Blues & Bebop; 8/2/15; Set #1

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Blues & Bebop; 8/2/15/ Set #2

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Filmmaker Carol Huang - 8/1/15

We start the show with reflections on Medicare's 50th Birthday. Filmmaker Carol Huang joins us in studio to talk about her film "Free Trade Refugees: From Chiapas to the Prairie".

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7/15/15 - Marriage Equality Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

James Parrish, Executive Director of Equality Virginia explains the impact of last month’s United States Supreme Court decision upholding marriage equality in all fifty states, and the continuing efforts to limit that decision. And during this week’s “News You Can Use,” we describe major new rules targeting segregation across the U.S.

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7/8/15 - Affordable Care Act Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

Health Law attorney Jill Hanken at the Virginia Poverty Law Center explains the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court which upheld the legality of health insurance subsidies in all fifty states and what is needed to close the health care gap in Virginia. And during this week’s “News You Can Use,” we describe new Social Security rules which require that all evidence be submitted as part of a disability determination.

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6/17/15 - What Real Estate Lawyers Do

Real Estate attorney Stuart Simon explains what real estate lawyers do and why everyone buying or selling a house needs one. And during this week’s “News You Can Use,” we’ll tell you about Governor McAuliffe’s Healthy Virginia Plan which covers a few of the gaps left by the General Assembly’s refusal to expand Medicaid.

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Solving 9-11, Who controls US politics ?

Continued reading of "Solving 9-11", including chapter "Who Controls US Politics"; music

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Solving 9-11, The Media Cover-Up

Continued reading of "Solving 9-11, The Deception that Changed the World" by C. Bollyn, including the chapter "The Media Cover-Up"; music.

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Alex Smith on Post Carbon Radio

Alex Smith is the guest on Post Carbon Radio, as broadcast on KWMR West Marin Community Radio outside San Francisco California. We go for the big picture on shocking climate change, and the eternal question: can we do anything about it?

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Luke O'Donovan on State Repression & pt 2 of "Running the Klan out of Columbia"

