Latest Programs
Exploring a City-Owned Internet
June 28, 2015, 4:47 p.m.
Conversation with Christopher Mitchell, Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, and Hollis Wong-Wear with Upgrade Seattle on "Exploring a City-Owned Internet".
The International Network of Street Papers
June 28, 2015, 4:24 p.m.
Interview with Faye Selvan, Chair of the International Network of Street Papers, Paola Gallo, Managing Director of Surprise in Basel Switzerland, and Tim Harris, Exec. Dir. of Real Change News.
June 28, 2015, 3:13 p.m.
Wrap-up of the past weeks news with Geov Parrish former co-editor at Eat the State!
Che Cafe still stands & Confrontations with Nazis in Olympia, WA
June 28, 2015, 12:36 p.m.
This week we have three segments for the audience.
First, we bring you segment from Sean Swain, an anarchist prisoner in the Ohio prison system. You won't be hearing Sean's voice on this recording despite Sean having his communication reinstated. The segment is about calls by members and supporters of the Free Alabama & Mississippi Movement of incarcerated workers for a boycott of McDonalds due to some of their exploitation of prison labor. More on FAMM can be found at https://freealabamamovement.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/f-a-m-s-step-3-mcdo...
Next, William spoke with folks involved in the struggle to save the Che Café, a social space present on the University of California in San Diegos La Jolla campus. The Che Café is a 25 year running co-op space and venue that is now in danger of eviction by the University and is currently squatting their location. Check out the website for The Che Café http://thechecafe.blogspot.com. What you'll hear is an anonymized version of the conversation for the safety of those in struggle with the campus. Thanks to the folks at the Ex-Worker for putting us in contact with the folks at the Café. You can find the text from William's conversation as the script for this episode.
Finally, Bursts & William spoke with an anarchist resident of Olympia, Washington about the shooting of Bryson Chaplin & Andre Thompson, two unarmed young Black men by Officer Ryan Donald of the Olympia PD and some events that followed. Chaplin & Thompson, in two incidents on the night of the 20th of May, shot and seriously injured the men for allegedly trying to steal beer from a convenience store. The men were shot in the back, Bryson Chaplin being left paralyzed from the waist down. Over the next few days, rallies took place under the monicer of Black Lives Matter with hundreds entering the streets of Olympia. In response pro-cop rallies under the name of Blue Lives Matter (not a pro-smurf movement, sadly), in small numbers, countered the anti-murder demonstrations. As time went on, White Supremacists became more visible in attendance, which the police tried to distance themselves officially from. As more White Supremacists, some openly carrying guns, attended these events an Anti-Fascist march was called for. This escalated into the night of May 30th when police held back their presence and the anti-fascist march collided with the White Supremacists, including armed Citizens Patrols Militia members, Neo Nazis, and Third Positionists. As conflict ensued, the racists were chased from the streets of Olympia for the night and their manifestation has been resisted by Anti-Fa patrols. We spend a good portion of the hour talking about police power, institutional White Supremacy, anti-fascist organizing and some of the potential pitfalls of decentering struggle away from a critique of institutional power and towards the fringe reactionaries. https://olydocuments.wordpress.com/
Relatedly, there has been a call-out for folks to engage in the July 25th 2015 International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners. From the call-out:
"Antifascists fight against those whoâin the government or in the streetsâdream of imposing their fascist and other Far Right nationalist nightmares on the rest of us. Throughout the world, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, and racist bigotries are on the rise. Antifas are on the frontline in confronting these reactionary politics, and we will not forget our comrades imprisoned in the course of this struggle."
More can be found at nycantifa.wordpress.com
Also, to relate this to local issues to Asheville North Carolina, well-known character from the so-called National Youth Front, Daxter Reed has been attempting to recruit at our local community college, ABTech as well as around town and in the punk and metal scene. The goofball even tried to show up at the May Day rally holding a sign for NYF and was summarily run off. It should be made apparent that these nazis and their foolish antics are not welcome here. http://blog.adl.org/tags/daxter-reed
First, though, The Final Straw is soliciting folks in the audience with design skills to submit sticker and poster designs to us. We're hoping these stickers and posters can make their way out to bookfairs, conventions, manifestations and the walls and unsmashed windows of the world, widening our audience and spreading some audio-anarchy further. We're looking for the designs to include the show name, our website at thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org and either imagery or words pointing to the nature of the show. If you have a design, you can send a mockup or completed version to thefinalstrawradio(at)riseup(doot)net in pdf format. Designers of chosen images will receive some free swag from the Anarchyland.
Playlist: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/12835
McDonalds & Alabama Prisoners
June 28, 2015, 12:18 p.m.
Sean talks about work strikes by Alabama prisoners who're being pressed to do hecka cheap making patties for McDonalds. So, prisoners in Alabama and Mississippi (affiliated with the Free Alabama & Mississippi Movement/FAMM) have gone on work strikes and supporters on the outside are calling for a boycott of that chain.
