Nelson Denis - Washington Helped Create Puerto Rico s Staggering Debt Crisi

Washington Helped Create Puerto Rico s Staggering Debt Crisis with Nelson Denis, writer, film director, and former N.Y.S. Assemblyman. His award-winning films premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and screened throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. His editorials for the NY Daily News and El Diario (over 300 of them) won awards from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He is the writer of eight feature-length screenplays, writer/director of the feature film Vote For Me!, and author of the book War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America s Colony. While Puerto Rico is oftentimes described as an unincorporated territory of the United States, a more accurate political and legal description is that it is a colony of the United States. A colony that has 3.5 million US citizen residents, who do not have the right to vote for president or representation in Congress and is making headlines these days because of its inability to pay a 72 billion dollar debt owed to holders of its devalued bonds. While there have been comparisons between Greece & Puerto Rico the reality is that they are totally distinct situations. Greece has sovereignty, Puerto Rico does not. Puerto Rico is unable to declare bankruptcy, cannot devalue its currency and cannot go to international financial institutions under the present colonial system. In fact one of the solutions offered in the United States to solve the chaotic economic crisis is to place the entire island in receivership. In other words to go back to an even more rigid colonial system so that the bonds market can protect its investment

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Ted Heath's 1939 camping trip to Nazi Germany & Poland

https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/bcfm-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-2/

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Should poor Brits with more than two children consider sterilisation?

https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/bcfm-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-2/

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!earshot 20 - August 14, 2015

Anthony Enman & Derek Wurts count down the Top 20 albums charting this week from earshot-online.com, take a look at music news with Stephen Carlick of Exclaim!, chat with Andy Brown, and much more.

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CPR News, August 14, 2015

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Sounds Irish 8-11-15

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.

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Everything Happens

sunriseoceanbender.com

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Sounds From the Global Village 1525

Segment One Eastern Girl by Waterbone CD: Tibet (World Disc) M'Bemba by Salif Keita CD: M'Bemba (Decca) Essa Mare by Ivan Lins CD: Modo Livre (RCA) Segment Two Freedom by Alif Laila CD: I Am a River (self-released) Elungelo by RSL CD: Re-Rooted: Beatz From da Ground Up (City of Tribes) The Butterfly/Swallowtail Jig by Chattering Magpies CD: Celtic Passages (self-released) Beyrouth Ecoeurée by Clotaire K CD: The Rough Guide to Arabesque (World Music Network) Segment Three Mi Sueno by Jorge Pardo CD: Flamenco Jazz (Ediciones Altaya) Adura by Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers CD: African Party (Freestyle) O Vau Nei by Les Grands Ballets de Tahiti CD: Les Grands Ballets de Tahiti (Oceania) Fanitullen by Tapani Varis CD: Jew's Harp (Northside)

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Celt in A Twist August 23 2015

Skinheads, Superfly and The Flying Golf Club. There's some great craic between the tracks on Celt in A Twist!

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worldbeatcanada radio august 21 2015

Pakistani prog rock fr. Mekaal Hasan Band, Nigerian brow-raiser, Kuku & punked up Guantanamera! Fresh, different radio!

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Celt In A Twist August 16 2015

A set based on dogs and the March Of The Frogs + plenty of Celtic Rock and Celtronica between on Celt In A Twist!

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worldbeatcanada radio august 13 2015

Latin bookends fr. New York's vibrancy, opening w/ new Pacha Massive & closing w/ new Spanglish Fly. Boogaloo w/ worldbeatcanada!

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Earth First! Update - 13 Aug, 2015

Radical, No Compromise Environmental News

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Focus Asia Pacific August 14 2015

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Media Network August 14 2015

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Switzerland In Sound August 14 2015

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#389 -- Taken for a Ride - Part 2

How General Motors destroyed America's light-rail transit systems and created the Highway Lobby. That forced Americans to buy cars, build millions of miles of new road, and suffer the bad results. This week: How the Highway Lobby was formed by GM, Standard Oil, DuPont, and the tire companies. How the U.S. then had an orgy of highway-building. The damage to city life. Plus the growing public opposition and the fight for good public transportation. (Continued under "Credits"...)

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UpFront Soul #2015.32 - Hour 2- August 17-23, 2015

We'll hear a cut from Cassandra Wilson's new Billie Holiday tribute, check out some soul from Sugar Pie DeSanto, Sharon Jones, and Maxine Brown, and head to Norway for a live performance by Otis Redding.

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UpFront Soul #2015.32 - Hour 1- August 17-23, 2015

We'll hear a cut from Cassandra Wilson's new Billie Holiday tribute, check out some soul from Sugar Pie DeSanto, Sharon Jones, and Maxine Brown, and head to Norway for a live performance by Otis Redding.

