 34 years ago.The IDOC's denial of access to Work Release for Zolo is unfair and unwarranted!
PLEASE CALL, EMAIL OR WRITE TO COMMISSIONER BRUCE LEMMON, INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND SAY:
(1) Offer Zolo the kind of re-entry plan he deserves: Work Release (WR)
(2) After 34 years Zolo needs WR to gain skills and money necessary for re-entry
(3) Zolo is a model prisoner and has shown a commitment to better himself
(4) Evaluate Zolo based on who he is today, not on his 34-year old conviction
COMMISSIONER BRUCE LEMMON
Phone: 317.232.5711
Address: 302 West Washington Street, Room E-334
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Email: blemmon@idoc.in.gov
To find more information about this issue, and for access to a sample
letter to send to Commissioner Bruce Lemmon, you can visit http://www.zoloazania.org and if you like you can call the number 773.425.6716 to contact supporters.
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The following is an excerpt from an article entitled
*Last member of 'Nato 3' may die in prison from Huntington's Disease*
by Kevin Gosztola
Shadowproof
Jared Chase is the last member of the âNATO 3,â who remains in prison. Chase suffers from Huntingtonâs disease and faces additional charges for an alleged aggravated battery against a prison guard. He is set to go on trial in April. If convicted, there is a significant chance Chase could die in prison because of how his imprisonment has compounded the effects of this neurodegenerative disease.
In May 2012, Chicago hosted a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meeting to discuss policies in the Afghanistan War. A number of activists traveled to the city to protest NATO, including Chase, Brian Jacob Church and Brent Betterly. They became known as the âNATO 3â after they were targeted by undercover Chicago police and arrested on May 16. The state of Illinois accused the âNATO 3â of making explosives.
The Illinois Stateâs Attorney Office quickly labeled the young men âterroristsâ in a criminal complaint and charged them with state terrorism offenses. On February 7, 2014, after a lengthy trial in which the key role of undercover cops became even more apparent, a jury acquitted the âNATO 3â of all terrorism charges. But they were found guilty of arson-related offenses and âmob actionâ charges.
In April 2014, a judge sentenced Church to five years in prison, Betterly to six years, and Chase to eight years for arson offenses. The judge allowed prosecutors to present evidence against Chase related to the alleged aggravated battery incident involving the spraying of urine and feces on a guard, even though the state intended to pursue a separate trial.
âHeâs Dying Before My Eyesâ
Betterly, who was released from prison in April 2015, was last with Chase while they were beat up by guards during their arrival at the Stateville prisonâs receiving center. After sentencing, they were put on the same bus and moved to the prison. Guards from the Illinois Department of Corrections awaited their arrival, which resulted in a âpretty violent interaction,â according to Betterly.
During a recent pretrial hearing on December 7, 2015, Chase showed up to court with a black eye and a swollen face. Betterly said heâs lost a considerable amount of weight, perhaps fifty pounds. Supporters are terribly concerned about his health.
âHeâs dying before my eyes. Thatâs not embellishment at all,â Betterly declared. âThe charge he carries nowâit carries a minimum of three years. He wonât survive it.â
Betterly noted the prisons are not capable of taking care of diseases âthat are generally serious but treatable.â A disease like Huntingtonâs is âprobably something they donât encounter much. They completely have no idea how to care for somebody with Huntingtonâs. Theyâre not equipped to do it. Heâll die. If heâs found guilty and sentenced to even the minimum, he wonât make it. Thatâs my opinion.â
Chase is in solitary confinement at the Pontiac Correctional Center, a facility where a number of violent and/or mentally ill inmates are incarcerated.
State prosecutors allege that on October 4, 2013, Chase sprayed âhuman wasteâ on a Cook County prison guard, Officer Trevor Hapanionek. He was charged with four different charges for one alleged act.
Multiple Cook County guards testified during sentencing about the basic details of what they claim happened on October 4, but Dr. Kathleen Shannon, a neurologist who had assessed Chase, testified that his misconduct against guards was likely a result of Huntingtonâs disease.
Shannon informed the court the disease makes it difficult for a person to avoid outbursts. It makes one easily irritable and can lead to mania. On average, a person who develops the disease can die in 17 years. A person usually goes through multiple stages of disability until spending the final 8 years of their life in a nursing home or hospice care.
It is hereditary. Chaseâs dad died from the disease, and according to Shannonâs best estimate, the onset of Huntingtonâs disease began in 2008.
To read the rest of this article and find out ways to support Jared
Chase and get him the medical attention he needs to save his life, check
out the links at http://freethenato3.wordpress.com
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Playlist is at http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/15168
The Invention of the White Race
Jan. 31, 2016, 11:36 a.m.