June 28, 2015, 12:11 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown mix that features vinyl records, 78s, 45's, LPs, private press releases, and a variety of tapes and homemade cds. Each edition features a freeform playlist of music in numerous genres released between the early 1900's and next week
June 28, 2015, 12:09 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown mix that features vinyl records, 78s, 45's, LPs, private press releases, and a variety of tapes and homemade cds. Each edition features a freeform playlist of music in numerous genres released between the early 1900's and next week
June 28, 2015, 11:52 a.m.
The coming unstable tropics, seen through an ancient world. From the UK, Dr. Jessica Whiteside. Former NASA scientist James Hansen says 2 degrees warming is unsafe and "crazy" to set that as a goal. Huge Canadian rainforest on cusp of mega-deal to save it. Activist Valerie Langer.
Racial Apartheid in North America
June 28, 2015, 10:05 a.m.
In the aftermath of the Charleston massacre and in the midst of the ongoing struggle by African Americans against police violence across this continent, Back in the USSR once again delves into the nature of racial apartheid in North America. As Eddie Conway of the Black Panther Party put it in the context of the current debate over the Confederate flag, in reality the flag of racial apartheid is flying everywhere in North America from the Mexican border to the North Pole. Racism is embedded in the fabric of the capitalist state in Canada and the U.S. alike, and its systemic nature must be understood if we want to resist it effectively.
#382 -- George Carlin Memorial - Part 2
June 28, 2015, 9:56 a.m.
On the seventh anniversary of his death we celebrate the political and cultural satire of the great comedian George Carlin. We focus on the last two decades of Carlin's long career--by which time his political views had moved well to the left of center.
This week's sketches:
1. They own you / the class system
2. Airport security / germs / parents
3. The Book Club
4. American B.S. / children
Carlin is one of the most astute critics of capitalism, imperialism, and American arrogance--and certainly the funniest. He died on June 22, 2008.
CPR News, June 28, 2015, interview w/Margaret Kimberley
June 28, 2015, 7:34 a.m.
June 28, 2015, 7:06 a.m.
This week we wander into BLUE RUIN, the Award winning American revenge story from writer/director Jeremy Saulnier. The film brings to us the harrowing story of Dwight (Macon Blair), a homeless drifter whoâs dropped out of society after the wake of a brutal crime that has left him emotionally incapacitated. But when he learns the man responsible for his tragic past is about to be released from prison, Dwight returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family
Blue Ruin received mainly positive reviews from critics. Most describing it as âSmart, stripped-down, and thrillingly grim. The film also received a bit of accolade for its well shot cinematography and impactful performance from Macon Blair⦠Along with our breakdown, we also offer up our âTop 3 Drifters in Moviesâ
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Media Network Plus June 26 2015
June 27, 2015, 9:01 p.m.
Native American Life, Before and After Europeans Part One
June 27, 2015, 6 p.m.
Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Dr. Victoria Patterson, an anthropologist based in Ukiah, California, who has worked with Native Americans for over 30 years. She shares their stories and her insights.
June 27, 2015, 5:50 p.m.
Have you ever wondered if your private car driver is intoxicated? Tune in to this episode as we hear about a case of that actually happening! Remember, tune in live at listen.chiampa.info
June 27, 2015, 5:38 p.m.
Apparently, Illinois Is The UFO-Sighting Capital Of America!!! and a whole lot more in this episode, remember, tune in live and listen to all the cool stuff at listen.chiampa.info
June 27, 2015, 5:20 p.m.
This speaks to the history of the Mexican leader, Pancho Villa and some of the truths that got left out of the story.
Episode 3 - We may have a guest!
June 27, 2015, 5:17 p.m.
Episode 2 - Memorial Day Weekend
June 27, 2015, 5:03 p.m.
In episode 2, we went all out on time, so much so we couldn't even put it in the time slot spot in this web page .. we're still testing things out and getting our cues all right. :) Enjoy and remember to tune in live, listen.chiampa.info Also follow us on facebook.chiampa.info for program announcements!
June 27, 2015, 4:50 p.m.
In this our first episode since 2008, we welcome back Joe and Anthony for a another run of our WEED RADIO - we discuss current topics with heavy emphasis on cannabis, and we laugh a lot! :) We hope you do too. Join us and make sure to also give our other feeds a listen at listen.chiampa.info
The Fire Next Time: The Taking of Black Life at Charleston 's Emanuel AME Church
June 27, 2015, 10:33 a.m.
The Fire Next Time: Response to The Taking of Black Life at Charleston 's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
with
Ed Whitfield, long-term social justice organizer, co-managing Director of the Fund for Democratic Communities, who speaks and writes on issues of cooperatives and economic development, on issues of education and social responses to racism and is active in the call by the Southern Grassroots Economies Project to develop a Southern Reparations Loan Fund
As Professor Charles Lawrence precisely puts it:
"Racism in America is much more complex than either the conscious conspiracy of a power elite or the simple delusion of a few ignorant bigots. It is a part of our common historical experience and, therefore, a part of our culture. It arises from the assumptions we have learned to make about the world, ourselves, and others as well as from the patterns of our fundamental social activities. "
Ed Whitfield, long-term social justice organizer, co-managing Director of the Fund for Democratic Communities, who speaks and writes on issues of cooperatives and economic development, on issues of education and social responses to racism and is active in the call by the Southern Grassroots Economies Project to develop a Southern Reparations Loan Fund plows deep into the bowels of America, to ferret out and grapple with its policies and practices of white supremacy, rooted deep within its public and private structures. He 'll examine how then institutional racism filters down to the individual citizenry and becomes a material force to subjugate Black Life. Ed Whitfield asks whether we will wait for The Fire Next Time or will we and how we can endeavor to tear out the roots of the poisons weeds of white supremacy that can subsume the very nurturance of life.