This week we continue our conversation with John, an anti-racist anarchist living in the U.S. South about thoughts and memories concerning the July 18th 2015 counter-demonstration to the KKK in Columbia, South Carolina. John also talks a bit about what he knows of the 1997 KKK march in Asheville, North Carolina and their subsequent patookis whoopin by the general population of Asheville. But before we get there, we'll hear some announcements, an important announcement by Anarchist Prisoner Sean Swain. After those portions, we'll hear an interview conducted by a member of the Durham Anti-Repression committee of anarchist prisoner Luke O'Donovan. Luke is in the middle of a 2 year sentence for defending himself against 5 homophobic attackers at a New Years Eve party in Atlanta at the opening of 2013. More on his case at http://letlukego.wordpress.com For farther flung listeners, if you'd like to hear this show on a station in your area, you can simply email us for requests at thefinalstrawradio@riseup.net and we can get a conversation started about making it happen. On a separate note, for years the Iron Rail Book Collective has been one of the most socially transformative projects in New Orleans and has been part of a vibrant and growing anarchist culture in the city. Some of you may be familiar with it from the NASSN conference in New Orleans or the New Orleans Anarchist Bookfair. When the police closed the Iron Rail down through selective enforcement of code violations and forced it out of its long-time site several years ago this seriously set back liberatory politics in the city. There is a fundraising campaign going on to get a house in the Upper 9th Ward as a new home for the Iron Rail. A mere $4000 will secure the site and help start renovations. We would appreciate any help possible to get this important anarchist project reestablished. Please go to http://crowdrise.com/ironrail for information on the Iron Rail and the fundraising campaign. A new insturrectional anarchist audio site has been launched called Resonance Audio Distro. On it you can find links to anarchist news sources in English, as well as a growing pool of recorded essays and zines. You'll find such titles as "3 Positions against Prison" by August O'Clairre, "On The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism" by Fredy Perlman, "Revolutionary Solidarity: A Critical Reader for Accomplices" and more. Check it out at: https://resonanceaudiodistro.wordpress.com/ Also, the political prisoner birthday calendar for august 2015 is out! If you or someone you know would like to write political prisoners on their birthdays, you can view and download the pdf of this document at prisonbooks.info. These lovely rabble rousers would also like to announce that their comprehensive zine entitled How To Start a Prison Books Collective has been updated and is available for download and distro at that same address, http://prisonbooks.info. If you'd like to learn more about the situation in Syria and the continuing repression by ISIS, you can give a listen to #'s 36 and 39 of the Ex Worker podcasts put out by CrimethInc. These give specific information on and interviews with participants of the Rojava Revolution. You can listen to all their podcasts at http://crimethinc.com/podcast Stay tuned next week on The Final Straw, same time same place, for an interview with organizers of the Resist 450 event to take place in St Augustine Florida in September of this year. The city of St Augustine - one of the oldest cities as we know them in the US - is slated to commemorate the 450th anniversary of colonization by Pedro Menendez and Juan Ponce de Leon. We'll speak with Bobby C. Billie and Shannon Larsen of the Resist 450 Coalition about the history of this event and indigenous struggles in St. Augustine. More at http://resist450.wordpress.com From SeanSwain.org In Sean's words... "I signed my transfer notice yesterday. I wrote everybody and gave them the Trumbull address. I got packed up today. Then the warden notified me that Central Office Anonymous Coward cancelled my transfer. Now I missed commissary and commissary won't let me shop. I don't even have soap. Please let everyone know I'm not at Trumbull..." We already sorted out the commissary issue, what we need now, is to get at the root of this, and so many other problems with SOCF. That means we need a concerted effort to address that Central Office Anonymous Coward: Trainwreck Trevor Clark. Wanna help ruin Trevor Clark's career? We hope so. Here's the deal: ODRC Counsel Trevor Matthew Clark is a sociopath who runs the ODRC torture program with his FBI buddies on speed dial, and he recently used his sock-puppet co-workers to harass Ben Turk and Ihsan purging them from Sean's visiting list because Trevor Clark doesn't like online postings. He also cancelled Sean's transfer to lower security at the last minute. He wants to pull the plug on seanswain.org and turn Sean into his personal cat toy to swat around whenever feels like it. F this Ahole. It's time for him to get disbarred, lose his job, and spend the rest of his miserable existence sleeping in his car. We can make that happen. It's OUR world, and this creep is just mismanaging it. THE PLAN We gotta swamp the right hierarchs with a million phone calls and letters. The more calls the better. Is that reformist? Well, yeah. But the direct action alternative doesn't seem to be happening, so let's do what's do-able. Trainwreck is an attorney, so if he loses his license, he loses his job and loses his power to mess with people. He ends up at a job asking you if you want fries with that." So the right people to contact are: Columbus Bar Association 175 South Third Street, Suite 1100 Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 221-0754 For suggestions on talking points, more updates as they come and more of Sean's writings, check out http://seanswain.org Playlist is pending

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Sean Swain for President, 2016: 08-02-2015

In this episode, Sean announces his desire to run for the highest office in the U.S. Sean declares his candidacy for President and the platform on which he will be standing... and which will hopefully collapse beautifully.

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Fight Against Imperialism Everywhere

Imperialism must be fought in all its forms. Whether it is in the form of a militarized colonial police force that kills African Americans with impunity on a daily basis, whether it is in the form of American Emperor Barack Obama travelling to Africa and lecturing Africans on how they should behave, or whether it is in the form of the American Empire actively facilitating Israel's 51 day devastation of Gaza in 2014 and Saudi Arabia's ongoing devastation of Yemen. Imperialism must be fought at every level.

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6/10/15 - Mobile Home Park Fair Housing Complaint

Attorney Phil Storey at the Legal Aid Justice Center explains why the City’s code enforcement campaign against mobile home parks violates Fair Housing law and why a Fair Housing complaint was filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. And during this week’s “News You Can Use,” we’ll explain how acts of sexual violence must be reports on college campuses starting July 1, 2015.

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5/6/15 - LGBT Discrimination

James Parrish, Executive Director of Equality Virginia, talks about the continuing discrimination faced by gays, lesbians and transgendered persons in employment, housing and public accommodations, and how to overcome this. And during this week’s “News You Can Use,” we’ll tell you about the housing discrimination complaint filed against the City of Richmond by more than 30 current and former mobile home park residents.

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4/22/15 - Legal Information Network for Cancer (LINC)

Crista Gantz, Client Services Attorney at the Legal Information Network for Cancer (or LINC), talks about how her agency eases the burden of cancer by providing assistance and referrals, and legal services to cancer patients, survivors and their families. And during this week’s “News You Can Use,” we’ll tell you why every claim in favor or repealing the Estate tax is wrong.