As we enter Black History Month, Back in the USSR examines how racism began in North America and how the concept of "whiteness" was invented by the colonial elite in the American colonies to keep European bonded laborers from joining hands with African slaves in rebellion. By granting privileges to people of European descent at the expense of people of color, the capitalist class has maintained its power over American society - by effectively recruiting white people as the guards and enforcers of a class order built on exploitation and Apartheid. For the system to fall, the guards must rebel.
Climate: Misunderstood Impacts
Jan. 31, 2016, 10:17 a.m.
Three interviews this week, including 2 climate scientists. Andy Pitman: new science on how climate really hits us. Plus Johan Rockstrom, the Swedish leader of planetary boundaries, followed by Lynn Benander on community power in New England
Jan. 31, 2016, 5:59 a.m.
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!
Republicans talk little of cyber issues for Feb. 1, 2016
Jan. 30, 2016, 8:57 p.m.
Tune in to hear a few Republicans discuss cyber issues at the Jan. 28 Republican debate.
Out of the Woods - Show #304 - 2-6-16
Jan. 30, 2016, 8:50 p.m.
This version of the program is divided into 6 segments so broadcasters who desire to use this content can insert your station info, etc. The segments vary in length.
Out of the Woods is an earthy, wires and wood, mostly acoustic program featuring some of the best new and established artists from the worlds of folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriters, alt.country, Americana, classic country, old-time, Celtic, and everything that falls in between. The show is an unpredictable mix flowing like a river between moods, often with an edge or in a melancholy minor key. On occasion, Out of the Woods features interviews and live in-studio performances with national and international touring musicians. Past guests have included artists such as Bela Fleck, Si Kahn, Brown Bird, Dana Robinson, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Kate MacLeod, Bill Bourne, Karl Shiflett, Rachel Bissex, Darryl Purpose, Bow Thayer, Cosy Sheridan and many others. Out of the Woods grew out of Jon 'Chip' Colcord's former acoustic programs, The Song Swap and Music For The Mountain, separate folk and bluegrass programs which aired in New Hampshire during the 1990s. As a child, Colcord grew up a ravenous music fan with an ear for both rock and folk. All of these influences converge on Out of the Woods to bring you a mix which is as much on the edge as it is down home. Folk music with a rock 'n' roll soul
Music For The Mountain Bluegrass - Show #88- 2-5-16
Jan. 30, 2016, 8:43 p.m.
Music for the Mountain is a weekly bluegrass radio program featuring that hard-driving bluegrass sound, with classic and new tunes running the gamut from Bill Monroe to Sierra Hull.
The program is posted here in two sections for broadcasters to insert breaks for station identification, etc. Please be careful to add enough additional material as the length of the segments will vary from week to week
SPEAKING TRUTH TO EMPIRE WITH DAN YASEEN
Jan. 30, 2016, 7:24 p.m.
Jan. 30, 2016, 4:44 p.m.
Golden Oldies. Hits of the 70s, 80s and 90s.
Jan. 30, 2016, 4:39 p.m.
Golden Oldies. Hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
Jan. 30, 2016, 4:35 p.m.
Golden Oldies. Hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
Jan. 30, 2016, 2:48 p.m.
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.
Jan. 30, 2016, 2:45 p.m.
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.
561 - MLK's Struggle Continues
Jan. 30, 2016, 1:49 p.m.
News You Need to Know: US Violates Iran Nuclear Deal; Between the Lines interview: 3-Day Walk Against Fracked Gas; Between the Lines interview: Reclaim Martin Luther King's Radical Legacy; Mumia Abu-Jamal: MLK Enemy of the State; Mumia Abu-Jamal: Flint Water; Mark Fiore: Austerity Man; Jim Hightower: Ultra-big houses for ultra-big egos, 1-28-16; Outside The Box: Responding To Terrorism; music.
Jan. 30, 2016, 12:11 p.m.
Political analysts Eric Draitser in New York and Mark Sleboda in Moscow discuss world events. Hosted by CPR News senior editor Don DeBar
Blowfly Not For Broadcast Show Pt 1
Jan. 30, 2016, 7:26 a.m.
The first 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
Blowfly Not For Broadcast Show Pt 2
Jan. 30, 2016, 7:21 a.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
Blowfly Not For Broadcast Show Pt 3
Jan. 30, 2016, 7:15 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
Blowfly Not For Broadcast Show Pt 4
Jan. 30, 2016, 6:28 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
Jan. 29, 2016, 8:25 p.m.
Australian climate scientist Tim Flannery reviews some new, cutting-edge approaches to restraining or halting global warming.
Flannery opposes risky "geoengineering" schemes. But the new, "Third Way" approaches, he says, are different. Based on natural processes, they actually remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
These new technologies--combined with a shift from fossil fuels to wind and solar power--give us some reason to hope that climate catastrophe may be averted.