This Week in Radio News: Adam Frelin June 26-July 3, 2015
June 26, 2015, 11:04 p.m.
Firesign Theatre founding member Phil Austin, the voice of Nick Danger, died at 74 this week. Also tune in reports about pirate radio in Europe and the United States, brain wave discoveries, an interview with Adam Frelin about his "Breathing Light" project, and "Interference" from Holly Herndon and "Brain Radio" from Matmos. Plus an Italian pirate radio PSA, and an underwater radio moment with Spongebob.
June 26, 2015, 7:02 p.m.
June 26, 2015, 6:55 p.m.
Focus Asia Pacific June 26 2015
June 26, 2015, 6:50 p.m.
June 26, 2015, 5:47 p.m.
(1.) Everything's For Sale - Skyzoo
(2.) Reality Check - Jigmastas ft. Shadowman, Akil, Truth Enola, Jet Black Ha
(3.) Unkut Fresh - Jazz Spastiks & Rebels to the Grain
(4.) Written Down - Dam Proud & Phasm
(5.) Better Days - G.O.
(6.) Baby Powder - Moka Only
(7.) Beat Goes On - Pete Rock
June 26, 2015, 4:40 p.m.
In 1982, the Guatemalan military massacred the villagers of Dos Erres, killing more than 200 people. This is the true story of Oscar Alfredo RamÃrez Castañeda and genocide in Guatemala. Guatemala is a mainly mountainous country in Central America.
Civil war existed in Guatemala since the early 1960s due in part to inequalities existing in the economic and political life. In the 1970s, the Mayans began participating in protests against the repressive government, demanding greater equality and inclusion of the Mayan language and culture. In 1980, the Guatemalan army instituted Operation Sofia, which aimed at ending insurgent guerrilla warfare. This program specifically targeted the Mayan population, who were believed by the Guatemalan army to be supporting the guerilla movement.
Over the next three years, the army destroyed 626 villages, killed or âdisappearedâ more than 200,000 people and displaced an additional 1.5 million, while more than 150,000 were driven to seek refuge in Mexico.
Podcast source: This American Life: What Happened At Dos Erres
Clinton States Support for Guatemala Was Wrong
GUATEMALA, March 10, 1999 â President Clinton apologized today for United States support of right-wing governments in Guatemala that killed tens of thousands of rebels and Mayan Indians in a 36-year civil war.
"For the United States," Mr. Clinton said, "it is important that I state clearly that support for military forces and intelligence units which engaged in violence and widespread repression was wrong, and the United States must not repeat that mistake."
Source: Washington Post: Clinton: Support for Guatemala Was Wrong
Also see The New York Times: Clinton Offers His Apologies To Guatemala
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice in Guatemala
This American Life on Guatemalan Genocide
Washington's role is a story not worth telling
By Keane Bhatt
Why Civil Resistance Movements Succeed
Steve Inskeep talks to Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan about why non-violent resistance campaigns work better than armed rebellion.
Podcast source: npr: Why Civil Resistance Movements Succeed
The Growing Threat From Methane
Over the short term, methane is 80 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. The White House has launched plans to control methane emissions from most U.S. sources, but as Helen Palmer and Michael Obeiter tell Steve Curwood, evidence from prehistory suggests methane was a major factor in Earth's largest extinction, and warming projections warn of ballooning emissions in the future.
Podcast source: living on earth: The Growing Threat From Methane
Music includes Chumbawamba - Jacobs Ladder, Rise Against - Hero Of War, Alex Smith - Too Hot, Chocolate Ghost House - Party at the NSA, Cisco Houston - Pastures of Plenty, Capitol Steps - Obama Mania, Alpha Blondy - Bloodshed in Africa, Odetta - With God On Our Side, Capitol Steps - Sony, Capitol Steps - Who'll Drop a Bomb in Ramadan?, Buffy Sainte-Marie - No No Keshagesh, Roy Zimmerman - Vote Republican 2.0, Pete Seeger - Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream, Fred Steiner - Perry Mason, Central American Marimba Band Of Guatemala - Captain Betty 1917
June 26, 2015, 2:26 p.m.
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https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-with-tony-gosling-3/
June 26, 2015, 12:52 p.m.
Brian Cleveland & Anthony Enman count down the Top 20 albums charting this week from earshot-online.com, Mike Roy chats with B.A. Johnston, we take a look at music news with Stephen Carlick of Exclaim!, and much more.