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Media Network Plus August 1 2015

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Jazz Progressions 1524

Segment One Tarang by Volker Kriegel LP: Missing Link (MPS) Magical Dog by The Jan Hammer Gruop CD: Oh, Yeah? (Wounded Bird) Segment Two Opening the Gates by James Finn CD: Opening the Gates (Cadence Jazz) Sampson by David Schnitter, Dominic DuVal and Newman Taylor Baker CD: The Spirit of Things (CIMP) Segment Three For John Coltrane by Albert Ayler CD: Albert Ayler in Greenwich J.S. by Carla Bley LP: Jazz Realities (Fontana)

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Strange Fruit & the Execution of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

Strange Fruit: Extra-Legal & Legal Lynching on the 62nd Anniversary of the Execution of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg with . Robert Meeropol, son of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg . Soffiyah Elijah, Ex. Dir. of the Correctional Association Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for crimes neither of them committed 62 years ago and the impact of the government s conduct in the Rosenberg trial still affects us today. Virtually all the criticism of the lack of respect for defendant s rights in our present conduct of loyalty and national security trials can be traced to the forced absence of the Constitution at the 1951 trial. Continued research into the Rosenberg trial and dissemination of the documented perjuries and prosecutorial & judicial deceptions contributes to todays efforts to re-introduce Constitutional trials into every courtroom, regardless of the politics or religion or color of the defendants. That is why on what is now the centennial of Ethel Rosenbergs birth date that Building Bridges continues to raise these issues and believe that we must win an official review of the Rosenbergs case and subsequently their exoneration. Although nothing can change the finality of the death penalty, an acknowledgment of governments wrongdoing in this historic cause would be a first step in halting the perversions of due process and human rights that continue to undermine the legal system & this countrys proclamation of democracy. Robbie Rosenberg begins his presentation by discussing the song Strange Fruit, which is about the writing of the anti-lynching song written by his adopted parent Abel Meeropool, after the execution of his parents, writing under the name Lewis Allen and its popularization by the great singer Billie Holiday, who along with Ethel Rosenberg was born 100 years earlier. Robbie draws some creative and fascinating parallels between his birth mother and the life and death of Billie Holiday.

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Banned vicar Stephen Sizer: Zion's Christian Soldiers: Roadmap to Armageddon?

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Ditty Wah Ditty! Ry Cooder Gets the Cause and Effect Treatment

I'm guest-hosting WRIR's Cause and Effect Show today. It is one of my favorites to host and to listen to. Each week's host selects an artist than digs deep into the bands and artists that influenced the featured performer and in turns the bands and artists they influenced. Stream the show every Saturday from 1 PM to 3 PM @ www.wrir.org.

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3/25/15 - Property & Casualty Insurance

George Lyle, Supervisor of Consumer Services of the Property and Casualty Division of the State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance talks about automobile, homeowners’ and renters’ insurance. And during this week’s “News You Can Use,” you’ll learn about a new law that limits the use of restraint and seclusion in Virginia’s schools.

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3/18/15 - Involuntary Mental Commitments

Private attorney and Mental Health Law Judge Robert Flax talks about the procedural and substantive protections in place when person is involuntarily committed due to a mental illness. And during this week’s “News You Can Use,” we discuss why none of the plaintiffs challenging the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. Supreme Court may lack the legal standing to do so.

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3/11/15 - Disability Income Verification

Timothy Lambert, Senior Counsel from the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (or CFPB) discuss the recent compliance bulletin on Social Security disability income verification will prevent lenders from asking for unnecessary details when people receiving disability attempt to qualify for a mortgage. And during this week’s “News You Can Use,” we discuss the latest attack on the Affordable Care Act & the implications for Virginia.

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The reckless and losing plans of US and its allies

Zafar Bangash analyzes the US-Turkey "no fly zone" over parts of Syria, the Saudi attacks against Yemen and the Iran reality. Turkey/US no fly zone over Syria: Opening landing and take-off facilities close to the Syrian border for US aircraft is a unilateral action without the permission of the Syrian government. It is a violation of international law, an act of aggression violating the integrity of another state. Bangash paints a very clear picture: If Turkey is digging a grave for Syria, the Turkish government and state are likely to fall into that hole itself. Yemen: The Saudi continue merciless attacks against the Yemeni civilians --thousands have been killed, 12 million are food deficient and 16 million (over half of the population) do not have access to food and water. The Yemeni are seething with anger and will not let these kinds of attacks go unpunished. The Yemeni are not people to mess with. They never forgive nor forget. Iran: The negotiated agreement with the Five plus one is a non-issue. The Iranians will continue to enrich uranium with no intent to create a bomb. It is the Americans who were up against the wall, as they finally had to realize that the sanctions were not working but were isolating the US. Iran weathered the sanctions well and has a booming economy. Iran is needed to solve the regional problems.