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The Shortwave Report 08/14/15 Listen Globally!

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK World Radio Japan, Sputnik Radio, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Spanish National Radio, and Radio Havana Cuba.

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CPR News, August 13, 2015

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dr mikes health and wellness

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#712 - Facing The Failing Culture Of Control - 5

Our series on the failure of control returns to Unwelcome Guests core topics - trying to make sense of deep events and the shady dealings of deep political insiders. Although we cover a wide range of malfeasance, all the material we cover relates more or less directly to various actions by the Deep State. We hear Sander Hicks on a range of Sep 11th related topics (many of them new to the show), followed by Russ Baker on the Boston Marathon Bombing. We conclude with a recent overview of the deep state from Peter Dale Scott and a short segment from commercially-controlled media noting that even 6 years after the event, no explanation has been forthcoming of the E4B that flew over the White House on the morning of 9/11.

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August 12, 2015

An excursion into Cosmic Slop territory: boogie, bounce, disco; rocksteady and roots reggae; it's cumbia time on the new music shelf; Shangaan electro

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JULY 29, 2015 - ANOTHER 19 - INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN RYAN

Cheryl and Kevin discuss his book "Another 19".

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JULY 22, 2015 - VISAS FOR AL QUEDA PART 2

This is the second part of an interview with Michael Springman. We discuss issues from Al Queda to ISIS. Then Cheryl shares some articles that indicate who's supporting ISIS.

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The Kelly Alexander Show August 12 2015

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Lake Air 1525

Segment One Sand Dancers by Marion Meadows CD: Secrets (Heads Up) Sundown by William Ellwood CD: Touchstone (Narada) Driving by Everything But the Girl CD: The Language of Life (Warner Brothers) Laid Back by Zachary Breaux CD: Laid Back (NYC) Segment Two Can You Stay? by Nicholas Cole CD: A Journey of One (self-released) The Last Mile Home by Larry Stewart and Greg Jennings CD: Sounds of Wood and Steel (Windham Hill) Love is on Your Side by Deborah Henson-Conant CD: Naked Music (Laika) Toronto by Warren Hill CD: Popjazz (Native Language) Segment Three First Kiss by Richard Smith CD: First Kiss (Heads Up) Adrift in Fading Light by Kathryn Kaye CD: Patterns of Sun and Moon (self-released) Island by Julia Fordham CD: Porcelain (Circa) Birth Day by Jeff Tyzik CD: The Farthest Corner of My Mind (Amherst)

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"Mumia's Lawyers Ask Court To Order Lifesaving Hep C Cure" (Ann Garrison)

Bret Grote, Abolitonist Law Center, attributes the on-going and life-threatening illnesses of political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal (such as skin rash over 80 percent of skin with severe inflammation, psoriasis, diabetes) to recently disclosed diagnosis of active hepatitis C. Grote discusses a new drug that has cured hepatitis without adverse symptoms. Problem is: The monopoly pricing by pharmaceutical industry is about $1000 a pill, 8-12 week, which ends up costing between $80,000 and $100,000. With an estimated 10,000 prisoners in the Pennsylvania prison system suffering from hepatitis C (20% of the prison population), the cost would be closing in on a BILLION $$ (which is at least half of the PA Department of Corrections budget). Grote notes that Mumia has been denied an examination by his own doctor and adds that the State Department of Corrections considers prisoners as their property, and they (the State) are the gatekeepers who determine who gets access to prisoners and under what conditions. They routinely deny care of outside professional medical doctors, as well as denying proper care by their own medical staff. Cost is not supposed to be a constitutionally permissible reason for denying care, though that is not the reality.

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After the Iran-U.S. Sanctions Agreement

Sara Flounders [at 3:00] promotes very important event/discussion about the the Iran-US sanctions agreement and what lies ahead. Is it diplomacy or military escalation? The IAC set up multiple media ---U-stream, Conference Call, Youtube, in person- for August 11 event in NYC. The purpose is to have experts give information and explanations to alert the movement/masses about the reality of reactionary forces undermining the removal of sanctions against Iran and escalating war in the entire region. What else are the reactionary forces planning? Flounders asserts we know that the US is openly supporting the "moderate" groups and backing air strikes; the US has newly negotiated bases in Turkey; and, the US has declared a "safe zone" inside Syria with its ominous no fly and free fire zones. Flounders sheds light on the possibility of the removal of sanctions agreement with Iran as a political device to make Iran stop supporting Syria, which would lead to regime change and collapse of Syrian government. Flounders declares: They want a completely compartmentalized destabilized population that has no ability to assert its sovereignty, just as happened after US wars against Iraq and Libya.

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