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Terrorism from Damascus' Perspective

Gowans comments on President Bashar Al-Assad's July 27 speech that focuses on the Western massive and endless hypocrisy, for example: (1) The Western powers hiding behind the word "terrorism" when they are attacked, but changing the label to revolution, freedom or human rights when directing violence against their official enemy states. (2) US and allies are openly supporting Islamic militants in Syria, while claiming that they are in coalition to stop ISIS. (3) Turkey President Erogan and US wanting to establish a no-fly zone over Syria but not calling it that. Gowans clarifies the ultimate goal of Turkey's President Erogan: Overthrow anti-colonial, anti-imperialist Syrian government. Gowans declares that the story about establishing a buffer zone so refugees could come back to Syria is completely absurd. What refugee wants to return to a zone that is going to use military forces to launch attacks on the government? Phil Taylor adds -- Assad pointed out that refugees are not running to ISIS but coming to the Syrian government's truly neutral area.

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B&D Approach #114

All Day, Always - Skyzoo Blank Canvas - Marcus D ft. Substantial Reprogram - Channel Live Slaveshift - Mother Tareka No Smiles - Relic Rida - OldBoyNick Hitcha - Jazz Spastiks & Rebels To The Grain First Stone - Verb T & Illinformed Innervisions - BP & ODDS Ruthless - Peebs The Prophet ft. Awon Da Call Out - Heresy (Carolina Dirty, Dominique LaRue, MyVerse, Monie Love) The Word - The Audible Doctor ft. Has-Lo Getto Star - Fatal ft. Tame One Good Foot - Solar C & Jon Rogers I Be - Mystidious Misfits More Rugged - Moka Only ft. Grand Puba No Flow On The Rodeo - King Just A.D.S.T. - The Long Shot

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Mainstream Journalism & BlackLivesMatter: A Conversation with Andrew Westmoreland

In the wake of the in-custody-deaths of American African #SandraBland, Indigenous Americans #RexdaleHenry, #SarahLeeCircleBear and African-born #ShekuBayoh in Kirkcaldy, Scotland (and) the recent US police murders of #SamuelDuBose, #PaulCastaway, #AllenLocke and #JonathanSanders, Fourth World Radyo speaks with independent journalist and activist Andrew Westmoreland ( @drewwest_press ) who has been chronicling the #BlackLivesMatter movement since the Ferguson Uprising. He offers his personal insights into the factors that inform editorial decisions made within US newsrooms and speculates on how grassroots, independent media can balance-out the general public's scope of understanding issues surrounding social justice.

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536 - War is Stupid - and We Can End It

News You Need to Know: The Traditional Enormous Mistakes; Between the Lines interview: Mobilize To Protect the Iran Nuclear Accord; Jim Hightower: Democratic senators say nuts to you; The Trews on US Wars; John Oliver: Terrifying Times 2008; Talk Nation Radio: Waging Peace with David Hartsough; Outside The Box: Medicare for All; music.

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Hiroshima Day Special

August 6 is Hiroshima Day. It marks the 70th anniversary of the first detonation of an atomic bomb over a civilian population. This week's Global Reserch News Hour commemorates the anniversary of the dawn of the nuclear age by presenting three past interviews relating to the new nuclear threat. We'll hear a December 6, 2013 interview with a lay researcher named Hatrick Penry who has uncovered through Freedom of Information requests the hidden facts surrounding the extent of the damage caused by the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility 4 years ago. THis interview is followed by a January 16, 2015 interview with Mimi German, an Earth Activist monitoring radiation from Fukushima and other sources. And we will finish the show with a June 20, 2013 interview with Global Research Founder and Director Michel Chossudovsky about the threats posed by the use of tactical nuclear weapons in the theatre of Conventional Warfare.

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"Exceeding One's Grasp"

This RADIOLA! is not so much about multi-tasking as it is about juggling.

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